Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer
SOUTH GLENS FALLS Robert Beard, a union representative at Encore Paper Co. Inc., the state's largest waste paper recycler, said Tuesday he is thrilled by the end of the five-month strike against the South Glens Falls paper manufacturer.
In April, 209 union workers walked off the job to protest after the company proposed a plan that the union said would result in drastic wage and benefit cuts for workers.
The company responded to the walkout by hiring replacement workers. The company later made those workers permanent. But the settlement will allow virtually all of those workers who want to return, union officials said. …
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