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May 19, 2010
Toppenish workers on strike
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 1:01 PM PDT Updated: Apr 23, 2010 4:55 PM PDT
Toppenish, WASH–56 workers at a Toppenish food container plant are on strike. Members of the Teamsters Local 760 union at Silgan containers declared the strike at nine o’clock this Thursday morning.
Union leader John Parks says Silgan presented the Local 760 members with a “last, best, and final” contract. The members find that contract unacceptable. According to Parks, the workers will strike 24/7 until the dispute is resolved.
Parks says the union and Silgan have come to an agreement on all but two issues: employee contributions to their health care plan, and wages.
Silgan leaders did not respond to our requests for an interview.
STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN – News), a leading supplier of consumer goods packaging products, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a two-for-one stock split of the issued Common Stock of the Company, to be effected in the form of a stock dividend. Stockholders of record at the close of business on April 20, 2010 will be issued one additional share of Common Stock of the Company for each share of Common Stock owned on that date. Such additional shares will be distributed on May 3, 2010.
Silgan Holdings is a leading manufacturer of consumer goods packaging products with annual net sales of approximately $3.1 billion in 2009. Silgan operates 66 manufacturing facilities in North and South America, Europe and Asia. In North America, Silgan is the largest supplier of metal containers for food products and a leading supplier of plastic containers for personal care products. In addition, Silgan is a leading worldwide supplier of metal, composite and plastic vacuum closures for food and beverage products.
Why when as a result of the effort of each individual we are being told we must earn less income for our families?
In spite of the record profits enjoyed by this corporation ( which are brought about by the hard work and dedication of the employees) the Toppenish, Washington plant is still on strike.
This strike was brought on by the insistence of management that employees take a cut in pay this contract.
The company states this is more in line with the current depressed economy! This hurts not only the employees but the entire community as each individual has less disposable income and each merchants suffers as a result every time we allow this to happen!
Teamsters Local 760 