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Zonta Women's Community Radio Host Roxanne Neilson's talks with the Utility Workers of America Local 1-2.
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Local 350 Blazes Trail in Converting Coal Powered Plant to Biomass, Saving Jobs and the Environment |
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Thanks to the diligent efforts of Local 350 President Norm DeLong, Officer Ed Good and Region 3 Director Don Opatka, R.E. Burger plant's units 4 & 5, once on the verge of permanently closing for failure to install pricey environmental control equipment, are remaining open. Local 350 not only convinced Burger owned FirstEnergy at the 11th hour to file with the federal court for a three-month extension on Dec. 29, 2008 — two days before deadline — to keep the plant open, they kept a running dialogue with management to consider the possibilities and benefits of switching to biomass. And on April 1, 2009, FirstEnergy announced that R.E. Burger will be retrofitted to generate electricity using biomass fuel instead of coal.
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