No Break In General Electric Strike Intensifies Fight
Los Angeles report details an eight week nationwide GE strike with talks resuming. Unions plan a boycott and fundraising while GE says it will push a back to work effort and push to weaken union support. Both sides trade claims on profits, prices, and contract offers amid stalled negotiations and reduced production.
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Los Angeles Times
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Maritime Labor Dispute Snarls Pacific Shipping
The Pacific Maritime Association and the Marine Firemen's Union report a five-company dispute affecting 120 vessels, centered on the crew needed to man two Matson ships under construction. Federal mediators opened talks, with two more sessions planned as the labor action spurs food hoarding in Havant, Guam, and price pressures in Honolulu.
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Guam
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Matson Navigation Co
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Hawaii
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Island
Honolulu
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Big Sailors Union of the Pacific
International Longshore Men's and Warehousemen’s Union
Physician Burns His Diploma in Protest at Jefferson Hospital
A 67 year old Roman Catholic doctor, Dr Francis J McGreary of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, burned his medical diploma at Jefferson Medical College's hospital to protest liberalized abortion policy. He said he acted to spur alumni to stop what he called premeditated murder.
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Jenkintown
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