Outsourcing

What is outsourcing, it is subcontracting of a work to a non-union plant where the wages are much lower. The question is why would TWU Local 100 agree to such a principle which clearly undermines its own membership and leads to a decline in membership.

It is clear our employer has made a decision toward elimination of the union, with the end result of over time unionized portion shrinks while the unorganized portions gradually expands in importance. 

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal described the Ingersoll Rand(I-R) Co. The company followed the three-pronged approach in its efforts to reduce exposure to unions.

1. It built new plants in the South where the probability of keeping them non union is greatest
2. Close or sell off parts of the company where union is established
3. Turn itself into a nonunion company to quietly encourage workers at unionized plants to decertify their unions

It is clear our employer maybe is trying to copy I-R’s strategy, before it reaches the third step maybe we as workers should copy I-R’s workers response in an effort to save their jobs. Therefore, workers at six of the company’s plants voted out their unions.  Clearly Local 100 under president Samuelsen and the current leadership are failing the membership, and maybe it is time to decertify our union.

Section 1.13 - Farming out of work - this section must be eliminated, removed stricken and deleted. Do you believe president Samuelsen and the current leadership are capable of delivering the future contract without this section?