Lake City Ammo Workers Go On Strike

 From Red State: "Winchester Workers Now on Strike at Missouri Ammo Plant." From the article:

    Approximately 1,350 workers went on strike on April 4 at chemical manufacturer Olin’s ammunitions (sic) plant in Independence, Missouri, after they rejected the company’s proposed contract, according to an International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers press release.

    Workers at the Lake City Army ammunition plant are represented by IAM Local 778. The Machinists union said in a press release Thursday that the local’s negotiating committee met with company representatives earlier in the week and raised concerns from the union-represented employees, including work-life balance, pay that’s in line with inflation, high turnover and “excessive mandatory overtime.”
    
    Details of Olin’s offer were not disclosed, but IAM said that Olin “failed to produce an offer” that its members “deemed fair on key issues.”