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Article: EWEB contract is rejected again.(Utilities)(A union official says no decision has been made on submitting an intent to strike)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 13, 2006
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Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard
Union workers at the Eugene Water & Electric Board on Monday again rejected the utility's latest contract offer, resurrecting the possibility of a strike in the weeks to come.
Union leaders declined to say how many union employees took part in the vote, held at the steamfitters' union hall in Springfield, or the ratio of defeat.
"It's irrelevant - we're a democracy," said Ron Jones, business manager for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 659, about the vote tally. "A vast majority voted no."
Jones acknowledged that the union's number of eligible voters has dropped to 139 from ...