Workers continue Universal-Rundle strike

NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Striking Universal-Rundle workers did not return to work today as requested by the company.
Joe Bish, representative for Glass Molders, Pottery, Plastics & amp; Allied Workers International Union, said the 100 workers in New Castle and about 40 others at an Iowa plant were continuing their strike. "Nobody crossed the line," he said this morning.
Workers at both plants received letters Friday instructing them to return to work today or risk being replaced by new workers Tuesday.
Bish said the union has filed an unfair-labor-practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board in Pittsburgh over the letter. The workers walked off the job at midnight Oct. 15 over wages and benefits.
Bish said the union has offered to go back to work while they continue to negotiate a new contract, but the company hasn't responded.
Steve Golimowski, company spokesman, said today he could not comment on the strike because he had not yet talked to plant managers in Iowa and New Castle.