Blandin roaches agreement with union.Teamsters Teamsters large, powerful union of U. S. truckers. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2703] See : Labor Local 346 representing the hourly employees at the UPM-Kymmene Blandin Paper Mill in Grand Rapids, Minnesota Grand Rapids is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 7,764 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Itasca County6. Mayor Jim Millis was elected in 2006 and began a four year term in January 2007. , USA, voted on February 6 to ratify ratify v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it was not approved beforehand. Example: An employee for Holsinger's Hardware orders carpentry equipment from Phillips Screws and Nails although the employee was not authorized to buy anything. a six-year labor contract with the company. Unofficial reports indicate a large majority ratified rat·i·fy tr.v. rat·i·fied, rat·i·fy·ing, rat·i·fies To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See Synonyms at approve. the contract. Joe Maher, general manager and senior vice president of UPM-Kymmene. Blandin Paper Mill, said, "'These negotiations have been very difficult tot everyone involved The company took no pleasure in asking employees for sacrifices required by the state of our industry and the business climate today" |
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