O&R union workers veto two year contract vote
Orange and Rockland Utilities IBE locals rejected a proposed two year pact 539 to 265 and may strike this weekend. Local 1566 Middletown approved the deal while Local 503 Monroe and another local voted against. the package included a 13 percent wage increase over two years.
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Nyack
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBE
Middletown
Monroe
Spring Valley
R. James Wihite, Sr
Wilhite
Newburgh council race clash over development program
Democratic candidate Samuel A.T. Hodge criticized incumbent Lawrence Herbst for a quick pivot to back the Neighborhood Development Program and for opposing earlier neighborhood improvement efforts. The council approved the NDP 4-1 amid broader local labor talks and a looming strike in Spring Valley and Nyack.
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Newburgh
Samuel A.T. Hodge
Lawrence Herbst
Hodge
Herbst
All Republican Council
Peter C. Patsales
Johnston, Lander, Chamber Streets
Patsales
Heights
Downing Park
NDP
Marion Romaine
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