DuPont workers getting $3 million back pay ( USW settlement stems from outsourcing in 2001 )

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.buffalonews.com/145/story/503328.html


DuPont employees and their supporters protest the potential outsourcing of jobs from the Town of Tonawanda plant on April 21, 2001.
AP File Photo

Updated: 11/24/08 08:21 AM

By Matt Glynn
NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER

Eighty-four workers at DuPont’s Town of Tonawanda plant will receive a total of $3 million in back pay stemming from DuPont’s decision to outsource some work in 2001.

Union and management leaders say they are hopeful the settlement, which was worked out with the National Labor Relations Board, will help the two sides move past a difficult period in their relationship.

“It’s a big settlement for us,” said Dan Austin, president of Steelworkers Local 6992, which represents about 400 of the 668 employees at the River Road plant.

Ron Lee, the plant manager, said in a statement: “We felt that the settlement was a fair one and are pleased to have brought closure to this issue.”

The dispute began with a charge filed in 2001 with the NLRB by the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers union. The union later merged with the Steelworkers.

The union had objected to Du- Pont’s decision to outsource to contractors finishing tasks for Corian countertop material that were performed at the plant. Fifty-three DuPont employees were laid off after the work was transferred.

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[jwirr]

1. Good if outsourcing finally begins to cost them it will slow down. Not

that we have that much more we can lose.