Posts tagged Eaton Corporation

    Troy-Based Eaton Corporation Worker Challenges IAM Union Scheme Pushing Termination, Fines on Workers Who Oppose Union

    January 10, 2025 // An employee of power management firm Eaton Corporation’s Troy, Illinois, facility has just filed federal charges against the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union for violating the rights of multiple employees at his workplace. The employee, Robert Jacobs, maintains that IAM officials are threatening to get him and other employees who resigned union membership fired unless they pay a so-called “reinstatement fee” concocted by the union. Jacobs filed his charges at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with free legal aid from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys.

    Eaton-Cobham union workers go on strike

    February 18, 2022 // Hundreds of members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace (IAMA) Local 388 and 1199 at Eaton Corporation-Cobham Mission Systems in Davenport are on strike after rejecting a new contract.