October 21, 2013
What is happening at IKEA (updates, specifics, & what YOU can do to help)
A message from our brothers and sisters in Richmond:
IKEA locked out its Richmond location employees on May 13th - more than 5 months ago - to force major concessions on its workers. IKEA makes billions of dollars a year in profits, is privately owned by the Kamprad family who is one of the richest families in the world and they want more!
The IKEA workers are not seeking outrageous demands, they just want to keep what they had - the SAME wage structure, the SAME benefits package and basically the SAME contract.
Since this labour dispute started, IKEA has been in breach of the law for using replacement workers. IKEA also hired a private security firm to video and use listen devices to intimidate its once valued workers. Are we not living in a democracy?
Is this how you would want to be treated by your employer?
How you can support IKEA workers:
Tell this company to come back to the bargaining table and negotiate so the workers can go back to work!
Respectfully,
The IKEA Teamsters Local 213 Employees.
More info: www.teamsters213.org
