Energizer outsourcing

[Truthspeaker]

“The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is fighting plans by Energizer to outsource good-paying jobs, after the company announced intentions to close its battery plants in Fennimore and Portage, Wisc. The company told workers and Teamster representatives it plans to offshore American manufacturing jobs and send others to a nonunion facility in North Carolina.

Nearly 600 Wisconsin workers at the two plants are members of Teamsters Local 695.

The company told the Teamsters it plans to close the plants in Fennimore and Portage in the next 12-24 months, providing few details or information about the planned closures.”

[OT+]

The loss for these members, many with decades of Teamster seniority, will be devastating, Outsourcing to another cheaper labor environment is nothing new, Teamsters have lost tens of thousands of members as a result. These are jobs with incomes that are hard to replace for the individuals and the loss of membership is a drain on the power of the union. With all the emphasis on organizing that appears to be going on, its still not replacing losses from closings or shifting work to nonunion facilities. The national reach of our union needs to be brought to bare on companies that try to run away from our contracts.

At some point we have to show this company that we can make life miserable for them where ever they move.

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