Labor deal for Bridgestone

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 17, 2009 at 7:27 am

Representatives of Bridgestone America Tire Operations and the United Steelworkers have agreed on the broad strokes of a new collective bargaining agreement that will cover more than 2,800 at four factories.

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Bridgestone starts union talks

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on June 17, 2009 at 8:28 am

Execs from one of the tire maker’s main divisions are sitting down with representatives of the United Steelworkers today to begin negotiating new contracts for almost 3,000 workers.

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Steelworkers: Buy American

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on March 11, 2009 at 3:17 pm

Well, they would say that, right? A group of local union members will tomorrow deliver to Metro Council a petition supporting the Buy American spending plan that is part of the recently passed federal stimulus bill.

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Delek refinery workers get new union deal

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on February 8, 2009 at 9:58 pm

The roughly 180 Steelworkers Union members (out of a total payroll of about 3,800) that work in the refinery division of Brentwood-based Delek (Ticker: DK) are getting a raise and a signing bonus, but it’s not as much as they’d hoped for.

The union, which represents 30,000 employees in the oil industry, said it was not able to negotiate for better health and safety conditions.

“The recession had a dampening effect on our proposal for a more significant wage increase,” Gary Beevers, the union’s vice president and lead negotiator, said in a statement. “Even though the oil companies made record profits the last few years, they used the poor economy as a shield to prevent us from receiving a higher pay increase.”

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Tags: Delek US Holdings Inc., energy, organized labor, Texas, United Steelworkers