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Even candidates with no serious opposition get PAC money. Chicago Representative Dan Rostenkowski, for example, received more than $69,000 because he happens to chair a subcommittee dealing with health problems. His contributors included the American Dental PAC, the American Medical PAC and the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery...
Union officials called the meeting after the University rejected the workers' request for a contract containing a written commitment of increase in pension plans and the introduction of a dental coverage plan...
Dining hall workers interviewed last week said that although the contract contains no provisions for increased pension plans and dental health coverage, they believe they could not win a strike against the University. Nor, they added, do they want to risk the financial instability or possible loss of jobs a strike brings...
...officials called last night's meeting to inform workers that University negotiators refused last Wednesday to renegotiate the contract, as the workers had asked in the September vote. Kitchen workers wanted a new contract to include a written commitment by the University to increase pensions and to provide for dental coverage...
...workers with absurdly low pension payments--$90 a month after 25 years of service, and a 10 per cent reduction if a worker retires before age 62, and did not improve the pension plan in the contract offer. Nor does the contract increase Blue Cross coverage or offer a dental health plan. In addition, the workers want a clearer commitment to affirmative action by the University, especially at the managerial level, where minorities are still underrepresented...