Daycon Thumbs Nose At NLRB, Workers

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

"We're still on strike!" reports Teamsters 639 Business Agent Doug Webber. The Teamsters met Tuesday afternoon with Daycon management and a federal mediator after the National Labor Relations Board issued a formal complaint against the local cleaning supplies company, whose workers have been on strike since April 26. The striking Teamsters had offered an unconditional return to work and hoped to resume bargaining, but "Daycon just threw the same proposal back on the table and told us to take it or leave it," said Webber. Daycon's imposition of their so-called "final" proposal prompted the strike and the NLRB last week ruled that the company acted improperly in unilaterally declaring impasse. "It's clear that Daycon has no intention of changing its position so we'll be in discussions with the IBT and looking at filing more charges as well as stepping up pressure on Daycon," said Webber.