Steelworkers accept pay cuts in concession pact
The United Steelworkers endorsed a wage-cut contract affecting seven major companies, marking a rare concession for 266000 union members. Analysts warn against broad patterns, noting steel’s unique pressures while remaining major bargaining for about 2.6 million workers later this year.
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Nuclear plant rule easing signals NRC backfit review shift
Washington AP reports the Nuclear Regulatory Commission instructs staff to expand reviews before ordering costly safety backfits at nuclear plants. The move responds to industry criticism amid debates on safety upgrades after Three Mile Island. Estimated costs reach about five billion for 140 reactors. Notable backfits include fireproofing of electrical cables and water level instrumentation.
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Three Mile Island
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Recession bill may add health care and mass transit funds
Congressional leaders seek changes to a 4.6 billion recession relief bill to include health care for the unemployed and increased mass transit funding. The plan faces House votes and early Senate action with proposals to expand public service health care, restore food stamp and mortgage aid, and curb pork-barrel projects.
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D-N.j
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David Obey
D-Wis
Obey
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
American Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Seiberling
Ohio
Reagan
Man charged in 6 slayings in McCarthy Alaska
Glennallen authorities report Louis Hastings 39 charged with six counts of first degree murder in the remote Wrangell Mountains town of McCarthy after a Tuesday shootout that left two injured. He was captured about 20 miles outside McCarthy on a snowmobile and held on 300000 bond as prosecutors consider additional charges. A survivor Christopher Richards described an ambush at his cabin as Hastings demanded surrender before firing. Magistrates and troopers planned to retrieve the victims’ bodies from McCarthy.
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