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...Hormel, Mn.--Laborers for the Hormel meatpacking corporation have been striking for more than a year now and are still being ignored by their union. Even though this lock out, a culmination of Reagan's union-busting philosophy, is slowly being forgotten, the strike may bring new life to the labor movement by encouraging the development of grass roots labor organizations...
...longer talking about a labor dispute," charged Police Chief Donald $ Hoffman in Austin, Minn. "We're talking about an out-and-out riot." He was referring to the worst outbreak of violence in the eight-month-old strike against George A. Hormel & Co., one of the nation's largest meat- packers. Although operations resumed in January with nonunion workers and the strike seemed increasingly futile, some 350 demonstrators last week tried to block access to the plant. When more than 100 police tried to clear the way for workers, the clash erupted, with officers propelling tear gas and demonstrators spraying...
...national union, whose president is William Wynn, opposes P-9's strategy. Last week Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO, announced that the industry-wide union would not endorse the actions of P-9. In addition to the national union, the AFL-CIO, and of course the Hormel company, the small Austin union has made another eneme--the National Guard, which in January cleared the way for workers hired to replace the strikers...
...despite the opposition from above, P-9 is refusing concession offers. Whether it can actually succeed in reaching its demands is questionable. Pickets have spread beyond the Minnesota base to Hormel plants in Ottumwa, lowa and Dallas, Texas. But the top national union leaders refusal to support local strategies may hurt...
...heads are basically pushing to gain back what was taken from the workers a year and a half ago. Hormel had cut hourly meatpacker wages by more than two dollars in October 1984. Through bargaining, that pay was raised another dollar. Recently P-9 refused several offers and seems willing to hold out until management makes an offer close to the employees' 1984 wages...