[CPEO-MEF] Nuclear Fuel Services (TN) contractor labor complaint

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
United Steel Workers
October 05, 2006

U.S. Labor Board Issues Complaint against Nuclear Fuels Services' 
Contractor for Unfair Firings

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News From USW: United Steelworkers Local 
677 members on strike at Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., in Erwin, Tenn., 
today announced that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a 
complaint that two contract workers at the nuclear plant were unfairly 
fired for refusing to do work for which they were insufficiently trained.

An investigation by NLRB Region 10 in Atlanta found enough justification 
in the union-backed charges against NFS contractor Lauren Engineers and 
Construction, Inc., to issue the complaint. The complaint stated that 
management "has engaged and is engaging in certain unfair labor 
practices" and is "interfering with, restraining and coercing employees" 
at the plant.

...

"NFS fabricates nuclear fuel from highly enriched uranium for U.S. Navy 
reactors in ships, as well as blending it down into low enriched uranium 
for use at TVA nuclear power plants. It is located in a residential area 
within the city limits of Erwin. NFS is the sole producer of nuclear 
fuel for U.S. Navy submarines and aircraft carriers."


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For the entire release, see
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061005005819&newsLang=en

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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