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STRIKES * USA - Weyerhaeuser waiting to hear whether truckers will strike
Ver mapa más grande - New Bern,NC,USA -The New Bern Sun Journal -December 5, 2008: -- Officials at Weyerhaeuser said Friday that they had "heard rumblings" about a possible strike Monday among truckers at the company's plants in Craven and Washington counties... People in the trucking industry have said the strike would probably involve independent drivers, who are not directly employed by Weyerhaeuser, according to Nancy Thompson, a spokeswoman for the company... She said Weyerhaeuser has contracts with 16 companies for its timberlands operations in Eastern North Carolina, and some of those companies subcontract the transportation part of the work... Buddy Shavender, the owner of Shavender Trucking in Pantego, said he has heard that a strike would be related to what kinds of benefits are offered to subcontracted drivers...
* Painful strike, trying time for a company divided
Auburn,WA,USA -The Auburn Reporter, by MARK KLAAS -Dec 05 2008: -- For Erich Schmidt and fellow striking truckers, it is difficult to watch: strangers doing their work... For nearly 11 weeks, replacement drivers have left the spacious fleet yard in company trucks, following familiar routes to deliver the goods for Oak Harbor Freight Lines... Both sides refuse to let go of the ugly, ongoing labor dispute. And there doesn’t appear to be any reasonable end in sight as the rhetoric and accusations continue to fly between striking Teamsters and the Auburn-based trucking company... At the core of the strike is the Teamsters’ allegation that the company is conducting unfair labor practices in a bid to bust up the union. The company says that claim is unfounded... (Photo by Gary Kissel - Members of Teamsters Union Local 763 picket outside the Oak Harbor Freight Lines’ yard. The strike has stretched nearly 11 weeks for truckers) Labels: strikes
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