Patterson Vegetable Co. workers resoundingly reject concessions
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The future of the 65-year-old Patterson Vegetable Co. plant remains unclear after union members overwhelmingly rejected $3.6 million in annual concessions Monday, Dec. 19 that company officials had requested.
Union members voted 259 to 5 at the Teamsters Local 948 union hall against proposed pay and benefits reductions, including a $2-per-hour pay cut for all workers, just three days after the vegetable processor handed out 60-day layoff notices to employees.
Company officials had notified the union that they had hoped to salvage the plant if employees would agree to the concessions to allow needed renovations and upgrades, but workers made it clear Monday they were not interested. Patterson Irrigator
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