Workers, Community Leaders Denounce Racist Act at Quebecor World

http://www.teamster.org/06news/hn_060505_4.asp

Scores of employees at Quebecor World facilities in Olive Branch, Mississippi and Covington, Kentucky rallied in solidarity with community leaders to protest the company’s unwillingness to denounce racist propaganda.

Quebecor World, formerly Rand McNally in Lexington, has a terrible safety record. I met a guy with only one arm who had worked for Rand McNally. He said that he would still have his arm without the takeover. That Rand McNally was huge in safety, but Quebecor World had cut his team by a third and forced more production. That isn't good when working with presses.

the Teamsters Union has responded to attempts by Quebecor to once again slash workers' health benefits at unionized plants by launching a campaign asking that customers "Tell Quebecor To Say 'I Don't' to Worker Abuse." The union has also investigated accident reports and have linked several accidents and deaths in US plants to poor safety conditions and inadequate safety.