HANFORD UNION APPROVES NEW PACTS WITH 4 OF 5 CONTRACTORS

Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council workers voted Wednesday to approve new contracts with four Hanford cleanup contractors, but turned down the offer by Washington River Protection Solutions, the Hanford tank farms contractor. Contracts with CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co., Mission Support Alliance, Washington Closure Hanford and Advanced Technologies and Laboratories were approved. “We respect what members had to say,” said Dave Molnaa, HAMTC president. “We will do our jobs accordingly.” HAMTC did not release vote totals late Wednesday. HAMTC’s last collective bargaining agreement with Hanford contractors ended March 31, 2012, but was extended several times until February. Workers for all five contractors overwhelmingly rejected a previous proposal July 16.