This is a message from a listserve, unfortunately all in caps.
*PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, COMMUNITY AND FAITH
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND ELECTED AND POLITICAL LEADERS*
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND ELECTED AND POLITICAL LEADERS*
*OUR MONCURE PLYWOOD IAM LOCAL 369 WORKERS SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE IS
URGING/PLEADING WITH ALL OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES TO CALL NOW! NOW! NOW! THE
NAMES AND NUMBERS BELOW. THE COMMUNITY AND WORKERS CANNOT IN THIS STRIKE
ALONE. THEY ARE BEING STARVED OUT BY THE COMPANY WHO IS RESISTING ANY
SETTLEMENT. WE ARE RAISING THE HEAT. WE HAVE ORGANIZED AND CONTINUE TO
BUILD FINANCIAL AND PICKET LINE SUPPORT, BUT CANNOT HELP THE WORKERS WIN
THEIR VALIANT STRUGGLE WITHOUT MORE PRESSURE ON THE MONCURE OWNERS, ATLAS
HOLDINGS, AND DEEPER UNION SUPPORT FROM THE TOP LEADERSHIP OF THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. *
*
*
*1. PRESSURE THE OWNERS. PLEASE KEEP CALLING AND EMAILING ATLAS HOLDING
OWNERS TO TELL THEM HOW OUTRAGED WE ARE AT THEIR REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE IN
GOOD FAITH. THEY OWN MONCURE PLYWOOD AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INDECENT
TREATMENT OF THEIR WORKERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BEEN IN THE PLANT FOR DECADES.
*
*
*
*A. Call Andrew Bursky at (203) 983-7933, email abursky at atlasholdingsllc dot com
*
*and Tim Fazio, Managing Partner, (203) 622-0207, email
tfazio at atlasholdingsllc dot com*
*
*
B. Go to the IAM website www.goiam.org/moncure/ to send a letter to Moncure
Plywood customers like Lazy Boy and Ethan Allan urging not Moncure product
purchases until they settle a just contract with the workers at IAM Local
369.
*
*
*2. PLEASE CALL INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT BUFFENBARGER AND VP MICHALSKI AND
REGIONAL PRESIDENT BLOCKER AND SEND THE MESSAGE:*
*MORE UNION FINANCIAL AID BEYOND $150/WEEK STRIKE FUND
*
*MORE UNION VISIBILITY AND HELP IN ORGANIZING A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE OF FAITH,
LABOR AND COMMUNITY (WE NEED A PART TIME ORGANIZER). ONE STAFF PERSON
COVERING 3 STATES CANNOT DO THE JOB ALONE. MORE UNION IDEAS ON RAISING THE
HEAT.
*
*WE CANNOT LOSE THIS STRIKE. WE CANNOT LET THE WORKERS DOWN. WE CANNOT
SEND A MESSAGE OF DESPAIR AND DEFEAT OUT TO OTHER WORKERS SEEKING TO
ORGANIZE IN A RIGHT TO WORK STATE.
*
*
*
*LOOK FOR THE FOLLOW UP LETTER FROM OUR MONCURE WORKERS SOLIDARITY
COMMITTEE WHICH YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL IN YOUR OWN WORDS TO THE PARTIES BELOW.
SEND COPIES OF ALL YOUR WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE TO MEL MONFORD, UNION STAFF,
AND LEWIS CAMERON, LOCAL 369 PRESIDENT.*
*
*
*CALL, EMAIL, WRITE*
*
*
*International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers*
*Contact information*
**
*International Officers*
URGING/PLEADING WITH ALL OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES TO CALL NOW! NOW! NOW! THE
NAMES AND NUMBERS BELOW. THE COMMUNITY AND WORKERS CANNOT IN THIS STRIKE
ALONE. THEY ARE BEING STARVED OUT BY THE COMPANY WHO IS RESISTING ANY
SETTLEMENT. WE ARE RAISING THE HEAT. WE HAVE ORGANIZED AND CONTINUE TO
BUILD FINANCIAL AND PICKET LINE SUPPORT, BUT CANNOT HELP THE WORKERS WIN
THEIR VALIANT STRUGGLE WITHOUT MORE PRESSURE ON THE MONCURE OWNERS, ATLAS
HOLDINGS, AND DEEPER UNION SUPPORT FROM THE TOP LEADERSHIP OF THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. *
*
*
*1. PRESSURE THE OWNERS. PLEASE KEEP CALLING AND EMAILING ATLAS HOLDING
OWNERS TO TELL THEM HOW OUTRAGED WE ARE AT THEIR REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE IN
GOOD FAITH. THEY OWN MONCURE PLYWOOD AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INDECENT
TREATMENT OF THEIR WORKERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BEEN IN THE PLANT FOR DECADES.
