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STRIKEContinued from Page 1Duncan, who has worked as supervisor of collections for the past 31^ years, may have been in line for the post ofsuperintendent of the division when Calvin Elliott retires.hile the council was meeting in its second closed session of the day last night, garbage workers, with CDMA (Congress of United Mexican Americans) leadership were planning a protest march tomorrow if the City Councildoes not act before then to settle the workers’ grievances.The march would be from the city sanitation building at 2625 Greenwood to City Hall. Council members are'scheduled for a workshop meeting at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow and their regular meeting at 2 p.m.Spokesmen at the meeting said that a permit would be requested for the march, but none had been applied for early today.The city continued to advise residents to take their own garbage to dump sites off Carbon plant Road on the west-s-de and to a sanitary land fill site in the 5900 block of South Staples, both of which have been used extensively by individuals the past few day’s.fn addition to the replacement of Duncan, the men are asking a number of improvements in working conditions, including a five-day, 40-hour work week at the same pay they now receive for 4-1 hours. They also want civil service status.The idle workers refused to appoint a five-member committee from its own ranks to discuss grievances with the city as requested by the council. The garbage workers said they wanted to be represented in their dispute with the city by CDMA, a group the CityCouncil said yesterday theywould not accept as spokesmen for the men.
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Tue, Jun 03, 1969
Page 7
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