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MBJ Editorial: UAW foothold in Mississippi would be bad for business

MBJ Staff — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:35:55 +0000

Congressman Bennie Thompson held a news conference recently to say he supports workers’ rights for a union. Well, we support that right, too. But that doesn’t mean it will be a good thing for all of Mississippi if the United Auto Workers convinces folks to start a union at the Nissan auto plant in Canton. [...]

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Union opposing planned affiliation of UMMC and HMA

Associated Press — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:41:33 +0000

JACKSON — A group touting itself as the nation’s largest health care union is taking issue with the planned affiliation between Health Management Associates and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In news release, the Service Employees International Union contends HMA “wants to partner with UMC to obtain a share of special Medicare payments reserved [...]

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Will UAW target Nissan?

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:07:54 +0000

CANTON — Top officials of the United Auto Workers have decided for now against targeting a single company in its effort to sign up workers at U.S. factories owned by foreign automakers. UAW president Bob King told The Associated Press in an interview yesterday that the union’s executive board won’t make any decision until it [...]

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Workers at Ingalls ratify three-year contract extension

Associated Press — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:15:53 +0000

PASCAGOULA — Employees at Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula yesterday approved a three-year contract extension that affects 6,000 employees at the state’s largest private employer. The Sun Herald reports union officials said just over 1,100 members of the Pascagoula Metal Trades Council, voted on the proposal. It passed with 60 percent of the vote. More [...]

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Ingalls workers to vote on new labor package

Associated Press — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:20:34 +0000

PASCAGOULA — Union workers will vote tomorrow on a company offer that affects 6,000 employees at Ingalls shipyard, the state’s largest private employer. The Sun Herald reports Ingalls is offering three raises and a one-time $1,000 bonus next month if workers will vote to extend their current work contract for three years. On the down [...]

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Poultry workers win lawsuit against Tyson

MBJ Staff — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:44:13 +0000

More than 17,000 Tyson poultry workers in 41 plants in 12 states have settled a $32-million lawsuit in a 12-year struggle to get paid for work already performed, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). The UFCW initiated the suit against Tyson. Last Thursday, the United States District Court in Georgia [...]

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Allstate agents approve affiliation with union

MBJ Staff — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:30:29 +0000

GULFPORT — Approximately a week after a vote in favor of affiliating with Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, the board of directors of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents Inc. (NAPAA) voted to approve the affiliation. The roll call vote by the board followed a secret ballot in which, according to [...]

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Allstate agents vote ‘yes’ to unionizing

MBJ Staff — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:33:04 +0000

GULFPORT — Members of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) have voted to affiliate with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CI, according to the union. Secret ballots were mailed to all 1,200 members of Gulfport-based NAPAA and when the ballots were tallied, more than 94 percent had voted in favor [...]

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Allstate agents to vote on joining union

MBJ Staff — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:25:33 +0000

GULFPORT — Members of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents Inc. (NAPAA) in Gulfport will soon take part in a secret mail ballot vote that will decide whether the Association will affiliate with Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) as a guild. This according to the OPEIU. The vote will be administered by [...]

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Cartoons – July 4, 2011

Don Smith — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:00:35 +0000

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