Dock Strike End By Agreement Or Law
Nixon faces a looming choice as a tentative deal to end the 125 day West Coast dock strike hangs on Saturday. A forced arbitration bill cleared the House 214 to 139 and the Senate 79 to 3, aiming to bind shipowners and unions to a settlement if talks fail.
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Ohio lawmakers vote along party lines on dock strike bill
Washington AP reports Ohio's delegation split by party as the House sent Nixon a bill to end the dock strike by compulsory arbitration if needed. Republicans supported most members including Betts Bow Brown Clancy Devine Harsha Keating Latta Miller Minshall Mosher Wylie. Whalen opposed. Democrats Ashley Carney Hays Seiberling Stanton Stokes Vanik supported. Ashbrook McCulloch Powell Stanton did not vote.
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Charles Carney
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Louis Stokes
Charles Vanik
John Ashbrook
William McCulloch
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Teamsters oppose dock deal on container cargo rule
Los Angeles AP reports the Teamsters threaten strike or legal action over a provision in the tentative Pacific Coast dock agreement. The $1 per ton royalty for non ILWU workers handling containerized cargo near ports could raise job losses for Teamsters, prompting a caucus in San Francisco to decide on ratification and a potential work halt interim.
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State Panel Undecided On Controversial Issues
The Ohio Citizens Committee on the State Legislature in Columbus adjourned without resolving key ethics disclosure and meeting openness questions. Interim proposals call for income disclosure, open committee meetings, and a bi partisan ethics panel, with final recommendations due in June.
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