Bridgestone/Firestone makes announcement.NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(AutomotiveWire)--Nov. 21, 1995--Responding to the decision by the National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) and 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act), which affirmed labor's right (NLRB) to issue an unfair labor practice Conduct prohibited by federal law regulating relations between employers, employees, and labor organizations. Before 1935 U.S. labor unions received little protection from the law. complaint against the company, Bridgestone/Firestone (BFS BFS Bundesamt Für Statistik BfS Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (German: federal office for radiation protection) BFS Bowling for Soup (band) BFS Bankable Feasibility Study BFS British Fertility Society ) spokesman, Trevor Hoskins said: "BFS is disappointed that, based on events which took place during the 10-month strike by the United Rubber Workers, the NLRB has now reached a decision to issue an unfair labor practice complaint against the company. The strike ended in May when the URW URW You Are Welcome URW Un-Remarried Widow (United States) gave an unconditional offer to return to work. "BFS believes the theory for the complaint is contrary to existing NLRB law and precedent, and that the company will be vindicated when the issues are litigated. "It is unfortunate, but probably deliberate," Hoskins said, "that the NLRB's action coincides with current negotiations between BFS and the United Steelworkers of America (USWA USWA United Steelworkers of America USWA United States Wrestling Association USWA United States Windsurfing Association USWA United States Wristwrestling Association ) with whom the URW merged in June. However, the company remains committed to negotiating an agreement and the NLRB's action does nothing to change either that position or the company's view that it properly hired permanent replacements." CONTACT: Bridgestone/Firestone, Nashville Trevor Hoskins, 615/872-1410 800/851-7000 |
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