lockout
NFL players to owners: End lockout of refs
September 25, 2012Citing the threat to the players' health and safety the NFL Players Association formally asked league owners to end the NFL's lockout of the regular referees.
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Trumka steps up support for locked out sugar workers
July 30, 2012The labor movement will escalate the campaign to push for an end to American Crystal Sugar's year-long lockout of 1,300 workers.
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Teamsters ratify new contract with Sotheby’s, ending 10-month lockout
June 4, 2012The 42 Teamsters who work as art handlers for the famed Sotheby's auction house in Manhattan overwhelmingly ratified a new 3-year contract with the firm on May 31, ending the company's 10-month lockout.
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Workers ratify Cooper Tire deal, ending three-month lockout
February 28, 2012The membership of the United Steelworkers, Local 207L, by a 2-to-1 margin, ratified a new five-year contract with Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, ending an infamous three-month lockout at the company's Findlay, Ohio plant. Workers were...
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Outcry by 33,000 ignored: Sugar giant turns away petition
February 23, 2012Hundreds of locked-out workers and community supporters tried to serve a petition on American Crystal Sugar's CEO, Dave Berg.
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