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...Patrolmen's McFeeley: "The two decisions I had to choose from were 1) to sell out my membership and 2) to sell out my membership with my blessing." Neither he nor the other balking union leaders threatened a strike, though the devastation that could be caused by a walkout of police or firemen is apparent. Shanker, who was the most intransigent of all the labor leaders, left the negotiations before they finished, apparently because his local teachers' union contract expires next month and he will be negotiating for a substantial raise...
...nonunion workers to replace the strikers. Negotiations between the Herald and the ten press unions affected by the strike have stumbled on for nearly eight years, but the afternoon daily has been coming out regularly with the aid of the nonunion "scabs," and readers have mostly forgotten about the walkout...
...month strike, and the agency now recognizes the new group as the Herald's official union. Except, that is, for a couple of further complications. Herald executives, mindful of the paper's 42% drop in circulation since the original strike began and reluctant to face another walkout, are appealing the NLRB decision. Though most of the 1967 strikers have long since found other jobs, the Guild is still holding out for a settlement. But the scabs' union hopes to negotiate without a walkout. Because, says a union spokesman, "we don't have enough money...
...emergencies. Yet despite resemblances to other democratic constitutions and despite Greece's historic instability, Mavros and other critics charge that the constitution as it stands endangers civil liberties and gives far too much power to the President. To dramatize their criticism, Mavros led opposition Deputies in a parliamentary walkout when the constitution was adopted, and nominated an opposition candidate for President, who subsequently received 65 votes. Still, Mavros concedes that the new constitution is "valid" and pledges to work to modify it in Parliament...
Morale Crisis. TWA's troubles began reaching the acute stage in November 1973, when 5,200 flight attendants struck, mainly for higher pay, and management stubbornly took a six-week walkout before signing a new contract for a 13.5% two-year wage and benefit increase. Ever since, the morale of flight attendants, a critical factor in marketing, has suffered, and TWA has never regained its prestrike share of the air-travel market. Lately, with Wiser in charge of operations, management has asked pilots, whose average salary is about $40,000 a year, to take a 10% pay cut, pointing...