Foiling the Union

The ironworkers union campaign at RC Aluminum Industries riled the management and roiled the workers

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• Robert Gari
• Raul Casares
• U.S. National Labor Relations Board
• Labor Unions
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Wilson and the other three workers say they want to return to their jobs. They want to walk into the front office together in solidarity. “I'm waiting here at home for RC to call and say “Hey Wilson, get back to work,' ” Wilson declares optimistically. “This country defends human rights, and an employer can't just throw me in the street just because I'm exercising my rights [to form a union].”

Wilson's return to RC may take longer than he expects, though.”We're not willing to let them go back,” Fleming retorts. “The people who were laid off were laid off because work was cut back, and the person who was terminated was terminated for valid reasons. But we are willing to reach some other settlement, and as we speak, we [and the union] are trying to reach an amicable conclusion to this whole matter.”