Flint's Best Mix » strike http://wcrz.com Cars 108 Flint's Best Mix Tue, 21 May 2013 11:07:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Red Cross Staff Returns To Work, Time to Save Some Lives http://wcrz.com/red-cross-staff-returns-to-work-time-to-save-some-lives/ http://wcrz.com/red-cross-staff-returns-to-work-time-to-save-some-lives/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:59:47 +0000 Stu Allen http://wcrz.com/?p=105333 The strike between blood services workers and the American Red Cross has been suspended, with the staff returning to work without a contract. Negotiations will continue between the union and the Red Cross to resolve the issues that led to the strike and a stoppage of blood collections for several weeks.

]]> http://wcrz.com/red-cross-staff-returns-to-work-time-to-save-some-lives/feed/ 0 stu allen photo Red Cross Workers Strike in Michigan http://wcrz.com/red-cross-workers-strike-in-michigan/ http://wcrz.com/red-cross-workers-strike-in-michigan/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:11:55 +0000 Stu Allen http://wcrz.com/?p=78032 I was supposed to donate platelets at the Flint Red Cross Donor Center this weekend. My appointment was canceled as more than 200 American Red Cross workers in Michigan went on strike this morning.

Staff members represented by the Office and Professional Employees International Union and Teamsters walked out because of a dispute over health care benefits.

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