*
*
*
*A. Call Andrew Bursky at (203) 983-7933, email abursky at atlasholdingsllc dot com
*
*and Tim Fazio, Managing Partner, (203) 622-0207, email
tfazio at atlasholdingsllc dot com*
*
*
B. Go to the IAM website www.goiam.org/moncure/ to send a letter to Moncure
Plywood customers like Lazy Boy and Ethan Allan urging not Moncure product
purchases until they settle a just contract with the workers at IAM Local
369.
*
*
*2. PLEASE CALL INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT BUFFENBARGER AND VP MICHALSKI AND
REGIONAL PRESIDENT BLOCKER AND SEND THE MESSAGE:*
*MORE UNION FINANCIAL AID BEYOND $150/WEEK STRIKE FUND
*
*MORE UNION VISIBILITY AND HELP IN ORGANIZING A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE OF FAITH,
LABOR AND COMMUNITY (WE NEED A PART TIME ORGANIZER). ONE STAFF PERSON
COVERING 3 STATES CANNOT DO THE JOB ALONE. MORE UNION IDEAS ON RAISING THE
HEAT.
*
*WE CANNOT LOSE THIS STRIKE. WE CANNOT LET THE WORKERS DOWN. WE CANNOT
SEND A MESSAGE OF DESPAIR AND DEFEAT OUT TO OTHER WORKERS SEEKING TO
ORGANIZE IN A RIGHT TO WORK STATE.
*
*
*
*LOOK FOR THE FOLLOW UP LETTER FROM OUR MONCURE WORKERS SOLIDARITY
COMMITTEE WHICH YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL IN YOUR OWN WORDS TO THE PARTIES BELOW.
SEND COPIES OF ALL YOUR WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE TO MEL MONFORD, UNION STAFF,
AND LEWIS CAMERON, LOCAL 369 PRESIDENT.*
*
*
*CALL, EMAIL, WRITE*
*
*
*International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers*
*Contact information*
**
*International Officers*
R. Thomas Buffenbarger
International President
9000 Machinists Place
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2687
(301) 967-4500
EMAIL Mr. Buffenbarger in care of his secretary Janet Woodward -
jwoodward at iamaw dot org
International President
9000 Machinists Place
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2687
(301) 967-4500
EMAIL Mr. Buffenbarger in care of his secretary Janet Woodward -
jwoodward at iamaw dot org
Rich Michalski
General Vice President
9000 Machinists Place
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2687
(301) 967-4500
EMAIL Mr. Michalski in care of his secretary peggypayne@ iamaw.org
General Vice President
9000 Machinists Place
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2687
(301) 967-4500
EMAIL Mr. Michalski in care of his secretary peggypayne@ iamaw.org
*District Officers*
**
Calvin L. Blocker
President/Directing Business Representative
Woodworkers District Lodge W2
1962 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 272-7557
EMAIL - clblocker at aol dot com and to office clerk/bookkeeper, Loretta Taylor at
iamww2 at aol dot com
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SEND COPIES OF YOUR LETTERS TO:
*District Staff Assigned to North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia*
**
Melvin F. Montford
Business Representative and Organizer
Woodworkers District Lodge W2
P.O. Box 10428
1408 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27605
(901) 619-1987
E-mail: *mfmontford at earthlink dot net* <mfmontford at earthlink dot net>
**
Melvin F. Montford
Business Representative and Organizer
Woodworkers District Lodge W2
P.O. Box 10428
1408 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27605
(901) 619-1987
E-mail: *mfmontford at earthlink dot net* <mfmontford at earthlink dot net>
*Woodworkers Local Lodge W369*
**
Lewis E. Cameron
President
Woodworkers Local Lodge W369
P.O. Box 318
Moncure, NC 27559
(919) 770-5836
lcameron at windstream dot net
**
Lewis E. Cameron
President
Woodworkers Local Lodge W369
P.O. Box 318
Moncure, NC 27559
(919) 770-5836
lcameron at windstream dot net
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1 comment:
While there must be some responsibility from an owner to employees (such as not taking advantage), ultimately an owner is there to make money. And it's the owner who has taken the risks to make the business work. If workers try to understand the business - whatever it is -there would be less division and more pulling together. What's good for the business will be good for the employees.
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