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Show J By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer I i 1. i P J I I j I Steve Olsen Fhoto The 'pink cloud' over Geneva Works was wispy earlier this week and is now gone with a contract dispute stopping work. " 113TH YEAR, NO. PROVO, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 $6.00 A MONTH 1. 1986 - PRICE 25 CENTS feel .pickets in nine states sfcs I ; rlLJ trr?zzt?T" t C - 852J8 , ' " r .v: "We proposed f I X J? " Sieve Olsen Photo Local 2701 official Kay Mitani relays information from to union members in Orem Thursday night. , negotiations in Pittsburgh USW-US- X contract dispute UX-USI- V Union Company per hour wage cut Contracting out of union jobs to labor Some reduction in holidays Import foreign steel Wage freeze No contracting out of union jobs $2-- 3 non-unio- n Retain holidays No imports of foreign steel Herald Staff Writer Whether it's called a strike or a lockout, the work stoppage at Geneva Works is potentially painful for idled workers and the compa- to ny. Union trustee and Geneva Jerry Wilkin, 60, said he went through the last major work a stoppage at Geneva Works steel-work- Steelworkers are picketing Geneva Works. No contract talks are scheduled. picket locations if they were turned away by company officials. "Lockout" was hand painted on the smaller signs and previously painted "lockout" signs were taped on larger signs. Some of the first employees showed up for work around 11 p.m. as they usually do for their midnight shift. But those who had been at Steelworkers Hall or who had called the hall arrived at the steel mill at midnight. Stringham was with a group that arrived at Gate No. 1 along Gene- Road around midnight with va lockout signs. Stringham spoke with Carl Hamnitz, manager of (See GENEVA, page t' i - v 5 i I I i 3) agreement. Our proposal was rejected by the company. We are locked out," USW chief negotiator James N. McGeehan said early today. USW President Lynn Williams joined about 200 workers outside Clairton Works early this morning, shaking hands and offering encouragement. The Steelworkers hung signs on telephone poles that read, "USWA Local Union Locked Out By USX," after being turned away by security guards at the plant gates when they tried to report to work at midnight. Union members also took their positions this morning at the gates of the company's largest plant, in Gary, Ind., which employs 7,500 workers. "We're going to war," Local 1014 Vice President Larry McWay told members gathered at a union hall near the Gary mill. More than 100 pickets who gathered at the plant's main gate after I :Ch ' k Brian Trt'Kaskis I'hoto Picketers were in place at Geneva this morning. in 1959 is I think painful as if there could be a work stoppage. Her husband Ken is also a steelworker. Both will lose their paychecks. She said Thursday she was will-(Se- e WORKERS, page 3) He said he could retire but wanted to work until the end of the year. people are pretty scared " said steelworker Debbie Dcmarco Thursday when it looked In Sunday's Herald Friday: basketball coach Ladell Andersen lead the West team to its first gold medal ever in men's basketball at the U.S. Olympic Sports Festival in Houston. And former BYU diver Tristan Baker took third in her event at the Festival. See page 9 for more results. BYU How to sell your home Selling a home is easier if certain steps are followed, such as arranging for legal assist ance, keeping a clean house, having a fair price, obtaining or preparing a contract, etc. For the full story see Page 15 of the Today section. Look for lots of sun fair mild nights through Saturday. Isolated late afternoon and evening thunderstorms mainly in the eastern Mostly mihik uui days and mountains and southeast. Highs in the 90s except 100 to 110 in the southern deserts. ' For more weather information, see page 6. Here's where to find it Amusements Classified Ads Comics Crossword National Obituaries Opinions Sports Today J If Sea Ladell coaches West win I I , I out ' t extend the that lasted 116 days. employment and job opportunities "I've been preparing for this are worse today than at the time of the last strike. one" Wilkin says. Wilkin said he was afraid idled He said that after three weeks in 1959, he found a temporary job in Geneva workers could suffer more Yellowstone Park, but said that in a stoppage today than in 1959. strike 1 Union and USX dispute whether work stoppage is strike or lockout. 5 matter what it's called, situation at Geneva By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Day "l (See STEEL, page 3) Wo Geneva - PITTSBURGH (AP) Picket lines began forming today at USX Corp. plants in nine states, as 22,000 workers began the first work stoppage against the nation's No. 1 steelmaker in 27 years. The dispute, which the United Steelworkers union called a lockout and the company a strike, began contract expired after a at midnight Thursday. The sides failed to agree on a new pact, which also would cover 23,000 laid-of- f workers, in seven weeks of negotiations. I XF I - ? nii iZt irrr if". Saying they would rather work than picket, more than 2,100 Geneva Works steelworkers were idled by a work stoppage this morning. Many took up picket signs to protest what they describe as a lockout, ,.nd what company officials say is a strike by United Steelworkers union members, A labor contract between USW workers and USX Corp. expired at midnight Thursday without negotiators from both sides reaching an agreement on a new pact. USW Local 2701 financial secretary Bob Stringham said all negotiations broke off early Thursday evening, lie said one of the last offers was by the union to keep working after the contract expired and to continue working toward a new contract. Geneva Works spokesman Jack Bollow said that offer was rejected by corporate negotiators. Thursday evening, many Local 2701 steei workers met at Steel- workers Hall on Columbia Lane in Orem to await word from Pitts- burgh, Pa., where negotiators had been trying to reach an agreement for several weeks. Signs painted with "USW Local 2701 On" and then a blank space left available to add "strike" or "lockout" were stacked on a table in Steelworkers Hall. Local 2701 vice president Kay Mitani took the important phone call with other union representatives listening in. It was from Local 2701 President George Gardner in Pittsburg with word that the midnight deadline came and went in Pittsburgh without an agreement. The call came more than 25 minutes after the deadline. "Lockout." Mitani and others said as they emerged from an office. "We are not on strike," they emphasized, and they told waiting steelworkers to report for work and then report at lockout 12-20-3- 2 19 19 2 4 7 1 13,16 Utah-Region- S Weather 6 - Topping Jgfe it off 4 Today |
