Jim McElhatton (Staff Writer, The Press of Atlantic City), "AmerGen withdraws contract offer", The Press of Atlantic City, June 7, 2003

AmerGen said its final contract offer included includes 3 percent wage increases, a 12.5 percent improvement in the company's retirement savings plan, vacation time increases and increases in employee contributions for medical insurance.

[IBEW president Ed] Stroup said the strikers aren't protesting about financial issues, however. "This is about safety," he said. ... Stroup said the union's 217 workers twice rejected the company's three-year contract offer because of proposed sweeping changes in workplace rules that would impact plant safety. "A nuclear power plant electrician is not a nuclear power plant mechanic," Stroup said. "To assume that they can do different jobs is not only illogical but, in fact, potentially dangerous."