Bill Flynn is still fighting for a union at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and he doesn't even work there anymore.
"I've lived this about all my adult life," said Flynn, who has worked on several unsuccessful union campaigns at Reynolds.
Flynn, 58, started working in production at Reynolds in 1969. He took an incentive package from the company and retired last year, although he is still on the payroll until the end of this year, he said.
Flynn says that by being in a union, workers can have a voice in the workplace. "They'll be participants in the decision-making process," he said. Read the entire Winston-Salem Journal article here
