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BILTMORE VILLAGE . ASHEVILLE . NC . 2012
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p. 12 Call-center workers push for union In a move rare in North Carolina and almost unheard of in WNC, some workers at the Sitel call center are trying to organize a union, citing grievances over wages and working conditions. Behind the organizing drive, Xpress examines the issues at stake and the changing face of the area’s unions. Cover design by Carrie Lare
news
18 RelUCTAnT pARTneRS
Asheville, MSD take tentative steps toward merger
20 ASheville CiTy CoUnCil: BlACk eye
issio m d No A . e Shin r o ain R . itors b i h Ex 120
Auditor describes evidence-room mess
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food
36 The lAST SUppeR
Local chefs play the last-thing-you-ever-eat game
arts&entertainment 46 TAlkinG The wAlk
Art is a different trip for everybody
49 ToUGh love
Wild author Cheryl Strayed releases a collection of “Dear Sugar” advice columns
50 moUnTAin STAndoUTS Twelve WNC residents are duly noted in a book that details their stories
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5 Biltmore Plaza 828.277.8100 7 Boston Way 828.274.2831
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