{"id":7298,"date":"2010-12-19T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=7298"},"modified":"2010-12-19T18:00:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-19T23:00:18","slug":"heres-one-way-to-destroy-danvilles-good-business-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/19\/heres-one-way-to-destroy-danvilles-good-business-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s one way to destroy Danville’s good business climate…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The “Union at Swedwood” talk is starting again.<\/p>\n

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Union decries Swedwood conditions<\/a><\/p>\n

Danville’s getting a good reputation as a place that’s business-friendly. The only big union employer in the area is Goodyear, and Goodyear pretty much told the union what concessions they would have to take to keep the plant open in the last round of contract talk. The local USW members stomped their feet a little bit, made a little noise, then did the only rational thing they could do and accepted the company’s terms. I gained a lot more respect for the local USW membership when they did the right thing. Goodyear played fair as well in that situation by telling exactly what was needed, then rewarded the local plant by expanding. That being said, the absolute last thing that Southside needs is a new unionization because that would pretty much destroy economic development efforts in the region. <\/p>\n

Now you’ve got this union that is trying to insert itself between the Swedwood workers and the company. The violations noted in the article are quite minor, and the plant seems to be doing well. It seems that this union will do anything to get their name out there.<\/p>\n

Building and Wood Workers\u2019 International led a protest against Swedwood Danville conditions on Dec. 7 at the IKEA in Geneva.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, I’m sure<\/em> that accomplished a lot.<\/p>\n

Swedwood maintains it hasn\u2019t violated the agreement and that when Swedwood learned of the claim that workers wanted to join the union, it suggested a secret ballot process to determine the accurate position of workers, Ste\u00e9n said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, we will respect the result of the election process,\u201d Ste\u00e9n said. \u201cThis offer has, however, been declined by union representatives.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee, I wonder why? Could it be because this union knows they wouldn’t have a chance in hell of winning? When the company encourages a union referendum, you have to believe that things are going well inside the walls. If you ever wanted a reason on why the “Employee Free Choice Act” (card check) is horrible legislation, all you have to do is point to this example. I’m not totally anti-union because in plants like Goodyear, the USW can actually help with safety issues. I am totally against union thuggery (looking at you on the picket line, USW!) and the way that lots of unions have became mouthpieces for politics. <\/p>\n

There still is a small place for labor unions in this country, but Swedwood isn’t that place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The “Union at Swedwood” talk is starting again.<\/p>\n

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