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Approximately 1,350 Olin employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 778 voted to ratify the company’s revised contract on Wednesday, ending a month-long strike at the manufacturer’s Winchester ammunition factory in Independence, Missouri.
Details of Olin’s offer were not disclosed, but IAM said in the press release that the new agreement included “front-loaded” wage increases throughout the four-year contract, representing “meaningful progress and a foundation for continued improvements.”
The deal also provides “some relief from forced overtime,” which the Machinists union had sought. Olin employees alleged during a virtual media roundtable on April 16 that Winchester forced them to work 60-hours a week, especially if they took a day off or used their paid time off.
Olin workers will return to work at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant on Thursday for the day shift, according to the press release. The facility, operated by Olin’s subsidiary Winchester, produces small arms cartridges including the 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50 Caliber for the U.S. military and U.S. allies, as well as federal, state and local law enforcement.
