Honeywell CEO Keeps 230 Workers Locked Out Over Pension Cuts

Leaders of a five-month labor dispute at Honeywell Corp., were in the hearing room today of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to keep their eye on CEO David Cote, questioning his self interest lobbying as a commissioner who seeks to continue tax cuts for the rich, while threatening his employees jobs and retirement security.

Darrell Lillie, USW Local 7-669 President representing 230 workers at the Honeywell uranium processing plant in Illinois, challenged Cote’s accountability at the hearing with a statement, saying: “We think it’s a joke that our CEO can serve on the Fiscal Commission while he has locked us out, hired hundreds of replacement workers to steal our jobs and now seeks to eliminate our pension plan.”

The union leader challenged Cote’s seat on the Commission: “We forewarn all American working families that this millionaire executive’s agenda is questionable.”  Cote also serves on the commission’s “Tax Reform Working Group ... more