The new contract will be effective March 1, 2016, through Feb. 28, 2019, and includes a 3.5 percent salary increase each year.

Dakota Gasification Company - January 15, 2016

Dakota Gasification Company and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) reached an agreement on a three-year labor contract. IBEW Local 1593 represents about 500 technicians at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant.

The new contract will be effective March 1, 2016, through Feb. 28, 2019, and includes a 3.5 percent salary increase each year.

Dakota Gas was notified by IBEW of the results of the ratification vote in December.

The contract was approved by Dakota Gas' board of directors during its monthly meeting this week.

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