Support striking Laborers at Fabcon fighting 30% pay cut (2 LBN stories on this in April)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4462

7 May 2010

SAVAGE - A fund has been created to help members of Laborers Local 563 who have been on strike at Fabcon, Inc., for nearly a month.
Some 50 workers at the Fabcon manufacturing facility in Savage walked off the job April 5 rather than accept a company proposal to cut pay by 30 percent by eliminating overtime pay for weekend work.

“These brave workers are standing up to defend the weekend,” their union said. “What happens here will either maintain the area standard or be the first step in eroding this standard.”

Checks, payable to “Local 563 Fabcon Strike Fund” may be sent to:

Union Bank & Trust Company
Attn: Tracy
312 Central Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414-1025

Supporters also are encouraged to join Fabcon workers every day on the picketline from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 6111 West Highway 13, Savage.

Related article
Fabcon strikers vow to resist major rollback in wages


From LBN: House Speaker praises strikers for taking stand for fair wages: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4427

Temp worker hired as Fabcon strikebreaker ends up in emergency room: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4343004

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. kick

[Omaha Steve]

2. Kick

[JNelson6563]

3. I wish I weren't so broke!

I'm not complaining as I do have a job and though no raise or anything after 14 months, at least I'm not facing a 30% pay-cut!

So sorry to see this dropping like a stone at DU. Perhaps you should've included a tidbit about Sarah Palin in the title to sex it up a bit? that seems to be a winning strategy here nowadays, sadly.

Julie