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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Monday, January 26, 2004 ::
Pleased with union win Letters, The Oregonian
As one who picketed in support of the striking Colorado steelworkers six years ago, I was heartened to read that Oregon Steel Mills finally had to settle with the United Steelworkers of America on terms that I am sure the company found most distasteful and humiliating ("Oregon Steel will pay $32 million to settle dispute").
Since Oregon Steel broke the steelworker local at its Portland plant some 15 years ago, it has followed a corporate policy of union busting at its other properties.
A sad fact of the strike and subsequent lockout at the Colorado plant is that it took more than six years for the National Labor Relations Board and its rulings to persuade Oregon Steel to settle with its workers, many of whom were socially and financially devastated by the company's activities.
IRV FLETCHER President emeritus, Oregon AFL-CIO Woodburn------------------------------------------- posted 7:59 PM :: reference link ::
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