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...hunger strike was already beginning to have serious consequences. One man died only hours after the understaffed Ashkelon Hospital sent him home, advising him to consult a doctor not on strike. Meanwhile, all but some 15% of the doctors at Haifa's Rambam Hospital were fasting. If the walkout continues, it could take its toll not only in public patience but also in human lives...
...beaming workers pouring through the gates at Caterpillar Tractor's East Peoria plant were obviously happy to be back on the job after the longest company-wide strike in United Auto Workers history. But they were not a bit pleased about what the walkout had cost them. Art Borowiec, 43, an electrician, figures he lost nearly $20,000 in wages and benefits during the 205-day strike, and like many of his coworkers, he doubts that the results were worth it. Says he: "I've never been so broke, desperate or dependent. I'd like to have...
...biggest winner in the settlement could be the city of Peoria (pop. 125,000), whose residents depend on Caterpillar for one out of every five jobs. Recession and the slumping farm economy had pushed Peoria's unemployment rate to 19.2% before the walkout, and the strike sent it to more than 40%. A wave of corporate defections has compounded the city's problems. Pabst Brewing and Hiram Walker have pulled out of the central-Illinois community in the past two years. Now Caterpillar paychecks will pump badly needed money back into the city and help sales of cars...
...turn sour for some companies. American Airlines, which lost $18.2 million in 1982, won about $20 million worth of concessions from its pilots last August. But American narrowly avoided a strike last week when negotiators for 10,000 of the airline's ground workers decided to delay the walkout and ask for a membership vote. At Eastern, which lost $18.8 million last year, 13,500 mechanics and baggage handlers plan to walk off the job in March rather than accept new pay freezes...
According to union officials, the dining hall workers' union has never struck against Harvard, though it staged a one-hour walkout...