Word: picketeers
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...Washington, customers of the Thomas Cook travel agency refused to fly on Eastern Air Lines. In Manhattan, clerks at the bustling Avos agency on Fifth Avenue stopped writing tickets for Continental Air Lines. In Houston, passengers had to pass through picket lines on their way to flights. All across the U.S. last week, the normally routine business of air travel was suddenly overtaken by confusion and uncertainty. "People are scared," said Kathy Prezas, manager of Chicago's Apollo Travel. "They used to choose an airline for its food, or fares, or times. Now they are deciding which carrier...
...week, Continental Chairman Frank Lorenzo, looking weary and discouraged, shuttled between Denver and Houston for what proved to be unproductive talks with striking pilots. A crew shortage forced Continental to defer its plans to add ten flights to the 158 remaining on its schedule. Pilots who had crossed picket lines were already flying at the rate of 83 hours a month, well under the federally mandated limit of 100 but still some 28 hours more than Continental's pre-strike average. In view of the turmoil throughout the industry, the Federal Aviation Administration stepped up its safety inspections...
...staunch union man, Cole stayed out on strike and on July 27 was fired for waving a hammer at a busload of strikebreakers. Imrich, a 21-year veteran, held out for 50 days, but on Aug. 21 he crossed the picket line and returned to work. The first time Beverly Cole saw Lolita Imrich after Joe went back, "I just looked at her and said, 'Lolita, you are now a scab,' " she told TIME Correspondent Robert C. Wurmstedt...
...picket lines, the mood was militant. In Denver, strikers carried signs that read MA BELL ABUSES HER KIDS. Violence occasionally erupted. In Brooklyn, strikers tossed eggs at people crossing a picket line and scuffled with police. Three officers suffered cuts and abrasions, and three strikers were arrested for disorderly conduct or inciting to riot. In Atlanta, Picketer B.J. Griffin was hit in the mouth with a BB, apparently fired by a sniper, outside a downtown Southern Bell office. After spending the night in a hospital, Griffin was back on the line the next morning...
...hero of the plot; young, eager, hardworking, he makes plans to marry his girlfriend whom he has made pregnant. But his downfall comes when he cannot see the pitfalls of not participating in the impending strike. Instead, he selfishly goes against his father Otavio and walks the picket line of his striking colleagues...