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Second judge declines to order railroad strikers back to work
A second U S District Court judge refused to issue a back-to-work order for about 20 000 Norfolk and Western Railway strikers. Judge Crowley said he had no authority to compel restoration of work, while Judge Kirkland’s injunction ruling spurred 7th Circuit review as talks continue in Washington. The strike, affecting 4 600 union members and 15 000 non crossing workers, disrupts coal transport across Appalachia and idles thousands of miners and related jobs in Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio.
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
Norfolk & Western Railway
John P. Crowley
Alfred Y. Kirkland
Fred Kroll
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kirkland
Brotherhood of Railway
Washington
Norfolk & Western
Appalachia
Pittston Coal Group
Island Creek Coal Co
Virginia
Pittston
Kentucky
West Virginia
N&w
Ohio