Caterpillar UAW Contract Wins, Union Faces Uphill Drive
After 6 1/2 years Caterpillar won key concessions from the United Auto Workers but the union now must win support from new hires. Only 54 percent of union members nationwide approved the contract, which raises current wages while lowering starting pay and expanding temporary labor. Experts say unity and limited gains offer leverage for future talks.
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Peoria, Ill
Caterpillar
United Auto Workers
Jim Clingan
UAW
Peter Feuille
University of
Feuille
Cat
Harley Shaiken
University of California At Berkeley
Marathon grants entry to one legged runner in Boston
Mike Welsch, a Burlington father of three who lost a leg in 1979, will run the Boston Marathon after officials initially barred him for not meeting qualifications. Race director Uy Morse reversed the ruling, arranging early start and safety support to enable Welsch to compete in the 26.2 mile race.
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Boston
Mike Welsch
Boston Marathon
Welsch
Uy Morse
Michael
Morse
BAA
Elsch
Burlington
Space Station cost overruns cited by independent panel
An outside review says building the international space station will cost about 3 billion dollars more and take up to 38 months longer than NASA's latest figures. The panel criticizes optimistic NASA budgeting, notes Boeing overruns near 1 billion, and cites Congress cost caps delaying work as a driver of rising expenses.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Goldin
Jay Ch
Chabrow
Aerospace Fant Trw
Agency
Congress
Tim Roemer
D-Ind
Roemer
Dave Weldon
R-Palm Bay
Gress
Weldon
Boeing Co
Boeing
Stone
Boe—g
Bertelsmann to Acquire Random House in Billion-Dollar Deal
German media group Bertelsmann AG agreed to buy Random House, the largest U.S. book publisher, for an estimated near one billion dollars. The combined group will fuse Bertelsmann imprints like Doubleday Bantam Dell Delacorte and Broadway with Random House Knopf Crown and Ballantine, boosting bargaining power with retailers but raising concerns about fewer options for independents and author contracts.
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New York
John Grisham
Michael Crichton
Bertelsmann AG
Random House
U.S
Bertelsmann
Bantam Doubleday
Dell
Grisham
Peter Olson
Bertelsmann Book Group North
Advance
Newhouse
The
New Yorker
Vanity Fair
Doubleday
Bantam Books
Dell- Delacorte
Broadway Books
Knopf
Crown
Ballantine
BooksOnline
Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
Len Riggio
Pub
Emergency helicopter crash kills four near Los Angeles
An air ambulance helicopter carrying a 12 year old accident victim and four firefighters crashed in the Los Feliz area near downtown Los Angeles. The pilot and a crew member survived in serious condition. Investigators report engine trouble before the craft went down.
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Los Angeles
Steve Ruda
Ruda
Fire Department
Los Feliz
Davis Parsons
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