Union leaders for workers at a Davenport defense contractor supplier say a labor strike that began last month has ended. A representative of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 6 tells the Quad-City Times that more than 400 union members employed at the Eaton Mission Systems Division of Davenport will return to work after a contract agreement was reached Tuesday. DeLane Adams said in a statement that the new contract included improved wages and other items, but terms of the contract were not disclosed. The strike began Feb. 18 after 98% of union members voted to reject a tentative agreement that included what union officials said were sub-standard wages and cuts to health care and retirement benefits.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (PAI) The wave of worker activism the AFL-CIO nicknamed “Striketober,” then “Strikesgiving,” is continuing well past the holidays and into late February, as some 365 Machinists members at Eaton’s factory in Davenport, Iowa, were forced to walk at midnight February 18.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (PAI) The wave of worker activism the AFL-CIO nicknamed “Striketober,” then “Strikesgiving,” is continuing well past the holidays and into late February, as some 365 Machinists members at Eaton’s factory in Davenport, Iowa, were forced to walk at midnight February 18.
Quad Cities members of the machinists local 388 and 1191 went on strike on Thursday, February 17 at midnight. The community has joined them on the lines.