Union locals OK Stop &amp; Shop pact
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Union locals representing 43,000 Stop &amp; Shop supermarket workers in southern New England voted yesterday to approve a new three-year contract, averting a threatened strike that would have hit consumers in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
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The United Auto Workers and an automotive supplier have reached an agreement that covers current hourly workers and possibly those at yet-to-open factories, the first multi-plant pact negotiated by the UAW in 20 years.
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Workers represented by the United Auto Workers ratified a four-year contract with automaker Chrysler LLC, the union said on Saturday, capping a close-fought battle that had threatened to scuttle the labor pact.
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It was a good day for unions. A Senate committee yesterday approved a measure that would give collective-bargaining rights to about 43,000 airport screeners at the Transportation Security Administration. The committee's action followed House approval of similar legislation last month.
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Teamsters call on group to give half of its funding back to the local unions to beef up organizing efforts. By Richard A. Ryan / News Senior Washington Correspondent.
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Members of the grocery workers union will continue to meet to discuss the final contract proposal from King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons following a surprise decision by the international union to halt voting on the offers.
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HANOVER  - Management and unions at German auto maker Volkswagen announced that they had reached an agreement that will bring an end to their long-running wage dispute and probably stave off strike action.
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The United Steelworkers of America and  the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers  International Union (PACE) said they will ask their members to  approve a merger of the two organizations, which would form the  largest industrial labor union in North America.
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Members of the United Auto Workers union have approved a broad wage-cut agreement with Delphi Corp., the nation's largest auto-parts supplier, union officials said today.
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STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- The United Auto Workers and Chrysler LLC got a big boost from some Detroit-area plants that voted in favor of a new labor contract, but the road to ratification is still a bumpy one with thousands more workers scheduled to cast ballots in the next few days.
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An expert says the agreement probably will make it easier to reach cost-cutting deals with the ailing carrierâs other unions. United Airlines is making headway in its efforts to trim labor costs by $725
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Three major grocers have reached a new labor agreement with 19,000 supermarket workers in Northern California, averting a threatened strike.
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By ERICA CORDOVA Journal Staff Writer  After months of negotiations and bickering, the city and county came to a unanimous agreement Thursday over how to pay for operational costs for   one of the largest public works projects in the region's history.
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HALIFAX -- After more than four months on the picket lines, two striking unions have reached a tentative deal with Aliant -- Atlantic Canada&#39;s largest telecommunications company.
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By Evelyn Ryan, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Jan. 31--Westover Shop 'n Save owner Paul Mascioli spends a lot of time at the store, so he knows personally just what his customers think.  "People come in, ask questions, and we answer them, help them when they ask for help," he said.
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Clerical workers presented their final offer to shipping companies Saturday after all-night contract talks aimed at preventing a strike at the nation's largest port complex.
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