Congrats to the Oak Ridge workers and their big raises. Unions + 3% unemployment = $$$$$
Historic Labor Pact Boosts Pay, Benefits to Oak Ridge Workers 3/26/24
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Efforts to retain and recruit skilled construction trade workers took a major step forward with the signing of a project labor agreement (PLA) between Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor UCOR and North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU).
It marks EM’s first-ever agreement with a national labor organization, allows for flexibility in wage increases and other incentives, and establishes a template other EM cleanup sites across the DOE complex can use.
Top leadership from EM headquarters, NABTU, OREM and UCOR were on hand to celebrate the signing March 20.
“We’re very pleased about the development and signing of this project labor agreement between UCOR and NABTU,” OREM Manager Jay Mullis said. “The primary driver behind our sustained success has been the men and women in the field performing the work. This agreement will help UCOR retain this outstanding workforce, and it provides the means to ensure workers receive the pay and benefits that match their performance.”
