Plumbing Fixture Workers Protest Contract Offer

Police on Tuesday threatened to arrest members of striking United Auto Workers Local 833 after claims of physical confrontations among picketers at Kohler Co. in Wisconsin, police and security guards, according to TMJ4 in Milwaukee.Workers for the plumbing fixture manufacturer went on strike Monday, protesting what they say is an inadequate pay increase, higher healthcare costs and the continuation of a two-tier wage scale.Kohler had called for three raises of 50 cents each – about 2 percent a year – for most of its workforce, TMJ4 reported. The offer raised healthcare cost but included a $1,200 bonus that the company