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Striking machinists and pilots maintained a 60-person picket line at Logan but did not interfere with people crossing it, said Edward Imondi, business agent for Local 1726 of the International Association of Machinists in Boston...
BOSTON--Lured by the lowest fares in 28 years, 31,500 people crossed picket lines over the weekend to take the Eastern Airlines shuttle between Boston, New York and Washington, airline officials said yesterday...
...decision by Eastern pilots to honor the picket lines prompted the airline to file last week for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code. Officials have said it is losing about $4 million...
...decade and beyond. The problems of the urban black underclass -- unemployment, drugs, teenage pregnancy, hopeless schools -- are more urgent than ever. But for the black middle class, there are new preoccupations. Not just job-creation programs, but job promotions. Not just high school diplomas, but college tuition. Not just picket lines, but picket fences. An agenda, in short, for a full partnership in the American Dream...
...company, which has a staggering $2.5 billion in debt, has admitted it was taken by surprise when most of the 3600 Eastern pilots honored Machinists' picket lines, forcing Miami-based Eastern to shut down nearly all operations Monday and lay off 9500 non-union employees...