AM 1240 WJON » strike http://wjon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 19:39:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Steelworkers Say No ArcelorMittal Strike Now http://wjon.com/steelworkers-say-no-arcelormittal-strike-now/ http://wjon.com/steelworkers-say-no-arcelormittal-strike-now/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:50:45 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=129196 The United Steelworkers have decided not to go on strike now over stalled negotiations with steelmaker ArcelorMittal.

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]]> http://wjon.com/steelworkers-say-no-arcelormittal-strike-now/feed/ 0 billjacobus1 (Flickr) Polar Tank Workers Ratify Contract http://wjon.com/polar-tank-workers-ratify-contract/ http://wjon.com/polar-tank-workers-ratify-contract/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:19:14 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=60293 Workers at Polar Tank Trailer in Opole are heading back to work after union members approved the latest contract proposal today. Some 350 workers will get back on the job after a 19 day strike.

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]]> http://wjon.com/polar-tank-workers-ratify-contract/feed/ 0 truck PR,flickr Polar Tank Workers Vote to Continue Strike http://wjon.com/polar-tank-workers-vote-to-continue-strike/ http://wjon.com/polar-tank-workers-vote-to-continue-strike/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:30:03 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=58627 Workers at Polar tank Trailer in Opole have voted to continue to strike. The members of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 623 voted Monday night to continue the strike now in its 13th day.

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]]> http://wjon.com/polar-tank-workers-vote-to-continue-strike/feed/ 0 Steven Wright Polar Tank Hires Replacement Workers as Strike Continues http://wjon.com/polar-tank-hires-replacement-workers-as-strike-continues/ http://wjon.com/polar-tank-hires-replacement-workers-as-strike-continues/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:12:26 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=56550 The Opole trailer manufacturer has hired some replacement workers to keep the plant running while its 360 workers entered day three of a strike. Polar Tank Trailer Marketing Manager Tim Kelly says they have invited their employees back to work but also intend to meet customer commitments

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]]> http://wjon.com/polar-tank-hires-replacement-workers-as-strike-continues/feed/ 0 truck PR,flickr Day Two of Polar Tank Strike http://wjon.com/day-two-of-polar-tank-strike/ http://wjon.com/day-two-of-polar-tank-strike/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:41:26 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=55847 It's day two of the strike at Polar Tank Corporation. Workers are picketing over what they say are cuts to wages and benefits. Polar Tank spokesman Tim Kelly could not say what the status is on negotiations.

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]]> http://wjon.com/day-two-of-polar-tank-strike/feed/ 0 Steven Wright Opole Plant Workers Elect to Strike [VIDEO, AUDIO] http://wjon.com/opole-plant-workers-elect-to-strike-audio/ http://wjon.com/opole-plant-workers-elect-to-strike-audio/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:50:18 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=55482 The streets of Opole are lined with hundreds of striking plant workers today. Polar Tank Trailer LLC, the country's largest manufacturer of tank trailers, has reportedly reached an impasse in negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with its over 350 workers.

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