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Workers Accuse Borders Books & Music Workers of Firing Union Supporter.(Originated from Philadelphia Daily News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 1996 by Ewell, Christian
Jun. 28--Miriam Fried, a former salesclerk at Borders, was "a fine role model for other booksellers with her work ethic and book knowledge."
That's according to a performance review dated March 7 and signed by Dave Stewart, manager of the Center City store. Three months later, Fried was fired after an argument with him over the store's check-cashing policy.
She, and some employees still working at Borders, are convinced that her dismissal was not motivated by the check-cashing policy, but by her vocal support of an organizing effort by the Industrial Workers of the World. It was narrowly defeated last spring.
"They waited a couple of months and then fired her on what I see is pretense," said Shannon Matthews, a Borders employee and a union...
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