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Miners Continue Coal Strike Across States
In Pittsburgh AP report, about 58,000 striking coal miners remain out in defiance of union orders as contract talks with the Bureau of Mines Operators Association resume in Washington. Union officials describe unrest while some locals show readiness to return to work under duress or pending new terms. The walkout, beginning Monday, spans eight states with limited returns in Utah Indiana Virginia West Virginia and Illinois. The dispute centers on a new contract signed with three independent producers offering pay raised to 30 dollars a day plus a one dollar raise on April 1 1987.
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Joseph Yablonski
United Mineworkers
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Harvey Yonker
UMY
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Yonker
Bumminous Coal Operators Association
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Western Pennsylvania
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Virginia
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