Word: arnolds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beleaguered UMWA, pressured by militant young miners in the eastern coalfields and led inefficiently by Arnold Miller, the failure of this strike could mean the end of the union. Perhaps more significantly, the failure of the present walkout could set a dangerous precedent for management-labor relations in other industries for a long time to come. The coal strike is unique in that it is the first industry-wide walk-out in the post-war era in which what have been heretofore regarded as "fringe" benefits--health-and-pension plans, the right to strike at a local level if unsafe...
...When Arnold Miller, 54, rode the wave of miners' dissent into power, he promised to democratize the union. That he did-the expired contract was the first ever to be voted on by the membership. "In the old days," says a West Virginia district leader, "a contract was sent down and the membership just went back to work. Now you have all this freedom...
...little chance of ratification by the rank and file. In exchange for a 37% pay increase over a three-year period, the owners insisted on making the miners pay for part of their medical benefits and fining them for wildcat strikes. For reasons that are still obscure, U.M.W. President Arnold Miller went along with a settlement that he must have known would be as acceptable as black lung to his membership. When it was overwhelmingly rejected by the bargaining council, which consists of the union's 39 district leaders, he had to go back under a barrage of criticism...
...Arnold, Schwarzenegger & Hall...
...Said the President to the workers who must now ratify the pact: "This agreement serves the national interest as well as your own. If it is not approved without delay, time will have run out for all of us." After dealing with B.C.O.A. negotiators through the afternoon, U.M.W. President Arnold Miller was walking down the street on his way to dinner when the President's sudden announcement came. The union leader was accosted by an aide who yelled: "Come back right away!" Miller hustled down the block to U.M.W. headquarters, conferred with other officials for ten minutes, then announced that...