The 840 members of IAM Local Lodge 778 in Kansas City, MO voted by an overwhelming majority to reject Honeywell's final contract offer with 79% voting the proposal down. Then over 85% of our members voted to strike beginning at midnight on October 10, 2011.
According to Grand Lodge Representative Steve Nickel the strike is an "unfair labor practice" strike. Nickel said, "They're bargaining in bad faith." He continued saying, "We will file charges against the company when the National Labor Relations Board office reopens after the holiday."
Today, hundreds of IAM members walked to the plant gates in solidarity, carrying American flags the Local Lodge banner and encouraging others to support their efforts to win the wages, benefits and working conditions they deserve.
The Honeywell plant is a federally owned facility that makes non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons. There are approximately 2800 employees at the plant.
