Safeway set a precedent for tough treatment last November, when it put its 113 - store Dominick's division on the block after UFCW refused proposals for
wage and benefits concessions for the chain's employees.
Not exact matches
SEOUL, April 23 - General Motors Co's South Korean unit dropped a plan for a vote on a bankruptcy filing after reaching a tentative
wage deal with its labour union on Monday that helped the U.S. automaker win
concessions on pay, bonuses
and benefits.
The governor announced earlier this month that Council 82 agreed to cuts in health care
benefits,
wage freezes
and additional
concessions that avoided layoffs.
But when budgets are squeezed, as they are now, municipal leaders often seek
wage or
benefit concessions, which leave unions with little incentive to come to the bargaining table
and negotiate in earnest.