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| Hugo Boss, union talk on Ohio plant closing |
| 2010-04-16 |
| Hugo Boss and union leaders have met with a federal mediator without reaching an immediate agreement on the planned closure of a men's suit factory near Cleveland, which could cost 375 jobs. The union wants to prevent the scheduled April 27 shutdown of the Brooklyn, Ohio, plant and avoid big pay cuts. The union says the plant is making money, but Hugo Boss says it's not globally competitive. The union says it made an offer on Thursday designed to save jobs and enable the company to maintain global competitiveness. The company says the sides had a thorough discussion and an open exchange of ideas. The sides expect to meet again April 21. Gov. Ted Strickland attended a union rally on Wednesday, and actor Danny Glover made a return appearance to back the workers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Historical tidbit: Hugo Boss made uniforms for the SS during the 12 year existence of the Thousand Year Reich...whatever bad you say about the Nazis they had good tailors... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-04-16 17:08 |
| #6 well, maybe Ted and Danny can pool their mutual resources, buy the factory and employ these workers on their own dime...oh, that's right - libs only want the "real" producing class to invest their money... or, since Hollywood so famously uses union workers on the sets of their productions maybe danny can hire all these workers for lethal weapon 7...(sarc/off) |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-04-16 12:03 |
| #5 Ouch! Knock it off army guy, that third one really hurt. |
| Posted by: Danny Glover 2010-04-16 09:57 |
| #4 and actor Danny Glover made a return appearance to back the workers. Big deal.......hey glover stick it in yur...... |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-04-16 09:50 |
| #3 and actor Danny Glover made a return appearance to back the workers. Big deal.......hey glover stick it in yur...... |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-04-16 09:50 |
| #2 and actor Danny Glover made a return appearance to back the workers. Big deal.......hey glover stick it in yur...... |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-04-16 09:50 |
| #1 The union wants to prevent the scheduled April 27 shutdown of the Brooklyn, Ohio, plant and avoid big pay cuts. The union says the plant is making money.. Then you should have no problem lining up financing to buy the place and go in business yourself. Not happening? Why could that be? /rhet question. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-04-16 09:15 |