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July 2, 2009

Striking Workers Win Reinstatement, Back Pay
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A federal judge has ordered a New York-based cookie factory to reinstate
and pay back wages to more than 130 striking workers. The Stella D’Oro
Biscuit Company employees walked off the job last August, two weeks
before their contract was set to expire. Company officials had tried to
force them to accept a five-dollar-an-hour wage reduction along with
cuts to pension and healthcare benefits.



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