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Nobody likes a wildcat strike, which often polarizes workers and employees. This kind of strike--when employees walk off the job without prior warning--indicates a dangerous level of discontent on the part of the employees, a feeling that desperate measures are the only recourse...
...University and the unions differ about the reasons for the walkout. University officials persist in terming it completely unjustified, saying that no matter how pressing an issue appears to be, a wildcat strike is not a solution. J. Lawrence Joyce, director of the Department of Buildings and Grounds (B&G), recently said, "There was no issue that warranted that kind of action," and other officials, such as Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations, who called the strike an "unfortunate incident," echo Joyce's comments...
...squads played dead even until ten minutes remained in the game. With the score deadlocked at 4-4, two UNH defenders converged on Harvard's Ellen Seidler as she was about to receive a feed from teammmate Sarah Mleczko. The three players collided before the ball arrived, and a Wildcat went down with a cut head...
...offense was passing well--every goal was assisted--and Faught was left open by the sliding Wildcat defense. He's the scorer in the Crimson offense and UNH gave him room to work. "When we're done with what we're supposed to do, I'm one-on-one on the goalie," Faught said after the game...
...first, the B.C.O.A. negotiating team took tough positions on several issues, including wildcat strikes and health benefits. Said a strip mine operator: "They underestimated the miners because they didn't know them. The company negotiators were mostly bureaucrats." In any event, after the miners rejected the pact, the B.C.O.A's bargaining was turned over to Nicholas Camicia, 61, chairman of the Pittston Co., and Stonie Barker Jr., 51, president of Island Creek Coal Co. Although their firms rank among the nation's five largest coal companies, Camicia and Barker started out as deep-pit miners. Said Camicia...