LSSI begins labor talks / NLRB complaint means workers rehired by library firm will still be unionized
Source: By Damian Mann, Mail Tribune (OR), February 13, 2008
A private firm that operates Jackson County's 15 libraries is being forced to recognize that a majority of its employees are members of a union to resolve a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board. "It means library employees will have their union back and more of a voice at their work," said Pauline Black, a library assistant in Ashland.
Service Employees International Union Local 503 filed an unfair labor practice complaint again Library Systems and Services LLC on Dec. 18, 2007, with the National Labor Relations Board, which was scheduled to rule on the matter later this week.
....... Frank Pezzanite, president and chief executive officer of LSSI, said he wants to work with the union but his company did not envision it would e nter into bargaining talks when it signed a contract with Jackson County to operate libraries.
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