MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 27 No. 18
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, July 20, 2015
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36 Pages
75¢
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FENIMORE
Middlebury  municipal  workers  agree  to  new  pact By  JOHN  FLOWERS 0,''/(%85< ² 7KH XQLRQ UHSUHVHQWLQJ RI 0LG- GOHEXU\¶V PXQLFLSDO ZRUNHUV KDV LQNHG D QHZ SDFW ZLWK WKH WRZQ WKDW ZLOO DVVXUH PHPEHUV ZDJH LQFUHDVHV RI SHUFHQW SHUFHQW DQG SHUFHQW UH- VSHFWLYHO\ GXULQJ HDFK RI WKH QH[W WKUHH \HDUV 7KH WKUHH \HDU SDFW DOVR UHTXLUHV ZRUNHUV WR SLFN XS D VOLJKWO\ JUHDWHU VKDUH RI WKHLU KHDOWK FDUH SUHPLXPV ³, WKLQN LW¶V D JRRG FRQWUDFW WKDW LV EHQH¿FLDO WR WKH XQLRQ DQG PDQDJHPHQW ´ VDLG 9LFWRU /D%HUJH D 0LGGOHEXU\ ZDWHU V\VWHP PDLQWDLQHU DQG FKDSWHU FKDLU RI WKH $PHULFDQ )HGHUD- (See  Contract,  Page  23)