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Workers at AstenJohnson in Appleton go on strike

NATALIE BROPHY | APPLETON POST-CRESCENT | 3:10 pm CDT October 16, 2020

APPLETON - Employees at AstenJohnson went on strike Friday to demand a fair

contract, according to the union representing the employees.

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Eighty-nine machinists are participating in the strike, according to the International

Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union, and the employees are
"seeking reasonable healthcare expenses and cost sharing."

Local 1855 members rejected the company's contract proposals on Sept. 30 and Oct.
14, according to IAM.

"Despite mediator assistance, the company refused to budge o! its concessionary

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AstenJohnson, located on West College Avenue, produces specialty fabric for the
paper industry.

“Because of the pandemic, a!ordable healthcare is now more critical than ever,” IAM
District 10 directing business representative Alex Hoekstra said in a news release.
“These increases in cost put our members, their families and public health as a
whole at risk. I stand shoulder to shoulder with the skilled workers at AstenJohnson
in their "ght and I call on management to come back to the table and negotiate a fair
contract.”
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IAM is one of the largest industrial trade unions in North America and represents
nearly 600,000 active and retired members in the manufacturing, aerospace,
defense, airlines, transportation, shipbuilding, woodworking and health care
industries.

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Contact Natalie Brophy at (715) 216-5452 or nbrophy@gannett.com. Follow her on

Twitter @brophy_natalie.
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