HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 10081996 - 96-542 THE BOARD OR SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on _October 8, 1996 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Bishop, DeSaulnier, Torlakson, Smith
NOES: None
ABSENT:. None
ABSTAIN: None
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Resolution No.
SUBJECT: Bridgestone/Firestone Labor Practises 96/542
Whereas four thousand Union members at Bridgestone/Firestone,
Inc. , were devasted in a 1994-95 unfair labor practice strike;
and
Whereas after the unfair labor practice strike ended, the company
retained temporary replacements and refused to let hundreds of
union members return to work; and
Whereas the National Labor Relations Board has issued a massive
complaint against the company seeking reinstatement of the
strikers and tens of millions of dollars in backpay for the
victims of the company's unfair labor practices which included
discharging strikers, refusing to reinstate unfair labor
practices strikers, cutting off accident and sickness benefits to
sick and injured non-strikers, and refusing to grant full pension
credits to unrecalled strikers; and
Whereas Bridgestone/Firestone claims to have "permanently
replaced" its employees, which has inflicted untold misery on its
American workers; and
Whereas Bridgestone/Firestone, while insisting that its American
workers take wage and benefit cuts, granted wage increases to its
Canadian workers at a plant in Quebec; and
Whereas it appears that Bridgestone/Firestone has no intention of
negotiating an honorable contract with the Union;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors,
County of Contra Costa, SUPPORTS the United Steelworkers of
America in their efforts to resolve the labor dispute with
Bridgestone/Firestone.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date Shown.
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