The Nation - News from Feb. 17, 1986
Local union presidents representing 12,300 members of the United Steelworkers voted unanimously to authorize a strike at about 100 can and container plants after talks with four manufacturers stalled, a union spokesman said in Bal Harbor, Fla. The union has been negotiating with the can companies since Jan. 20, the spokesman said. However, a spokesman for American Can Co., said negotiations were continuing.
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