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.
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Residency restrictions aren’t the only Covid rules that will be in place in the Magic Kingdom.
Visitors walk toward Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in the background at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. on Jan. 22, 2015. The park will reopen for the first time in more than a year on April 30. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
(CN) “The Happiest Place on Earth” will turn back on the lights starting April 30, Disneyland officials announced Wednesday, over a year after closing its gates due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The move comes after California eased its statewide health guidelines this month, paving the way for theme parks and outdoor live events in some counties to reopen beginning April 1.
About 10,000 furloughed park employees will be recalled.
Disneyland is anticipated to reopen in late April, Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday. Chapek added that about 10,000 furloughed park employees would be recalled.
On March 5, California Gov. Gavin Newsom paved the way for Disneyland to open its gates to visitors for the first time in a year. Beginning April 1, the state plans to allow theme parks in counties that have a seven-day average of 4 to 7 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 labeled as the red tier to reopen with 20 percent capacity and in-state visitors only.
Orange County, where Disneyland is located, is in the more restrictive purple tier, meaning that it has a COVID-19 case rate of greater than 7 per 100,000. “Disney has gone to great lengths to be ready for a safe and responsible reopening,” Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu told