U.S. & Finnish Workers Working Striking Together
Paper mill workers in U.S. & Canada show solidarity for locked out workers in Finland…
Nashville. Tenn, June 16, 2005 “ Today thousands of union members who work for Stora Enso and UPM Kymmene in the United States and Canada are demonstrating their support for 25,000 union members in Finland, who have been locked out by these and other paper companies in Finland. They will be wearing stickers inside the plant expressing their support of the locked-out workers and taking their case to local management. Further local actions are expected if no settlement is reached in Finland.
We believe that only by sticking together all over the world can we maintain high standards and fairness for workers in this industry, no matter where they work, said USW Regional Director Richard LaCosse, whose jurisdiction covers Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Minnesota and other states.
Hat tip to Erno I. for the link!
Wearing stickers.. .big deal :=)
It would not hurt for the paper workers to taste some reality.
Comment by Paper — Tue, Jun 28th, 2005 @ 2:02 pm
The longer the strike carries on, the longer their customers have to find new business partners. Come next year, all these union goons will be wondering why they’re being layed off because of poor sales/lost business.
Comment by Maa — Tue, Jun 28th, 2005 @ 3:46 pm
There’s much I don’t understand about this strike, but can someone please explain to me why and how the employers can let this go on for so long? (no, I’m not siding with the unions or workers, but they knew that a strike would harm the sector -and employers act like they rather want the industry to almost collapse before giving in to the unions) In this way, strikes are no longer an act to put pressure on the employer…it’s just silly
Comment by Majava — Tue, Jun 28th, 2005 @ 5:29 pm
Finnish paper corporations have so many holdings in other parts of the world that they can easily weather a strike/lockout in one country for long periods of time for whatever reason. I haven’t been following this case that much, but I’m pretty sure that management has explained the strategy to institutional investors well enough. Otherwise, we’d see a strong stock market reaction against the lockout.
The unions have unwittingly walked into a situation they cannot control. Keeping a focus only on what’s happening at home is very shortsighted, indeed.
Comment by Finnpundit — Fri, Jul 1st, 2005 @ 12:26 am