Workers at the IKEA Distribution Center in Perryville will continue their strike over demands for cost-of-living wage increases and seniority protections, the union announced Saturday.
About 320 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 460, District 4, began their strike at midnight on Nov. 15. Members are seeking fair wages that are on track with the cost of living and demonstrate their hand in IKEA’s success, a union release said.
The workers rejected the company’s latest proposal Friday.
“Our members are holding the line at IKEA,” IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President David Sullivan said in a statement. “The company has to return with an offer that most members can get behind. One day longer, one day stronger is our mantra as we fight for justice at the bargaining table.”
The IAM represents about 600,000 active and retired members in various industries, including aerospace, defense, airlines, railroad, transit, healthcare and automotive.
The Perryville IKEA distribution center opened in 2002, according to the Cecil County Chamber of Commerce website, and now moves products to 39 stores across the U.S. and Canada.
Baltimore Sun reporter Kiersten Hacker contributed to this article.
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