Dr Pepper Snapple and the union representing 300 workers at the Mott’s apple juice plant in Williamson, N.Y., announced a settlement late Monday that ends a 16-week strike and includes a wage freeze, but not the pay cuts the company had demanded.
In the three-year deal, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union persuaded the company to drop its demand to freeze pensions for current workers, although newly hired workers will not have pensions, but 401(k) plans. continue reading