Owners of The Star-Ledger announced today that they will sell the newspaper if they are unable to win union concessions and buyout full-time workers within the next two months. The deadline for getting 200 of the paper’s 756 non-union full-time employees to take a buyout will be Oct. 1. NJ.com (July 31, 2008)
R.R. Donnelley has recently settled their dispute with an Illinois-based workers union over charges that the printer was spying on employees and threatened them in retaliation for organizing with teamsters. George Tedeschi, the Teamsters International vice president and GCC president said, “Our victory should give aid and comfort to the thousands of other R.R. Donnelley [...]
Kroger announced today that the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1529 in Memphis ratified a new, 4-year contract with the chain. The agreement covers some 7,500 workers at 72 Kroger locations in the Memphis area and parts of other states. Dow Jones Newswires (Mar. 3, 2008) Paid subscription may be required.