ARLINGTON, VA — Perma-Fix has ratified an expanded labor agreement with Local 598. Building Trades Union that covers the company’s 35-acre treatment facility near the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., the company’s CEO said Thursday.
Perma-Fix CEO Mark Duff made the announcement Thursday Sept. 25 at DOE’s annual National Cleanup Workshop here.
The labor agreement goes into effect Oct. 1 and covers 75 workers at the outset but the number will grow over time as the Perma-Fix Northwest facility adds more shifts, Duff said. The company already had a limited labor deal with the union tied to grouting Hanford tank waste, but that process has not started yet.
While participating in a panel discussion, Duff said Perma-Fix is also commercializing its technology to destroy per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) or forever chemicals at a facility in Gainesville, Fla.