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...Winpisinger is expected to be a catalyst for change. At least four members are likely to vote with him to reform AFL-CIO policies: Murray Finley, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Sol Chaikin, president of the Ladies Garment Workers; Glenn Watts, chief of the Communications Workers, and Jerry Wurf, head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Two more possible recruits for a liberal coalition are Lloyd McBride, new president of the United Steelworkers, and Douglas Fraser, who is expected to lead the United Auto Workers back into...
...Come on, Lucky Pierre," shouted the chap in the stands at a Miami jai alai fronton. "I can't miss with you." It was Jerry Wurf, Washington-based boss of the State, County and Municipal Workers, the nation's largest public employees union (750,000 members), cheering on a lanky player on the court. But when unlucky Pierre swung his curved basket at the speeding white jai alai ball and missed, Wurf, who had not won a bet all night, resignedly tore up his losing $2 ticket. "If we don't win the next one," he told...
...Wurf and the other union chiefs at the AFL-CIO meeting, the play seemed as earnest as the work. The labor leaders had converged on Bal Harbour with their customary large supporting casts. Teachers Union Chief Albert Shanker, for example, arrived with his wife and three children. Other union bosses brought along legions of aides, among them their legislative advisers, public relations assistants and political operatives, as well as a secretary...
There is no joy these days at the Washington headquarters of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents some 750,000 various government workers throughout the nation. Wails Jerry Wurf, the union's president: "Every day I come to work and there's a stack of clips on my desk from around the country. Most of it's bad news. The courts are dumping on us, and the politicians think we're great whipping posts. You might say we're the object of some hostility...
...determine whether or not they really have the money. If we find it, we're going to be very hard-nosed in our bargaining. If it's not there, who are we trying to kid? You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip." Nonetheless, Wurf and his union are trying to battle back with a $1 million advertising campaign, the theme of which is that public employees are not really looting government treasuries. Says Wurf: "All those classy pensions people think we've got-half of them are meaningless because there's no money...