Wages And Jobs Going South

The grievances regarding the production assistants have been resolved without going to arbitration but the fight is not over. It has been agreed upon by both the union and management that any current line leaders and or production assistants will remain in their current positions. The company argued that it was always past practice to not post leadership positions. The committee argued that it was wrong for the company to be allowed to do this in the first place.…

Christmas is fast approaching and I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. It seems like just yesterday that we were in bargaining a year ago this December.

Armada has hired 28 full time employees since negotiations including 2 maintenance employees and a midnight tool room. Early Nov I asked about hiring more and the answer I recieved from management was yes most likely, probably before Chrismas we will be hiring more. Although this is good for our union there…

Since this is my first article in the OshaWorker I would again like to thank the membership for their support and overwhelmingly electing me as your new chairperson at Armada Tool Works. I will do my very best to represent every single member without prejudice.

Let me first start out by reminding each and every one of you that you are the union and you have a voice. The union doesn’t just consist of a chairperson, 2committee people, and 6 shop stewards. We are all in this…