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Closer, but still no deal
Bulletins

Closer, but still no deal

Michael Applegate August 26, 2014November 17, 2014 0 comment

Compromise was the name of the game when Purple Communications and ASLIU negotiators met in San Francisco last Thursday after nearly four months away from the bargaining table.

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Broken Table author says bargaining is wrecked
Local news , Opinion

Broken Table author says bargaining is wrecked

Pacific Media Workers Guild August 20, 2014March 8, 2020 0 comment

The Detroit newspaper strike was not only one of the longest and largest strikes in history, it also marked the destruction of the negotiation table, argues Fordham University professor Chris Rhomberg.

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Labor board agrees with union on health care changes

Michael Applegate June 30, 2014November 17, 2014 0 comment

ASLIU employees who struck Purple Communications for one day over alleged improper changes to the health-care plan were in the right according to the National Labor Relations Board.

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Local news

Detroit Strike History: A Table Still Broken?

Michael Applegate May 1, 2014November 22, 2014 1 comment

Guild freelancer Steve Early weighs in on The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor by Chris Rhomberg — an account of one of labor’s biggest media industry defeats in decades.

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Bulletins

Settlements reached in Denver, Arizona ULP cases

Michael Applegate April 23, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

Purple Communications agreed to settle NLRB unfair labor practice cases in Colorado and Arizona. The Company allegedly disciplined workers for union activity and removed union materials from break rooms and community event bulletin boards.

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Bulletins

Unfair Labor Practice Hearing Scheduled in Denver

Michael Applegate February 27, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

The NLRB has issued a complaint charging Purple Communications with violating labor law at its Denver facility. The complaint involves multiple charges ranging from retaliation against union activists to failure to negotiate with the union.

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Bulletins , Local news

Hostile management attacks union as Hilo talks resume

Michael Applegate March 15, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

Hawaii Tribune-Herald management opened talks by attacking union security and insisting on significant employee contributions toward health care with no pay increases.

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Local news

Hawaii paper seeks to stiff wronged reporters

Michael Applegate March 14, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

Six years after illegally firing two reporters for union activity, management of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald this week sought relief from NLRB to reduce the amount of back pay it owes the wronged journalists.

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