Striking members of Teamsters Local 743 talk about their employer, SK Hand Tools, stripping workers of their health insurance coverage without notice. UPDATE Nov. 4, 2009: SK Hand Tool workers end strike, get health insurance www.suntimes.com Teamsters Local Union 743, which represents about 70 workers at the company, said members voted by a three-to-one margin to accept a contract offer and return to work. “Because we are Teamsters and willing to fight, we’re now the only employees at SK with health insurance. This is something that all Americans should have,” stated Emilio Lunar, SK steward and strike leader.
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UPDATE: Workers Strike Successful, Union Gets Their Health Coverage Back
Written by Tools on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 in Hand Tools.
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Teamsters 743 strike over lost health insurance
Written by Tools on Monday, July 26th, 2010 in Hand Tools.
Tags: Health, insurance, Lost, Over, Strike, Teamsters
August 25, 2009 – Union members working at SK Hand Tools Chicago voted unanimously to strikedue to the companys unilateral withdrawal of the workers health insurance without notice. President Obama is leading a national debate about how to protect hard-working Americans from callous employers like SK Hand Tools, said Teamsters Local 743 president Richard Berg. This French-owned company has left us no choice but to strike for our basic needs, health care, he continued.
Labor Beat: 5-Hour Strike at SK Handtools
Written by Tools on Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 in Hand Tools.
Tags: 5Hour, Beat, Handtools, Labor, Strike
Teamsters Local 743 set up an early sunrise strike line at SK Hand Tools in Chicago and McCook, Illinois on July 31, 2009. The company “has unilaterally withdrawn health insurance, failed to extend the contract during negotiations, and demanded wage concessions that barely put members above the minimum wage,” the union web site stated. The action was approved in a vote by a margin of 67 to 2. Includes picket line scenes and interviews with IBT 743 President Richard Berg; Mark Meinster, Int’l Rep., United Electrical Workers; David Biedrzycki, IBT Local 743 Steward; Donnie Von Moore, IBT 743 Union Representative. 7 min. Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member of IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer Labor Beat. For info: mail@laborbeat.org, www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330. For other Labor Beat videos, visit Google Video, YouTube, or blip.tv and search “Labor Beat”.