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...Mayor Daley were still alive." So Chicagoans console themselves when things go wrong, and last week, it is true, the late Richard J. Daley would scarcely have recognized his beloved city. A transit workers' strike stranded a million commuters and temporarily disrupted the city's economy. A walkout by oil delivery truck drivers caused a gasoline shortage. For the first time, the city's firemen voted to authorize a strike. And the school system, the nation's third largest, was on the verge of bankruptcy and in danger of closing. The "city that works" had never...
Byrne's biggest problem has been the transit strike. By taking a tough stand, she initially had public opinion on her side. The 11,000 transit workers are among the highest paid in the nation; experienced bus drivers make $10.58 an hour. Only a week before the walkout, a settlement seemed in sight. The two Amalgamated Transit Union locals agreed to two cost of living increases a year with a 14% annual ceiling. But then talks abruptly broke...
That incident last month provoked a strike by 700 skilled black workers at two Ford plants that produce engines and assemble cars. They were soon joined by 800 other black employees of nearby paper and tire factories. The walkout, which continues, stems from no ordinary labor-management dispute. Ford, whose 5,000 employees in South Africa include 1,200 blacks, has been a leader in introducing nondiscriminatory policies like those prescribed in the corporate code of conduct drawn up by U.S. Civil Rights Leader Leon Sullivan. Ford was among the first firms to recognize black unions. Black anti-apartheid organizers...
Before the strike, Ford responded warily to Botha's provocations, and kept him on the payroll despite his repeated absences. Since the walkout, the company has said it will rehire any of the strikers who want to return. Only a minority, however, have gone back to their jobs. Last week police raided the homes of strikers; 19 of them were placed in detention. Meanwhile, other firms are bracing for trouble. Says a director of a leading U.S. manufacturer: "We could definitely be a helpless target for these protests. South Africa is going to have to satisfy the aspirations...
...moves to appease black workers, Prime Minister Botha risks the wrath of Afrikaner hardliners, who abhor his apartheid reforms. Soon after Thozamile Botha's walkout, white union members held an angry meeting that led to an outburst of racial slurs; blacks were accused of "fouling" integrated toilets and making insulting remarks about white women. If the government cracks down hard on the protesters, as it did to quell the rioting in Soweto in 1976, it might spark more unrest. Predicts Fred Ferreira, Ford's industrial relations manager: "Inactivity is not going to solve this problem. Whether...