Six-Year Contract for Nippon Union Workers
Nippon workers have averted a strike by agreeing to a six-year contract with their employer. Under the agreement, workers will regain the $3 per hour that Nippon took from them last March, and this new wage will be frozen for the foreseeable future. This is the Nippon employees' first wage increase since a 75 cents-an-hour increase they received in 2010.
This contract is effective immediately and runs through May 31st, 2019.
This contract is effective immediately and runs through May 31st, 2019.
posted by Tom Harper at 2:55 PM
3 Comments:
I went through this at Rayonier. My advice: if you're forty five or younger, get out now.
Quite a victory for the Japanese overseers and their local management minions to bring the remaining union workers to their knees. It isn't hard to imagine the disreputable heavy-handed tactics management negotiators must have used to extract so many concessions.
This contract is one that Nippon obviously expects will drive its present employees out to look for jobs elsewhere. If Nippon decides to fill future vacancies, the new hires will be paid a mere fraction of present-day union wages. Another big win for Nippon's bottom line, and more glory for Norland.
I hope the economy recovers enough for Nippon's union workers to find good paying jobs with employers who will bargain fairly and treat them well.
Maybe the price of the local fishwrap won't go up again?
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