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Teamsters Striking for Lost Healthcare Friday, September 4, 2009 12:56 PM
Posted on 09/04/09, 03:00 pm
The strikers at SK Hand Tools need community support to maintain the strike lines - please forward this e-mail widely!
Workers at SK Hand Tools in Chicago and suburban McCook began an unfair labor practice strike at 5:30am on August 25, 2009 after trying for months to get their health care reinstated. The workers are being forced to either forgo important medical check-ups and treatment or to go into debt putting the bills on their credit cards.
The strike lines are 24/7 at both locations and the strikers need people to join the lines in solidarity and to bring food, coffee, soda and water.
Chicago location: 3535 W. 47th St., Chicago
Suburban location: 9500 W. 55th St. (McCook, near Brookfield and
LaGrange)
Please visit the Teamsters 743 website (www.743teamsters.org) for more information.
In Solidarity,
Sarah
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Sarah Hainds
Teamsters Local 743
4620 S. Tripp Ave.
Chicago, IL 60632
(773) 254-7460
(773) 254-7111 (fax)
www.743teamsters.org
Workers at SK Hand Tools in Chicago and suburban McCook began an unfair labor practice strike at 5:30am on August 25, 2009 after trying for months to get their health care reinstated. The workers are being forced to either forgo important medical check-ups and treatment or to go into debt putting the bills on their credit cards.
The strike lines are 24/7 at both locations and the strikers need people to join the lines in solidarity and to bring food, coffee, soda and water.
Chicago location: 3535 W. 47th St., Chicago
Suburban location: 9500 W. 55th St. (McCook, near Brookfield and
LaGrange)
Please visit the Teamsters 743 website (www.743teamsters.org) for more information.
In Solidarity,
Sarah
*******************
Sarah Hainds
Teamsters Local 743
4620 S. Tripp Ave.
Chicago, IL 60632
(773) 254-7460
(773) 254-7111 (fax)
www.743teamsters.org
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Reply #1 09/17/09 6:05pm
Good for them!! I was in a union, my last job. I made the best money of my life, and finally felt adequately reimbursed for my education and professional licensure - for once. I support unions!! (Even though they're blamed for overpricing of some things and bad for businesses). -
Reply #2 09/27/09 1:22pm
The story I heard about this one was it was not announced when the company stopped paying for insurance. They went to their doc, pulled out their insurance card for the appt and found out at that time they had no insurance .
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