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Appeals Court Says Detroit Newspapers Did Not Break Labor Laws, Cause Strike.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2000 by Gallagher, John
Jul. 8--Detroit's two daily newspapers won an important legal victory Friday, when an appeals court ruled they did not cause or prolong a 19-month strike by breaking federal labor laws.
Three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., overturned a decision by the National Labor Relations Board that blamed the newspapers' management for the July 13, 1995, walkout.
The appeals court said six unions, representing 2,400 employees from reporters to printing press operators, struck because they did not like management's offer, not because "unfair labor practices" by the newspapers had made negotiations impossible.
Heath J Meriwether, publisher of the Free Press, said he hoped bargaining would resume soon. "I believe our community...
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