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Article: BAD YEAR FOR EMPLOYERS, WORKERS LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTES AT CUNA MUTUAL, WEA INSURANCE AND TYSON FOODS CREATED STRIFE IN THE AREA DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2004
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Byline: Jason Stein Wisconsin State Journal
Looking back over the past 12 months, union leader Jim Cavanaugh sees the worst time of labor-management strife in the area since the early 1980s.
The agonizing strike at the Tyson plant in Jefferson, budget woes weighing on state workers, the contract stalemate at CUNA Mutual Group in Madison and a possible one-day walk-out at WEA Insurance Corp. -- itself a company serving unions -- have made it an unsettling year for both employers and workers.
"We're looking at some situations where there have been longtime relatively peaceful and productive relationships" between management and unions, said ...