I spent today on the picket line with some really great @navistar @NavistarNews employees who were forced out on strike because the companys last best and final offer was deliberately proposed to be unacceptable
Massive increases in health care costs and costs to their pension
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plus numerous insulting changes to working conditions that were only proposed to cause dissention in the ranks and to compel anger toward the union.
Pure and simple this is an attempt to break the union because the current NLRB is solidly in their corner.
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This administration is attacking workers and every turn and companies like @Navistar are going to take advantage of the current opportunity to attack their workers now while the current administration is in power.
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Hey @TheDemocrats #Progressives #Liberals #Resistance members, If you want to win it starts with fighting for these workers right here. These are union members who probably voted for Trump. If you want to win them over NOW IS THE TIME TO STAND WITH THEM.
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