United States: Siemens plant blamed for union busting a few weeks after signing an international framework agreement

Just like T-Mobile USA – Deutsche Telekom’s American subsidiary, see our dispatch No.  120403 –, the management of a Siemens unit in the US is being accused of antiunion practices.  A few days to the election, supervised by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which would let the United Steelworkers (USW) into the plant in North East, MD, “The company has launched a full-blown union-busting campaign,” the union says.
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ccused of antiunion practices. A few days to the
election, supervised by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which would
let the United Steelworkers (USW) into the plant in North East, MD, “The company
has launched a full-blown union-busting campaign,” the union says.

The
USW claims that Siemens “have hired a man called Ken Cannon, who is an
anti-union consultant (…) [with] 40 years of experience supporting management’s
efforts to remain union free.” Besides, in a recent letter to the
e

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