Teamsters Local Union Oks New Agreement

8-7-96
University Park, Pa. --- Members of Teamsters Local Union No. 8 employed by Penn State have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the University to replace the current agreement, which expired June 30.

Teamsters Local Union No. 8 represents the bargaining unit consisting of approximately 2,600 technical-service employees at all University locations throughout the Commonwealth.

Earl Lutz, president of Teamsters Local Union No. 8, announced the decision Wednesday afternoon after the count of mail ballots by Union members to accept or reject the offer made by the University.

The new agreement is effective July 1 and covers the three-year period through June 30, 1999. It provides a 3.0 percent wage increase, effective July 1, and additional 2.75 percent wage increases effective with the second and third years of the agreement.

Other negotiated items of the agreement include the University's health-care contribution rates and certain modifications in working conditions.

Penn State President Graham Spanier said that he was pleased that the negotiations had been concluded successfully with the acceptance of the agreement by the union membership.

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