Mark Brown: Vindy buyout is 'idle speculation'
Elizabeth Tabak
Issue date: 2/15/05 Section: pageone
"I think we made our point, we let the community know we are still solid," Markota said.
The union president said five more union members have crossed picket lines in the past week.
"These people have been talking about it for well over a month, so I am surprised that it took them that long," Markota said, adding he feels this number is still a relatively good ratio for a three- month strike.
In each edition of the strike newspaper "The Valley Voice" a full-page advertisement titled "Scab Hall of Shame" appears naming each person who has crossed the picket line during the strike. Markota said this is done to call attention to those people, whom he says, take advantage of the benefits their colleagues work to get.
"When the benefits are offered, they don't turn them down, but they did nothing to achieve them," Markota said. "They don't seem to care that there are people that for 50 years have been struggling to get these wages and benefits."
Call Elizabeth Tabak at (330) 941-1991
The union president said five more union members have crossed picket lines in the past week.
"These people have been talking about it for well over a month, so I am surprised that it took them that long," Markota said, adding he feels this number is still a relatively good ratio for a three- month strike.
In each edition of the strike newspaper "The Valley Voice" a full-page advertisement titled "Scab Hall of Shame" appears naming each person who has crossed the picket line during the strike. Markota said this is done to call attention to those people, whom he says, take advantage of the benefits their colleagues work to get.
"When the benefits are offered, they don't turn them down, but they did nothing to achieve them," Markota said. "They don't seem to care that there are people that for 50 years have been struggling to get these wages and benefits."
Call Elizabeth Tabak at (330) 941-1991