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Continental Tire workers protest layoffs
Published Sep 10, 2006 9:32 PM
A couple hundred former Continental Tire workers and their allies rallied in
uptown Charlotte, N.C., after the annual Labor Day Parade on Sept. 4. They were
protesting layoffs and free-trade agreements that harm workers. And they
demanded a living wage of at least $10 an hour in Charlotte.
After the
Steel Workers union, which represents the Continental Tire workers, refused wage
concessions, more than 700 workers lost their jobs at the Charlotte plant.
(wcnc.com) The bosses at Continental Tire decided to shift production to another
country where they could pay lower wages and minimize or eliminate benefits
altogether.
The workers vowed to continue their fight for good jobs at
living wages. Even the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against
Continental Tire based on the bosses’ tactics during contract negotiations
with Steel Workers 850L, organizer of the rally.
— David
Dixon
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