Sat, May 13, 2006
Union Voted Out Of Vero Beach March 15
Members of the
International Association of Machinists picketed outside the
Bethesda Hyatt Regency Thursday morning, where American Capital
Strategies (ACS) was holding its annual shareholders meeting, to
show support for workers at New Piper Aircraft who the union says
were denied their freedom to join the union.
Representatives with the IAM told ANN that ACS, which owns New
Piper Aircraft, has allowed an anti-worker management team free
rein in the company administration. The union claims New Piper
management has rung up dozens of unfair labor practice charges, has
bargained in bad faith, and has run a systematic campaign of
harassment of union supporters.
"We've asked ACS to intervene and treat their workers with
dignity," said IAM General Vice President Robert V. Thayer. "They
said it's their policy not to interfere with local management. They
ought to change that policy. We don't intend to go away."
As Aero-News reported March
15, workers at New Piper voted out the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers as their collective
bargaining representative, by a close vote of 307 to retain the
IAMAW at New Piper and 401 to oust the organization.
IAM Strategic Resources
Director Steve Sleigh says New Piper had run a "totally anti-union
campaign," that included more strictly enforcing solicitation and
distribution rules against union supporters, promising benefits to
employees if they vote to get rid of the union, and encouraging
employees to sign a decertification petition even as management was
supposedly bargaining in good faith.
"The IAM members at New Piper have stuck with the company
through hurricanes and wage cuts, and helped it rebuild," said
Thayer. "They deserve much better than this."
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