Employees at the Toyota plant in Georgetown, Ky., will have another chance to air their concerns about working conditions at a June 10 hearing organized by the Kentucky chapter of Jobs With Justice.
The nonprofit group plans to ask elected officials, community leaders and Toyota managers to attend a meeting of its Workers' Rights Board. The panel will review concerns from workers, then issue a written report to the automaker with recommendations for improving employee relations.
Attica Scott, the Louisville-based coordinator of Jobs With Justice, said the company won't be bound to follow the recommendations, but that doesn't mean it won't pay attention.
"We've had quite a bit of success changing how these operations are run," she said of companies that have been reviewed in previous hearings.
The approximately 7,000 employees at the Toyota plant do not belong to a union. At a meeting Saturday organized by the United Auto Workers, some of the plant's employees shared concerns about on-the-job injuries, benefit cuts and the use of temporary workers.
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