GM standoff deepens as UAW strikes GM plants
The United Auto Workers strike at two Flint Michigan GM stamping plants centers on health and safety concerns while highlighting a clash between cost cutting and protecting American jobs. GM says jobs remain safe but productivity issues drive the stoppage.
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Washington
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Afl-Cio
Richard Trumka
UAW
Mary Irby
Irby
Mexico
Harley Shaiken
University of California At Berkeley
GM Reopens Truck Plant Ahead Of 99 Silverado Sierra Launch
GM resumes full size pickup production in Flint as strikes by 9,200 workers threaten delays. Negotiations resume with Gov Engler offering help while GM recalls 2,880 workers at Pontiac East to test equipment. Oshawa plant also restarts 1999 Silverado Sierra production after summer shutdown.
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Flint, Mich
General Motors Corp
Flint
John Engler
Ford Motor Co
Gerry Holmes
Pontiac East
Detroit
Oshawa
Ontario
Mfume slams Supreme Court over diversity and clerks
NAACP President Kweisi Mfume told 3,000 members in Atlanta that Supreme Court justices should be ashamed for anti affirmative action rulings and scant minority clerks. He cited seven black clerks of 397 and zero American Indian clerks, urging better workplace integration and renewed voter mobilization ahead of November.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
NAACP
Kweisi Mfume
High Court
Mfume
William Rehnquist
National Bar Association
Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
William Kennard
Federal Communications Commission
Georgia voters edge toward Miller successor in lackluster race
In Georgia the outgoing Democratic governor Zell Miller remains broadly popular with a 77 percent approval. Republican Guy Millner leads a race that has been shaped more by scandal than policy and faces a potential runoff after former GOP frontrunner Mike Bowers saw polls topple by his admission of an affair. Low turnout is anticipated for the July 21 primary as voters focus on education and a booming economy.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Zell Miller
Miller
GOP
Guy Millner
Emory University
Merle Black
Brad Westerman
Powder Springs
U.S
Mike Bowers
Millner
Bowers
Mary
Senate
Pierre Howard
Howard
Philly buses and subways return with free rides and treats
Philadelphia transit ends 40 day strike. SEPTA offers free rides through Tuesday as part of a $5 million Welcome promotion with chocolates and newspapers. Ridership remains below normal, and some commuters resume using cars or bicycles after 5,500 TWU Local 234 members walked out. Passengers like Rosemary Harris and Mike Johnson express relief despite hardships.
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Philadelphia
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Michael Burns
Germantown
Transport Workers Union Local 234
Rosemary Harris
Norristown
Mike Johnson
Flourtown
SEPTA
Philadlphia
Tragic triple tragedy as man kills two children and himself
In Abita Springs near New Orleans a man with a history of binge drinking shoots his two children, 13-year-old Billy Jack and 12-year-old Tres McIntyre, during a standoff and dies as SWAT teams enter. He had warned his estranged wife of the plan early Monday.
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New Orleans
Tommy McIntyre
Della
Rustic Abita Springs
Big City
Kerry Tyre
McIntyre
Betty Rowe
Rowe
Billy Jack McIntyre
Tres
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FCC
Ted Turner
Time Warner
Turner
Julian Bond
National Board of Directors
Ana Aponte
National Governors Association
Philly
Morgan
Hwy
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Sixth
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