In support of 100 steelworkers who lost their jobs and severance pay, the Canadian Labour Congress is asking its three million members to boycott Sklar Peppler, AW Manufacturing Inc. and Alan White brand furniture products.
After moving to Ajax from Whitby, Canada, in 2006, furniture manufacturer Sklar Peppler went into bankruptcy in August 2008, affecting about 100 steelworkers.
"The President of Sklar Peppler bought the company's assets out of bankruptcy in late 2008 and proceeded to close the facility," notes Ken Neumann, United Steelworkers National Director for Canada. "He then bought AW Manufacturing Inc., another furniture manufacturer in the US state of Mississippi, and now uses product from that plant in Mississippi to sell to Sklar's customers.
Continued Neumann, "The hard-working steelworkers that were employed by Sklar Peppler in Canada not only lost their jobs, they lost their severance pay in the bankruptcy proceedings."
Said CLC President Ken Georgetti, "The Canadian Labour Congress has endorsed a national consumer boycott against Sklar Peppler, Alan White branded furniture and its manufacturer AW Manufacturing."