THE BULLETIN BOARD
May 2007
[May 18]APWU Board Calls for Boycott of Circuit City
excerpted from APWU Web News Article #39-07
The National Executive Board of the APWU has voted unanimously to support a boycott of Circuit City stores, due to the retailer's despicable treatment of its employees.
In a cost-cutting measure, the 600-store chain fired its highest-paid, most senior non-managerial workers, saying that the dismissed employees were earning more than it wanted to pay. The company, based in Richmond, VA, announced that it planned to fill most of the positions, and invited the laid-off workers to re-apply for their old jobs — at substantially lower pay — in 10 weeks.
Shortly after the firings were announced, APWU's Philadelphia BMC Local became one of the first labor organizations to endorse a Circuit City boycott. Local President Vince Tarducci announced that a motion calling for a boycott of the retail chain passed unanimously at the local’s April 12 general membership meeting.
Read the entire article in the APWU's News and Events section.
[May 1]Newly Chartered Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter, APWU
Please visit our new "Retiree Corner"... a subsection of our website that will grow and develop over the next year. The Chapter was founded late last year and chartered in March of this year. We hope to add a photograph of some of the members now that the first meeting has been held. Stay tuned!
Our newly chartered Retiree Chapter has also put together a list of our Legislators, so that any and all may find it easy to contact Senators, Congressional Representatives, or PA Statehouse members.
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