Articles tagged with: unions
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From The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Read the full story »In the end, it came down to timing and a deadline.
And time was not on the side of the union of Mercury Marine Inc. after the company rejected the union’s attempt at a second vote on a proposed labor contract aimed at saving hundreds of jobs.
The vote Saturday night came too late, and further delays wouldn’t be fair to an Oklahoma community that’s been waiting for the outboard-engine maker to move additional work there, Mercury executives said Sunday.
From The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Read the full story »More than 200 union members at Mercury Marine Inc. have signed petitions calling for a second vote on a labor contract that was rejected Sunday by what union leaders said was a wide margin.
Unless the union members take a second vote and approve the proposed concessions, Mercury Marine says it will move up to 850 manufacturing jobs to its nonunion plant in Stillwater, Okla. Also at risk is the company’s headquarters, which employs about 1,000 people.
“We are fighting right to the end,” said Fred Toth Jr., a 15-year Mercury employee and one of three union members who started the petition drive. “We already have about one-fourth of this union saying they want a revote.”
From The Associated Press:
Read the full story »Union workers at Mercury Marine put their jobs at risk Sunday when they rejected a package of wage and benefit concessions the boat engine maker said it needed or it would move their work to a nonunion plant in Oklahoma.
Union leaders did not immediately release Sunday’s tally but said the vote was “overwhelming” to reject what the company called its final offer.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1947, represents 850 workers at Mercury Marine, the largest employer in the eastern Wisconsin city of Fond du Lac and the world’s largest manufacturer of boat and recreational marine engines.
From The Associated Press:
Read the full story »Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa is seeking a temporary restraining order against a union it says plans to disrupt the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championship.
The country club alleges in court documents the Arkansas Regional Council of Carpenters organized about 30 protesters Friday near the golf course to use “loud chants and cheers” in support of workers’ rights. [...] The union accuses a member of the club of giving substandard pay and benefits to his employees.
