Description: Striking school bus drivers get layoff notice, agree to binding arbitration. School committee members complain of being baited by union; want to make drivers public employees in future contracts.
Description: Local 26 hotel workers union president Domenic Bozzotto wins struggle in contract negotiations: establishment of affordable housing fund by hotel management,pending enabling legislation. Union sign.
Description: Collection of briefs, VOT/SOTs, and stories on: 1) Boston Herald American unions and sale to Rupert Murdoch; newspapers in sidewalk vending box, plant exterior, comments from employees. Interview with Australian journalist Nigel Wade, Michael Wheeler, Stephen Mindich. 2) Hotel workers union fights for better wages and benefits, threatens strike, gets settlement. Cooks, maid, doorman at work. Studio interview with Local 26 president Domenic Bozzotto.
Description: Directory assistance operators join strike against Nynex, citing poor working conditions. Picketers march in front of New England Telephone, yell "scab." Dialing 411. Sen. Lois Pines.