Norge workers reject pact by near two to one margin
Herrin Norge plant workers voted 538 to 279 against a wage offer and language changes, extending a 20 day strike. Union officials say the demand is for higher pay, with wages the main issue. The plant, a Magic Chef division, employs about 1,050 IAM Local 554 members and has laid off roughly 20 office staff.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Norge
David Garner
Raymond Hall
Stan Kent
Charles Miner
Garner
Magic Chef Inc
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Herrin Union Workers Strike After City Rejection
About 20 unionized water sewer street and garbage workers in Herrin vote unanimously to strike after the city council rejects a two year contract and offers a one year deal minus first cost of living increase. Monty Cooper accuses the city of not bargaining in good faith as Ottolini’s negotiating stance falls apart. City officials, ill prepared for an organized response, face the walkout.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Monty Cooper
Cooper
Ottolini
Herrin Hospital
Paul Murphy
Murphy
Sonny Jim Smith
Harold Gruenberg
Donald Swinford
Swinford
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Roy Cole
Cole
Reagan’s steamroller aims to push budget cuts in Congress
President Reagan’s nationally broadcast address sharpens White House pressure for deep federal spending cuts and tax relief. Senate action backs the plan, while House Democrats mull steps to slow the momentum amid a fragile 52 vote majority and a duty to balance budgets. The commerce index signals stronger growth despite inflation fears as parties argue over the best pace of tax cuts and spending restraint.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Budget Committee
Lederer Resigns From Congress Amid Abscam Bribery Conviction
U S Representative Raymond F Lederer of Pennsylvania announces resignation from Congress effective May 5 after being convicted in the Abscam bribery case He was the only re-elected among six Abscam linked representatives The ethics committee had recommended expulsion and Lederer issued a brief statement from his lawyer Binns delivering resignation letters to ethics chairman Stokes Speaker O Neill and Governor Thornburgh
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Philadelphia
U.S
Raymond F. Lederer
Dpa
Congress
Abscam
Lederer
James Binns
Binns
FBI
House
Louis Stokes
Ethics Committee
Thomas P
Tip’’ O’neill
Pennsylvania
Dick Thornburgh
Weather outlook with showers and warm weekend trend
The National Weather Service predicts showers and thunderstorms tonight with a low in the low 50s. Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs in the 70s. Illinois forecasts partly cloudy and warmer conditions Friday through Sunday with a chance of showers Sunday. Highs reach the 70s Friday and warm to the 80s by Sunday. lows rise from the 50s Friday to the low 60s by Sunday.
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Illinois
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