Word: pittsburgh
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Recent labor action in Pittsburgh suggests that unions may be regaining some of their lost vitality. The targeted industry, which any football fan would be quick to identify, is steel. More than 8000 Pittsburgh steelworkers walked out of their jobs two weeks ago after the financially shaky Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation threatened to cut wages by 18 percent. This is the first steel walk-out since 1959--a time when American business was experiencing an economic boom...
...workers--who work in several factories owned by Wheeling-Pittsburgh--are still out, despite the fact that only half have unemployment compensation. The strike, which workers say could last for another month, will serve as a test of union strength, and the results could indicate the future credibility of unions as a viable bargaining tool for workers. Pittsburgh serves as a good model for the movement as a whole because the problems plaguing American labor in general also apply to the United Steelworkers union. Union membership has declined by one half in the last five years. Add this...
...Wheeling-Pittsburgh owners will undoubtedly argue that by walking out of work, the workers are contributing to the economic malaise of the steel mill-dominated area. But to gain the greatest prosperity for their numbers and to send a positive signal to other malcontent workers, the strikers would do best to wait it out. Patient picketing during the next few weeks will lessen the blow to Pittsburgh wages, and also signal to other American steelworkers that good contracts are possible through a little solidarity...
...Pittsburgh strike could send a jolt of energy to other sluggish branches of the labor movement. If the strikers make some gains, and the company doesn't fold, others--especially in the growing service sector--will realize the importance of union organization. Rather than a resurgence of the labor movement, Pittsburgh and other recent strikes serve as tests for the future. Just about every worker sometime in his or her lifetime will have to confront an unfair management move, whether it be during an economic revovery or a recession. But whatever the time, workers can never hope to succeed...
Many more stations this year will carry the 10 games, Frank added. He said that the public stations in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., and several outlets in Florida would feature the Ivy Game of the Week each Saturday...