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Indian Point Employees Ready To Strike Indian Point Employees Ready To Strike
Indian Point Employees Ready To Strike BUCHANAN, N.Y. --  The union that represents employees of Indian Point Entergy Center in Buchanan said they are prepared to go on strike if negotiations with Entergy, which runs the plant, go nowhere. "If there is a strike...it will be only because Entergy does not appear to be making the same effort at the bargaining table," James Slevin, the Local 1-2 President said Wednesday. The union said it is seeking a new collective bargaining agreement through 2022, the year after the nuclear power plant is set to close. Indian Point is set to close in 2020 and 2021 after Entergy said it w…

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Indian Point Workers Authorize Strike Indian Point Workers Authorize Strike
Indian Point Workers Authorize Strike Employees of Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan could be going on strike as early as next week. More than 300 members of Local 1-2, the Utility Workers of America, which represents employees of the nuclear power plant in Northern Westchester, voted to authorize a strike on Thursday. Their contract expires on Wednesday and a strike could happen as early as next week. Employees said they are seeking a new collective bargaining agreement that would extend to the plant's closing. Indian Point is set to close in 2020 and 2021 after Entergy, which owns Indian Point said it was closing down th…

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