Union negotiators and management came to a tentative agreement on a new contract for employees at the Pilgrim nuclear station power plant early today.
Plant owner Entergy Corp. had staffed the 685-megawatt plant with replacement workers during a two-week lockout after the contract with Utility Workers Union of America Local 369 expired June 6. The two sides had been at odds over minimum staffing levels and employee health benefits.
?We have finally emerged with an agreement that has important protections for the hardworking men and women who safely operate this 40-year-old nuclear power plant on a daily basis,? Local 369 President Dan Hurley said in a statement released this morning. The full membership of 240 employees will vote on the contract Wednesday. Details of the contract were not disclosed by the two sides.
?We appreciate the hard work of both parties to get to this point and believe this proposal represents fair and equitable terms both for our employees and the company,? site Vice President Robert Smith said. Elected officials including Senate President Therese Murray, D-Plymouth, had criticized Entergy for running the plant with replacements and questioned whether residents? safety was being jeopardized.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 20-year renewal of the plant?s operating license on May 25. Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Monday she is appealing the decision, in part because the NRC failed to consider safety issues raised by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. Both plants use the same type of reactor.
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