NEWS RELEASE

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

W. J. USERY, Jr., Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 2 8 , 1974
IBEW TO VOTE ON MODIFIED PACKAGE

N e g o t i a t i o n s between t h e W e s t e r n E l e c t r i c Co. and

the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Brotherhood
were r e c e s s e d
negotiations

o f E l e c t r i c a l W o r k e r s , AFL-CIO,

Wednesday f o l l o w i n g n i n e days o f c o n t i n u o u s
i n Washington.

W. J . Usery J r . , n a t i o n a l d i r e c t o r o f t h e
Mediation

Federal

and C o n c i l i a t i o n S e r v i c e , s a i d a new m o d i f i e d

package was w o r k e d o u t b e t w e e n t h e p a r t i e s Which t h e IBEW

EM-3 C o u n c i l has a g r e e d t o s u b m i t

t o i t s membership

out the country f o r approval o r r e j e c t i o n .

t h e new n a t i o n a l c o n t r a c t w o u l d c o v e r
employees a t 16 p l a n t s t h r o u g h o u t

p l a n t s a r e scheduled

The t e r m s o f

approximately

the U n i t e d

Negotiations of unresolved

through-

60,000

States.

l o c a l issues a t i n d i v i d u a l

t o take place d u r i n g the next

several

days .
The

IBEW has been on s t r i k e

a g a i n s t Western

s i n c e A u g u s t 5,
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For

further

Information:

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