http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/5788/0 en http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/what-will-it-take-win-lockout-electro-motive-diesel/9740 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0181_0.jpg" alt="" title="Protest signs and work boots hang off a fence at the front gate of the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ont. on Jan. 21. Photo: Mick Sweetman" width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0171_0.jpg" alt="" title=" Locked out workers on the picket line share a laugh during a mass picket outside the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ont. on Jan. 21 Photo: Mick Sweetman " width="450" height="677" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0144.jpg" alt="" title="John Whitty (left) worked at the Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) plant for 33 years. His son Chris (right) is now a maintenance electrician at EMD who has been locked out for over three weeks when workers rejected a proposed 50% wage cut. The Ontario Federation of Labour held a rally in Victoria Park in London, Ont. on Jan. 21 Photo: Mick Sweetman" width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0191.jpg" alt="" title="Three young women hold playful protest signs outside the front gate of Electro-Motive Diesel during a mass picket in London, Ont. on Jan. 21 Photo: Mick Sweetman " width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0193.jpg" alt="" title="Ken Ogglesby (left) and Jim McManus (right) joined the picket line outside the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ont. on Jan. 21. Both men worked at the plant when it was owned by General Motors for 15 and 25 years respectively. Photo: Mick Sweetman " width="450" height="677" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0165.jpg" alt="" title="Workers from across Ontario and the Midwest US joined the picket line outside the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ont. on Jan. 21 Photo: Mick Sweetman" width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0207_0.jpg" alt="" title="A group of activists from Occupy London marched the entire 8km from Victoria Park to the EMD picket line on Jan 21. Photo: Mick Sweetman" width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0210_0.jpg" alt="" title="Sarah Smith, who has worked at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ont. for over six years, stands on the picket line during a mass rally on Jan. 21 Photo: Mick Sweetman" width="450" height="677" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0174_0.jpg" alt="" title="Workers grill up hotdogs for 1,000 pickets outside the front gate of Electro-Motive Diesel in London, Ont. on Jan. 21 Photo: Mick Sweetman" width="450" height="677" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dsc_0161.jpg" alt="" title="Workers disrupt traffic on the road outside the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ont. on Jan. 21. Photo: Mick Sweetman " width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/what-will-it-take-win-lockout-electro-motive-diesel/9740" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/what-will-it-take-win-lockout-electro-motive-diesel/9740#comments Mick Sweetman Labour Solidarity Canadian Auto Workers CAW Electro-Motive Diesel EMD Labour lockout London Ontario Toronto News Dominion Stories Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:03:14 +0000 Mick Sweetman 9740 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca