The salary of shells is low!The US military factory is in a crisis of strike due to the "labor dispute", and the Russian -Ukraine conflict is regenerating.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Ukrainian President Zelenezki met with UN Secretary -General Antonio Gutres and Turkish President Rejap Tida Erdoian on the 18th. This three -party meeting has attracted great attention, but the prospect of Russia and Ukraine's peace talks still seems unclear.

↑ Ukrainian President Zelei

On the battlefield, the Ukrainian government has recently stated that it will launch a "comprehensive counterattack" in the south, but almost "only smells the sound." Although the Ukrainian army recently caused a lot of trouble for the Russian army, it has not achieved a certain scale counterattack so far.

At the same time, in addition to thousands of miles away from the front line of Russia, a US military fire factory facing a strike due to "labor disputes" may make the conflict "again".

Due to the expiration of the contract with the union

A US ammunition producer faces a big strike

According to reports, this factory that is trapped in "labor disputes" is an Army ammunition factory (LCAAP) located in the United States, which is one of the most important weapon production facilities in the US Department of Defense.

↑ The Army Ammunition Factory (LCAAP) was built in 1941 and is one of the most important weapon production facilities in the US Department of Defense

Although the details of the factory's weapons have never been disclosed, the American Ordnance LLC, which belongs, is a production contractor of many important ground war ammunition in the Pentagon. 81 mm and 120mm mortar bullet components, 120 mm tank ammunition, 155mm artillery, various artillery shells, obstacles, blasting removal modules and a series of missile components.

Earlier, it has been reported that the Army ammunition factory is the main manufacturer of the US FIM-92 "Poison" and FGM-148 "javelin" air defense missile warhead. Some people familiar with the matter revealed that the factory can also produce precise -controlled artillery M982 "Sword" warheads, mines, remote precision artillery and ammunition and other customized explosive products. In other words, the United States aid many ammunition in Ukraine is produced in this factory.

However, as a series of union contracts in the factory expired on August 19th, as many as 500 workers involved in 10 union representatives may strike before the signing of the new contract. It is reported that, given the difficulty of negotiating with 10 different unions and the requirements for maintaining the unified welfare, the contract negotiation of the Aiovan Army Ammunition Factory will be difficult to reach an agreement.

↑ In August 2016, employees of the Army Ammunition Factory strike

It is reported that the union members have authorized the negotiating representatives to "start strikes when necessary." In the previous contract negotiations, the factory had a strike due to the "inconsistent" of both parties. In August 2016, the two unions decided to strike after refusing the contract, and it lasted for almost a month.

The negotiation is worse than 3 years ago

Foreign media: Long -term strike may allow Russia to "win the victory"

According to the US media, from the current situation, the factory's "short -term" suspension of work has "inevitable". However, a bigger problem is that once a new contract negotiation process occurs, it may destroy the "tense" US military fire supply chain. Earlier, there were reports that the Army ammunition factory was unable to meet the soaring production needs of the US National Defense because of the old facilities.

↑ According to reports, if the trade union workers in the factory have long strikes, it may destroy the "tension" US arms supply chain

Now, if the trade union workers start strike, this military factory built during World War II will be difficult to produce modern artillery, grenades and explosives required by the U.S. military, which may hinder the "effort" of the United States to transport ammunition to the front line of Ukraine and treat the United States The military, Ukraine, and other American allies who depended on the U.S. -provided ammunition of the United States have a wide and long -term impact.

Recently, the atmosphere in this military factory is very tight, and there seems to be a big difference between the union and the company. The union believes that the policies related to the salary, insurance, holidays and new crown infections of this factory are much more stingy than employers in other regions. But compared with other factories, employees here engage in "higher risk work", and one of their errors may lead to death of themselves and workers around them.

A union representative Zach Peterson said: "The company provides less salary than nearby biscuits, the latter's salary is higher, and the health insurance premium paid by employees is lower."

Peter Sen revealed that the union was negotiating on insurance and paid vacations this week, and had not yet begun to negotiate wage issues. According to him, the union negotiation representatives did not see any loose or change of the company's attitude, "this negotiation seems to be worse than 3 years ago."

At the same time, when the Ukrainian authorities plan to start a comprehensive counterattack, its European allies seem to be significantly reduced weapon assistance. The US media disclosed on the 17th that in the past July, six largest countries in Europe have not made any new bilateral military assistance commitments to Ukraine for the first time, which is the first time since the Kaishi war in Russia.

The US media expressed concerns about the current situation of the factory, saying that once any negotiations have ruptured, this key western ammunition facility is in a few months of strike. Or will "win the victory."

Red Star News reporter Xu Hui

Responsible editor Deng Yiguang Editor Guo Yu

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