DAVENPORT, Iowa (PAI) The wave of worker activism the AFL-CIO nicknamed “Striketober,” then “Strikesgiving,” is continuing well past the holidays and into late February, as some 365 Machinists members at Eaton’s factory in Davenport, Iowa, were forced to walk at midnight February 18.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (PAI) The wave of worker activism the AFL-CIO nicknamed “Striketober,” then “Strikesgiving,” is continuing well past the holidays and into late February, as some 365 Machinists members at Eaton’s factory in Davenport, Iowa, were forced to walk at midnight February 18.
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The workers, members of International Association of Machinists, voted by a near-unanimous 98 percent to reject a tentative agreement between the company and the union on February 17.
Quad Cities members of the machinists local 388 and 1191 went on strike on Thursday, February 17 at midnight. The community has joined them on the lines.