How Anti-Union Consultants Pressure Immigrant Workers
Documents reveal some of the tactics deployed specifically against immigrants during union campaigns.
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Documents reveal some of the tactics deployed specifically against immigrants during union campaigns.
Wabtec offered no counter proposal in Wednesday's session, according to union officials. No other bargaining sessions have been announced.
Workers with the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America union (UE), who make locomotive engines in Erie for Wabtec Corp., have been on strike for just over 30 days. The workers have a bargaining session with the company this week, and along with negotiations over wages and benefits, the 1,400 members of UE are asking the company to become more environmentally friendly.
Management walked out of resumed negotiations after just six minutes, rejecting the UE's proposed concessions as inadequate.
Councilwoman Susannah Faulkner proposed the resolution, which also opposes state and/federal actions of the rights of gay and/or transgender people.