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...contract negotiations began on June 3, the same day Harvard announced it was suspending three shop stewards--including Balsam--for their roles in a May lunch-hour walkout. That action followed a dispute between Balsam and the manager of the College Dining Hall over the serving of hamburgers...
...picks one company to concentrate on in the hope that the selected victim will agree to the union's proposals rather than lose sales to its non-struck rivals. Woodcock's announcement: it will be Ford that must reach agreement by Sept. 14 or face a walkout...
...Ford? Said Woodcock, in effect: primarily because that company has not been struck since 1967. General Motors was the target in 1970 for a 67-day walkout; three years ago Chrysler was hit by a nine-day strike. Ford also has the financial strength to meet at least most union demands, while a strike now against Chrysler or American Motors might permanently cripple those companies. General Motors is stronger still, but striking it would be far more costly to the union. The $175 million U.A.W. strike fund would be exhausted in only nine weeks in a GM walkout, but would...
...much more certain victim, paradoxically, is the U.M.W. itself. Every day that the wildcat walkout continues costs the union's four main health and retirement funds nearly $1 million because they get their money from royalties on coal production. One trust, which provides health benefits to the 200,000 miners who retired before 1974, is being especially hard hit. It was operating at a deficit before the strike, and now has to go deeper into debt...
...strike moved to a resolution. Two weeks ago, more than 30,000 workers walked out of California's 78 canneries. The strike coincided with record harvests in a state that produces more than 50% of the U.S.'s canned fruits and 85% of its canned tomatoes. The walkout thus caused farmers to lay off 15,000 field workers near the peak of the picking season...