Teamsters Join Delegation Calling On IKEA To End Lockout

Teamsters Join Delegation Calling OnTeamsters Join Delegation Calling On IKEA To End Lockout PR Newswire WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2013 -- IKEA Workers Travel from Canada to Sweden to Present Report on Union Busting at IKEA in British Columbia Since May 13, 2013, more than 300 Teamsters have been locked out from their jobs without pay at IKEA´s store in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. A representative from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters joined a delegation in Sweden this week to ask IKEA to end this harsh treatment of its workers and stop the lockout. The delegation traveled to Sweden to highlight the findings of the report, "How IKEA is Hurting Families: Report on the IKEA Lockout in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada." The report outlines the findings of an International Fact-Finding Commission formed by UNI Global Union and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) at the request of Teamsters Canada. The report describes how far IKEA has departed from its original Swedish values. IKEA has locked out more than 300 workers at its Richmond store for more than six months because the workers exercised their legal right to vote down IKEA's demands for a wage system that discriminates against workers and forces many workers to give up family health care benefits. The report calls on IKEA to end its lockout of workers and return to the bargaining table in good faith immediately. The report is available in A4 size (http://bit.ly/1iXdd8K) and in U.S.