A coal strike looms
"Negotiations are meant to be a time of give and take. But the only thing I have seen from [the industry's] negotiators is take, take, take." United Mine Workers President Sam Church Jr. uttered that ringing denunciation after talks broke down in Washington last week between his union and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association for a new three-year contract. A strike by 160,000 U.M.W. members is considered almost certain to take place when the current agreement expires this week. At the last negotiating session the union demanded wage and benefit increases over three years totaling 46%, while...
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