Union says wage offers by Howard Industries are too low
Source: Miami Herald
BY JEFF AMY AP
JACKSON, MISS.
A union at Howard Industries, one of Mississippi's largest industrial employers, is protesting what it sees as low wage offers in contract negotiations.
Local 1317 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers planned a news conference Wednesday in Laurel to criticize the wage increases offered by the maker of electrical transformers. Union members have already voted down three contract offers during negotiations, most recently in April.
Howard's vice president of human resources and its labor relations lawyer did not respond to phone calls and emails seeking comment Tuesday. The privately-held company is based in Laurel.
Clarence Larkins, the local union's business manager, said Howard is offering 2,000 union represented workers at its Laurel plant only a 30-cent-an-hour raise over four years. Larkins said workers make $12.74 an hour on average in Laurel, so an extra 30 cents works out to a 2.4 percent increase over time.
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Larkins said workers make $12.74 an hour on average in Laurel, so an extra 30 cents works out to a 2.4 percent increase over four years.
I keep hearing union workers are overpaid!
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