Workers, labor unhappy over continuing Flex-N-Gate safety violations
Unhappy with what they call a “piecemeal approach” to safety problems at an Illinois auto parts maker, labor officials are calling for a wall-to-wall inspection of the plant.
Recent violations found at one Flex-N-Gate operation have workers “increasingly concerned about unsafe conditions at the company's facilities in Illinois and Indiana,” according to a statement by the United Auto Workers (UAW), which notes that OSHA has issued four sets of citations in the past eight months to the company for serious violations of federal workplace safety regulations at Guardian West, its bumper plant in Urbana, Ill.