The company has met their notification timeline per the contract to have a plant shutdown. The Union has been in discussion with the company on how to handle the shutdown for this year and we have come up with the following agreement:

The company will be shut down from Friday December 24, 2021 thru Sunday January 2, 2022 with operations resuming Sunday night at 10:00 pm with 3rd shift (their Monday). Tuesday December 28 and Wednesday December 29 are not currently paid days during this time period. Bargaining unit members may use vacation or take these days as no point, no pay days.

Per the contract, the company has the right to cancel the planned shutdown no later than Monday November 1, 2021.

With this being a contract year and these dates falling outside of the current contractual expiration, this language is subject to change during negotiations.