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Harper Collins Offers First Response to Union Strike

December 6, 2022
By Katy Hershberger

Harper Collins ceo Brian Murray has issued an open letter in response to the agents and authors who have contacted the company in support of the union. “While we don’t typically comment on negotiations, I feel we owe you a response and want to share some additional background,” he writes. The letter frames the current conflict as with the United Auto Workers union rather than the workers themselves, and notes that the company aims to support all employees, “regardless of their position or union affiliation.” Murray writes that during contract negotiations the company offered “a fair and reasonable pay structure, […]

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