Rail strike slashes lettuce crop in Salinas Valley
Harry Davis of D Arrigo Bros. inspects ruined lettuce left unharvested near Salinas as the rail stoppage cripples the Salinas Valley field. Producers report a 75 percent drop in output and losses around 1.25 million dollars per day as 7,000 workers lose two hours of work and some market ready lettuce is plowed under.
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Harry Davis
D'Arrigo Bros
Salinas
Salinas Valley
Copper strikes fade as unions and firms reach tentative deals
United Press International reports a tentative three year contract deal with Phelps Dodge Corp and United Steelworkers and related settlements as copper producers from Anaconda to Kennecott show progress. Nearly half of the Anaconda workers vote to return to work while Montana United Steel Workers approve a 1.07 per hour raise but hold until a broader Anaconda settlement.
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Phelps Dodge Corp
Keith Geisert
United Sheetworkers of America
Phelps Dodge
Kevluecoll Copper Corp
Anaconda Copper] Co
Montana
United Steel Workers
Anaconda Co
California Yellow Page strike ends with tentative contract
Pacific Telephone Co. said Thursday night it signed a tentative contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ending a strike by Yellow Page workers in California. About 200 directory workers statewide walked out with 700 in the San Francisco Bay area and the rest in Los Angeles. Ratification by union members was due by Aug. 2. The settlement followed an offer that upgraded 150 directory clerks, raised salaries and commissions for salesmen.
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San Francesco
Pacific Telephone Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Yellow Page
California
IBEW
Directory
Communications Workers of America
San Francisco Bay Area
Los Angeles
Coast governors to meet with union leaders on West Coast strike
California Governor Reagan Oregon Governor McCall and Washington Governor Evans will attend a summit with United Public Workers president Harry Bridges and Pacific Maritime Association president Edmond Flynn at San Francisco International Airport next Wednesday. Curtis Counts of the Federal Mediation Service arranged the high level talks to push coastwide negotiations rather than port by port.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Oregon
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Tom McCall
Orion
Dan Evans
Harry Bridges
Edmond Flynn
Pacific Maritime Association
San Francisco International
Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation Service
Washington, D.C
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