UAW Considers September Special Election on AFL-CIO Reaffiliation
Leaders of the United Auto Workers plan a September special convention to vote on reaffiliation with the AFL-CIO. President Leonard Woodcock and V P Douglas Fraser back reaffiliation but want fall action. delegates in Los Angeles face a heated debate as resolutions pile up.
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UAW backs aerospace pact goals in new contract talks
The United Auto Workers backed a resolution supporting 35,000 aerospace workers as negotiations begin this fall. The union seeks auto-industry terms including more paid time off toward a four day week, wage raises, better pensions, retirement after 30 years, and stronger layoff, health, and dental benefits. National Rockwell International and McDonnell Douglas contracts end in October, with other agreements expiring later in 1978.
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Kennedy says Carter health reform lagging at Auto Workers gathering
Senator Edward M. Kennedy told the United Auto Workers convention in Los Angeles that health reform remains an unfinished promise in President Carter’s domestic program. He noted progress in energy, tax, and welfare reform but urged a firm commitment to comprehensive health reform with a yearly target for a national health insurance bill.
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Carter urges cuts blamed on budget zealots at Albany
Albany AP report cites Rep Ren Dellums D Calif accusing President Carter of duplicity over cutting the military budget Dellums argues to boost funds for human services and criticizes U S leaders who demand health care while using government hospitals for care Kennedy notes taxpayers fund such benefits and party lines persist in response to defense spending debates
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Davis seeks coalition of conservative crime fighters in CA
Los Angeles Police Chief Ed Davis urged a new coalition of conservative judges prosecutors and police chiefs to counter liberal crime legislation. He said the old mix of police chiefs and district attorneys no longer works and proposed alignment with like minded conservatives in criminal justice.
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