Union paper mill workers in Franklin outraged over online job ad for replacement workers

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-mill-ad-angers-workers,0,3002177.story

Video: http://www.wtkr.com/videobeta/?watchId=9248ce33-9f4d-4708-9ba4-a34c4ccf2632

More than 1,000 people will lose their jobs when International Paper shuts down in Franklin. But workers say an online job ad promising high paying paper mill jobs is a slap in the face.

The ad is posted on Careerbuilder.com and was posted by Madi Corporation. It reads, "Experienced pulp and paper mill employees needed for a potential labor dispute."

The job location says Franklin, Virginia - but the jobs are not in Franklin. Union mill workers at International Paper in Franklin say an ad like this points to one thing:

"Scab labor, all that is just pure scab labor, 100 percent. That would be, anybody that's a union member and especially as long as I've been one and an officer as long as I've been one, it would be a disgrace to even think you would do it," said Joe Davis, local 1488 union member.

Joe Davis has worked at International Paper for 31 years and has been a member of local 1488 of the United States Steelworkers of America Union the entire time. Although Davis knows he will soon be out of the job, union members like him are upset after seeing an ad like this.

"Don't put up an ad trying to fool our people. Our people are very smart. It didn't take them long to figure out what was going on," said Butch Bryant, Chapter 176 SEIU president.

FULL story at link.

[endless october]

1. your union news / threads are among my favorites.

just wanted to let you know.

[pleah]

2. K&R