Members of UE Local 625, who work for Hitachi Energy at plants in Greensburg and Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, picketed the company’s North American headquarters yesterday, demanding that the company drop its concessionary demands and bargain a fair contract with the union. They were joined by members of UE’s North Carolina Local 150 and community allies.
“UE Local 625 makes the equipment that keeps our energy infrastructure safe,” said Local 625 President Gary Williams. “We want these to be family sustaining jobs so we retain workers that are the best at building our products. Hitachi is making huge profits, but does not want to invest into the workforce. It is pure corporate greed. But with the solidarity of our union and labor movement, we will get the contract we deserve.”
“When our fellow union members are under attack, we are gonna fight back,” said Willie Brown, president of the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union, UE Local 150. “We can’t sit by and watch corporate greed go unchecked. We are rallying at Hitachi’s headquarters to let them know that they need to do right by the workers that make their profits.”