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  • News April 29, 2006

    Letter Of Support To BAT CEO Paul Adams

    Dear Mr. Adams, We have been informed by the IUF of the anti-union campaign launched by Reynolds American in response to worker support for union representation and union efforts to gain recognition at RAI facilities in and near Winston-Salem, North Carolina. We are shocked and deeply disturbed by the overtly anti-union message and the veiled

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  • News April 28, 2006

    Reynolds American profit soars

    Cost cuts, a tax benefit and better product mix helped Reynolds American push its first-quarter earnings up almost 23% even as the cigarette giant posted flat revenue and yet another volume decline. Before the start of trading Thursday, Reynolds said that it earned $345 million, or $2.34 a share — up from $281 million, or

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  • News April 28, 2006

    Berkeley Honda Strike Ends, Giant Rat Wins

    April 27, 2006 -  A giant 12-foot rat, a highly-visible symbol against corporate greed, came down at Berkley Honda in Berkley, California after striking auto technicians of IAM Local 1546 won a new contract and voted by a wide margin to approve it. The new five-year deal guarantees some of the highest wages in the

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  • iMail , News April 27, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, April 27, 2006

    Berkeley Honda Strike Ends, Giant Rat Wins A giant 12-foot rat, a highly-visible symbol against corporate greed, came down at Berkley Honda in Berkley, California after striking auto technicians of IAM Local 1546 won a new contract and voted by a wide margin to approve it. The new five-year deal guarantees some of the highest

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  • News April 27, 2006

    Global Solidarity for Reynolds Workers

    A Union For Everyone         The current organizing campaign at Reynolds American has implications beyond Winston-Salem.  Reynolds is controlled by British American Tobacco (BAT), one of the largest tobacco companies in the world.  BAT is very familiar with unions.  The Company has worked with them throughout the world, as almost all of

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