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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWorkers Vote Against Union In Oswego, NY
Scriba (WSYR-TV) - Workers at Oswego Countys largest employer voted down a proposal to form a union. Novelis says workers in Scriba voted down the proposal during a two-day election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
http://www.localsyr.com/story/d/story/-/ooLQRUvAkEOt5O8vmn5HCw?utm_content=bufferfb695&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Some employees say that the company has raised healthcare costs, cut overtime pay, and cut benefits at non-union facilities. The plant manager at Novelis says that to help absorb the higher costs, workers got a 5 percent raise and a $2,500 bonus.
http://www.localsyr.com/story/d/story/-/ooLQRUvAkEOt5O8vmn5HCw?utm_content=bufferfb695&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Workers Vote Against Union In Oswego, NY (Original Post)
Inkfreak
Feb 2014
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hedgehog
(36,286 posts)1. This is a very big deal within the company -
someone got their hands slapped for cutting benefits and triggering the union votes.
Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)4. I've got a few family members working there.
Wish I could say they voted for it. But only my father-in-law did. You wouldn't believe the disinformation being spread before the vote. And the cheering on my Facebook feed has been disturbing. I just shake my head at their stupidity.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)2. BTW - Fulton gets more snow than Oswego!
Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)5. And they can have it!!!!
I'm 2.5 tons of pellets into my winter. With another cold front headed in, lol.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)3. Damn Southerners voting against their own best interests again..
When will they ever learn?
Guess that "southern mindset" ain't so southern.