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Leaf marker strike looms over tobacco market plan
About 60 tobacco ticket markers from several states consider joining the Teamsters and striking to protest a new market designation plan. Markers process sold tobacco, noting price, buyer, and grade. a union walkout could block tobacco movement as truckers avoid crossing picket lines. Wayne Edwards, spokesman, says markers oppose the plan as it disrupts job contracts.
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Raleigh
N.C
Teamsters Union
Wayne Edwards
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Kentucky
Ohio
Tobacco Ticket Markers Association
Edwards