NLRB Investigates Claims of Post-Lockout Union-Busting at Honeywell Plant - Working In These Times

NLRB Investigates Claims of Post-Lockout Union-Busting at Honeywell Plant - Working In These Times

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Last Wednesday, a National Labor Relations Board agent arrived in Metropolis, Ill., to investigate unfair labor practices charges made by uranium workers who work at a Honeywell International facility there. The workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 7-669 who went back to work for the multinational energy and security company last August after a long lockout, charge that the company has sought to illegally limit the union's power and failed to follow the terms of their new three-year contract.


On the USW local's website, union members claim that Honeywell has attempted to limit their free speech about workplace conditions and has forbidden workers from talking to other workers about safety problems. They also say the company has violated the new contract by failing to comply with the grievance procedure and laying off union members before laying off nonunion contractors hired during the lockout. And the union claims Honeywell has engaged in a campaign to fire key union members.