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Labor and Employment Weblog
University of California, Berkeley |
Updated
5/24/2004; 11:10:23 AM
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Monday, May 03, 2004 |
Microsoft still has not paid former temps Legal and procedural delays -- ranging from an appeal by two of the workers to uncertainty over how the payments should be taxed -- have held up the money distribution. Now, if all goes according to plan, the checks should be mailed this year, said Judith Bendich, of Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong, the law firm representing the former permatemps. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Business]
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Labor talks delay J&L sale until June. In a brief statement issued Sunday morning, Allegheny Technologies, a Pittsburgh specialty metals maker, said it needed more time to reach collective bargaining agreements with workers at its Allegheny Ludlum subsidiary and J&L. Pittsburgh Business Times May 3 2004 4:53PM GMT
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Atlanta: Report Back from Farm Workers Rally. On International Workers Day, May 1st, 2004, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) held a rally at the Toco Hills shopping center in Atlanta to show support for struggling farm workers. FLOC represents over 10,000 farm workers who pick cucumbers in the fields of eastern North Carolina, who have called for a boycott of Mt. Olive pickle products until Mt. Olive negotiates a contract with the contractors and workers that guarantees humane working conditions, a living wage, sanitary housing and protection from toxic pesticides. (For more information on the FLOC struggle, see www.floc.com ) Infoshop May 3 2004 3:33PM GMT
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Fiat Strike Cuts Auto Production 2 Pct. Steelworker unions began a strike at Melfi on April 19, demanding higher salaries and better working conditions at the factory set up in one of Italy's least industrialized regions. National union overseers have since begun sporadic talks with the company, but some union groups in Melfi voted to continue their walkout Monday. AP via ABCNEWS.com May 3 2004 8:01PM GMT
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Manufacturing Activity Slows in April (AP). AP - Escalating materials costs put a damper on manufacturing activity in April, according to an industry survey released Monday. But analysts say the economic outlook is still quite strong, noting that construction spending registered its best month on record in March. [Yahoo! News - Business]
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Walesa slams EU labour rules. Mr Walesa compared some EU rules concerning workers from new member states as "communism". BBC May 3 2004 5:37PM GMT
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US trade deal to benefit NZ A new study of the impact of the yet-to-be-signed agreement suggests New Zealand could benefit from its significant holdings in the Australian dairy industry and indirectly through the diversion of Australian exports from other markets to the US. [The New Zealand Herald: Business]
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Venezuela Steel Workers Vow Job Actions. CARACAS, Venezuela -- Striking workers at Venezuela's largest steel producer said Monday they would begin more radical actions to force talks with company representatives on demands for back pay and company stock.
Ramon Machuca, president of the steel workers' union, said roughly 11,000 workers who have been on strike since April 22 would step up protests if company representatives failed to convoke negotiations.
AP via Baltimore Sun May 3 2004 7:10PM GMT
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Coca-Cola plant workers in Philadelphia settle strike. About 450 striking employees of the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. began returning to work Thursday, following the approval of a new four-year contract. The members of Teamsters Local 830 approved the deal by a 264-152 vote Thursday, union President Joe Brock said.
TheGriot.com May 3 2004 6:38PM GMT
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Janice Kimball
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