Bridgestone Firestone Inc. challenges striker replacement executive order in court.NASHVILLE Nashville, city (1990 pop. 487,969), state capital, coextensive with Davidson co., central Tenn., on the Cumberland River, in a fertile farm area; inc. as a city 1806, merged with Davidson co. 1963. , Tenn.--(AutomotiveWire)--March 15, 1995-- Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. announced that it has today filed a lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. in federal district court in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce, the American Trucking Association, the Labor Policy Association and the National Association of Manufacturers challenging the recent Executive Order signed by President Clinton that forbids the use of permanent strike replacements by federal contractors. "It is unfortunate that the administration has chosen to radically change long-standing federal labor policies governing gov·ern v. gov·erned, gov·ern·ing, gov·erns v.tr. 1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in. 2. the bargaining between unions and employees," said company spokesman Trevor Hoskins. "For more than 60 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time National Labor Relations Act The National Labor Relations Act (or Wagner Act) is a 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted has guaranteed to employers the right to hire permanent replacements to enable them to operate during an economic strike by their employees," Hoskins said. Although Congress has, over the years, considered legislation that would prevent companies from hiring permanent replacements, such legislation has never been enacted into law. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. has been the target of a strike by the United Rubber Workers that began on July 12, 1994. On Jan. 4, 1995, in order to meet its obligations to its customers and employees, it began hiring permanent replacements for striking workers at three of its ten plants in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . CONTACT: Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Nashville Trevor Hoskins, 615/872-1410 or 800/851-7000 |
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