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...proposal by the leaders of Yale's striking clerical and technical workers union to return temporarily to work has angered rank-and-file members of the AFL-CIO local...
...second-year quarterback from Pittsburgh gave him 36 in 13 games, tying him with Y.A. Tittle of the 1963 New York Giants and George Blanda, who accomplished the feat with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League in 1961. Both Tittle and Blanda did it in 14 games. AFL records are recognized as officials NFL marks...
...that they bear any responsibility for his defeat. If anything, they say, Mondale dug his own grave by not campaigning directly on labor issues. Many union officials maintain that the interest ignited by the early endorsement greatly strengthened their political apparatus. "The process produced its intended result," says AFL-CIO Spokesman Murray Seeger. "It's given us a kind of excitement, a kind of unity we never...
...legislature to muster a four-fifths majority for income tax increases. It would also have required voter approval for all new levies. Opposing the proposition was an unusual coalition of critics, including Democratic Governor James Blanchard, the state's leading corporations (General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler), the AFL-CIO, educators and former G.O.P. Governors Wilham Milliken and George Romney. They helped persuade voters that the measure would have drastically shrunk state services, especially education...
...garbage collection or street maintenance, without the approval of two-thirds of the local voters. It also provided for a property tax rebate (average amount: $300) for 40% of the state's households. The proposal attracted a diverse chorus of critics, including Republican Governor George Deukmejian and the AFL-CIO, who warned voters that Proposition 36 would batter local governments and damage the state's credit rating...