Merc union voting again on concessions
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — The union at Mercury Marine has started voting on a package of wage of benefit concessions the boat-engine maker says it needs to keep 850 manufacturing jobs from moving to Oklahoma.
Mercury Marine spokesman Steve Fleming said voting started early Thursday morning at the union hall near downtown Fond du Lac. Voting will continue until 6 p.m. and resume again Friday morning and run until 6 p.m.
Last month, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1947, rejected the package of concessions. The company said the deadline for the seven-year deal passed at midnight Saturday before a second vote was finished.
But the union and company said Tuesday that state and local officials helped find a way for the two sides to agree to another vote. Fleming says results will be announced Friday night.
Sep 3, 2009 at 2:29 p.m.
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Vote yes or lose your jobs.Not really a vote is
it?.More like ok we will do this one more time
to give you the illusion that you are deciding
your own fate.
Sep 3, 2009 at 2:25 p.m.
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I am confused. What makes you sick? Is it that they are getting a second chance to save their jobs or that they have to make concessions to save their jobs? The point is: they are trying to save their jobs!!
Sep 3, 2009 at 10:45 a.m.
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It seems like a waste of time - 2 votes on same package.....
Sep 3, 2009 at 9:29 a.m.
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Make me sick!
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