IAM Union Members at Toledo’s Libbey Glass Vote to Reject Firm Contract Supply, Strike for Equity

TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 9, 2025 – Approximately 84 members of the IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) Local 1297 (District 54) at Libbey Glass in Toledo voted overwhelmingly Saturday to reject the corporate’s contract provide and go on strike starting on Friday, Aug. 22 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

IAM Union members cite unfair pay, obligatory extra time provisions that prohibit time with household, and rising medical insurance prices as causes for rejecting the corporate’s provide.

“Libbey Glass management is failing to remember the significant sacrifices our members accepted to bring the company out of bankruptcy and liquidation in 2019,” mentioned IAM District 54 President and Directing Business Representative T. Dean Wright, Jr. “We stand 100% behind our IAM Local 1297 members as they stand strong against corporate greed and in defense of their families and communities.”

“The entire IAM Union stands shoulder to shoulder with our Local 1297 membership at Libbey Glass,” mentioned IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President David Sullivan. “We will use every resource necessary to obtain a contract worthy of our membership’s sacrifices for this company.”

The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) is certainly one of North America’s largest and most various industrial commerce unions, representing roughly 600,000 lively and retired members within the aerospace, protection, airways, railroad, transit, healthcare, automotive, and different industries throughout the United States and Canada.

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