Union effort at Reynolds Tobacco more about job security, benefits than pay

(Winston-Salem Journal) Concerns about job security and employee and retiree benefits appear to be at the heart of the latest attempt to form a union at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
A joint petition was filed Sept. 12 with the National Labor Relations Board by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union.
A secret-ballot vote will take place Oct. 20-21 at Reynolds' Tobaccoville and Whitaker Park plants. Continued