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Article: News From USW: Nuclear Fuel Defense Contractor Seeks to 'Implement' Pension Elimination at Struck Plant; Workers Say Bush Administration Should Intervene.
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- September 11, 2006
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PITTSBURGH -- News From USW: The United Steelworkers (USW) today charged that Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) of Erwin, Tennessee is trying to eliminate the workers' pension plan and force other changes in conditions of employment at the struck plant, which supplies the United States Navy with nuclear fuel.
NFS notified union representatives in a letter dated September 1 that management will "implement the terms of our pending final offer," claiming that the union "has no intention of changing its position" in negotiations with the company. NFS is seeking numerous give-backs, including stripping health care benefits previously promised to retirees and ending ...