Ky. Teamsters continue strike for contract at DSI Tunneling
https://themilitant.com/2020/10/10/ky-teamsters-continue-strike-for-contract-at-dsi-tunneling/
BY MAGGIE TROWE
Vol. 84/No. 41
October 19, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thirteen steel fabrication workers, who voted in the
Teamsters union at DSI Tunneling here last November, have been on strike
for their first contract since Aug. 4. They are hanging tough on the
picket line and continue to receive solidarity from fellow workers and
unionists. Truckers blow their loud air horns and other motorists honk
as they pass by.
“The Teamsters are standing with us,” said Jimmy Kolle, who has worked
at the factory both under DSI and previous owners and taken part in
earlier organizing efforts. “We tried to get the union in the past, but
I feel like we have a better chance this time.
“People forget what they’re really worth when the bosses beat you down,
until you start believing them,” Kolle said. “But the owners make their
profit from the know-how and labor of the workers.”
DSI bosses have been stalling on negotiating a contract to try to erode
support for the union.
“DSI is all about ‘take, take, take,’” striker John Street told the
Militant on the picket line Oct. 2. “Our last raise was seven years
ago. The company cut off our health insurance” when the strike started,
he said. “Now I’m paying $1,560 a month for my wife and me!”
This small but determined group of strikers needs broad support. Send
contributions and messages of solidarity to Teamsters Local 89, 3813
Taylor Blvd., Louisville, KY 40215.
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