Guild walks out at Star-Telegram

[2muchcoffeeman]

That ashumes a settlement and the strike ends. What happens if the company never settles? The union can take the company to court for unfair labor practices and probably win someday.

An example. In 2000 10 Wal-Mart meat cutters at a store in Texas voted to unionize. Wal-Mart immediately closed the department. In 2003 the meat-cutters won in court. But it took the appeals court five more years to decide the case. Companies can delay and delay in front of the NLRB and outwait the employees.

Oh, it's worse than that.

Walmart didn't just close that department. It closed all the meat-cutting departments at every store it owns and switched to selling prepackaged meat at all its stores.

 

[Twirling Time]

My local supermarket still has a butcher who can make any cut available. Didn't ask for tri-tip, but it can be had.

 

[Tarheel316]

Maybe they should lay off old, overpaid business executives who've run out of ideas.

Yes. Mike Lee, step up.

 

[Azrael]

 

[wicked]

I wish them all luck, but the time for this was 20 years ago.

 

[Mr. X]

I wish them all luck, but the time for this was 20 years ago.

What would have newspaper employees struck for 20 years ago? Would they have been successful?

Even though it was 27 years ago, wouldn't it be safe to say the Detroit newspaper strike ended in defeat for labor? Why would a strike around 2002 end in victory?

Detroit newspaper strike of 1995–1997 - Wikipedia