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Economy
2:01 pm
Fri September 16, 2011

Red Cross contract talks to resume Saturday

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The American Red Cross regional blood center in Lansing
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A picket line outside the American Red Cross regional blood center in Lansing last week
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Contract talks are scheduled this weekend for two American Red Cross unions.  A strike last week idled Red Cross workers in 65 Michigan counties.  

Last week’s two-day walkout ended after union leaders said they received assurances that this weekend’s planned contract talks would be "serious" in nature.  But the unions also scheduled a new strike deadline for next Wednesday. That irked some officials with the American Red Cross.  

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Economy
3:53 pm
Fri September 9, 2011

Red Cross strike suspended, blood drives to resume this weekend

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American Red Cross workers walking a picket line earlier this week in Lansing
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 A strike by American Red Cross blood workers in Michigan has been suspended after two days.   More than 200 American Red Cross workers started walking picket lines Wednesday.    The unions representing the Red Cross workers called the strike, after working for more than 2 years without a contract.   

The strike affected blood donations in 65 Michigan counties.  The strike did not include 8 counties in southeast Michigan.  

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Economy
4:13 pm
Mon September 5, 2011

Potential strike looming over American Red Cross blood drives this week

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The sign at the American Red Cross office on Saginaw St. in Lansing
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Picket signs stacked up at the south Lansing office of the Office and Professional Employees International Union hall
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A sign on the wall of the south Lansing office of the Office and Professional Employees International Union
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The Lansing office of the American Red Cross
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 The American Red Cross may be hit by a strike this week by some of its unionized employees.   The picket signs are stacked up and ready to go at the union hall in south Lansing.  

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