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American Red Cross Workers in Connecticut on Strike

HeadlineMay 01, 2000

American Red Cross workers in Connecticut went out on strike early today after overwhelmingly rejecting the relief agency’s latest contract offer. About 75 strikers set up a picket line outside the Red Cross headquarters in Farmington shortly after midnight. The strike, the first by Red Cross workers in Connecticut in 25 years, may reduce daily blood collection in the state by 80%, but any shortfall will be made up from a national inventory, this according to a Red Cross spokesperson. The strike involves about 200 employees who conduct blood drives around the state.

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