Long Kohler Strike Splits Sheboygan in Prolonged Battle
In Sheboygan, the Kohler Co strike drags into 43 months with bitter social rifts. Families split, marriages falter, and neighbors avoid each other as unions and management wage a costly stalemate. Both sides face ongoing court battles, with workers and supporters funding the picket and strike relief while production shifts and the town bears the toll.
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Sheboygan
National Labor Relations Board
UAW
Family Rift over Kohler Strike Echoes in Albany
Joseph Zaletel Jr quarrels with Bill Zaletel amid legacy of Kohler Co protests and a planned legislative move. The dispute stretches to family, politics, and a wasted house photo. The narrative ties to 1958 era labor clashes and Albany power dynamics.
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John Buchen
Sheboygan
Joseph Zaletel
Joseph Jr
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Joseph Zaletel Jr
Bill Zaletel
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Lawmakers Propose Earlier Deadline for Bills
Senate Majority Leader Walter J. Mahoney and Assembly Speaker Oswald D. Heck said they would seek to move the deadline for introduction of departmental bills from February 15 to February 1. The Legislature can amend its rules to change the deadline, they said.
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Walter J. Mahoney
Assembly
Oswald D. Heck
Lefer
Harriman
Heck
Mahoney
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