The contract for union workers BMW extended it. Its Ontario parts distribution center for six months after the Teamsters launched a national campaign designed to embarrass the luxury car manufacturer. The German-based carmaker announced in June that it would not renew the contracts for 68 Teamsters employees in Ontario and they planned to hire an outside contractor to manage the facility. Their employment were told by the workers that the BMW was going to end on August 31.
Across the country after that announcement and even protested in several cities, the teamsters picketed at BMW dealerships at the offices of the law firm that represents BMW and many other major corporations in labor relations issues. The BMW will work with the Teamsters for a long term employment for the current BMW workforce in Ontario.
The company agreed to a six-month period to discuss the issues but could not elaborate , this is according to the BMW spokesman Kenn Starks. In the discussion of the Teamsters pickets Kenn Starks declined it. The president of Teamsters Joint Council 42, Randy Cammack said that the leadership of the local that representing the Ontario workers was confident, the BMW will negotiate a new contract. It is also said that the BMW’s original position was refused to bargain over anything but a severance package and there were no guarantees in bargaining, but i8t’s a drastic change in their posture.
In the reports on how effective the pickets at dealerships were but believes the campaign played into BMW’s decision, Cammack said that he’s heard only anecdotal reports. The outsourcing news is becoming the biggest trend nowadays, this is really a great help to all. Outsourcing is the best technique in the development of each of the businesses in the world. Our company has a best performance because of the outsourcing.
