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Article: Statement by White House Press Secretary on Long Island Rail Road Impasse
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 18, 1994
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WASHINGTON, April 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following statement
was issued today by the White House:
Statement by the Press Secretary
Emergency Board Selects Final Offer and Urges Further Bargaining To
Settle Contract Impasse on the Long Island Rail Road
A final offer to resolve long-running contract disputes between
the Long Island Rail Road and its workers has been recommended by a
Presidential Emergency Board. The recommendation includes adoption
of a uniform health care package proposed by both parties as well as
a series of periodic 3% wage increases over a 52 month period. The
recommendation is intended to settle the contract disputes between
the commuter ...