Cabbies Strike Drives Las Vegas Taxi Fight Over Wages and Rates
Negotiators from three of five major Las Vegas cab companies report a strike by Teamsters and union members seeking a wage increase and a reopening clause tied to any PSC rate hike. Employers argue the industry must preserve financial integrity and tourist service amid protests over high fringe benefits and low take-home pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamstore
Local 8&1
Face Vegas Taxicab Operators Association
Federated Employers, Inc
Teamsters
Nevada Public Service
Commission
PSC
Hanley Cracks Casinos With 53 Fresh Charges
Tom Hanley announces 53 new unfair labor practice charges against Las Vegas and Reno casinos as the National Labor Relations Board proceeds with hearings. He cites union activity at Tropicana Hotel and California Club, with further cases pending against Hacienda Hotel and other venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanley
Tom Hanley
Gaming Union
Las Vegas
Reno
National Rela Fons Board
NLRB
Sint
Frank Houckman
Tropicana
the Sun
San Francisco
Robert Feldman
Casino
Fu- Ployer
CFU
Billye Long
California
Avo
NIRB
Fl Cortez
Thief Steals Wallet From Home. Large Cash Missing
Guy F. Carter reports a daytime burglary at 6120 Chelsea Circle where a pocketed thief took 300 from a wallet under a mattress and 90 from his wife’s wallet while he slept. Carter notes his wallet also hid an unknown number of bills in a secret compartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy F. Carter
Chelsea Circle
Carter
Paper okays use of disposable service at events
UPI reports that feirquette experts approve paper service for all occasions including weddings if plates are well designed and leak proof. Bandware offers plastic coats to prevent soak through and avoid paper taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Teamsters Lose Plea On Secondary Boycott
A three member NLRB panel reaffirmed a ruling that Teamsters Local 41 led a secondary boycott against Reynolds F Electrical and Engineering and related firms. The board found the actions aimed at harming Reynolds and Johnson through union-driver only contracts and ordered cease and desist against further such activity. Victims reported strikes refusals to handle goods and threats during the April 1964 dispute in Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
Teamsters Local #41
Teamsters
Reynolds Fleetrical & Engineering
Hill & Hill Truck Line, Inc
Associated General Contractors
Las Vegas Builders Exchange
Southern Nevada Home Rid
Reynolds
Teamster
AGC
Teamsters Local #31
Union
R. C. Johnson
General Contractor
Reynolds and
Johnson
Man Mistakenly Alleges Bus Station Misidentification
John L Pruden, intoxicated and disorderly, claimed he waited in the bus station lobby but was arrested in the police station lobby. Municipal Court Judge D Francis Horsey noted the confusion, fining Pruden $25 for the offense.
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Las Vegas
John L Pruden
D. Francis Horsey
Horsey
Pruden
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