Tecnocap workers continue strike near Wheeling
Thirty workers at a metal packaging facility near Wheeling have been on strike for more than two months, as the union representing them claims the company is unlawfully refusing to bargain in good faith.
International Association of Machinists Local 818 members in Glen Dale unanimously voted to strike against Tecnocap shortly after midnight on April 9.
The issues surrounding the strike remain largely the same, said John Carr, a spokesman for the International Association of Machinists’ eastern territory. Tecnocap, an international manufacturer headquartered in Italy, proposed to transfer one-third of the union’s membership into another bargaining unit, he said.
“We are the certified bargaining agent for that group — you don’t just cherrypick 15 members out of the group and say, ‘We’re moving you to this other union,’” Carr said. “It doesn’t work that way. We were forced to take action on that alone right there.”
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