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...broader, involving 12 states as we go to press, and possibly the entire nation within days. The story details the grievances of the messengers whose traditional loyalty to their rounds has been shattered in a bitter dispute over wages. It also recounts the unfortunate-occasionally amusing-effects of the walkout. Our correspondents from all over the country filed voluminous reports to Senior Editor Laurence Barrett, Writer Peter Stoler and Researcher Marion Pikul. In New York City, where the trouble began, Researchers Madeleine Berry, Patricia Beckert and Georgia Harbison were detailed to sound out the mood and reaction of the citizenry...
...Federal government has obtained a temporary restraining order directing the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) to withdraw any support from the widespread walkout...
...York, the 26,000-member Postal Clerk Union has voted to join the striking New York Letter Carriers who began the strike last Wednesday with a walkout...
...that's illegal as hell," said William Winpisinger, chief union negotiator. Whether or not it was, the lockout and the strike were short-lived. After hearing arguments by both sides, U.S. District Judge John Sirica issued a temporary restraining order in Washington barring both the lockout and the walkout that had prompted...
...that he intended to take over as editorial director as well, the staff united to demand rights similar to Le Monde's -including a say in choosing a director. Prouvost was unbending, and the dispute led to a warning strike in October 1968 and a 15-day staff walkout last May. Finally, Prouvost agreed to the staffers' demand for enough seats on a proposed management committee to give them the veto right they sought. But when he made a bid for the power "to engage or discharge all members of the staff," negotiations fell apart, and the matter...