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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Thursday, July 08, 2004 ::
Almost Six Months Later, Aftershock of Tyson Strike Still Felt in Small Town by Madeleine Baran, ZNet, MA
And then, 11 months later, it ended. The workers were forced to accept a contract containing terms almost identical to those offered before the strike, or risk having the workers who Tyson brought in to cross the picket line vote to decertify the union. The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that workers brought in to undermine a strike can be considered permanent replacements and can vote to decertify the union after a year.
The contract decreased starting pay from $11.10 to $9 an hour, froze pensions for workers hired before the strike, eliminated pensions for workers hired after the strike, cut vacation time, and increased health insurance co-payments for a new, less comprehensive health care package.
The media left, the international union left, the strike headquarters closed down, the company ordered the yellow signs removed, and the workers and residents of Jefferson were left trying to make sense of it all.------------------------------------------- posted 6:28 AM :: reference link ::
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