American Standard strike ends; workers return Monday

SALEM — The strike by 340 union workers at American Standard is over.

Members of United Steelworkers Local 1538 voted today to end the five-week-long walkout at the company that manufactures bath and kitchen fixtures.

Joe Holcomb, a United Steelworkers staff representative who has been working with Local 1538, said the workers will go back to work Monday under the contract proposed — and not changed — by the company.

Under the company’s proposal, concessions include workers taking a 5 percent cut in pay and a 25 percent cut in the company’s contribution to workers’ 401(k) retirement programs.

The union, however, will continue to try to get unemployment benefits that were denied for the workers.

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