Area AT&T employees ‘glad to go back to work’
Bruce Johnston’s sign worked. It said, “Honk if you’re fed up with AT&T,” and several cars and trucks blared their horns at the group of nine men at the corner of Bluecutt Road and North Fifth Street in Columbus on Tuesday.
Why refinery strike has had little bite at gas pump
Gasoline prices can spike for all kinds of reasons that make skeptical drivers roll their eyes: “tension” in the Middle East, a refinery suddenly shuts down for maintenance, or the annual springtime switch to summer blends of gasoline.
U.S. memo justifying drone killings released
The secret U.S. government memo outlining the justification for the use of drones to kill American terror suspects abroad was released by court order Monday, yielding the most detailed, inside look yet at the legal underpinnings of the Obama administration’s program of “targeted killings.”
Officials weigh drone attack on U.S. suspect
The case of an American citizen and suspected member of al-Qaida who is allegedly planning attacks on U.S. targets overseas underscores the complexities of President Barack Obama’s new stricter targeting guidelines for the use of deadly drones.
Fast-food strikes aim at 100 U.S. cities
Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job on Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay.
Little time left to head off longshoremen’s strike
Shipments of products as varied as flat-screen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels could sit idle at sea or get rerouted, at great time and expense, if more than 14,000 longshoremen go on strike as threatened — a wide-ranging work stoppage that would immediately close cargo ports on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico to container ships.
Decertification election set for Omnova workers
A decertification election has been set in the Omnova Solutions labor dispute, which has dragged on for more than a year.
Omnova attorney: Replacement workers harassed
Omnova Solutions wants to keep the names and addresses of its 140 replacement workers private due to concerns for their safety. Meanwhile, the company’s affiliated union, the United Steelworkers Local 748-L, is challenging the validity of a petition to decertify the union, which has been on strike since May 21, 2010.
Omnova union vows to fight decertification
The process to decertify the union affiliated with Columbus’ Omnova plant is moving forward. And members of Local 748-L plan to fight the decertification until the end. Union members plan to contest plans to take a decertification vote from the more than 100 workers hired to replace them.
Lowndes Supes, Columbus Council stay out of Omnova strike
Lowndes supervisors and Columbus City Council members this week declined to officially intervene in the strike at Omnova Solutions, turning down a request from the company’s union to send letters asking that bargaining over a union contract resume.
Some Omnova strikers finding other jobs to make ends meet
As a flurry of shoppers made the rounds at local retailers for the biggest shopping day of the year, Ed Clemons sat outside Omnova, battling the cold with a small propane heater.
Tacky behavior
Some disturbing behavior has accompanied the five-month-old strike at Omnova Solutions in Columbus.
More than 100 flat tires reported in wake of Omnova strike
Omnova Solutions Inc. employees have reported more than 100 flat tires caused by roofing nails and screws since July, two months after union workers went on strike.
After five months, Omnova strikers still hold out
After 43 years at Omnova, Gene Gore of Columbus has put in more than enough time to retire. And with six children and 12 grandchildren, he has enough reasons to compel him to do so. But instead of resigning to a life of leisure and bouncing grandbabies, Gore mans the union hall across Yorkville Road from the Omnova plant.
Unions have outlived their usefulness
Steve Moore raised several good points in his letter supporting the right of labor unions to strike (Voice of the people, Aug. 25).
Businesses crossing Omnova line report tacks thrown in driveways
After crossing union workers’ picket lines at Omnova Solutions Inc., at least three local businesses have had roofing tacks thrown in their driveways, said Lowndes County Sheriff Butch Howard.
Two arrested in Omnova strike
Two union workers were arrested at Omnova Wednesday evening while they were protesting the way the company treated them.
Amid strike, Omnova hiring temporary workers
Omnova Solutions Inc. is hiring temporary workers to prepare for a prolonged strike, since the United Steelworkers Local 748-L rejected its last offer two weeks ago.
Omnova strikers stand firm
Gary Elliott has a wife and four children, ages 21, 19, 17 and 13. And for nearly two months, he’s been without his regular pay, living on weekly stipends from his union.