PACE Charges Imerys with Violating the Law
SO FAR, PACE HAS CHARGED Imerys with seven (7) serious
violations of U.S. Labor laws at its Sylacauga, Alabama
plant. The National Labor Relations Board is currently
investigating these charges.
The charges include:
- The employer has threatened and harassed pro-union
employees because of their activities.
- Agents of the employer have threatened a pro-union
employee with physical harm because of his concerted,
protected activities.
- The employer has solicited employees to withdraw
union authorization cards and offered monetary incentives
to employees to repudiate support for the union.
- The employer has interrogated and surveilled
employees for purposes of ascertaining and documenting
their sentiments regarding union organizing.
- The above-named employer has financed and otherwise
supported a group of anti-union campaigners known as the
"A-Team."
- The employer has permitted employees opposed to
union organizing to campaign on company time, and
permitted supervisors to campaign on company time, but
denied equal time and access to pro-union employees.
- The employer promoted anti-union campaigners while
denying promotions to similarity-situated pro-union
employees.
If these charges are found to have merit, the National
Labor Relations Board will then prosecute Imerys for this
law breaking and will seek appropriate remedies and
penalties.