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CONTRAFLOW WINTER 93/94
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TEAMSTER AND BUTTHEAD
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Class war U.S union style erupted on the picket lines in North
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Reading, Massachusetts on April 11, when police arrested 7
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Teamsters (union) leaders as nearly 200 strikers clashed with
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over 50 riot cops outside the gates of Roadway Express, one of
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the companies hit by a strike during a National Teamsters
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walkout. The strikers were trying to stop a scab truck when the
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badgeless cops rioted, using attack dogs on the crowd and beating
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a union member who was video-ing the cops assault. Over 80,000
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Teamsters were on strike against national freight hauling outfits
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over the issues of downsizing, layoffs, part-timing and
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subcontracting to non-union firms.
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In January, Alaskan flight attendents negotiated settlement
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in a three year struggle for contract. Using a technique dubbed
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by the workers as C.H.A.O.S (Create Havoc Around Our System),
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pressure was put on management through a series of rotating work
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slowdowns and strikes that kept Air Alaska off guard and
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undermined the airlines reliability with passengers.
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