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<blockquote data-quote="Channahon" data-source="post: 215148" data-attributes="member: 7666"><p><em><span style="color: #444444"><strong>Not UPS related, but interesting information. Union: No Strike Vote, But Company Doesn't Want Work Without Contract</strong></span></em></p><p> </p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: #444444">STNG)</span></em> <em><span style="color: #444444">CHICAGO</span></em> Pickets could go up at Service Corp. International funeral homes in the Chicago area Monday if the Teamsters union doesn't reach agreement with the company on a new contract today and the company makes good on a perceived threat to lock out workers.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Teamsters Local 727 represents 82 funeral directors, embalmers and drivers at 29 SCI funeral homes and cemeteries in the Chicago area.</strong></p><p> </p><p>The two sides met Friday but remained far apart on economic issues. They will talk again Saturday.</p><p> </p><p>Teamsters spokesman Brian Rainville said the union has not taken a strike authorization vote and plans to continue negotiating to reach an agreement. <strong>But the company has told the union "they have no intention of having people work without a contract," Rainville said</strong>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>"It seems to us they are trying to position for a lock out," he said.</strong></p><p> </p><p>SCI spokeswoman Robyn Sadowsky declined to comment on what action the company will take if an agreement isn't reached by the time the contract expires at midnight.</p><p> </p><p>The union reached a tentative contract agreement Thursday with the Funeral Directors Association. That <strong>five-year deal covers 220 workers at 80 funeral homes. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Teamsters drew criticism and outrage in 2000 when members picketed a non-union funeral home as a family service took place there and followed family members to a church, where they also picketed</strong>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Mindful of that public relations nightmare</strong>, the union will not picket during any services if a lockout takes place. When services aren't under way, however, the union plans to picket and distribute handbills referring people to other nearby union funeral homes, Rainville said.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rainville said the union opposes SCI proposals to a freeze in funeral directors' wages in lieu of a $1,200 annual bonus, replacing the union's pension plan with a 401(k) plan and requiring that workers make a 15 percent contribution to their health insurance plans, which are now fully funded by SCI</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channahon, post: 215148, member: 7666"] [I][COLOR=#444444][B]Not UPS related, but interesting information. Union: No Strike Vote, But Company Doesn't Want Work Without Contract[/B][/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=#444444]STNG)[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=#444444]CHICAGO[/COLOR][/I] Pickets could go up at Service Corp. International funeral homes in the Chicago area Monday if the Teamsters union doesn't reach agreement with the company on a new contract today and the company makes good on a perceived threat to lock out workers. [B]Teamsters Local 727 represents 82 funeral directors, embalmers and drivers at 29 SCI funeral homes and cemeteries in the Chicago area.[/B] The two sides met Friday but remained far apart on economic issues. They will talk again Saturday. Teamsters spokesman Brian Rainville said the union has not taken a strike authorization vote and plans to continue negotiating to reach an agreement. [B]But the company has told the union "they have no intention of having people work without a contract," Rainville said[/B]. [B]"It seems to us they are trying to position for a lock out," he said.[/B] SCI spokeswoman Robyn Sadowsky declined to comment on what action the company will take if an agreement isn't reached by the time the contract expires at midnight. The union reached a tentative contract agreement Thursday with the Funeral Directors Association. That [B]five-year deal covers 220 workers at 80 funeral homes. [/B] [B]The Teamsters drew criticism and outrage in 2000 when members picketed a non-union funeral home as a family service took place there and followed family members to a church, where they also picketed[/B]. [B]Mindful of that public relations nightmare[/B], the union will not picket during any services if a lockout takes place. When services aren't under way, however, the union plans to picket and distribute handbills referring people to other nearby union funeral homes, Rainville said. [B]Rainville said the union opposes SCI proposals to a freeze in funeral directors' wages in lieu of a $1,200 annual bonus, replacing the union's pension plan with a 401(k) plan and requiring that workers make a 15 percent contribution to their health insurance plans, which are now fully funded by SCI[/B] [/QUOTE]
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