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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Roeder

Equipment operators end 7-week strike affecting road projects

A seven-week strike affecting road projects throughout the Chicago area ended Tuesday. (Sun-Times file)

Members of the International Union of Operating Engineers ratified a three-year contract Tuesday, ending a seven-week strike that has curtailed road projects throughout northeast Illinois.

Ed Maher, communications director for the union’s Local 150, said members unanimously approved the contract in a show-of-hands vote. The members met at the local’s office in Countryside.

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