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Article: Striking forge workers file on company
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- The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2007
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AURORA - Striking workers at Fox Valley Forge announced through a press release this week that they have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board of unfair labor practice against the Aurora company that makes metal parts for engines, machines and other industrial uses.
More than 50 employees of FVF, a division of Cleveland Hardware & Forging, have been on strike since March, when the plant's workers walked out after the company did not meet their requirements for a contract. The workers formed a union, Boilermakers Local 1600, late last year.
A key area of contention, union leaders said, is the company's two-tier wage structure: some workers are paid by the hour and some ...