Lorain workers find Southern comfort in Ford move
Lorain Assembly Plant workers from Lorain Ohio traveled to Louisville Kentucky to learn about transferring to the Kentucky Truck Plant. Ford and UAW Local 862 hosted the group as 678 Lorain workers accept transfers, boosting Louisville's economy and offering two year gains and higher wages. Some workers with long tenure chose to stay, others left citing bleak prospects at Lorain.
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Blood Bank unions feud stirs Lorain County letters
A reader replies to a previous letter criticizing Lorain County AFL-CIO over actions against Lorain County Blood Life Share. The writer claims the Blood Bank relies on outside sales, praises 18,000 union workers in factories and mills, accuses management of antiunion tactics, and vows to return after claiming victory.
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Largest union blood drive invited at Lakeview Park
A letter to the editor invites everyone to Lorain County Labor Day festivities at Lakeview Park for a noon to 8 p.m. blood drive. It is sponsored by Lorain County unions and the AFL-CIO. Shelton, a United Steelworkers Local 6985 member and AFL-CIO delegate, endorses the event.
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Time for Blood Bank to get back to basics
A Lorain County Blood Bank part time worker urges a return to basics after almost 50 years of serving the community. He notes employees oppose unionization and criticizes threats of boycott as harming patients reliant on a steady blood supply.
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Lorain Blood Bank official defends union neutrality
A Blood Bank employee asserts management, including CEO Inez Ferrante, did not pressure staff to vote against the union. The employee notes informational meetings offered both sides and compares union informational campaigns by the Professional Employees Union, urging focus on maintaining a safe, adequate blood supply for Lorain County.
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Gingrich Defies Odds to Strengthen Speakership
Joseph Perkins notes Newt Gingrich's resilience despite early setbacks and liberal attacks. The piece recounts his ethics case, leadership mutinies, and gains from the Contract With America, leading to a stronger, more effective speakership under Clinton.
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Plan to privatize Medicare fuels political row
Sherrod Brown argues in The Nation that the GOP plan led by Gingrich Lott and Archer to privatize Medicare threatens the program. He cites high per beneficiary costs in traditional care versus private HMOs and the impact of shifting healthier, younger beneficiaries into private plans. Brown notes marketing excesses by HMOs and the risk of disenrollment when beneficiaries get sick.
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