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\nSonoma County grape pickers<\/a> aren’t the only workers facing prolonged union occupation – an employee decertification election aimed at ejecting International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 from a Northwest Indiana plant has also been repeatedly stalled by frivolous union blocking charges<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDozens of workers at the Edw. C. Levy Co., a slag processing subcontractor at Mittal Steel’s Burns Harbor plant, are involved in a lengthy and nasty dispute with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe workers claim Local 150 is purposely delaying their right to an election that could, presumably, rule out the union as their representative. The workers, who voted out Local 150 in 2007, claim that its repeated filing of unfair labor practice complaints is strictly to delay a new election, again presumably to vote in another union.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t"All we want is a vote," said Jim Bezler, a Levy Co. mechanic for three years and one of the few workers who would allow me to print his name.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nLike the Sonoma grape pickers, workers in Indiana are being punished for an alleged company malfeasance despite the employees’ repeated grassroots campaigns to kick out the unwanted union:\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Levy Co. workers I spoke with disagree, claiming Local 150 is taking full advantage of the NLRB’s policy by filing charge after charge against the Levy Co.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t"They keep pushing back any hope for us to have an election," said Alvin Johnson III, a mechanic from Hebron. "And now they just filed six more charges which could drag this out even longer, possibly to September."\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nThe union bosses, of course, are only interested in retaining their forced dues and monopoly bargaining privileges. Moreover, evidence suggests union operatives have engaged in vandalsm, including actions which could seriously harm independent-minded workers:\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tSome of the workers also claimed that Local 150 supporters have sabotaged company equipment, such as dumping materials in hydraulic tanks and removing bolts from transmissions.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t"I’ve seen the damage first-hand," Bezler said.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tOther workers told me their personal property has been vandalized, including slashed tires, allegedly by Local 150 supporters.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nWhile we applaud these workers for stepping forward, many employees don’t have the time or legal expertise to deal to take on union lawyers and union thugs. If you or your coworkers need legal assistance, please contact the National Right to Work Foundation<\/a>. We provide free aid to workers across the country who have been victimized by compulsory unionism.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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