Employees say Scott Brass locked its doors
Employees of Scott Brass, Inc. in Mishawaka were notified by the company that significant layoffs or even a plant closure may become necessary in the near future. (WSBT photo) MISHAWAKA — Some local workers are off the job, but it may not be permanent. Employees say Scott Brass in Mishawaka locked the doors Friday. The company employs 78 people at the Mishawaka plant. As WSBT reported Thursday, the company said it's having trouble getting the money it needs from the bank. One worker says he was told the company made the decision after an emergency meeting Friday afternoon. A company spokeswoman would not confirm any information, but another worker told us the company is concerned it won't be able to meet future payroll. Workers were told they can collect current paychecks Wednesday. The company also operates plants in New Carlisle and Rhode Island. They have either scaled back or suspended operations. Wednesday, Oct 15 at 7:07 PM a wrote ...my union for a local warehouse is married to the company, vice versa, the union rewards people who call off work and violate company rules with better jobs or shifts than the people who have less seniority, and no i am not talking about months or days i am talking about years of service to an employer. i am grateful to be working and have some stability right now but the union use to mean something in the 1940's but now it is a game of who is bowing down to corporate executives with low morals! Wednesday, Oct 15 at 6:57 AM Concerned wrote ...History....does anyone remember Russia?? Socialism is knocking! Monday, Oct 13 at 3:16 PM TO 8:32 PM Anonymous wrote ...I love today's under 30 crowd. Your attitudes about hard work are all the same. Instead of working hard you lie and cheat to get ahead. They used to say "Don't trust anyone over thirty", but the saying amongst people like me who have had more than their share of misfortune hiring people with your work ethic the new saying is "Don't trust anyone under 30" Monday, Oct 13 at 6:42 AM Fred wrote ...To: Anon@8:32 would you move to france with the other lazy wussies. I would hope that your dad would slap the crap out of you and I know your grand dad would, collage is a good thing but "hard work" builds all the things you won't. OH and what about the "POOR IDIOTS" that "WORK HARD" to defend your right to post ignorant comments on a news site. Thank the "POOR IDIOTS" that keep your house warm and right to say stupid things because your obviously don't "WORK HARD" for them. Sunday, Oct 12 at 11:01 PM wow wrote ...what "TECHNO PLANT" OOPS, I mean "PLANET" are you on. GIVE US A BREAK. Sunday, Oct 12 at 7:32 PM Anonymous wrote ...It's been thousands of years since the first tools were invented which freed up time for things like art and culture, etc. In our century, we have a mind boggling amount of technology. If you're living today and "working hard", your an A-1 FOOL. That's why so many of us try to get into college; so we don't end up "working hard". I hate feeling pity for the poor idiots who actually brag about "working hard". Get a clue, at long last. Sunday, Oct 12 at 4:11 PM wow wrote ...to 3:22, How ignorant do you think companies are. They're in it for the profit. Hard working employees keep their jobs, union or not. You must be one of them gimme ppl. I'm not where i'm @ because i fired or scared good, hard working people. I know the job i do and the company i work for will last me until the day i wish to end my career. Everyone should continue to work hard and always seek a better job and quit being sheeple. I have never left any opportunity unquestioned and unplanned. Sunday, Oct 12 at 3:23 PM CanSympathyzeWitU wrote ...T.Paine & wow, good points. Unions are necessary evils. Humans fall far below their potentials, it's me, myself and mine and screw eveyone else- workers, bosses and rich capitalists, same attitude. What's surprising to me is that we haven't blown ourselves to hell yet with H-bombs, given the reality of human nature. Is there any hope? Maybe the wild-eyed radicals and socialists have a point. Make everyone equal economically and regulate every facet of life. Sure would be a dull old world. Sunday, Oct 12 at 2:22 PM Anonymous wrote ...NO Unions help people. They prevent employers from firing good hard working individuals without just cause like all the non-union employers do. People that complain about unions are probably employers posing as joe blow with a scare tactic horror story in an attempt to decieve others. Sunday, Oct 12 at 11:08 AM wow wrote ...Unions only work for THOSE who cannot and will not admit to THEIR own inadequacies. I dealt with the union system 24/7, CONSTANT: complaining, bickering amongst themselves, call offs, lack off ambition, lack of desire to self-succeed, gimme, gimme, gimme attitude, accusations, i showed up, what more do you want work ethic, you get the point. Why on earth you need a union to help you keep a job you don't want or like is beyond my comprehension!!! Sunday, Oct 12 at 9:39 AM T. Paine wrote ...When our union was decertified, the boss began promoting only people he personally liked. Of course, those people would claim that they