Labor Day newspaper strike devolves into violence in Sterling Heights
Riot police in gear used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse 300 striking Mailers Union members at a Detroit News and Free Press printing plant. Four-hour clash left three protesters arrested and three injured, including a guard run over by a delivery truck. Trucks delivered 8 hours late as 720,000 combined editions rolled out amid renewed protests and halted access for replacement workers.
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Sterling Heights
Mich
John Peralta
Detroit News
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Susie Ellwood
The
Free Press
Thousands strike Volkswagen plants in Germany
About 65,000 workers at Volkswagen plants in western Germany walked off for three hours to back IG Metall demands for a 6 percent pay rise, long-term job security, and continuation of the four day work week. Talks with management resume soon as the union presses for a settlement.
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Bonn
Germany
Volkswagen
Man
Agement
IG Metall
Swagen
Otto Ferdinand Wachs
Wolfsburg
Union
Georgios Arvanitidis
Breyers plant to close in Philadelphia leaving 240 jobs
In Philadelphia, the Breyers ice cream factory will phase out production by October with about 240 workers losing their jobs. The closure follows earlier Philadelphia manufacturing exits, including Whitman’s Chocolates, while officials blame high taxes, aging infrastructure, and crime for the city’s corporate departures. Teamsters locals protest the move, and officials note long-running economic challenges for the region.
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Philadelphia
Frank Avent
Breyers
Avent
Good Humor Breyers
America
Whitman’s Chocolates
Russell Stover
Whitman’s
Midwest
Edward Henderson
Teamsters Local 463
William Hankowsky
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp
Mrs. Paul’s
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Sealtest
Canada Dry
3M Co
Hankowsky
Ed Katzmarek
West
Bridgestone turns away union protest in Tokyo
In Tokyo Bridgestone Corp faced a protest by about 150 Japanese labor activists and a 16 member U S delegation over Bridgestone-Firestone plant closings. Protesters demanded talks with executives but the parent company refused, saying the dispute is not its direct affair and should be solved in the United States.
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Tokyo
Bridgestone-Firestone Inc
United Rubber Workers
Bridgestone-Firestone
United States
Akron
UAW
United Steel Workers of America
Oscar Sanchez
Japan
U.S
Bridgestone Corp
Mother Jones
Bridgestone
Akira Nakayama
Nakayama
Randy Gorton
Decatur
Kaizaki
Yoichiro Kaizaki
Ford gives Rock Hall new 150000 gift in Cleveland
Ford Motor Co the region’s largest private employer donates 150000 to the Rock Hall of Fame capital campaign to fund Education and Outreach Programs. The gift brings Ford’s total Rock Hall support to 400000 since 1986, as the drive nears its 1 million private-sector target.
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Cleveland
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Rock Hall
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