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Direct Tech Workers Vote for Union
Friday, June 02, 2006

Sixty-four employees of Direct Tech Southwest in Paducah voted Thursday to join St. Louis-based Communications Workers of America Local 6320.

Contract talks will begin soon, according to a CWA news release.

Workers for Direct Tech, at 857 N. H.C. Mathis Drive, do installation and repair for DirecTV in Kentucky, Illinois and southwest Missouri. The new bargaining unit consists of installers, customer service representatives and the warehouse employees.

CWA officials said they were contacted by Direct Tech employees in Missouri who were concerned about working conditions, wages and benefits. Employees in Kentucky and Illinois shared the concerns, they said.

The workers received help from the union in filing an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board, CWA said.