Organizing Victories - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

MAGNOEK-UMC EMPLOYEES
PTIMIZE BARGAIN NO POWER
"Employees shall have the
right 10 self-organization, 10
form, join, or assist labar
organizations 10 bargain
collectively through representatives
of their own choosing,
and 10 engage in other
concerted activities for the
purpose of colJective bargaining
or other mutual aid or
protection, and shall also
have the right 10 refrain from
any or all of such activities ... /I
NUI,onol Loool R,'loIIOIIS Acl
Seclloll 7
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development center In I lullllllglon. Imllana,
In 111 ~ "allll" IIlUl1Ih, Ihl! corporatloll
... lrclIglhcncu ih compclltl\'l' flO\lIinn In
the Eumpcan c!cctrictil-cqUlpmCni nwrk~
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10 ",it"!lh the IBE\V Or!wni/lng Tt':l1n
and re p r~"'Cl1tall\,c", or JOllc..,boro. Arl..'l11-
.. a~. lBFW LO M a nag~ r
i\athan Edgm unocr'tlOod the urgency rdl
b) Ihl: orgalliLing. tC~llll and Ihe
(M:lgn"'Tcld union ('mplo)ee .... and thl:)'
ro!o!c tu thc challenge
Background
In 1l)7Y UMC. hK.:ated In BlytheVille .
rccogllllcd Loc.t1 I:; 16 a't the bargalnmg
"If I were a worker in a
factory, the first thing I would
do would be 10 ioin a union. "
-~on~ nOt?(J' R '\I~'
IU ~; W .JO ll HNA L/OCTOBER 1992