were promoted based on "merit". People are people. If you're a human being, even the best will slip and be biased. We have to keep each other honest. Look at human history. Bosses are not renown for honesty and fair play. It's just not in the character of those who fall into those lines of work. Laws had to be passed to keep them from working us 100 hrs/week! Sunday, Oct 12 at 8:24 AM wow wrote ...That 800 billion sham won't trickle down until corruption has SKIMMED its share RIGHT OFF THE TOP !!! Overseas banks will see a sharp increase in deposits. Sunday, Oct 12 at 8:18 AM TO 12:14 UNION - CONTINUED wrote ...If I work union, it helps keep all the non-union wages competitive. If not, employers could not keep skilled tradesmen. So as you see, probably you come from a closed shop union, such as steel workers, UAW, etc. Unions are NOT all the same. They are only as strong as their leadership. So if you don't think the Union is doing anything for you, get off your butt and see what you can do for the Union and your employer! If they are not making money, they can't pay you! KEEP THAT IN MIND! Sunday, Oct 12 at 8:10 AM To: 12:14 AM UNION wrote ...Dear mislead, I am member of Local 1029 Millwrights. In closed shop unions, such as factory workers,I tend to agree somewhat, where leadership is weak. As for Unions as a whole, especially trade unions, your job is not protected, you work by merit and merit only! You can be laid off and replaced the very same day. As in any other situation, you are responsible for your own destiny. The union keeps you safe, establishes a good working wage, benefits and raises. CONTINUED..... Sunday, Oct 12 at 3:08 AM Mishawakian wrote ...Let's get some facts straight here. The WARN act was created for situations like this, but there has to be at least 100 employees. http://www.doleta.gov/programs/factsht/warn.htm Companies that treat employees fairly don't need Unions, those that don't do. Read history books and see why unions were first created. Working conditions were terrible. Many union workers make a higher wage than non-union workers. Better pensions also. There's nothing wrong with high paying American jobs, is there? Saturday, Oct 11 at 11:14 PM No union man here wrote ...You know who needs unions? Losers who work for losers. If they are a union shop they are represented by losers! Unions had their place once, but no more. Do an honest day's work for an honest man and the rest will take care of itself. I have seen too many instances where better people with far better attitudes get passed over because union rules they have to be offered by seniority. I believe in merit. I believe in integrity, my boss believes in me! Unions? I don't need no stinking unions! Saturday, Oct 11 at 10:38 PM Anonymous wrote ...here's a suggestion, all employees take a 25% pay cut. Saturday, Oct 11 at 8:45 PM wife of SB worker wrote ...all this union talk.Like the one comment said not everyone was union in this shop.My husband wasnt part of it and he too lost his job. While in a small way this is a mixed blessing in a way for us even though we will lose our health insurance i do pray for each and everyone else in that shop especially the ones he worked with on his shift.I will miss hearing about what someone else did.Most of these people were friends and didnt even get a chance to say goodbye to each other.Our prayers r with u Saturday, Oct 11 at 7:40 PM dawn wrote ...Here today, gone tomarrow...wife of a ex bendix worker...... Saturday, Oct 11 at 6:58 PM Kim wrote ...Maybe Scott Brass should have done banking with a more stable bank other than Wachovia. Wachovia has been on the brink for months. Saturday, Oct 11 at 6:52 PM Setting it straight...from employee wrote ...They have been trying for weeks to get funding. They had numerous emergency meetings on Friday and this was a last resort...They were trying to get funds for payroll and for inventory. Banks are leary to lend money they are unsure can be repaid. Wachovia got bailed out but is still unwilling to lend to SB. They did everything they could, believe me, they did not want to close these 3 plants. It had absolutely nothing to do with unions. The office employees are not unionized and they are out too. Saturday, Oct 11 at 5:38 PM TANKER wrote ...I'm not sure where things stand. I do know for a fact that Scott Brass is indeed a union shop. Teamsters if I'm not mistaken. Let's hope that things get back on track. Saturday, Oct 11 at 4:48 PM Rev. Ollander wrote ...Let us pray for this poor families that are going trough taugh times and the realization that their job is gone and all the money they had invested in also it is gone. Dear Jesus, we pray for the suffering and hungry that roam the streets trying to find food and for those who lost their jobs. May the blessing of Almighty God come down on them and bless them If we have sinned against you and have done wrong forgive us and cleanse our hearts from sin. Provide for your children we pray in Jesus nam Saturday, Oct 11 at 3:37 PM worried too wrote ...it's just the beginning of what is to come.......many more companies will be in the same situation if something doesn't change soon.......so much money is spent