WNET’s Metrofocus blog reports on labor issues affecting the Strand Bookstore, where employees are struggling to negotiate with the bookstore’s owners with respect to what they see as a ‘two-tier wage system’, which if not rectified may lead to a strike. The issue stems from the Strand hiring 33-35 non-unionized managers in the past year, and unionized employees were offered a new contract “that would reduce their paid personal days and sick days by nearly half, and nearly double the amount each employee would have to pay for their health insurance premiums.” In addition, a 50 cent-per-six month raise that […]