Workers at Oswego County Nuclear Plants Head Back to Work

Oswego, NY – There was laughter at the Oswego Elks Club, the kind of laughter that marks the end of a period of heavy stress. More than 400 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers had just voted on a contract offer from Constellation Nuclear, the owner of the Nine Mile One and Nine Mile Two nuclear power plants.

Two weeks before, workers voted down what the company called its last, best and final offer. They left their jobs and took up positions outside the plant, on strike, without pay or benefits. The two sides stayed apart for many days before finally holding a one-day session. That session produced a new offer. And that's what workers voted on tuesday.

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All terminals and hangars were on the square periphery. By the late 1970s, the shorter north–south and east–west runway pairs had been closed, though some were converted to taxiways. The other four runways remain in use, all strengthened and enhanced, but about the same lengths as always. A short runway (13R/31L) for light aircraft was added in 1989.

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