Solidarity Stop Corporate Greed
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at the Feb. 19 Boston rally in support of striking paperworkers. See story below. dents were bused to safety from a spill of over 100,000 gallons of chlorine-dioxide liquid at the struck International Paper Mill in Jay, Maine, on Feb. 5.
Coming just eight days after a release of deadly hydrogen-sulphide gas in which eight scab workers were hospitalized, concern for the safety and health of the people of Jay has again been brought to the fore. Running the mill with scabs, International Paper has again shown its total disdain for the workers on strike, the people of Jay and the surrounding area, and even their own scab labor force.
These accidents come after an OSHA inspection cited the company for 34 willful and three serious violations last October and fined them $240,000. Republican Governor McKernan of Maine sent in a state team of investigators and said OSHA would also begin an investigation on Feb. 22.
United Paperworkers Local 14 responded by calling for a total shutdown of mill operations and firing of the scab labor force.
An eight-month strike Local 14 of the UPIU, with over 1200 members, and Local 246 of the Firemen The "On the Line Labor Chorus" sings Rick Tudor/Socialist Action