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local lodge 478 News  Railroad Machinists Reject Contract, Vote to Strike9/15/2003IAM members at the nation's Class 1 Freight Rail Carriers voted overwhelmingly to reject rail management’s contract offer. In a separate vote, they authorize a strike if necessary to secure an agreement. The so-called ‘last, best, and final offer’ from the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) was rejected by 97.3 percent of the voting membership. The strike authorization vote carried by 96.4 percent. “The vote results confirm what we repeatedly told both the Carriers’ negotiators and the National Mediation Board: IAM members would never accept such a proposal,” said District 19 President Robert Reynolds. “Significant increases in employee healthcare contributions and meager wage increases are unjustified in light of the profits made by the carriers.” The Carriers’ proposal is similar to a recent arbitrator-imposed contract between the NCCC and the Transportation Communications Union (TCU). “After nearly four years of fruitless negotiations, we are clearly at an impasse,” said GVP Robert Roach, Jr. “The Carriers must significantly modify their proposal or we will pursue a release from mediation by the National Mediation Board.”
Negotiations have been underway since December 1999 to renew the national contract covering more than 7,500 IAM members across the United States.
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