Word: lankford
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Union officials concede privately that they expect a tough ratification fight. Many senior union members, who are relatively safe from layoffs, are likely to vote against the agreement because it did not get them fatter paychecks. Warned David Lankford, 37, a sweeper with 18 years seniority at the Clark Avenue Cadillac plant: "I want a raise. I'd vote down anything less than getting back our 3% a year." Rallying under the slogan "restore and more in '84," workers like Lankford have maintained that the union should not only recoup concessions made in its 1982 contract with...