Union workers at National Envelope Corp. in Fayette County, whose contract expired April 30, ratified a three-year agreement Saturday morning that covers 570 employees and provides a nearly 10 percent pay raise.
Members of United Steelworkers Local 198 voted 276-179 in favor of the labor agreement, retroactive to May 1, said a union official. The plant workers, who make an average $12.10 an hour, receive a 40-cent increase immediately, then 40-cent increases in year one and year two.
National Envelope, located in Upper Tyrone near Scottdale, manufactures and distributes envelopes and employs nearly 650 people. Company officials could not be reached yesterday
The pact also requires workers to pay 17 percent more in health care insurance premiums, effective Oct. 1. In addition, the company will contribute five cents an hour more to the average worker's pension in year two, and 10 cents more in year three, said the USW official.
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