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    :: Thursday, January 04, 2007 ::

    Macy's workers vote to bust union - By Evan Caldwell, Longview Daily News, WA
    Hourly Macy's workers in Kelso have voted 47-4 to decertify their union, workers and a company spokeswoman said Tuesday

    Workers said the United Food & Commercial Workers local 555 hadn't done a good job securing better pay hikes and benefits, and the benefits of union membership are not worth the $25 month dues.

    'It was rather decisive,' said Kimberly Reason, a Macy's spokeswoman in Seattle.

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