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...PEORIA, III--Caterpillar Tractor Co. workers will someday see their record six-and-a-half-month strike as "one of the most foolish things that ever happened, "the mayor said after approval of a wage-freeze agreement that reopened the company's plants yesterday...
...Peoria, a central Illinois river city where one in five paychecks had come from the heavy-equipment maker, the end of the 205-day strike means a boost to morale and to the economy...
...will come when people look back and see the strike as one of the most foolish things that ever happened," Peoria Mayor Richard Carver said Saturday. The strike against the Peoria-based manufacturer was the UAW's longest against a major company...
...think the vote to accept the three-and-a-half-year contract is a reflection to the fact that they are in fact, down to their last penny and needed to get back to work Jim O Connor president of UAW local 974 in Peoria said Friday. His local is the largest of 10 UAW locals at Caterpillar plants in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa. Ohio Pennsylvania and Tennessee...
...CABLE WEEK will not be widely offered on newsstands or by general subscription. Instead, the magazine will be sold mainly to cable households, at 69? a copy. The inaugural issue was mailed to cable viewers in five cities: Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach, Fla.; Audubon, N.J.; Arlington, Texas; and Peoria, Ill. The magazine is scheduled to add 25 markets and to reach 600,000 subscribers by year's end. Said Publisher Daniel Zucchi: "This is a cooperative marketing venture with cable operators. Every time we add a cable system, we add a subscriber base." Providing "system-specific" listings requires...