Talks continue in Ohio supermarket labor dispute
Mediation efforts persist as major chains including Kroger Barry’s Food Basket IGA and Sparkle Mart seek a contract with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 880 to avert a Thursday midnight strike and possible lockout across nine northeastern Ohio counties. Federal mediator Jack Buettner aids talks amid concerns over concessions and part time hour shifts.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Kroger Co
Barry’s Food Basket
IGA
Sparkle Mart
Ashtabula
GM recall near for strike victims in Canada and Ohio
The GM strike leaves 6,800 Ohio workers awaiting word on when they return. Sixty four Fisher Guide workers in Elyria were furloughed and are expected back by Monday while unions push for quick ratification of a tentative pact. Strikes shut plants across Lordstown Moraine Delco Inland and Mansfield with hundreds idle in each facility.
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Fisher Guide
General Motors
Canada
Robert Bownes
Elyria
Bownes
Oho
Johnny Spencer
United Auto Workers Union
Lotal 696
Dayton
Delco Moraine Division
Eldon House
United Rubber Workers Local 87
Inland Division
Vandalia
House
Lordstown
Moraine
Delco Products Division
Moraine Diesel Engine
Delco Moraine
Mansfield
Euclid
Hamilton
Fisher-Guide
Parma
Grobe Fruit Farm
Kevin Truxall
Windsor School
Laura Diedrick
Prospect School
Kevin
Theresa Troxall
Rosewood
Laura
Malcolm Diedrick
University Ave
John Kenney
Charter change vote eyed in Ridgeville mayor succession plan
A pair of proposed charter amendments in Ridgeville seeks to alter mayoral succession and how interest earned on levy funds is used. Mayor Floyd Peace and several council members oppose one measure that would shift succession from the safety service director to the council president and include at large elections if needed. The four amendments, including bidding and readings rules, are set for the November 6 ballot amid council debate and party criticism.
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North Ridgeville
Floyd Peace
Safety-Service
Edith Lovell
R-i
John Zywczyk
D-3
Lou Kordish
Kordish
Zywczyk
Charter Review Committee
GOP Council
Richard Glauner
Council
Lorain man testifies in robbery trial of three Lorain suspects
In Lorain County Court Damian Gonzalez Eliseo Serrano and Enid Sonabria stand trial for the June 29 robbery alleged against German Lopez of 1967 E 29th St Lopez testified that a woman approached him in his front yard offering sex for 30 dollars and was later joined by two men who grabbed his arms and searched his pockets He said he feared for his life and managed to break free before the suspects fled The defense says the trio deny any robbery allegation and acknowledge meeting Lopez during the incident
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Elyria
Lorain
Lorain County
Joseph Cirigliano
Lopez
Ford Motor Co
Serrano
Gonzalez
Washington Ave
Miss Sonabria
Michael Scherach
Mondale To Campaign In Lorain Amid Ohio Stop
Democratic candidate Walter Mondale plans a Lorain stop at Admiral King High School Friday morning and a noon rally in Cleveland after arriving Thursday night for a Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church event. Reagan Bush and Ferraro also schedule last minute Ohio campaigns with Cleveland Toledo Cincinnati events.
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Lorain
Walter Mondale
Ohio
Mondale
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Geraldine Ferraro
Reagan
Cleveland
Lakeside
Bush
Toledo
Ferraro
Cincinnati
Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church
E. 105Th St
Admiral King High School
Mondale Rally Hopes Center Lorain County Vote Push
Victor F Stewart Lorain County Democratic Party chair says The Advance journalists will host a public rally at the school with high school bands and an international flavor. He expects 3000 attendees by 8 am with candidates and spouses present. Mondale may speak on Lorain County economy and boost undecided voters.
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Victor F. Stewart
Lorain County
Democratic Party
Stewart
Richard Celeste
Mondale
King
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Portage
Stark
Summit Counties
Acme
Click
Fazio's
Heinens
Bi-Rite
Fishers
Jack Buettner
UAW
United States
URW
Ridgeville
Debbie Courtright
Buckeye State
Admiral King
Steward