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Show - . . A k -- - fc . - , . - - J v; ' ... . .... : .-- ..... . ... . v -. i:XAv-i -V- BRUSH CREEK WATER slowly begins backing up behind Red Fleet Dam to cover sagebrush and fill in draws as the water backs along the Sv&uSver Chemical employees vote union ou? of local plant The Stauffer Chemical Company Brush Creek phosphate operation has de-certified its union contract and its employees no longer work under a labor union, reported Duncan L. King, creek. It is anticipated that the reservoir will fill to the 15,000 acre foot mark this year. general manager phosphate rock operation of the Western Operation of Stauffer Chemical Co. King, in an address to the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce directors' meeting Tuesday, said the vote was 85 percent to leave the union and go with the company. Stauffer gave a package wage increase to its employees of $1.75 per hour. "We are pleased," said King, "Because this gives us a chance to deal directly with the men." Stauffer hires over 100 employees at the Brush Creek operation. King reported that the Brush Creek phosphate holdings were the largest privately owned known, containing over 27 square miles, enough phosphate to last over 100 years at the current rate of extraction. The Brush Creek operation is two and a half times larger than when it began and it is competing with supplies on railheads even after having to haul the product 155 miles to the closest rail facility. Stauffer has a local annual payroll of about $3 million, King stated. The company does not plan on any immediate im-mediate expansion. "We must sell before we build and we are conservative con-servative when it comes to expansion," King concluded. |