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It's is being covered in Sweden and they did get some response from the company. "Plant officials didn't return calls and declined to meet with a Times reporte
by onemoreact 15y ago
It's is being covered in Sweden and they did get some response from the company.
"Plant officials didn't return calls and declined to meet with a Times reporter who visited the Virginia facility. Swedwood spokeswoman Ingrid Steen in Sweden called the situation in Danville "sad" but said she could not discuss the complaints of specific employees. She said she had heard "rumors" about anti-union meetings at the plant but added that "this wouldn't be anything that would be approved by the group management in Sweden."
What's interesting is not the conflict between workers and management at a camp, but how similar the coverage of the story is with bad press in the home country for outsourcing work to the US.
PS: Still, it's an old story and the company responded by reducing the need for overtime: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/about_ikea/newsitem/Swedwood_statement http://www.ikea.com/us/en/about_ikea/newsitem/Swedwood_state... " The audit team identified one issue regarding excessive use of overtime. Although the use of overtime at Danville is within legal parameters, it does not live up to the high demands of IWAY. The remark has been taken seriously by the Danville management, which has designed a process to solve this issue and they are well on their way. IKEA will continue to monitor the situation to ensure an acceptable level of voluntary overtime in Danville. "