Wife of Amcor worker in Terre Haute, Indiana expresses solidarity with Volvo workers, details betrayal by SEIU
16 July 2021
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The letter relates the experiences of workers at Amcor in Terre Haute who recently had a sellout contract imposed in a completely undemocratic manner by their union, Workers United Local 1426, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.
Amcor is an Australian-based packaging company. It took over the Terre Haute plant from Bemis in 2019.
Amcor workers [Credit: Workers United]
“I am the wife of an Amcor Terre Haute employee. He was employed there during the strike of 2009, and we remember what a toll this event took on our family. The strike lasted approximately three months and in the end, the [Workers United] union eventually accepted a contract that was almost as bad as the first one proposed.