{"id":84170,"date":"2026-01-11T23:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84170\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T23:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:31:10","slug":"day-one-of-union-workers-striking-outside-of-parker-lord-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/84170\/","title":{"rendered":"Day One of Union Workers Striking Outside of Parker Lord | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"

After not reaching a deal at midnight, union members with Local 1211 at Parker Lord began to strike at midnight.<\/p>\n

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Hours into the their picketing, dozens of men and women stood outside of the gates at the plant on Oliver Road.<\/p>\n

Dave Ashby, a Union Member said, “We are really just starting this out and getting organized and getting things scheduled and make sure we are running a good picket line for the duration of this strike.”<\/p>\n

The strike came after the union and company failed to reach an agreement for a new contract. Ashby explained what they are fighting for, “For a significant pay increase and a three year deal instead of a five year contract. Because we saw significant inflation.”<\/p>\n

Union members were at every gate outside of Parker Lord making sure their message was heard loud and clear.<\/p>\n

Members of the Union Local 1211 said they are ready to talk to get back to manufacturing<\/p>\n

“We would like to get back to the table to get a deal as soon as possible so we all can get back to work\u201d, said Asbhy.<\/p>\n

Although it’s only day one, Ashby said they are willing to picket for as long as they need, “I’m proud of the men and women here. I think we showed up in great numbers so far. It’s going to take some time to get this done, but we are here for the long haul.”<\/p>\n

We have reached out to the company for comment. There’s no word yet on when discussions could resume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After not reaching a deal at midnight, union members with Local 1211 at Parker Lord began to strike…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,42161,1881,42009,42160,2957,42159,35176],"class_list":["post-84170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-hold-the-line","tag-manufacturing","tag-parker-lord","tag-picketing","tag-strike","tag-union-members","tag-wages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}