Word: stewards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...carrier's bag. A study showed that 45% of the 837 carrier routes in San Diego require more than an eight-hour shift to complete. Taking time off for surgery or unapproved nose blowing is a punishable act. "There's a rule for everything," testified a San Diego shop steward. "If a supervisor wants...
...will lose 18 guards [with this plan]," said Robert V. Travers, chief steward of Local 254. "We will refuse to negotiate a new contract on November 16 until [the provision to replace the guards] is dissolved. The University wants to get the two unions fighting," said Travers, who described the losses as significant...
...inappropriate imposition on federal aid programs," said James S. Miller, director of financial aid. "The University is not an enforcement agency, it is a steward of funds only...
...York, New Jersey and California lost service when phone lines were sabotaged. In Van Nuys, Calif., two striking Pacific Bell employees suffered injuries when they were bumped by cars crossing the picket lines. The drivers "got angry because we called them scabs," claimed Marisa Rotondi, a shop steward for the local union. "Things are starting to get pretty bad out here...
...Third Mate Cousins, the Valdez might also have got a more competent helmsman. Thanks in part to the high turnover of Exxon crews, Kagan, the helmsman on duty at the time of the accident, had been promoted to able seaman just one year earlier from his job as room steward and food server in the ship's galley. Kagan "does the best he can, but you have to watch him," a deck officer later told Government investigators. Knowing this, LeCain had planned to replace Kagan with another helmsman once he reported for duty...