Omaha Steve's Labor Group
In reply to the discussion: Anyone notice the supremes ruling 8-1 yesterday on companies can sue striking workers. [View all]Bluethroughu
(5,795 posts)After a strike. Striking is only a means of allowing the employer to feel some of the stress the workers do when the employer won't come to the table on serious issues such as contracts, safety, or pay grievances.
This was a hard fought battle out there, and I remember many articles being written about the workers negotiations with that company in the news.
I'm part of a family with 50 years of ownership in a concrete company. It's like a factory job the equipment and the workers do the samething everyday and the process has not changed much in 70 years. A few more electronics added to make it easier to use the equipment for layman is about all.
You do have management teams near or on-site at all times along with many other ground workers. Hot loads are not a big deal, all day every day in the business of concrete.
These workers walked off the job at the plant, not a remote jobsite. That could be construed differently, possibly.