No much more picket indicators outside Bath Iron Works after nera 10-week lon strike ends
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) claims that it today submitted a cost with the National Labor Relations Board versus the IAM Local S6 union for breaking the National Labor Relations Act by endangering union participants that choose to go back to function.
BIW claims that in an interaction to its subscription, union leaders endangered supposed “scabs” that go across the picket line with hefty penalties as well as loss of advantages. They additionally recommended physical violence, claiming, “no man has a right to scab so long as there is a pool of water to drown his carcass in, or a rope long enough to hang his body with.”
“We are extremely disappointed that union leaders would make false and threatening statements to the very employees they are supposed to represent,” stated BIWPresident Dirk Lesko “We take these issues very seriously and will continue to ensure our employees’ rights are protected.”
Under the National Labor Relations Act, claims BIW, staff members that pick to return to functioning have the lawful right to do so without being pestered or endangered with physical violence. Those that surrender their union subscription before going across the picket line can not be fined or needed to pay complete union fees, either throughout or after the strike.
Local S6 has actually been on strike versus the shipbuilder because June 21.
You can check out the Local S6 interaction that is the root cause of the NLRB grievance on the Local S6 site HERE
