36-year-old nuke plant strike nears

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Plymouth Pilgim workers pessimistic on talks

By Jay Fitzgerald
Saturday, May 10, 2008 - Updated 6h ago

Three hundred workers at Plymouth’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station are gearing up for a potential strike next week if bitter conTract talks aren’t resolved.

Members of the Utilities Workers Union of America Local 369 say they’re not optimistic about reaching a new contract agreement and are prepared to walk off the job Thursday at the 36-year-old facility.


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Workers at Plymouth’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station are preparing to strike next week if an agreement is not reached.


Pilgrim’s owner, New Orleans-based Entergy, is already training workers, brought in from other states, to keep Pilgrim up and running if a strike occurs.

Dave Tarantino, an Entergy spokesman, said yesterday that the company has a required “contingency plan” that it recently filed with the federal government in the event of a strike.

“We certainly don’t want to use it, but we’re prepared,” said Tarantino.

The union has had tense negotiations before with past owners of Entergy - only to reach last-minute agreements.

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