Thu. March 18, 2010
IAM members of Local 225 in Dayton, OH, went on strike March 7 after machinists, welders and assemblers unanimously rejected a new three-year contract offer from Chemineer, a Dayton-based maker of industrial mixing equipment. The company’s offer came three weeks after negotiations began when the company suddenly called a halt to the talks, leaving behind a grossly substandard contract proposal.
“The membership felt like it was a slap in the face," said Local 225 Shop Committee Chairman Harry Grooms. "This proposal would gut the existing contract and place our members’ jobs in peril at a time when the company is making money."
