Coke workers approve 3 year Bluefield contract
Twenty four of twenty five striking Bluefield Coca-Cola employees ratified a three year pact offering up to 11 percent raises over three years and improved retiree health coverage. Spokesman Lauren Steele said most others remain on strike at remaining locations as talks resume in Huntington.
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Bluefield
Coca-Cola
Bluewell Volunteer Fire Department
Ken Hall
Teamsters Local 175
Charleston
Lauren Steele
Steele
Teamster
Coca- Cola Bottling Consolidated
Teamsters
Logan
Huntington
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Hall
Island Creek wins 2000 Governor's Cup at SVCC mine rescue
Eight teams from Virginia Alabama and West Virginia competed in a day long simulated mine disaster at Southwest Virginia Community College. Island Creek team from Virginia Pocahontas No 8 Mine and Buchanan No 1 Mine earned top in state and Governor's Cup while Pinnacle Mine team tied for visiting top honors with US Steel Oak Grove. State and federal mine inspectors judged the event sponsored by VMA DMME and MSHA with Delegate Jay Katzen presenting the winning award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardell
Virginia
Pocahontas No
Buchanan No
Alabama
Southwest Virginia Community College
Virginia Mining Association, Inc
Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy
Katzen
U.S. Steel
Pinnacle Mine
Pinnacle
Oak Grove
Consol
Island Creek
Dink Shackleford
VMA
SVCC
Coal Company
Virginia mine rescue team earns Governor’s Cup at contest
Consol’s Island Creek Coal Mine Rescue Team receives the Governor’s Cup from Del. Jay Katzen at Southwest Virginia Community College. Front row: Dennis Perry, Bryan Duty, Raleigh Worley, Jeff Ball. Back row: Katzen, Lee Blackburn, John Teets, Glen Thompson, Dennis Short. Staff photo by Bill Archer.
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Consol’s Island Creek
Del
Jay Katzen
Virginia
Southwest Virginia Community College
Dennis Perry
Bryan Duty
Raleigh Worley
Jeff Ball
Katzen
Lee Blackburn
John Teets
Glen Thompson
Dennis Short
Bill Archer
Stocks Fall as Earnings News Pressure Markets
U.S. stocks declined as investors digested weaker than expected earnings while inflation signals tempered. The Dow ended down 48.79 at 10 684.77, S&P 500 off 15.87 to 1464.32, Nasdaq down 113.41 to 3981.04, with volume at 869.26 million shares. Technology names led losses, Dell Apple and Microsoft retreating on forecast concerns.
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RON Campbell Investment Planning
Raymond James Financial Services
NASD
SIPC
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Electric
AFLAC
SBC Communications
At&t Corp
Arch Coal
Ashland Oil Inc
BP Amoco
Baker-Hughes Inc
Constell Energy
Bank OF America
Verizon
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
Viacom
Cabot Oil & Gas
Carolina Power
Chevron Corp
Chubb Corp
Citizens Utilities
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Energy
HCA Healthcare
Corning
Suntrust
CSX Corp
CVS Corp
Daimlerchrysler AG
OTE Energy
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Dupont
Eastern Ent
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Mobil
First Union Corp
1ST
Virginia Bank
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Delhaize America Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
Georgia Pacific
Gillette
GLAXO
Goodyear Tire
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
IBM Corp
Ingersoll-Rand
Intel Corporation
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's Cos
Lucent Technologies
McDonald's Corp
Merck & CO. Inc
Microsoft Corp
UPS
Pharmacia Corp
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
BE &T
J.C. Penney CO
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
PECO
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Brinks
Potomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Reebok Int'l
REX Stores Corp
Rite Aid Corp
RJ Reynolds
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's
Southern CO
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
TRI Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
Usair Group
USX Marathon Oil
USX
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Int'l
Westvaco Corp
Williams Companies
Valley Natural Gas
XEROX
DOW Jones Industrial
NEW York
Standard & Poor
New York Stock Exchange
Microsoft
Apple
Intel
S&p 500
Jack Shaughnessy
Advest Inc
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Fed
Dell
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Local Coke Workers
OK Contract
Charles Owens
The
Daily Telegraph
Tire Service
Bluewell
IRS
Jkharris.com
Wall Street
JK Harris & Company
W. Virginia
Dept. OF Health & Hum
Jaya
FDA
Mark Hrutkay
Wilson & Hrutkay Law Offices
Logan, WV
Vistar
Vistar Eye Center
West Main Street
Salem
Chad Albright
Ecan
Mire
Tasman
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