Strikers Try to Keep FDL Plant Closed in Rochelle
About 700 replacement workers faced 12 arrests as 700 strikers tried to block the FDL Foods plant in Rochelle Illinois. Police reports list 12 arrests for aggravated battery, disorderly conduct and criminal damage to vehicles amid clashes at gates while union officials say no local members entered the plant. Federally mediated talks were set for today as 500 Dubuque workers joined the force outside the Rochelle plant with 100 police and state troopers on duty.
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FDL
Ines
Brass
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Local 1218
Dubuque
Rochelle
Ogle County
FDL Foods
William J. Peterson
Scott J. Allendorf
William McKeon
Donald Merfeil
East Dubuque
Ill
Peterson
Allendorf
Merfeil
McKeon
Iowa Officials Deny Unemployment to Deere Workers
Iowa officials ruled Deere & Co union workers are in a labor dispute and ineligible for unemployment benefits. UAW plans an appeal with hearings likely within three weeks. The decision affects Iowa residents employed at Deere plants and could ripple to Illinois workers as well.
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Iowa
Deere
Davenport
Deere & Co
State Department of Employment Services
United Auto Workers
UAW
Art Hedberg
Des Moines
Hedberg
Jim Hecker
International Uaw
Moline
Hecker
Illinois
James Thompson
Bob Shoup
Iown
Mississippi River
Illinois Department of Employment Security
Ottumwa
Iowa Man Found Dead In Minnesota Lake
Thomas Kruger, 54, of Little Rock, Iowa, was found Monday afternoon in 5 feet of water near a Lake Shackatan dock. Lincoln County authorities said he disappeared while fishing last Tuesday and apparently drowned. autopsy to determine official cause.
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Ivanhoe
Minn
Iowa
Minnesota
Lincoln County
Abe Thompson
Thomas Kruger
Little Rock
Lake Shackatan
Kruger
Pro-life convention planned in Dubuque this Saturday
Iowans for Life LF E will hold a convention in Dubuque at the Dubuque Inn on Saturday Oct 18. Registration runs 6:45 to 10 a.m. The fee is 20 dollars for adults and 10 dollars for students. For more information call 515 255 4113.
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L.lf.e
Dubuque Inn
Dodge
Highway 20
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Oscar Mayer
Mark Henri
Lindale Mall
Westdale Mall
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Thompson
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Proctor & Gamble
Dawn
Charmin
Ivory
America
Downtown
2Nd Ave
Town & Country
1St Ave
Westdale
Alwat
Abuaye
Pert
Awe
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