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For most of her 36 years at the Hufcor factory in Janesville, Wisconsin, Kathy Pawluk loved working there, at least until a private-equity firm took over four years ago. There were Christmas parties and summer picnics, and workers could listen to the radio as they built accordion-style room partitions for convention centers and hotel ballrooms.
âThey treated people like they were family, not a number,â said Pawluk, 62. âWe had the best health benefits. We had HR people who really cared about us.â
But Pawluk said things deteriorated soon after OpenGate Capital acquired Hufcor, a family-owned company founded in Janesville 120 years ago. âThey basically told us âWe donât want to get to know youâ in so many words,â Pawluk said.
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MILAN (Reuters) - U.S. and international unions have accused Ray-Ban maker Luxottica, the Italian arm of eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, of violating workers’ right to unionise at a U.S. plant in Georgia and asked the Italian, French and U.S. governments to mediate.
FILE PHOTO: The Luxottica name is reflected in a pair of sunglasses in this photo illustration taken in Rome February 4, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/
In a statement sent to Reuters, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), together with the AFL-CIO and two other workers’ groups, alleged that managers of the Luxottica plant in McDonough, near Atlanta, Georgia, unleashed an “aggressive and fear-inducing” campaign to discourage its 2,000 employees from seeking union membership.
Ray-Ban maker Luxottica accused of anti-union behaviour at U.S. Georgia plant
Reuters | Jul 15, 2021 03:52 PM EDT
The Luxottica name is reflected in a pair of sunglasses in this photo illustration taken in Rome (Photo : REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/)
U.S. and international unions have accused Ray-Ban maker Luxottica, the Italian arm of eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, of violating workers right to unionise at a U.S. plant in Georgia and asked the Italian, French and U.S. governments to mediate.
In a statement sent to Reuters, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), together with the AFL-CIO and two other workers groups, alleged that managers of the Luxottica plant in McDonough, near Atlanta, Georgia, unleashed an aggressive and fear-inducing campaign to discourage its 2,000 employees from seeking union membership.
Ray-Ban maker Luxottica accused of anti-union behavior at US Georgia plant
Jul 16, 2021 10:05 AM PHT
Reuters
US and international unions have accused Ray-Ban maker Luxottica, the Italian arm of eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, of violating workers right to unionize at a US plant in Georgia and asked the Italian, French, and US governments to mediate.
In a statement sent to Reuters, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), together with the AFL-CIO and two other workers groups, alleged that managers of the Luxottica plant in McDonough, near Atlanta, Georgia, unleashed an aggressive and fear-inducing campaign to discourage its 2,000 employees from seeking union membership.