Georgia-Pacific, Union Ink Long-Term Contract; the 4-Year Pact Is Lauded As a Sign of Stability for the Shrinking Plant

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Labor and management at Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s Dubuque plant this week came to terms on a long-term contract - a sign, some say, of greater stability ahead for a local work force decimated by downsizing in recent years.

A "large majority" of hourly workers voted to ratify the new four- year pact, according to Merle Duehr Jr., business representative for the United Steel Workers of America Local 1861-U, the union that represents about 100 employees at the plant.

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Georgia-Pacific, Union Ink Long-Term Contract; the 4-Year Pact Is Lauded As a Sign of Stability for the Shrinking Plant

Duehr declined to release the final vote that took place Sunday.

Joe Daack, a nine-year employee at the corrugated b...

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