Hundreds Of Paper Workers Hit The Picket Lines Over Retirement And Health Care

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/8945

Workers at a paper mill in Pennsylvania are on the picket lines. Jesse Russell reports:

More than 400 workers at the Appleton Paper Mill in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania are embroiled in a contract dispute over health care and retirement. The workers are represented by the United Steelworkers and the union has filed unfair labor practice allegations against the company with the National Labor Relations Board. The union is eager to restart negotiations, but the company has refused to come back to the table. Currently a strike is not planned, but as each day passes and the table remains empty, the option becomes a greater possibility. The workers hit the picket lines on Tuesday when they received word that a company official would be visiting the mill. The workers have been in the dispute with the company since March of this year.