Canadians Split From UAW Forming CAW Canada
UAW delegates ratified a split with Canada representing 120000 autoworkers. The new union, to be called National Auto Workers Union CAW Canada, will absorb Canadian locals while UAW assets fund the transition. Bieber praised the decision but welcomed the Canadians back only if White leaves leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaheim
Calif
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Robert White
Owen Bieber
Bieber
White
Detroit
Wallaceburg
Ontario
Michigan
National Auto Workers Union
Caw-Canada
United Auto Workers of Canada
General Motors Corp
Amalgamated
International Uaw
Arden Smith
Saturn
Tennessee
Hormel strike shifts as UFCW takes over Local P-9
Renewed negotiations approach in the 9 percent Hormel strike with a new UFCW Local P-9 representative slate after a judge authorized the union takeover. No date or time set for talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Minn
Hormel
United Food and Commercial Workers
P-9
Postal Service orders full policy review after fraud admission
The Postal Service governors order a top to bottom audit of purchasing policies from mail sorting machines to paper. The move follows former vice chairman Peter E. Voss pleading guilty in a scheme to steer a $250 million contract to a firm linked to a public relations consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Service
Albert V. Casey
Peter E. Voss
Voss
Postal Board
The
Joseph A. Califano
House
John R. McKean
McKean
Casey
William A. Spartin
Spartin
Fort Rucker Soldiers Burned During PushUps Inquiry
Nineteen soldiers suffered burned hands after doing push-ups on an asphalt surface at Fort Rucker Alabama. Two chief warrant officers who ordered the exercise were suspended pending an investigation. Fort Rucker spokesmen said names would be released later and the base temperature was in the mid 80s during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Rucker
Ala
Bill Hayes
Tion
Hayes
Army
South Alabama
Muslims win in Beirut street battle as clashes kill many
In west Beirut after a 15 hour fight Shiite militiamen crushed a Sunni faction. Police report 53 dead and 242 wounded amid the 16th day of fighting at Palestinian refugee camps. It marks the heaviest urban combat in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
West Beirut
Pollard and wife to plead guilty in espionage case
A former Navy analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard and his wife are expected to plead guilty to federal charges linked to an Israeli espionage operation that gathered classified U S material. Reagan officials say Pollard could face many years in prison under the plea deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
United States
Reagan Administration
Jonathan Jay Pollard
Also Mentioned on This Page
London
Rupert Murdoch
Murdoch
Los Angeles
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Right To Life Movement
Jesse
Administration
Government Accounting Office
Los Angeles Times
GAO
Senate
Postal Service Policy Review
Dad
Bay Club
Catalina
Dexter
Tan
Armstrong's Sport Center
Second Avenue
Gazette Wire Services
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!