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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-05-08 07:04 PM
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Latrobe Specialty Steel strikers protest plan to use temps
Edited on Mon May-05-08 07:06 PM by Omaha Steve

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5754403.html

LATROBE, Pa. — Union workers from Latrobe Specialty Steel Co. are protesting the company's plan to use temporary workers during a strike.

Some 350 union steelworkers are on strike due to a dispute over the company's three-year contract proposal. The strike began May 1.

Early Monday, members of United Steelworkers Local 1537, retirees and community supporters protested the latest move by the company to bring in temporary workers to continue production during the strike.

Union members oppose the company's offer to increase bonuses while freezing hourly wages and cost of living adjustments during the three-year contract. The company has offered a $6,000 bonus this year and $5,000 bonuses over the next two years.
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-05-08 07:06 PM
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1. That's a terrible contract. I agree with the strike. No cost of living adjustment is unacceptable.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-05-08 07:09 PM
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2. They're not "temporary workers"
They're SCABS. And, in this economy, that makes for a potentially ugly scene.

Everything in this country is going to hell on a minute-to-minute basis. I've lived a long time, and I have never seen anything this bad.
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jedr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-05-08 07:49 PM
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3. Pittsburgh news showed things are getting tense over there;
Keep your eye on this one.
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