Striking members of Teamsters Local 879 at Columbian Chemicals in Hamilton, Ontario, confront company goon hired by strike-breaking outfit London Protection International, as he escorts busload of scabs through picket line. The 65 chemical workers went on strike November 26. The plant, U.S.-based Phelps Dodge Corporation, produces carbon black for tires, inks, paints, and plastics. The company is demanding to take away a 2 percent wage hike it initially offered.
Front page (for this issue) |
Home |
Text-version home
|