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Article: 2 PARTIES HALTED OVER PICKET THREATS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 22, 2004
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City convention organizers have canceled two of Mayor Thomas M.
Menino's signature convention welcoming parties because delegations
from Ohio and Michigan are refusing to cross threatened police picket
lines at the events, even with a police union contract set to be
announced today.
Planners preparing to stage Sunday night parties for delegations
from Ohio and Michigan said officials from Boston's host committee
notified them yesterday that the parties were off.
Police have threatened to picket the parties for months, but
Menino had recently counted on an arbitrator's announcement of a
contract today to convince labor-friendly states to ignore the
demonstrations.
Several state delegations ...