UAW 9 Honeywell Lockout South Bend IND With UAW Local 9 VP Todd Treder

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UAW Local 9 Honeywell Locked Out Worker Fights Back
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UAW Local 9 Honeywell workers have been locked out for ten months. They are rallying on February 11, 2016 in South Bend Indiana

WW2-7-17 UAW 9 Honeywell Lockout South Bend IND With UAW Local 9 VP Todd Treder
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WorkWeek radio looks at the 10 month lockout of the UAW Local 9 Honeywell workers in South Bend, Indiana.
Labor and unions are under an onslaught nationally. Yesterday, the Missouri legislature voted to make the state a right to work. In California at SEIU 1000 a suit is being filed to stop agency shop in California with a likely anti-union Supreme Court new justice.
In Indiana where Mike Pence was the former governor and now vice president, 320 UAW Local 5 workers have been locked out for 10 months at the Honeywell Aerospace factory in South Bend, Indiana. The company is demanding major concessions in healthcare benefits, elimination of cost-of-living increases and pensions for new workers, cuts in overtime pay, subcontracting out work and restricting representation rights. These workers have rejected concession contracts and are fighting against take-backs.
On Saturday February 11, 2017 on the anniversary of the the mass strikes that built the UAW 80 years ago, workers staged a successful 8-day sit-down strike that forced the then-Bendix Corporation to recognize their UAW local. The South Bend plant occupation was a precursor to the 44-day sit-down strike initiated on December 30, 1936 at GM factories in Flint, Michigan.
The solidarity rally will be streaming live on Facebook and Youtube.
https://www.facebook.com/UAW-Local-9-129833610425549/
WorkWeek interviews Todd Treder who is the Vice President of UAW Local 9 at Honeywell and he talks about their struggle.
Additional media:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=18161
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/article/177-more-blog-posts-from-frank-hammer/3040-at-site-of-1936-sit-down-strike-uaw-members-resisting-honeywell-lockout-now-in-8th-month-
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/union-workers-vote-to-reject-honeywell-contract/article_2f060251-5aad-597b-add3-4a7380b62aef.html
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