https://www.facebook.com/Local833local/
“This strike has gone national. We are looking as strong as ever!…We thank those who are out there and those in the community and across the state who are supporting us, walking with us, and donating to our strike fund. There is more support than we could have even imagined.” stated Local 833 leadership November 29.
For more information and how to support Local 833:
Supporters can send or drop off monetary contributions, solidarity resolutions and non-perishable goods to:
- UAW 833 Kohler Strike Fund
Emil Mazey Hall
5425 Superior Avenue
Sheboygan, WI 53083
(Supplies can also be dropped off at Email Mazey Hall) - SIGN THE WI AFL-CIO PETITION telling Kohler to return to the negotiating table, give fair and equal treatment to their employees, and to scrap the unequal two-tier wage structure.
wisaflcio.typepad.com - Join the picket line anytime at the Clock Tower, 444 Highland Drive, Kohler, and stand in solidarity with UAW Local 833 members and their families.
- Vehicle Transport. Volunteer to transport Local 833 members and supporters to and from picket locations and the union hall. If you have access to a larger vehicle such as a minivan, a bus etc. call the union hall for time slots where you can help.
- Call the union hall to see how else you can help: (920) 458-2173
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A growing list of labor, community and faith-based organizations are in solidarity with Local 833: https://www.facebook.com/Local833local/
Here’s just a few of the solidarity actions since the first day of the strike November 15, 2015:
ATU Local 998 stands with striking workers at Kohler. ATU Local 998
Fight for $15 Wisconsin stands with Kohler workers as they fight for a fair contract! Fight for $15 Wisconsin
Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement stands with the fighting members of UAW Local 833: facebook.com/wibailoutpeople.org / wibailoutpeople.org
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SOLIDARITY STATEMENTS:
TO UAW LOCAL 833 FROM AUTOWORKER CARAVAN
As an organization of rank-and-file autoworkers, we want to salute you for rejecting Kohler Company’s insulting contract offer. Two-tier wages and benefits sap worker solidarity, which is absolutely vital as we work side-by-side.
In the recent contract negotiations with FCA, GM and Ford, it was clear that ending two-tier was the primary issue on the shop floor. Now you have rejected the notion that union members would vote for a $10 an hour difference in pay for 400 second tier workers! We also note the employer tactic of throwing workers the bone of a bonus when there will be higher health care costs.
We encourage you to stand strong in your strike in Sheboygan. We will do our part to spread word of your fight by sending this message to rank-and-file autoworkers and urging united support. Solidarity!
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TO UAW LOCAL 833 FROM AFSCME Local 526
AFSCME Local 526 (Milwaukee Public Museum Employees) stands in solidarity with the 2,000 Kohler workers who are on strike to win higher pay and an end to the two-tier wage system. As trade unionists we believe in the principles of equal pay for equal work, the right to a living wage, and the power of solidarity.
UAW 833 is fighting against a two-tier wage system that betrays future workers and undermines those principles. The strength of UAW 833 is in their unity and determination as evidenced by the fact that 94 percent of the union’s members voted to strike.
Past struggles of Kohler workers, including the longest strike in U.S. history, have inspired the labor movement for generations. The current action by UAW 833 will play an important role in the post “right to work” era in Wisconsin, showing labor unions once again how to bring back the fight and win for working people.
(Passed at AFSCME Local 526 November 17, 2015 membership meeting )
This statement posted to the facebook group: Defeat “Right to Work” in Wisconsin, https://www.facebook.com/defeatrighttowork/
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SCHOOL OF THE AMERICA’S WATCH LABOR CAUCUS SOLIDARITY STATEMENT WITH UAW LOCAL 833
On Saturday, November 21, as part of the weekend of activities calling for the closing of the School of the Americas (now renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security and Cooperation; go to soaw.org for more information about SOA/WHINSEC and its role in training military and paramilitary forces who murder trade unionists) about 75 union and worker rights activists met at the Labor Caucus workshop. We reached unanimous agreement to pledge our support to your strike for a just contract and the basic union principle of equal pay for equal work.
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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