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You ng tour ed the plantand learn ed the pro ductio n cost s for fixtu res. Newly -elect ed Spart a MayorJeff You ng-wh ose mothe r was one of Thoma s Lightin g’s firstworkerswhen theplantopen ed in 196 3 andspent 46yearson theassem blyline- has bee n wor kin g wit h sta teand co unt y off ici alsto fig ureout way s tohelp wor ke rs whocoul d los e the ir job s. Pryo r says his life was saved by an earlycancer scree ning. PlantManager Uhrikand IBEW Busines s ManagerPryor were reco g- nized in a January 2010 Industr y Wee k sto ry fortheirjoint eff ort s to establ ish a health risk assessm ent and scree ning plan, employing an on-site nurse pract itionerfor early detect ion of seriousemployee med- ical pr oblems. Inan edi to ria l pub lis hedin th e Netherlandsnewspaper Eindhovens Dagbl ad, Pre side nt Hillpoints to the pro gres s thathas flowe d fro m labo r- manag ementpartic ipat ion in Spar ta, where workers’compensation claims forinjurieson thejob havedecrea sed as bothsideshave com mitt ed to build ing a safe r,healthie r workp lace. By chal- lenging the Spart a shutdow n, says Middle ton, the IBEW i s also stand- ing up to preventTupelo from being the next runawayshop. “Her e’s a for eign- base d com pany thathas alre ady rec eive d mor e than $7 mill ion in U.S.federa l stim ulus grant s and cont ract s lite rall y thr owin g awayloyal work ersand manag ers whohavebentoverbac kwa rdto do theright thin gs in Spar ta.” Philip s has announc ed th at some of the production currently perfor med inSparta will be sent to Philips ’ Day-Brite plant in Tup elo, Miss., which emplo ys more than 300 me mbersof Local 1028. “Ou r goa l is tostopthisshut do wn, ” saysIBEW Manuf actur ing Depa rt- mentDirecto r Rand y Midd leto n. Thistime, Phili ps’big shot s show ed up, acc ompa niedby secu ritymen withearphon es anddeli ver edthe de athwarr antforone ofonly two manuf actur ing plant s leftin a cou nty whose unem ploy mentalreadynears 15 perc ent.Then, theyquickl y esc apedout theback door. Distri bution cost s have been c ut by 60 per centand defectiv e part s by 95 perc ent overthe pa st four years. “Itwas the waythey pul led the pl ug on us,” says McCu rry, 5 6, pre sidentof Local 2 143, recalli ng severa l succ essful round s of negoti a- tions o ver the years to ke ep the doorsopen on a pl ant that has not seen a un ion-led work stopp age in 30 years. Soon theywill begin mak ing fix tur es thatwill use energy -effici ent LED bulbs.The line will move to Mexic o after it becom es prod uctive.
Just two mont hs ago,Spart a’swork for ce was awarde d the “Lean Manufact uring Cup,”for efficie ncy, by Philips.
Most of the work performed by 130 bar gaining unit members and 170 others will be transferred to a new plant under con- struction in Mexico. 11, the McCurrys-who share 50 years of seniority at the plant-were blind- sided when representatives of the plant’s owner, Netherlands-based Philips Luminaires, showed up at the factory to announce that it would be shut down. There, h e m et his future wife, Donna, joined Sparta Local 2143 and a family of union worke rs and manager s that has been celeb ratedfor its progr essive relationship and productivity, contributing to the factory’ s design ation as one o f the top 10 manufactu ring plantsin NorthAmerica in 2009 by IndustryWeek magazine. He gothiredat Thom as Light ing’ s fixt uremanufac - turi ng plan t inSparta,Ten n.That wasin 198 8. O McC urr y hadspreadconcr eteon con stru ctio n sit es for15 year s when he wentsearc hingfor a thr ee-m ont h jobto gethim thr oughthe wint er.
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