A spokesman for Mercury Marine says the company doesn’t plan on having further talks at this time after union workers rejected a new contract. The union voted down the offer after the company and union representatives reached a tentative agreement last week. Merc spokesman Lee Gordon told WFDL news the contract would have been good for employees and help the company attract new workers to fill jobs. Gordon says Merc has invested $800 million at its Fond du lac plant since 2009 when workers agreed to wage concessions along with a $53 million incentives package from local and state government. The union will continue to operate under an agreement signed in 2014, which runs through 2021. That deal included wage increases, ratification bonuses and healthcare initiatives.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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