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UAW threatens to cut off Accuride workers--again |
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by Lee Sustar
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12 Dec 2001
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UAW ACTIVISTS are organizing to prevent the union's International Executive Board from cutting off the strike benefits of locked-out Accuride workers in Henderson, Ky., and revoking the charter of their union, Local 2036. |
UAW ACTIVISTS are organizing to prevent the union's International Executive Board from cutting off the strike benefits of locked-out Accuride workers in Henderson, Ky., and revoking the charter of their union, Local 2036.
The UAW Solidarity Coalition (UAWSC) activists set a demonstration for January 14 at Solidarity House, the UAW¹s headquarters in Detroit to protest the cutoff of the 400 workers, who have been locked out since March 1998.
At the same time, a picket will be held outside Local 862 in Lousiville,Ky., home local of Ron Gettlefinger, the candidate for UAW president hand-picked by the ruling Administration Caucus.
Gettlefinger was the regional director who personally authorized the strike that preceded the lockout in February 1998.
But the UAW International turned its back on the members of Local 2036, cutting off strike benefits for 14 months.
But a picket by Accuride workers and supporters outside the UAW International¹s Solidarity House in May 2000 pressured the Executive Board into restoring benefits four months later at double the normal amount.
The benefits were cut in half in October workers to vote on a contract they had already rejected five times.
Accuride workers and UAWSC activists, held an emergency December 1 meeting hosted by Local 2488 President Justin West in Bloomington, Ill to plan the January 14 protest and step up the fight. |
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