Vol. 80/No. 26      July 18, 2016

 
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Locked out Honeywell workers: ‘We won’t accept union busting’

 
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Locked-out members of United Auto Workers Local 9 rallied at the gate of the Honeywell aerospace plant here June 30. They were joined by members of the Steelworkers, SEIU and the Laborers Union. The 200 participants sang “Solidarity Forever” as scabs from Strom Engineering were brought out of the plant in buses.

Honeywell locked the workers out May 9 after they voted down a contract that would increase medical costs and strip away seniority rights. “They want to make us pay $114 a week for health care with an $8,000 deductible,” said Bryan Rodgers, Local 9 recording secretary. “They’re proposing a 270-day probation period, when now we have 60. We will not accept a union-busting contract.”

“We’re still fighting for unemployment benefits,” Rodgers said. Another rally is planned for July 18. Send donations and solidarity messages to UAW Local 9, 740 Michigan St., South Bend, IN 46601.

The authors are members of USW Local 1010 in East Chicago, Indiana.
 
 
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