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CINEPLEX ODEON Corporation of Toronto Canada is currently engaged in
attempting to destroy over 300 families in the Chicagoland area.  Members
of the Motion Picture Projectionists Union Local 110 of Chicago have been
locked out of their jobs as of November 8th, 1992, at midnight.

CINEPLEX ODEON seems to have written the book on how to alter their
mismanaged bottom line on the backs of the working people in the
Chicagoland area.

The whole thing goes something like this.....
Automated equipment was installed, in anticipation of a lockout, over a
period of one month in all major outlets in the chain.  The locks were
changed at the theatres one week before contract negotiations were to
begin.  At the first negotiation session they made an offer that would cut
our membership by 75% and cut the wage & benefit package for those
remaining by 85%. Yes, you heard it correctly, 85%!  They offered no
negotiation until we voted on that offer. It was rejected by secret ballot
of 239 to 1. We were locked out three days later. Pamphlets explaining why
we were locked out were already printed by CINEPLEX ODEON before we voted
and wildly inflated hourly wage claims were leaked to the press.

In response to this letter you may hear that we have too many men and we
make too much money.  The purpose of this article is not to talk about
those allegations.  It's about negotiation.  At our last contract talks we
gave back 30% in cuts.  We knew going in that we'd have to give back some
more and talk about personnel reductions.  We never got the chance!

Oh, about that book I alluded to earlier?  Funny, it  has no author.  No
one wants to admit to having written it.  It's just too dirty.

Gerald C. Greenwood 
Projectionist Local 110 IATSE
grnwood@gagme.chi.il.us


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Submitted for your approval.....
Jerry Greenwood                                                      N9NRG
grnwood@gagme.chi.il.us                                       312-545-2219

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