USW Local 2-232

formerly PACE 7-232

Representing  employees at Briggs & Stratton Corp. and Strattec Security Corp. in Milwaukee, WI

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Production remains low at Briggs

By Scott Godshaw

At the March membership meeting, President Gorecki reported there were 333 members laid off at Briggs. Current schedules call for more members to be laid off in the near future.

On April 9th, MED North will reduce its production levels. The Green Line, which runs Model 19’s, will be reduced from 500 units a day down to 200 units a day. The Red Line, which runs Model 9’s, will be reduced from 1200 units a day to 1000 units a day. This will result in a layoff of 33 assemblers, 4 set-up and 3 L.G. 21’s in L-1.

M-1, which does the machining for the Model 19’s, will have a reduction of 13 machine operators, 6 set-up and 1 L.G. 23.

M-3 will also have a reduction of 15 machine operators, 1 supervisor, 6 set-up and 1 L.G. 23. This will eliminate 2nd shift and maintain a skeleton crew on 3rd shift.