In Fond Du Lac Wisconsin, there is an interesting case of union vs management. Mercury Marine is a builder of boat engines. It is a large employer in Fond Du Lac County and has about 800 union members.
On Sunday, the union voted on the managements last and final offer or the Mercury Marine would probably shut down the plant and move the jobs to Stillwater, OK. The union lemmings voted with union leader thugs and they voted down the latest contract offer. The contract offer basically said that new hires and workers brought back from layoff would receive lower wages and the workers who continued to work at the plant would have their wages frozen for 7 years. So, the union voted themselves out of a job.
Now, there are second thoughts by the union members and some want a second vote but it is not that easy. From the Fond Du Lac Reporter: "Mercury Marine’s union is awaiting word from its international headquarters on the legality of voting on a contract a second time.
Dan Longsine, chief negotiator with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) and Aerospace Workers Local 1947, said union officials should receive a directive from their grand lodge by noon Thursday on whether the union can consider voting a second time on Mercury’s “best and final” labor contract proposal.
After that, it would be up to local union chiefs from District 10 in Milwaukee to decide if a new vote is the right move for its force of union workers."..."He believes that at this point in time, under the union’s bylaws, there would have to be changes made to the contract before union members would be allowed to vote again". http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20090826/FON0101/90826186/1289&located=WISINFO
So, the union members are having second thoughts about the vote but it seems like the union leader thugs are saying no and their excuse is "union bylaws". If the union thugs really wanted their union lemmings to vote again, they know what will happen- the contract will pass. If the union wanted the vote, it would have happened yesterday, but they don't and about 1000 people in Fond Du Lac County will be unemployed.
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Do you really think that Mercury is going to honor the contract. They will still be pulling out whether the union agreed or not.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing you have any money, you are so gullible.
Who said I had money?
ReplyDeleteBut let's face it, if the union voted yes on the contract, it would be much harder for Mercury to leave. They may come up with a bunch of BS to move, but then it would be on Mercury, not the union.
If this was the case, then I would be supporting the union and not Mercury.
But I guess, it is irrelevant, especially since the union probably will not allow a 2nd vote.