Word: holland
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...MBTA, the strikes are part of the "day-to-day difficulties of building the line," MBTA official George Holland says. But no matter how par for the course these daily problems are, the MBTA this weekend averted a more significant, threatening electricians strike. The electricians, whose contract expired August 31, recently voted overwhelmingly to strike, a union official says. Around-the-clock negociations ended with the electricians voting on September 6 to accept the new contract. "The strike would have been a disaster for the MBTA," Holland admits. This averted "disaster" is one of the few bright spots...
Neither side expressed optimism on a swift settlement. The strike until now has not greatly affected construction because crews have built around plumbing jobs, Holland said...
...electricians and the NECA are not the only ones pleased with the agreement. "We are very, very happy," George Holland of the MBTA said, adding, "A strike would have slowed us down for weeks...
...MBTA, the strikes are part of the "day-to-day difficulties of building the line," MBTA official George Holland says. But no matter how par for the course these daily problems are, the MBTA this weekend averted a more significant, threatening electricians strike. The electricians, whose contract expired August 31, recently voted overwhelmingly to strike, a union official says. Around-the-clock negociations ended with the electricians voting on September 6 to accept the new contract. "The strike would have been a disaster for the MBTA," Holland admits. This averted "disaster" is one of the few bright spots...
...fact, had been considerable. Within days of the original Knesset bill annexing Jerusalem, Saudi Arabia and Iraq announced they would cut all diplomatic and economic ties, including oil shipments, to any country that kept its embassy in Jerusalem. Early last week Kuwait and Libya joined the ultimatum, bluntly giving Holland 30 days to make up its mind. As the recipient of up to a quarter of a million barrels of oil daily from Kuwait alone, the Dutch were in no position to resist...