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Machinists in North Carolina in Third Month of Strike and More Bargaining News |
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Machinists in North Carolina enter the third month of a strike, protesting management’s demands to increase the workweek to six or seven days, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
WORK STOPPAGES AND ACTIONS
IAM, Moncure Plymouth: A strike by Machinists (IAM) members in Moncure, N.C., at Moncure Plywood has reached its third month. The union’s three-year contract with the company expired April 30, and negotiations over a new one broke down in July. Sticking points involve the company’s proposals to boost the workweek, which often could have meant six days or even seven work days in a row, to increase the cost of health insurance for families by $80 a month to $90 a month and to remove the union’s ability to use seniority for things such as determining who fills new job openings. One worker remarked, “I’m not going back in there without a union contract. I’d rather lose everything I got before I’d work like a slave.”
CNA/NNOC, California Pacific Medical Center: In the San Francisco, Calif., area, hundreds of RNs in scrubs, represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) protested outside the offices of California Pacific Medical Center over the chain’s refusal to address the same contract issues to which the eight other Sutter Health facilities in the Bay Area have agreed.
SETTLEMENTS
AFM, Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Musicians of the Columbus, Ohio, Symphony Orchestra, represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) Local 103, ratified a new three-year agreement that cuts wages and benefits by about $1.3 million per year. The contract also shortens the season from 46 weeks to 31 weeks in the first year and 38 weeks thereafter. The board suspended operations on June 1, citing a projected $3 million budget shortfall, and the future of the orchestra had been in doubt as the sides clashed over the contract and what direction to take the organization.
AFT, Colchester School District: In Vermont, Colchester teachers, represented by AFT Local 1827, ratified a new contract that would give educators, on average, a 5 percent pay raise this year and a 4 percent raise in the subsequent two years. Teachers would continue to pay for 20 percent of their health care premiums.
NEGOTIATIONS
USW, EaglePicher Corp.: The United Steelworkers (USW) Local 812 announced that EaglePicher Corp. in Joplin, Mo., facing forced changes in their contract agreement and big increases in the cost of family health insurance from new owners, are getting support from other union members across the country. EaglePicher workers in Joplin produce specialized batteries for the defense and aerospace industries. Their top customers include Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Sandia.
UAW, Mitsubishi: In Normal, Ill., the UAW Local 2488 and Mitsubishi Motors North America have restarted negotiations. Talks between the two sides reportedly have focused on pay and benefit cuts, as well as the creation of a two-tiered wage system.
Disclaimer: This information is being provided for your information only. As it is compiled from published news reports, not from individual unions, we cannot vouch for either its completeness or accuracy; readers who desire further information should directly contact the union involved.
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