Four Charged In Violations By Local 4375 Pickets
Four people identified as striking members of Local 4375, Communications Workers of America, were charged with violating a temporary restraining order in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The charges include harassment and assault related to picketing at Gen Tel sites on Route 56 and Mill Street, with additional abuse toward non striking employees and retaliation outside the company offices. All four are set to appear at 9 a.m. Friday to answer contempt charges while Gen Tel seeks further injunctions.
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Communications Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Athens County
Gen Tel
Thompson
Bromley Hall
Mill Street
Reichard
Karen Cooper
Joyce James
W. Washington Street
Court Street
Woolworth’s
Green
Ohio University Inn
Inn
Common Pleas
Cable Slices Hit Ohio Communities In Ongoing Strike
More than 20 000 homes and businesses in three Ohio counties lost telephone service as General Telephone Co and 2800 union workers remained in a dispute. A federal mediator planned to meet with both sides to seek settlement after the July 16 walkout amid continued vandalism and $650 000 in damages.
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Marion
Ohio
General Telephone Co
Athens
Hocking County
Meigs County
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Communications Workers of America
Picketing at Athens A and P Suspended after Manager Talks
Athens Citizens for United Farm Workers suspend picketing at the local A and P after store manager Blaine Riggs agrees to forward correspondence to his district manager. The group began protests July 6 as part of a national boycott seeking UFW affiliated lettuce and grapes. Leaflets will be distributed at A and P and Kroger, urging customers to avoid non UFW produce. A Farm Workers meeting is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday at United Campus Ministry on College Street.
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Athens Citizens For United Farm Workers
Stimson Avenue
Carol Kuhre
Blaine Riggs
United Farm Workers
Riggs
Athens Committee
Athens Citizens For
United Campus Ministry
College Street
Vocational students build two car garage in Ohio workshop
A Southeastern Ohio project brings together ten vocational agriculture teachers and peers to design build a completed two car garage at Walter Wharton’s The Plains home. Lessons cover concrete blocks doors lintels and mortar with guidance from state voag staff.
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Herb Amey
Robert Calentine
State Vocational Agriculture Department
Stewart DeWorld
New Cecord
Plains
Calentine
Ohio
Walter Wharton
Tri- County Joint Vocational School
Wharton
Charter Buses To Fair Offered
Athens Transit offers low cost charter service to the county fair for agencies and groups in Athens County. Contact Tri-County Community Action Agency Transportation Director David F. Vaughan at 592-6601 to schedule trips as soon as possible.
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Athens Transit
Athens County
Tri-County Community Action Agency
David F. Vaughan
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A&p
FDIC
Oier
MM CN TS
State Voag Department
Lee Glass
Tri- County
Stewart DeVolld
John Glenn High School
New Concord
H. H. Coffey
McArthur
Ronald Viasak
Washington County
Carl Murphy
Athens Building Materials
Fair
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