The Nation : Food Can Makers Strike
About 13,600 striking steel workers set up picket lines at 75 can company plants nationwide after union representatives in Hollywood, Fla., were unable to negotiate a contract agreement on wages, pensions and other issues. The United Steelworkers’ coast-to-coast walkout affected 75 plants of the National Can Co., American Can Co., Crown, Cork & Seal and Continental Can U.S., which manufacture food, beverage and other metal containers in 20 states, said Leon Lynch, international vice president of the union.
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