Breaking: IUE-CWA Files Charges Against Whirlpool

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http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/02/25/breaking-iue-cwa-files-charges-against-whirlpool/


IUE-CWA Local 808 today filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Whirlpool, alleging the company interfered with workers’ rights by threatening employees if they participate in a rally tomorrow to protest a plant closing.

Whirlpool announced it is closing the Evansville, Ind., refrigerator plant, laying off 1,100 workers and sending jobs to Mexico.

The charge stems from a memo by Paul Coburn, vice president for Whirlpool’s Evansville Division, warning workers not to participate in a march and rally tomorrow to save their jobs. Coburn’s memo, contained in an internal company newsletter, said employers in the future might not be willing to hire workers who participate.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who will speak at the rally tomorrow, said:

Whirlpool has taken the war against American workers to a new level by threatening to blacklist people who speak up. They don’t just want your job, they want your first amendment rights, too.

Show solidarity with the Whirlpool workers, 900 of whom are members of Local 808, by signing an online petition urging Whirlpool to reverse its decision and Keep It Made in America: Save Our Jobs. Click here to add your name to the more than 50,000 who already have signed.
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how old fashioned Whirlpool CEOs are, talking about black listing. bunch of greedy baron punks.

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1. If Whirlpool moves those jobs out of this country, I will not

replace my Whirlpool appliances with any that are not manufactured in this country. This is getting more and more difficult, as most are being made out of this country. I used to love Maytag, now the quality is diminished. I have appliances no more than two years old that now need major repairs. Color me disgusted.

What kind of reasoning is this? We send jobs overseas, and this leaves fewer and fewer people to purchase these imported items. So, what happens to the people without jobs in this country.

I believe we should start investing federal and state money into communes, so that our homeless can begin to live again and support themselves. All they need is good earth, seeds and muscles. We are investing in the wrong things. Unemployment benefits are great, but without plugging the hole that is sending our jobs and money out of this country, these people will either die naturally from lack of health care or food, or die killing those of us who are better off. Revolution is a tame word for the chaos that will ensue. In this country we have millions of acres of land that is owned by the people, or supposed to be. Unfortunately, it is more and more given to corporations to plunder. Frankly, I would rather have the homeless plunder it than the evil corporations, who have no true love for this country unless that love puts money in their pockets. As we go down, eventually the only direction is up.