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Home  Random Extras Miner’s Union gets Locked Out
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Miner’s Union gets Locked Out |
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Written by Terelle Jerricks
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
About 555 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 30 are still locked out from work at the Rio Tinto Borax plant in Boron, California. Negotiations have been at an impasse since the labor contract expired in November.
The lockout began at 7 AM, Jan. 31, when hourly workers showed up outside the gates and were not allowed in after the union refused to ratify a new labor contract.
About 120 managers and supervisors are unaffected by the lockout.
Mine officials now are focused on ramping up production and filling orders from several countries.
Three bus loads of replacement workers and company supervisors took over operations. The plant management brought in 135 additional temporary workers the following week.
Average pay for the affected miners is $26 an hour. Those wages have been a major source of income in Boron since the borate mine opened in the 1920s. Nowadays, the area’s major employers are U.S. Borax, Edwards Air Force Base and a nearby solar plant. Management told the union the plant would not be available for at least two weeks. A date has not been set to restart negotiations.
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