Ik moest even denken aan dit nieuws uit 2007
A petition is being circulated at the Vincent Bach plant in Elkhardt, Indiana, to decertify United Auto Workers (UAW) local 364 as the strike by more than 200 workers goes into its 13th month against the manufacturer of musical instruments.
At the start of this week, strikers are to vote on a new contract whose passage, according to the UAW, will do little more than make it possible for strikers to collect unemployment. Should the decertification pass, the UAW would be relieved of providing picketing workers with strike benefits.
Steinway Musical, which is the owner of the Elkhardt plant, provoked the strike more than a year ago by demanding mandatory overtime of 20 hours each month, higher health insurance deductibles, and a reduction in pay averaging $4.25 an hour combined with a cap in wages. Failure to accept these terms, said the company, would result in the shifting of production to China.
Steinway is waarschijnlijk eigenaar van de naam Elkhardt.
Waarschijnlijk importeren ze al jaren instapmodellen uit een Aziatisch land.
