Machinist union workers striking outside Eaton B-Line plants in Illinois

Machinist union workers striking outside Eaton B-Line plants in Illinois

MADISON COUNTY, Ill. – Workers in Troy and Highland, Illinois, were on strike Monday afternoon against the Eaton Corporation and their B-Line business, a massive city block complex. Union workers at the Pinckneyville, Illinois, plant joined them. “It started at midnight on Sunday,” Tony Robertson, a machinist at Eaton B-Line, said. “It has been leading up. We’ve had a few contracts in the past we probably should have striked, but now we’re here …

Hundreds of Eaton B-Line Machinists Go on Strike – tEDmag

Union workers rejected the contract by a 266-22 vote.

Eaton B-Line sees hundreds of workers on strike at local facilities

By Josh Jones Times Tribune Editor jljones@timestribunenews.com  Editor’s Note: The Troy Times Tribune goes to press Tuesday mornings. Times Tribune will continue to follow this story and directs people to visit its website timestribunenews.com for potential updates between editions.  TROY — Around 400 workers at Eaton B-Line facilities in Troy and Highland are on strike after members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace …