Word: picketting
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Chavez was unavailable for comment yesterday, but UFW sources said that his appearance on the printer's picket line would not be unusual...
Cesar Chavez, director of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW), may picket with striking Harvard printers during his visit to Boston next week, local UFW leaders who are organizing Chavez's trip said yesterday...
...Northwestern's Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Ill., and Minnesota Viking Defensive Tackle Alan Page was working up a heavy sweat. Page, however, was not practicing his pass rush. Dressed in a T shut stamped with the message NO FREEDOM, NO FOOTBALL, he was marching in a picket line. With ten other National Football League veterans Page had exchanged shoulder pads for placards in a successful effort to persuade the College All-Stars not to prepare for their scheduled game with the Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins later this month...
Page's picket line was only one of a dozen that cropped up at training camps across the nation last week as the N.F.L. Players Association-backed by most of the league's veterans-put pressure on owners to meet contract demands. At a minimum, the dispute threatens to delay the start of the exhibition season. At a maximum, the confrontation could wipe out an entire season and change the basic structure of the league...
...strike over the pension fund four years ago collapsed when the then champion Kansas City Chiefs decided to play in the All-Star game. This year most of the Dolphins decided to boycott. When the All-Stars refused to play without a settlement, the game was canceled. The other picket lines thrown up last week were honored by most veterans, but not rookies and free agents...