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Complaint Review: AKS Mansfield Works - Mansfield Ohio

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  • AKS Mansfield Works AKS Mansfield 913 Bowman Mansfield, Ohio U.S.A.

AKS Mansfield Works rip-off Bad Faith Bargaining Mansfield Ohio

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People like this Richard Wardrop and Alan McCoy are Nothing but Parasites, AKS Bought or merged with the ARMCO at the end of September, after Armco locked us out of our jobs early on August 31 on 4/12 turn our contract didn't run out until September 1/1999.The union and the company entered in to negations in late July or early August but could not come to an agreement so they locked us out but for what reason,

We made this company $48,000,000.00 by the end of the 3rd quarter of that year and they had the largest portion of the maintenance people on 32 hours of work per week and had us on that for 2-years before they locked us out and said in court that they did that to try to force us in to economic hardship so we would accept the contract they claim they proposer to us. But I for one didn't see a contract then or any time until about 2-weeks ago and it didn't look like any thing anyone would conceder a contract, we were given no rights just obligations,the union said the company refused to bargain in good faith and their wasn't any thing they could do about it.

They violated our rights for approximately 5-years before they locked us out we had over 4000. Grievances filed against ARMCO at the time they locked us out I worked their for approximately 25-years and had never filed a grievance. ARMCO locked us out in 1994 they said it was for the purpose of installing the continuous caster,but none of us maintenance people helped to install it when
we went back to work that's when they started violating our rights they even told us if we didn't like any thing they did to file a grievance over it which is what we did,

If you read our contract it says the grievance procedure is open to the Company as well as the union but they would just ignore the procedure and do any thing they wanted they knew their would be such a backlog of grievances they would never be herd. I have been locked out of my job sense August 31/1999 we supposedly ratified a worthless contract but we are still not back to work the company said they need time to teach us how to run the equipment and sense we have been out so long and that they have the right to operate the company while they retrain us.

I have a question to that who showed the scabs how to do the jobs when they locked us out. The majority of our employees had 30-or more years service in this industry I doubt if a scab who hasn't worker their for any more than 6-months to 3-years can show us anything we couldn't learn from the boss who must have shown him how to do the job it's just more of a rip-off to us Union workers. And I and a lot of others aren't very pleased with the representation we are receiving from the union either they are no better than the company We have asked them why they haven't filed any charges against this company or these judges or this federal mediator who sets in on these so called meetings

they tell us that they can't file any charges against a judge, I wonder just how you are supposed to keep the corruption out Of the judicial system then. A lot of the workers have died a lot have become divorced,forced to file bankruptcy such as myself,I spent 2-years in the service of my country during Vietnam a lot of my friends and classmates didn't get to come home and a lot came home in body-bags,they gave their lives for the protection of our freedoms our rights our constitution our way of life and it appears it was for nothing.

If I knew what I know now I wouldn't take a chance on dyeing for a country that thinks no more of us than that.I was young then I am old and riddled with arthritis and to old to start over I will be forced to live in poverty the rest of my life,and it shouldn't have been that way. All we wanted was to make a living for our familles and live in dignity, we can't even do that now.

If we hadn't taken concessions for the 3-contracts before this one this company wouldn't even exist now we made a large profit for them and we are still being treated without any respect. I will send you E-mail a copy of our old contract if you want it I have a copy on disk

Alva
Mansfield, Ohio
U.S.A.

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