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UAW rejects contract offer, strike continues at Burlington CNHI plant

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January 9th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The strike continues at Burlington’s Case I-H/New Holland plant. On Saturday, a majority of union workers at the plant in Burlington and one in Racine, Wisconsin, rejected the latest offer from the company. The proposed contract would have increased wages and lowered health insurance premium hikes, but U-A-W member Stacey Hathaway says the contract’s mandatory overtime requirements were a sticking point for many.

Hathaway did not disclose how he voted. The strike started in early May. This is the first time union members voted on a contract offer.

(Reporting by Zachary Oren Smith, Iowa Public Radio)