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Striking Workers Win Reinstatement, Back Pay

HeadlineJul 02, 2009

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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