by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Featured, Fighting for Good Jobs, October 2011 Dispatcher
A new contract covering 420 Local 6 members at the Bayer HealthCare plant in Berkeley, California was reached on September 30 and ratified by 70% of workers on October 12. Significant improvements The new four-year contract includes better job security, annual raises...
by admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
A new agreement covering 420 pharmaceutical workers at the Bayer HealthCare plant in Berkeley, California has been reached following two months of difficult negotiations. The proposal includes better job security measures, controls on health care insurance costs,...
by admin | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
by James Parks, Sep 27, 2011 Two years after being granted tax subsidies in exchange for creating family-supporting jobs, management at Bayer Pharmaceuticals in Berkeley, Calif., steadfastly refuses to keep its commitment. Instead, it wants to outsource work done by...
by admin | Sep 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yesterday’s overwhelming vote signals a looming crisis if Bayer refuses to address job retention concerns after taking tax subsidies BERKELEY, CA Workers at Bayer’s pharmaceutical plant in Berkeley cast ballots yesterday in an election that sent the company a...
by admin | Sep 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
BERKELEY, CA Four-hundred workers at the Bayer Pharmaceutical plant in Berkeley, California are asking the company to honor promises made two years ago when executives accepted taxpayer subsidies in exchange for providing good-paying jobs. Workers have been talking...
