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...late April, 60,000 members of the United Rubber Workers walked off their jobs at plants of the industry's Big Four (Firestone, Uniroyal, Goodyear and Goodrich), starting what had been billed as the big labor showdown of 1976. By June 1, according to most assessments, the walkout should have begun to put a serious crimp in the nation's recovery from its worst post-World War II recession. Instead, as it enters its seventh week, the strike has been only a minor annoyance, and the nation's response seems to be one big yawn...
...elegant ballroom, negotiators for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and the United Rubber Workers had failed to wrap up a new contract-and so, across the nation, 60,000 union members walked off their jobs at plants of the industry's Big Four (Firestone, Uniroyal, Goodrich and Goodyear...
Surprisingly, the largest number have resettled in a city that is neither Moslem nor even in the Middle East -Athens. Some 70 major U.S. companies have moved their regional headquarters there from Beirut, among them National Cash Register, Caterpillar, Boeing, Control Data, Exxon, Goodyear, Union Carbide, Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust...
RUBBER. The contracts between the Big Four-Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone and Uniroyal-and 69,000 members of the United Rubber Workers expire on April 20. Negotiations begin next week, and all signs point to a strike. The last U.R.W. contract included no COLA at all, and as a result the average hourly wage for rubber workers has fallen $1.35 behind that of automobile workers (who have been getting a cost of living increase). The union is demanding parity with auto workers' wages in addition to a "meaningful" further wage increase, a COLA clause and improvements in pension and insurance...
...Sunday. If the Steelers and Cowboys do not explode on the field, there will still be a drama of sorts going on. Film Director John Frankenheimer will be shooting crowd scenes for Black Sunday, a $7 million thriller in which Arab terrorists attempt to bomb the stadium from the Goodyear blimp. Action sequences will not be shot on Super Sunday...