Western Union, UTW Meet
Representatives of Western Union Corp. and striking United Telegraph Workers met Monday for the first time since the 2-day-old walkout by 6,500 employees began, but little progress was made, a union official said.
The sides did not discuss the major issues--company proposals to contract out work to non-union members, shift health benefit costs to workers and lay off 1,500 to 2,000 workers, UTW international President Richard Brockert said.
In Monday’s 40-minute meeting, “we (were) just trying to clear up other issues,” Brockert said.
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