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...fair, we realize that many complex issues will be involved in extending dining hall hours—most of which are labor issues that will have to be worked out with employee unions. We are thus limited to commenting on student demand, not the particulars of how a plan should be implemented. It is up to the UC and HUDS need to find the right people to come up with a feasible and cost-efficient plan that responds to clear student demand for extended hours...
...walkout began after Wheeling imposed an 18% reduction in wages and benefits for its 8,200 workers in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The company, which filed for bankruptcy on April 16, acted after a federal judge ruled that its old labor contract could be annulled. The union immediately refused to accept the new work terms and called a strike...
...union's action could profoundly affect the entire steel industry. Earlier this year, steelmakers abandoned their 29-year tradition of negotiating one pact for all American workers. With labor contracts for five major steel manufacturers due to expire next July, the Wheeling settlement could become a trendsetter for an industry that has grown unaccustomed to strikes. Said William T. Hogan, a steel-industry expert and an economics professor at Fordham University: "This is historic, a benchmark. The outcome will be of great importance for both the companies and the union...
...unacceptable. "We won't work for slave wages," said Paul Chasshind, one of many pickets marching last week near an entrance to the Monessen plant. His co-workers point out that together they have given back $141 million in reduced pay and profit sharing over the past three years. Labor leaders fear that if Wheeling-Pittsburgh achieves its goals, other steelmakers will be inspired to seek their own concessions from workers. Said Don Caterino, a third-generation steelworker: "If we cave in, workers at other mills will get buried...
Union members are particularly alarmed that Wheeling succeeded in applying a 1984 law that permits a company in bankruptcy proceedings to abrogate its labor contracts. The law stipulates that a judge must first rule such a step is necessary for the firm to come out of bankruptcy successfully. Workers hoped that the courts would be sympathetic to their cause, but Wheeling was able to receive the authorization from Bankruptcy Judge Warren W. Bentz. Said Union Attorney Michael Gottesman: "This interpretation of the law could open the floodgates for companies seeking to use the bankruptcy statutes to dodge labor agreements...