on nonsence by our goverment and we are the ones that pay the price! All the money spent on the up coming election is just one example of waste! Look how many people could have paid their everyday needs with that money! Rich getting richer and the rest of us getting poorer! Good luck workers at Scott Brass god bless you! Saturday, Oct 11 at 3:16 PM Wally wrote ...I wasn't touting a Union I was only making a point that there was probably addtional protection for the employees because of a binding contract. Personally the sad state of the US auto industry can directly be connected to the contracts negotiated in the late 70's to the mid 80's they made promises that are almost impossible to keeep. Yes the car makers made the promises but the unions literally held them hostage. The same thing is to blame for the Michigan economy. Saturday, Oct 11 at 2:02 PM Anonymous wrote ...hey anaon at 10:25. its work out real well hasn't it? and by the way the company i work for doesn't. get a clue back at ya Saturday, Oct 11 at 12:39 PM Anti-Union wrote ...Unions are what destroyed the manufacturing industry in this country. Give me a break. I worked with one guy who told me his full time job was just to make sure one - to two bolts were securely tightened on the automobiles. this was for International Harvester in the 70's and he was paid over $20/hour. go figure.! No wonder the companies head overseas. I'm all for a fair wage for fair work but that and union fees are ridiculous. Saturday, Oct 11 at 12:22 PM Anonymous wrote ...I think it's time we got down to Scott Brass tacks. Saturday, Oct 11 at 11:36 AM CanSympathyzeWitU wrote ...25 years ago I trod the halls of the Scot Brass bldg. Then it was known as the Dodge Mfg. Speed Reducer plant. Greedy stockholders and upper management along with the the devious Reagan Admin.(which permitted all manner of pro-business, anti-union activity) allowed this prosperous home-town business to be merged and taken over, by hostility. A lot of insiders became rich in this deal and the business was busted up and ruined. One profiteer died after the deal. Cosmic Justice reality check? Saturday, Oct 11 at 11:23 AM Anonymous wrote ...Hey Wally - I used to think the Unions were problematic until I worked for a company for 14 years and got the shaft. NO protection whatsover for the employeess - you give and give and end up like a tossed away piece of trash. Who is there for the front line if not the unions? The companies can treat you however they want! Saturday, Oct 11 at 10:36 AM Smurf wrote ...Doesn't the state of Indiana by law require a 60 day notice for closure? I feel for anyone out of work in these tough times. Saturday, Oct 11 at 10:00 AM At least they're honest! wrote ...Wally, how are they supposed to pay their employees when there's no money? It's not that they don't want to. They can't. Would it be better if they just let the employees keep working and have their paychecks bounce? Saturday, Oct 11 at 9:40 AM Marty Ogden wrote ...Are all the money gone? Were this companies also in the Wall Street business so whatever they invested it is gone? What a tragedy for all the employees and their families. They should have told them that all the money they have it is invested in stocks and bonds, chinese, japanese and german banks went belly up and I am sure the money was in there. The employees were supposed to know where their earning were invested on. My 401K is it gone too? What about all the taxes that was taken out.... Saturday, Oct 11 at 9:25 AM Anonymous wrote ...hey anon: Many businesses have to borrow to may payroll and inventory. get a clue. Saturday, Oct 11 at 9:14 AM JP wrote ...There are quite a few manufacturers who have ver small cash flows. In some businesses making 30 and 0 day loans to cover short-falls is normal. Saturday, Oct 11 at 9:11 AM Hey Wally... wrote ...Take your Union pipe and go blow your smoke somewhere else. Half of the reason American industry is in a fragile condition is because of union activity. Why don't you learn Chinese and go wreck some other countries economy now that you have crippled ours with your union spew. Saturday, Oct 11 at 8:11 AM Wally wrote ...If this is a Union shop there should be language in the contract that states that the company cannot and will not lock employees out. If they did there may be civil action available to members so they will recieve any benefits they agreed upon. Saturday, Oct 11 at 8:05 AM Anonymous wrote ...what a joke for a business. anybody that has to borrow money to meet payroll is a ticking timebomb!! fact Friday, Oct 10 at 11:27 PM Goshen wrote ...We have not bailed out anyone yet. Not one dime of that money has been put to use. The hurry-up part is done: Congress was seen doing something, even if it amounts to no help at all. It is an election year, you know... Friday, Oct 10 at 9:27 PM Treb wrote ...I thought we just bailed out the banks, now they just sit on that money! Add a comment |
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Thursday, Nov 20 at 9:11 AM bbbc wrote ...
another union plant closing! Look at the Big 3, problems because of Unions. Unions keep America uncompetitive and reward those who are lazy.