Paris Dothard News Today

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.

365 union members from Locals 388 and 1191 are now on strike against Eaton Corporation, saying the latest contract offer from Eaton falls flat in 3 key areas.