Appeals Court Upholds Order to Keep Plants Open (won't throw 1,000 workers in the street)

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/07/09/appeals-court-upholds-order-to-keep-plants-open/

by James Parks, Jul 9, 2010
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In a major win for workers, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction that prevents Pratt & Whitney from closing plants in Cheshire and East Hartford, Conn., and throwing some 1,000 workers onto the street.

Machinists (IAM) District 26 had filed suit saying the decision to move the work violated their contract. A federal judge issued an injunction in February 2010 preventing the closings. United Technologies Corp. (UTC), Pratt’s parent company, appealed to the federal appeals court.

In an unanimous 23-page decision, a three-judge panel said the district court correctly concluded that Pratt had not made, and was not making, “every reasonable effort” to preserve bargaining unit work as required by the CBA .

“This once again confirms what we’ve said all along—Pratt didn’t give us a chance to address their concerns to keep the work here,” said IAM’s chief negotiator Jim Parent.

It’s more than 1,000 hourly and salary jobs—that’s 1,000 workers who deserve a fair chance to keep their livelihoods, and a thousand families who depend on those wage earners.

FULL story at link.

[tinymontgomery]

1. But unions don't do anything good for people

just ask anyone. :sarcasm:

[Omaha Steve]

2. Kick

[laughingliberal]

3. K & R nt