Carpenters Strike Halts Southern Illinois Projects
About 1 500 union carpenters in 13 counties began a strike after impasse in talks with the Southern Illinois Builders Association. Major area projects halted include hospital expansion, SIU campuses work, the Carbondale station, senior housing, and several housing and remodeling jobs in Carbondale, Murphysboro, Pinckneyville, Cobden, and Perry County. Union leaders cited wage and contract language disputes as the core issues, with no talks scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Bill Butler
Carbondale
SIBA
Marion
Associated General Contractors of Illinois
Springfield
Egyptian District Council of Carpenters
Four Rivers District Council
Paducah
Inll
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry, Johnson
Union
Saline
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Davies
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siuc Law School
Siu-C
Daniels
Murphysboro
Lewis Lane
Siu-C Credit Union
Bank of Carbondale
Perry County
Pinckneyville
Cobden
Carenter
Butler
Riots erupt in Belfast after Sands dies in hunger strike
British troops and police fired live rounds and plastic bullets to quell rioters in Catholic areas of Belfast and Londonderry hours after IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands died on the 66th day of his protest. At least 10 injured as 440 IRA members consider joining the hunger strike.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
IRA
Bobby Sands
Irish Republican Army
Maze
Sands
Londonderry
Provisional
John Paul II
Francis Hughes
Judge: PMW jobless pay valid in court ruling
PMW miners in Saline County face delays as a judge rules unemployment benefits were properly paid during the 1977-78 UMW strike. The labor department meanwhile sent denials on current PMW claims, and Sahara Coal will likely appeal, risking future benefit eligibility ambiguities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Progressive Mine Workers Union
Saline County
Michael Henshaw
Harrisburg
Illinois Department of Labor
PMW
United Mine Workers
Partment of Labor
Sahara Coal Co
UMW
Illinois
Department of Labor
Sahara
Walter Lucas
Henshaw
Ronald Ledford
Illinois Supreme Court
Ledford
Les Kuczynski
Labor
Bureau of Employment Security
Kuczynski
Department
Coal talks resume between miners and operators
Morris Feibusch, vice president of the Southern Ilinoisan Bituminous Coal Operators Association, confirmed early this afternoon that the BCOA and the United Mine Workers will resume contract negotiations Thursday. The move follows a 38 day national coal strike after UMW President Sam Church announced the resumption on Sunday. Previously, BCOA leaders had only said talks were possible. The UMW rank and file rejected the only tentative agreement on March 31, and negotiations broke down again on April 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern
Ilinoisan Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Morris Feibusch
BCOA
United Mine Workers
National Coal
UMW
Sam Church
Sparta teachers file grievance over sex education materials
Sparta Education Association files a formal grievance with Sparta Unit School District 140 over a April 28 board meeting action to preview all sex education films and teaching materials. The dispute involves missing equipment, a film titled A Far Cry From Yesterday, and calls for future policy on instructional materials.
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Sparta
Tony Stevens
Ilinois
Sparta Unit
Sparta Education Association
Jerome Prest
Larry Leek
Albert Hapke
The
SEA
Loren Eddleman
Hopke
Prest
Tilden
Don Outten
Pam Meyer
Patti Henderson
Outten
Weather outlook cool and cloudy with scattered showers
The National Weather Service expects cooler conditions tonight with rain winding down and lows in the upper 40s to low 50s. Wednesday brings cooler but partly sunny skies with highs near 60. Illinois forecast shows partly cloudy Thursday then a chance of showers Friday and Saturday with lows mid 50s to 60s and highs mid 60s to mid 70s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Marion post office seeks new site near Tower Square
The U S Postal Service eyes relocation options for Marion’s post office built in 1918 two blocks east of Tower Square Plaza. Postmaster Albert Vanhorn says expansion needs and more parking drive the move, while City officials fear loss could hurt downtown business. A feasibility study and site review by a Mission Kansas division rep are planned, with construction unlikely to start before three to four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinois
U.S. Postal Service
Marion
Tower Square Plaza
Albert Vanhorn
Vanhorn
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Carpenters
Hubert Carman
Four Rivers
North Ireland
Falls Road
East Central Illinois Network
Illinois Vocational Curriculum Center
Sangamon State University
Leek
Randolph County
William Schuwerk Jr
Ann Landers
Marion's Post Office
Robert L. Butler
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