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- From: grnwood@gagme.chi.il.us (Jerry Greenwood)
- Subject: Boycott Cineplex Odeon
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.012528.24773@gagme.chi.il.us>
- Originator: grnwood@gagme
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- Sender: usenet@serveme.chi.il.us
- Organization: GAGME - Public Access UNIX of Chicago, Illinois, USA, Earth
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:25:28 GMT
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- CINEPLEX ODEON Corporation of Toronto Canada is currently engaged in
- attempting to destroy over 300 families in the Chicagoland area. Members
- of the Motion Picture Projectionists Union Local 110 of Chicago have been
- locked out of their jobs as of November 8th, 1992, at midnight.
-
- CINEPLEX ODEON seems to have written the book on how to alter their
- mismanaged bottom line on the backs of the working people in the
- Chicagoland area.
-
- The whole thing goes something like this.....
- Automated equipment was installed, in anticipation of a lockout, over a
- period of one month in all major outlets in the chain. The locks were
- changed at the theatres one week before contract negotiations were to
- begin. At the first negotiation session they made an offer that would cut
- our membership by 75% and cut the wage & benefit package for those
- remaining by 85%. Yes, you heard it correctly, 85%! They offered no
- negotiation until we voted on that offer. It was rejected by secret ballot
- of 239 to 1. We were locked out three days later. Pamphlets explaining why
- we were locked out were already printed by CINEPLEX ODEON before we voted
- and wildly inflated hourly wage claims were leaked to the press.
-
- In response to this letter you may hear that we have too many men and we
- make too much money. The purpose of this article is not to talk about
- those allegations. It's about negotiation. At our last contract talks we
- gave back 30% in cuts. We knew going in that we'd have to give back some
- more and talk about personnel reductions. We never got the chance!
-
- Oh, about that book I alluded to earlier? Funny, it has no author. No
- one wants to admit to having written it. It's just too dirty.
-
- Gerald C. Greenwood
- Projectionist Local 110 IATSE
- grnwood@gagme.chi.il.us
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- Submitted for your approval.....
- Jerry Greenwood N9NRG
- grnwood@gagme.chi.il.us 312-545-2219
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