Unions weigh cooperation with carriers amid job shifts
Union leaders discuss balancing cooperation with manufacturers to preserve jobs as companies modernize, consolidate duties, and relocate plants. At Carrier and Lockheed Martin sites, leaders describe concessions, cost control, and the risk of loss of clout, urging strategic bargaining and industry-wide organizing to protect members.
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van Dyke
Naval Electronic & Surveillance Systems Division
Salina
Lockheed Martin
Ne&ss
Bob Tucker
Syracuse
Tucker
Carrier
Bruce Evans
Sheet Metal Workers Internaional Association
Evans
Mark Taylor
Taylor
DeWitt
International Comfort Products
Tennessee
Local 527
Rick Simone
Carner
Simone
North Carolina
Marshall Blake
SEIU
Upstate
Greater Syracuse
Blake
Michael Labulis
Iue-Cwa
Spending fights loom as Congress returns to session
Congress returns amid battles over Bush agenda and efforts to repeal the tax cut. Democrats blame the tax cut for forcing cuts or Social Security raids while Republicans defend the president’s plan. Congress faces 13 funding bills to keep government operating past Sept 30 with adjournment likely delayed.
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Bush
Gary Condit
Dcalf
House Intelligence Committee
Chandra Levy
Senate
House
Vietnam
Vicente Fox
House Budget Committee
Congress
Washington
Clinton Square reflects on pool and monument reopening
At Clinton Square the reflecting pool near the Soldiers and Sailors Monument gleams as Mayor Driscoll unveils renovated bronze sculptures and inserts a time capsule. The event, with the Syracuse Pops and mixed reviews from passersby, shows a square praised for beauty yet debated for openness and trees.
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Syracuse
Pops
Matt Driscoll
Stanasee County
Charles Everett Jr
Clinton Square
Driscoll
Bre Boulevard
Lewis Mumford
John F Kennedy
America
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Common
Sue Petroce
Westvale
David
Van
Ben Rubin
Vicki
Niee
Vincent Petralito
Camillus
Stephannie
Otis Jennings
City Parks and Recreation
State Office of Historic Preservation
Nation
le Moyne College
Syracuse University
Directors Run State Fair Like a Business Says Executive
James Tucker of the International Association of Fairs and Exhibitions notes fairs often admit many for free while still generating revenue from paid admissions and on site purchases. New York’s fair reported 979,326 attendees and $557,613 in admission revenue, with many groups enjoying free entry on designated days.
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James Tucker
International Association of Fars and Exhibitions
Famiar
New York
Cappucclli
Cappuceilli
Cappuccili
Tucker
AFE
Springfield
TAFE
North America
Iowa
North Carolina
Cappuccilli
New York's
Cappuccalli
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