Conn-Selmer Workers to Rally Community to Save Eastlake Plant from Closure

EASTLAKE, OH – After Conn-Selmer formally announced its decision to offshore 150 good, union jobs to China at a long-time legacy Ohio company, workers are rallying community support to save the Eastlake plant from closure tentatively scheduled for June 30.  

WHO: UAW Local 2359 members at Conn-Selmer, UAW Region 2B Director Dave Green, Eastlake Mayor Kevin Kostelnik, OH State Rep. Dan Troy, with a special video message from UAW President Shawn Fain 

WHAT: “Save Our Plant” rally to stop offshoring of jobs from Conn-Selmer’s Eastlake plant to China  

WHERE: Four Points Sheraton Ballroom, 35000 Curtis Blvd, Eastlake, OH 44095 

WHEN: Thursday, February 5 at 5:00 P.M.  

In January – on what was supposed to be day one of the latest contract negotiations between Conn-Selmer and UAW Local 2359 members – the last, USA-made brass instrument brand, informed workers that it is shutting down its Ohio facility and offshoring almost all its Eastlake operations overseas to China.  

Decades of an Ohio mainstay and hundreds of good, union jobs suddenly became on the chopping block because billionaire hedge fund owner John Paulson decided to lead with corporate greed over preserving an American institution – and American manufacturing.  

Conn-Selmer informed UAW Local 2359 members that its “doomsday” would tentatively be June 30, 2026 – but workers are fighting back to save the Eastlake plant. Alongside the broader community and local allies, workers are rallying together on Thursday to send a message to Conn-Selmer’s leadership like Paulson: that they can still do the right thing and keep these jobs in Ohio.  

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