Strike Against Nippon Apparently Over
Shortly after 4 p.m. today, the PDN received this e-mail from Nippon Mill Manager Harold Norland:
“We are pleased to report that the [Association of Western Pulp & Paper Workers] Local 155 has offered to unconditionally return to work on Monday, March 25, 2013. We look forward to welcoming our union-represented employees back to work. We also look forward to continued negotiations with the AWPPW to conclude an agreement.”
He made no further comment, and Union Vice President Greg Pallesen could not be reached for comment.
“We are pleased to report that the [Association of Western Pulp & Paper Workers] Local 155 has offered to unconditionally return to work on Monday, March 25, 2013. We look forward to welcoming our union-represented employees back to work. We also look forward to continued negotiations with the AWPPW to conclude an agreement.”
He made no further comment, and Union Vice President Greg Pallesen could not be reached for comment.
posted by Tom Harper at 8:53 PM
11 Comments:
Well, that was a short strike. Guess reality set in pretty quickly for the union boys.
Yeah, the reality of all those applicants for the jobs those strikers walked away from!
Some people choose to work, not idle their time away on Obammy's endless welfare bennies!
Anon 2:07 - "Obammy"? Why dost thou fixate on the fact that he's black? You must dream about his wonderful blackness! It's not always true! What's true, is that YOUR dick must be really tiny.
Interesting events....
How many applicants were there? Maybe the mills corporate attorneys finally collared Nordlund and took over the situation. Because it sounded to me like the union had a pretty strong case in the NLRB complaint. But those of you blinded by Obama derangement syndrome would not understand such a complex discussion, would you?
I was told it was joint WA DNR/Ecology "team" that stepped in, and sweetened the pot for Nippon, released some info. about future permitting, etc., made them feel better. A big crack down by the state was planned, and Nippon was just positioning themselves, when those picnic tables were damaged at Lyre River Campground, thus creating a dangerous situation, the state realized it needed to prioritize for the peninsula, and they are going to focus on fixing the two dangerous picnic tables, and back off ecological issues in the PA harbor for the time being. Now, Nippon feels it can invest in its workers more, at least for the time being, now that it has some financial breathing room.
In reading the article in today's PDN, I think even less of Nippon than I did before.
Amazing that the Mayor and City can support a company that treats members of our community in the way Nippon has. It is more than appalling.
I know I won't be voting for Cherie, Dan or Downey.
Cherie is a nice lady, she just has stars in her eyes.
Cherie is not very smart, even if she means well. Proven not good for the city. Next.
Cherie is smart, becoming a politician is what makes people dumb.
Cherie is just a lowly puppet on a string.
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