Unions Rally Support as Cincinnati Schools Strike
About 700 Local 1520 CTU members led a citywide show of solidarity with 400 Local 232 Municipal Employees and 100 Local 20 Operating Engineers. The unions urged fair bargaining, backed by a court action and a later representation election, while Taft oversaw proceedings and a large weekend meeting unified the action.
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Municipal Employees District Council
Int'l Union of Operating Engineers
Sheraton-Gibson
Afl-Cio
Cincinnati School Board
Terry Nichols
Alex Brown
al van Hagen
District 51
ASCME
Local 232
James Powell
Nelson Swearingen
Stan Inman
Local 20
International Operating Engineers
Mike
Richard Kiley
Cincinnati Teachers Union
AFT
al Mann
CTU
al Bilik
Ohio Public Employees Council No. 8
Afscme
Columbus
William P. Sheehan
Cincinnati Afl-Cio Labor Council
Wayne Minnich
Ohio Public Employees Want Right To Bargain
The 20000 member Ohio Council of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees backs S B 458 a bill to affirm the right of public employees to organize and bargain collectively The measure introduced January 15 in the Ohio General Assembly is urged by Senators Holcomb Maloney Cook and Nye It seeks to recognize and regulate public employee bargaining establish dispute resolution through negotiation mediation and set basic guidelines for relations with public employers.
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Ohio General Assembly
Holcomb
Dayton
Maloney
Cincinnati
Cook
Toledo
Nye
Akron
Council
al Bilik
Ohio
Rhodes
National Governors’ Conference
CTU Defies Court Injunction With Cincinnati Teacher Strike
CTU votes at Jewish Center rally to ignore court order and keep striking. President Richard Kiley pledges willingness to sit in jail if it helps teachers. Other unions say they will respect CTU lines, while CTU rejects Wednesday’s representation election as rigged.
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Richard Kiley
Cincinnati Teachers Union
Kiley
CTU
Vaive Ts Coenen Pes Court
Ty Jolie
de Leis
Jewish Center
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Labor Movement
Teachers Win In Cleveland Vote Boosts AFT Bargaining Rights
In Cleveland, Ohio the American Federation of Teachers defeated the Cleveland Education Association by 4 105 to 1 413 securing 73 2 percent of the vote and the right to continue bargaining for the union.
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Cleveland, Ohio
American Federation of Teachers
Cleveland Education Association
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Cincinnati Building Trades Council
Teamsters
Charles P. Taft
American Arbitration, Assn. Ctu
William J. Sheehan
Afl-Cio Labor Council
Cincinnati Council
Municipal Employees District 51
Local 26
Pension Fund
Int'l
Cleveland
Imeiaie
Lolale
Faginlers