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This site was created to provide resources to help understand the Conn Selmer Strike. The administrator of this site is a Vincent Bach "current" employee, who is in a "labor dispute" along with his brothers and sisters of local UAW 364. The objective of this site is to work closely with the union leaders of UAW 364 in providing the truest of facts and most relevant material relating to the strike.
News from the Strike Line.
8-1-08- EK blessing is making the TR 300 with the Bach name here in Elkhart. Their primary emphasis is on recruiting currently striking skilled employees of Conn Selmer so far they seemed to have about 20. This information I know because this administrator was invited in for an interview and tour of the Blessing plant here in Elkhart in order to work as a color buffer. unfortunately I had to turn down the offer because of the fact that I would not make money off the backs of our striking union brothers and sisters who do not have a chance to go back to the music industry. Rumor is that Conn Selmer has pulled their line from EK Blessing but nothing has been written in the Elkhart Truth paper at this time to confirm or deny this.
Currently negotiations have started with Steinway regrettably not with a president of the union we elected. Our current president resigned and currently the vice president is in office. We also need to elect a new officer that has quit and worked for EK blessing. His position has filled with an appointment made by higher ups in the UAW. At this time no union meeting are being allowed. The committee claimed that a vote was taken in a prior meeting not to have any more union meeting till there was something to report. When ask to see the minutes no copies were provided.
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I suspect that the first proposal will not be worthy of the two and a half years we have been on strike. Our non elected UAW 364 President has already hinted we may have to take less because of the economy.
Even the Conn Selmer Statue has to work without a union!
As of August 1, 2008
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