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Update:The Red Cross has gone ahead and pulled the plug on next week’s blood drive due to the impending strike. Newsnet5 reports the details. The drive was an annual event held at Executive Caterer at Landerhaven on Valentine’s Day.

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The American Red Cross needs blood in a big way. By next week, they might need bodies to suck it out of you too.

Cleveland-based Teamsters Local 507 told the local Red Cross last week of its plans for a work stoppage among some 250 employees — blood-drawing types and their assistants — by the middle of the month. The threat follows contract negotiations that stalled over health-care benefits, and the proposed strike date is no coincidence: Valentine’s Day marks the start of the Red Cross’ largest blood drive of the year.

The two parties have been at the table for about six months, although health-care squabbles arose only in recent weeks, says Red Cross spokeswoman Christy Sabaka. The same health-care package offered to non-union staff was turned away by the Teamsters, she says. The two sides have yet to resume talks to head off a strike. “Obviously, we don’t want this to happen.”

This article appears in Feb 8-14, 2012.

5 replies on “Blood Battle Pits Red Cross Against Local Union (Updated)”

  2. So, they workers don’t want to put people in harm’s way, yet they are timing their strike to land on the start of the biggest blood drive? Sounds like a dick move to me.

  3. trust me the dick move is how red cross does it’s staff .i was there working mobiles for 6 yrs brother dont comment on things you dont know

  4. If you don’t like it, then don’t work for them. No one is forcing you to work with the red cross if they are so horrible. And, since this was updated, I’m glad to hear that the strike cancelled the biggest blood drive of the year to date. You know, because the people that need blood should be bargaining chips in this little battle going on.

  5. Just another example of the union trying to stick it in the ass of the everyday people so they can get more money and more benefits for less work while the rest of us get less money and no benefits for more work

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