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In Race for Worst, Smithfield Named Top Grinch of 2007
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January 3, 2008
In a close race – one you'd hope no company would want to win – Smithfield pork slaughterhouse CEO Joseph Luter III beat out American Airlines and Verizon Business to be named "Grinch of the Year" in the annual Jobs with Justice contest for the worst of the country's union-busting, workers-rights-stomping employers.
Jokes Return to Late Night but Writers' Picket Lines Remain
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January 3, 2008
Just in time for election jokes, late-night TV is back – but only David Letterman has made a deal with the otherwise-striking television writers, allowing them to return to his and fellow CBS host Craig Ferguson's shows.
Alcatel-Lucent to Pay $2.5M in Fines to Settle Charges It Bribed Chinese Officials
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January 2, 2008
While our members continue to lose their jobs, because the company states the cost is too high, the senior leadership allows this kind of inept management costing millions in fines.
ESSP Termination
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January 2, 2008
Please see below, message from Avaya regarding the ESSP Termination.
In the News: Jackson City, Miss., Workers Reach First Tentative Contract
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January 1, 2008
A little over a year and a half since gaining collective bargaining rights in June 2006, Jackson, Mississippi's 1,200 city employees achieved another milepost in their remarkable struggle to organize and improve their jobs, negotiating their first union contract with the city.