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Contentious to cooperative
Labor leaders, managers and a smattering of regular employees at the Owens-Illinois Glass Containers' bottling plant sit down most months to discuss how the plant's output stacks up to its 23 sister factories.
They troubleshoot past problems, and they communicate about the Auburn plant's future, including a current initiative to start production runs of bottles larger than the plant's beer bottles. The president and the vice president of the union are on the company's safety committee.
“We form a partnership with the company to secure all our livelihoods,” said Mark Gauthier, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 2671. “That's the main thrust.”
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