R.S. Owens & Co. President Responds to Union Accusations
The union's three-year contract recently expired, and in its press release, the Chicago Teamsters claimed that R.S. Owens & Co. "denied wage increases to its workers from 2007-2011, and is proposing wage freezes for the next three years," a claim Siegel said is misleading.
"In the three-year contract that just expired, they had an opportunity in the second year and in the third year to re-open the contract," he explained. "There was a 90-day window each year to reopen the contract and re-negotiate pay increases, and they never did."
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- R.S. Owens & Co.
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- Scott Siegel
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