Union calls off Wackenhut drive at SRS
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ends plan to organize 140 Wackenhut Services employees at the Savannah River Site. Most workers belong to another union. election canceled after board rebuke and lack of support. Labor Day office closures expand across local governments and banks.
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Wackenhut
SRS
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Wackenhut Services
Savannah River
Electrical Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Lindsay Nelson
Rob Davis
Theunion
Westinghouse
Savannah River Co
Nelson
Deaths Jacob Bryan Walterboro and Margaret McGee Aiken
Obituary notices report the deaths of Jacob Franklin Bryan known as Jake in Walterboro and Margaret Brewer McGee in Aiken with brief biographical details and surviving relatives.
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Jacob Franklin
Jake) Bryan
Walterboro
Margaret Brewer McGee
Aiken
Princess Diana Dies After Paris Crash At Pont de l Alma
Diana and companion Dodi Fayed were killed when their Mercedes crashed in a tunnel along the Seine after midnight. Paparazzi on motorcycles pursued the car, five photographers were arrested, and Diana died of cardiac arrest after internal bleeding.
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Paris
Diana
Dodi Fayed
Seine River
Pont de l’Alma
Alain Paine
Princess of Wales
Michael Jay
Fire destroys Dan and Brenda Loyd home in Howlandville
Aiken County storm around 5 30 p m sparked a major fire on Howlandville Road destroying the 3000 square foot Loyd residence. Firefighters from ADPS and Graniteville Clearwater Center Silver Bluff and Langley battled the flames with water shuttled from a hydrant a mile away. One firefighter was briefly injured. the Lloyds were away at Santee State Park.
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Aiken County
Howlandville Road
Dan
Brenda Loyd
Tme
Aiken
Center
Silver Bluff
Langley
Pete Frommer
ADPS
Lloyds
Santee State Park
Labor Day wage hike boosts US minimum to 5.15
The federal minimum wage rose to 5.15 an hour on Labor Day as part of a two phase increase approved by Congress. The move affects about 10 million workers and comes amid a 4.8 percent unemployment rate. Labor Secretary Alexis M. Herman and others defend the raise as fair and necessary.
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Washington
Congress
Labor
Alexis M. Herman
Jared Bernstein
Liberal Economic Policy
Brick sales fund the Veterans Memorial Park in Aiken
A coalition plans to raise 150000 for a Veterans Memorial Park in Aiken through personalized bricks. Donors for 100 will have engraved bricks. any amount helps. The monument will honor all veterans killed in battle since the town's founding with an 80 by 20 foot black granite slab and a 30 foot fountain.
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Veterans Memorial Park
Ed Hammons
Hammons
Aiken
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Bamberg
Barnwell
Edgefield
Aiken Standard
Abby
Stuary
Turday
Fayed
By Bill Bengtson
Roddie Burris
Nancy Brannan
Beech Island
Tle
Ginny South
Redcliff
Ars
Maria Christina Lopez
Earth
Texas
Ed Guerria
Lopez
Dairy Queen
Veterans Memorial
Scott Dilendik Park
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