Stagehands Reject Four Year Strip Hotel Pact
Stagehands Local 720 unanimously rejected a four year wage offer as negotiations pause. Musicians voted to accept their contract, while hotels plan to reopen venues only if both groups ratify. Several unions set upcoming ratification votes and talks with NV Resort Association advance.
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Sharon Spigelmyer
SUN
Stagehands Union
Local 720
Gordon Coker
Coker
Mgm Grand Hotel
the Dunes
Central Labor Board
Jack Foy
Musicians Union Local 369
Foy
Teamsters Local 995
Richard Thomas
Local 995
Nevada Resort Association
Culinary Union Local 226 Con
Convention Center
Culinary Union
al Bramlet
Bartenders Union Local 165
San Francisco Strike Halts Transit and City Services
City workers walk out in SF crippling transit for a half million residents and closing libraries pools and recreation centers. Nearly 17 000 workers join the walkout over craft union wage limits threatening total general strike. Mayor Moscone vows 24 hour city hall presence and possible state aid.
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San Francisco
UPS
Service
George Moscone
Robert Alioto
Bay Area
New York City
Board of Supervisors
Fire Hits Mini Mall on the Strip
A fire broke out in a second floor storeroom above Jackman Clothiers in the Mini Mall on the Strip. Automatic sprinklers released hundreds of gallons of water per minute, flooding the second floor and clothing store merchandise. Firefighters noted the cause was not determined and no structural damage occurred.
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Chic Jackman Clothiers
Hea Se
Wats Wel Sie
Teamsters Strike Envelops Nation Cutting Off Truck Traffic
Tens of thousands of Teamsters walked off the job in a first nationwide strike while others worked under interim pacts. Negotiations on a national master freight agreement continued near Chicago as Labor Secretary Usery met both sides. Local carriers faced shutdowns or interim deals as President Ford weighed a Taft Hartley intervention.
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Arlington Heights
Ill
UPI
Chicago
W. J. Usery
Pittsburgh
Sears Roebuck Co
Philadelphia
Teamsters
Ohio
New York
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louisville
Burlington
Iowa
Detroit Teamsters Local 299
Ford
Labor Department
Supreme Court backs Taxi Authority on impounding cabs
Nevada Supreme Court ruled the Clark County Taxicab Authority may seize cabs operating without valid permits. The decision overturns a lower ruling favoring William Mirin once allowed to run a single cab. Mirin later faced multiple arrests and a life prison term for a 1974 bar shooting.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada Supreme Court
Clark County
William Mirin
Las Vegas
Paul Goldman
Mirin
Supreme Court
Internal Revenue Service
Vegas-Western Cab Inc
Mel Wolford
Nevada lawmaker changes stance on nuclear dump site
Assemblyman Lloyd Mann says Beatty incident shifts his view on Nevada nuclear dumping. He notes loss of control and casual handling of radioactive materials at Beatty, eight people tested with no ill effects yet, while residents fear safety amid Nevada Test Site concerns.
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Carson City
UPS
Lloyd Mann
Beatty
Nevada
Las Vegas
Oi Research
Leslee
Nevada Human Resources
Roger Trounday
Trounday
Foreign Investors Proposed in County Gaming Ordinance
County officials consider an ordinance to allow foreign investors to hold stock in gaming corporations. A public hearing is set for April 30 to align county code with state rules, with the Xanadu Hotel project in Las Vegas cited as a potential beneficiary and noting some British investors. The change does not license individual non citizens as gamers.
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Menting Board
State Gaming Policy Board
Mike O'Callaghan
Education Service Center
United States
Las Vegas Boulevard
Avenue
Xanadu Imn
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Paul Price
Ralph Pearl
Joe Delaney
Johannes Steel
Dr. Thosteson
Ann Landers
Il Vista
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Teamsters Union
Public Service Commission
Abegas
Ravonte
Fremont
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