It’s being reported that another negotiation meeting is planned for tomorrow between Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging and local 153 of the AWPPW. The Daily News now reports that Monday’s meeting was a “question-and-answer session.” The union has served the company with a strike notice, but so far, they’re continuing to work under the old contract, which expired on May 31st. The union rank-and-file overwhelmingly rejected the company’s last offer, 634-1; it’s claimed that the union presented a counter-offer in the last meeting, the same time that the company also presented another offer. It’s still being reported that health care benefits and pension benefits remain as the biggest sticking points.
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