BRIEFS.(The Boston Globe)

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*Minneapolis Teamsters vote no again: Press workers -- members of Graphic Communications International Union -- voted down a proposed contract at the Star Tribune of Minneapolis last week, the second time they had rejected a deal that would reduce their wages by 16 percent and forced major concessions. Earlier, the deal was rejected 77-27, while last week it was 80-29. The GCIU members are part of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which has two other locals at the paper, drivers and mailers, both of which have accepted cutbacks. The joint council of Teamsters has ...

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