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Although the union rep had not even been voted in by the rank and file, and had never held a union meeting, he immediately tried to take control of the impromptu walkout. "I know that I haven't been that good a union rep," he said defensively, "but this show of support is so strong that now we really have something to go in with, but let's go back to work, and we will work this thing out later...
...workers in before the pre-game show. As the vendors crowded in on the boss, disrespect emerged. "You can listen to me and go to work or you can stay out here, and lose money," said the man most likely to be hurt by the walkout. But his reminders of big crowds and big money were drowned out by the unleashed anger of the vendors who by this time were clamoring for "freedom issues...
...stronger than ever," but he fooled no one. Even Garvey admitted that the cooling-off period had not succeeded in moving management toward his position or in rallying strike support. Indeed, only several hundred of the N.F.L.'s 1,200 veterans would have left camp had a new walkout been called. The players were simply not hungry enough to sustain a strike...
...U.M.W.'s unusual contract permits the "memorial" shutdown; in fact, it allows ten days for memorial closedowns during the life of the pact. Thus Miller can and probably will call another five-day "memorial" walkout in the middle of bargaining, and the nation could lose considerable coal output, even without an official strike. The coal industry's bargaining arm, the Bituminous Coal Operators Association, tried to talk the U.M.W. out of the shutdown, contending that it will cost miners and other employees $25 million in wages and $7 million in royalty payments to the union's welfare...
There was no doubt that the W.F.L.'s debut got a lift from the bitter and protracted strike by National Football League players. Until last week, when the walkout halted for a 14-day "cooling off' period and striking veterans began reporting to training camp, the established league's exhibition season had been a disaster with rookies and free agents playing humdrum football in half-empty stadiums. Even if the strike is settled soon, the rancor between owners and strikers-not to mention bad blood between strikers and veterans who crossed picket lines-promises to linger through...