{"id":63556,"date":"2025-10-14T11:19:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=victories&#038;p=63556"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:21:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T16:21:01","slug":"icwuc-munitions-workers-in-west-virginia-stand-together-for-a-better-contract","status":"publish","type":"victories","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/victories\/icwuc-munitions-workers-in-west-virginia-stand-together-for-a-better-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"ICWUC Munitions Workers in West Virginia Stand Together for a Better Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 700 members of ICWUC\/UFCW Local 261C who work at Northrop Grumman\u2019s Rocket Center, W. Va., facility recently ratified a new contract. These workers manufacture munitions for the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICWUC\/UFCW Local 261C fought hard as a united group to gain the largest wage increases in the history of bargaining at Rocket Center. The four-year contract includes across-the-board wage increases for each year of the agreement (year one 5.22 percent; year two 3 percent; year three 2.9 percent; and a year four 2.84 percent), as well as a one-time ratification bonus of $4,000 per active employee. Adjustments were made to several classifications to bring some first-year wage increases up to 11 percent for over 30 percent of the membership. The starting wage scale progression was increased at ratification and will be increased during the second and third years of the contract.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to other improvements, bereavement leave for immediate family members was increased with additional family members covered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cICWUC Vice President and Regional Director Gerry Setley and the committee did a great job navigating the negotiations through some extraordinary circumstances,\u201d said <strong>ICWUC \/ UFCW President Lance Heasley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 700 members of ICWUC\/UFCW Local 261C who work at Northrop Grumman\u2019s Rocket Center, W. 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