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3:53 pm
Fri September 9, 2011

Red Cross strike suspended, blood drives to resume this weekend

Credit (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio)
American Red Cross workers walking a picket line earlier this week in Lansing

 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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