United Mine Workers Leaders Try to Sell Pact to Members
Union leaders convene 900 locals in Washington to rally support for a three year contract raising wages and benefits 36 percent amid a rank and file vote that already rejected a prior accord. Church promotes the deal while critics urge caution over pension royalty changes and new company by company pension plans.
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Associated Press
Bargaining Council
United Mine Workers
Washington
UMW
Sam Church
Church
Larry Vucelich
Ohio
Vucelich
David Vidovich
West Virginia
Tom Gaston
Kentucky
Gaston
Willie Vance
Wildcat
Pennsylvania
U.S. Steel Corp
Cumberland
Mike Koff
North American Coal Co
Anthony Bambico
District 6
Government workers rally in Boston to press for higher taxes
Thousands of public employees gathered at Boston Common and marched to the Statehouse to argue for expanded taxation as a safeguard against mass payroll cuts under Proposition 2. AFSCME officials estimate 10,000 to 15,000 participants with potential work slowdowns statewide.
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Boston
Boston Common
Statehouse
Massachusetts Teachers Association
John Harvey
Council 93
The
American Federation of State
Harvey
Afl-Cio
Massachusetts
Afscme
Youngstown teachers prepare to picket as strike nears
About 1,000 teachers in Youngstown Ohio plan another day of walkout after the school board voted 4 3 to invoke dismissal under the Ferguson Act for those not reporting to class by Thursday The district reopened but attendance remained low as 700 students 4 percent of the 17 000 enrolled attended classes amid tense picket lines and a demand for a 10 percent raise.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Ohio
Robert Vargo
Youngstown Education Association
Ravenna
Marie
Gresham
Ore
Emanuel Catsoules
Nurses Return to Bargaining Table in Ashtabula Strike
In Ashtabula Ohio hospital administrators and striking nurses began bargaining to end the nation's longest nurses walkout. Floyd E Farley of Ashtabula General Hospital warned he was not hopeful for a settlement citing two major issues mandatory union membership and a no strike clause remaining obstacles.
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Ravenna
Ashtabula
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