Harper Collins Worker Strike
Hundreds of authors give support to striking workers at Harper Collins
HarperCollins Workers Strike for Better Pay and Benefits. Employees say they’ll not return to work until they have a new contract. The company says it will “continue to negotiate in good faith.”
The HarperCollins union represents about 250 employees in editorial, publicity, sales, marketing, legal and design. In a statement, the union said its members, who have been working without a contract since April, wanted better family leave benefits and higher pay.
Olga Brudastova, the president of Local 2110 of the U.A.W., which represents unionized HarperCollins employees, said that the union had decided to go on an indefinite strike after negotiations with the company stalled. The union is proposing that HarperCollins raise the minimum starting salary to $50,000, from $45,000. It has also demanded that the company address the lack of diversity in its work force.
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What is the problem that workers cannot get paid fairly for the jobs that they do? I hope they get all that they are asking for and more. Even with these, others will not see the true value of who you are and what you can bring to the table if they only want to use you for profit!
What is the problem that workers cannot get paid fairly for the jobs that they do? I hope they get all that they are asking for and more. Even with these, others will not see the true value of who you are and what you can bring to the table if they only want to use you for profit!