I know that our fight is just the tip of the iceberg. Manufacturing workers all over the country face the same struggle every day, and it's time that, together, we stood up for a change in the entire industry.
When you work somewhere for a decade, you see a lot of changes. The changes I've seen at the factory over the past ten years have only made it harder for us to do our jobs and make a living. In the past we had basic, but necessary, benefits, like more generous overtime policies, including double overtime on Sundays. But for the past few years, things have been different. Now, the plant manager makes all the decisions.
I breathe in smoke every day because ventilation has gotten worse. It impacts my throat, my sinuses and I imagine my lungs. When my coworkers and I try to talk to management about it, they tell us they'll look into it. But nothing has changed.