New Era Cap Company and the Communication Workers ofAmerica have reached a tentative four-year contract agreement covering 330workers at the company plant in Derby, NY. A formal pact would end a nearly11-month-old strike at the facility. All picketing outside the manufacturingplant ceased late June 3 after the tentative deal was announced. The unionworkers are slated to hear details of the proposed contract, which is said toprovide higher wages and health insurance contributions, at a meeting June 6and formally vote on its passage June 21.

New Era has been able to keep the Derby factory openduring the strike, in part ... Log in to view full article.