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Belmont, OH - Strikers facing multiple charges for blocking vans
Ten striking factory workers armed with knives, bats and clubs were arrested after attempting to block vans entering an Ormet Corp. aluminum plant, the sheriff's office said.
The picketers were charged Friday with violating a court order requiring them to stay at least 2,000 feet away from the plant's entrance, Monroe County Sheriff Manifred Keylor said in a statement released on Saturday.
Additional charges of resisting arrest and assaulting law enforcement officers were pending, the statement said.
Police said they seized various weapons from the picketers, including a sledgehammer, an ax, knives, baseball bats and wooden clubs.
Eight pickets were being held Saturday at the Noble County jail and one each in jails in Monroe and Belmont counties, Monroe County sheriff's dispatcher Maria Jones said. She said no other information was available.
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The picketers were charged Friday with violating a court order requiring them to stay at least 2,000 feet away from the plant's entrance, Monroe County Sheriff Manifred Keylor said in a statement released on Saturday.
Additional charges of resisting arrest and assaulting law enforcement officers were pending, the statement said.
Police said they seized various weapons from the picketers, including a sledgehammer, an ax, knives, baseball bats and wooden clubs.
Eight pickets were being held Saturday at the Noble County jail and one each in jails in Monroe and Belmont counties, Monroe County sheriff's dispatcher Maria Jones said. She said no other information was available.
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WOODSFIELD, OH -- Just hours after 10 members of the United Steelworkers of America 5724 were released from jail, seven members of the USWA 5760 were arrested.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the workers who went to jail Monday were arrested for allegedly violating a court order. According to the Sheriff, the court order specifies that striking workers are not allowed to stop trucks from traveling into the plant.
Officers brought the six men and one woman to the jail around 2:00 p.m. Monday. However, members of the USWA 5760 say they don't believe their fellow strikers did anything wrong. Witnesses say the seven workers approached a truck trying to cross into Ormet and asked them to respect their picket line. They say the driver then turned around and left. The witnesses say that is when a number of police cars pulled up to the scene and arrested the workers.
Friday night, officers arrested ten people with the USWA 5724 for allegedly getting out of control on the picket line. Those ten workers were released from jail on their own recognizance just hours before the most recent arrests.
Court officials say the next step is finding out if Ormet will file charges against the ten people involved. Until the proceedings are over, those ten workers are not allowed anywhere near the picket lines.
In the meantime, the Ormet Corporation announced Monday that it has resumed product shipments from its Reduction and Rolling Mill facilities. The shipments were the first since last Monday when unionized workers began their strike.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the workers who went to jail Monday were arrested for allegedly violating a court order. According to the Sheriff, the court order specifies that striking workers are not allowed to stop trucks from traveling into the plant.
Officers brought the six men and one woman to the jail around 2:00 p.m. Monday. However, members of the USWA 5760 say they don't believe their fellow strikers did anything wrong. Witnesses say the seven workers approached a truck trying to cross into Ormet and asked them to respect their picket line. They say the driver then turned around and left. The witnesses say that is when a number of police cars pulled up to the scene and arrested the workers.
Friday night, officers arrested ten people with the USWA 5724 for allegedly getting out of control on the picket line. Those ten workers were released from jail on their own recognizance just hours before the most recent arrests.
Court officials say the next step is finding out if Ormet will file charges against the ten people involved. Until the proceedings are over, those ten workers are not allowed anywhere near the picket lines.
In the meantime, the Ormet Corporation announced Monday that it has resumed product shipments from its Reduction and Rolling Mill facilities. The shipments were the first since last Monday when unionized workers began their strike.
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