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- From: urkastig@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Robert Kastigar)
- Newsgroups: alt.amateur-comp
- Subject: Movie "Hoffa" projectionists rally
- Keywords: union, labor, lockout
- Message-ID: <Bzq40A.9sv@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 17:45:46 GMT
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: IBEW Local 1220
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- Labor union supporters from many unions held a successful rally on
- Tuesday, 22 January in support of LOCKED OUT projectionists,
- members of IATSE Local 110. Several hundred supports showed up at
- the opening screening of the file "HOFFA" - a man closely
- identified with organized labor.
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- The Chicago Theater chain of Cineplex-Odeon, owned and operated by
- a Canadian/Japanese company, locked out it's employees after they
- refused to accept an 85% pay cut.
-
- A very peaceful, but determined, crown marched around the crowded
- sidewalks in the from of McClurg Court Theater, and spilled over
- into the streets and across the street. IBEW Local 134 had a large
- inflatable rat, and a high-power slide projector was used to
- provide warning of the unsafe conditions that might results in a
- crowded theater because of untrained and inexperienced operators
- for technical equipment.
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- Picket signs were in abundance, as well as caps, whistle, and a
- song sheet of several popular tunes, with new words added. The
- crowd joined in the singing, and the event turned into a
- 'happening.' You really had to be there, or you missed something.
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- There were rank-and-file members, as well as officers from most
- Chicago unions. The rally was scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM, but
- actually started much earlier as many arrived early for this event.
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- Naturally, IBEW Local 1220 had a fine representative group present.
-