Four-Day U.S. Rail Strike Ends
(N.Z.P.A. Reuter—Copyright J WASHINGTON, April 4. The Railway Firemen’s Union early today ordered an immediate end to the four-day strike which has tied up eight major United States railways and caused widespread industrial disruption.
The president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Mr H. E. Gilbert, said all eight companies which have been strikebound since last Thursday have accepted union demands not to take any reprisals against the striking firemen.
A management official said some of the lines would be working this morning. Agreement of this point delayed settlement of the crippling strike for more than 12 hours after the unions promised President Johnson at noon yesterday that they would go back to work.
Mr Gilbert said he was now instructing his local union officials to withdraw picket lines and resume work. Each of the eight companies had reached agreements with the union, union officials said. The agreement accepts the union demand that the companies promise no reprisals against the fire-
men, who walked out to support their protest against arbitration awards that eliminated firemen’s jobs on new diesel locomotives.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31027, 5 April 1966, Page 17
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