Saturday, June 03, 2006
AK Steel's Middletown Works workers consider joining IAM
Detroit News Online
The independent union that represents hourly workers locked out of AK Steel's Middletown Works for three months endorsed affiliating with a major international union Friday.
Uniting with the International Association of Machinists could not only increase the strength of the Middletown Works union that has been independent for some seven decades, but would help resolve a key issue -- pensions -- in the standoff.
The independent union that represents hourly workers locked out of AK Steel's Middletown Works for three months endorsed affiliating with a major international union Friday.
Uniting with the International Association of Machinists could not only increase the strength of the Middletown Works union that has been independent for some seven decades, but would help resolve a key issue -- pensions -- in the standoff.