From: "Curtis Price" <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 11:31:16 +0000 Subject: (Fwd) [61] GERMAN WORKERS STRIKE AT U.S. MILITARY BASES ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 22:47:52 -0500 From: NewsHound-AT-sjmercury.com (NewsHound) Subject: [61] GERMAN WORKERS STRIKE AT U.S. MILITARY BASES Selected by your NewsHound profile entitled "STRIKES". The selectivity score was 61 out of 100. German workers strike at U.S. military bases FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- About 2,000 Germans walked off their jobs at U.S. military bases Monday in a dispute over job security and severance pay, union officials said. The strike, approved last week by the German White Collar Workers Union and the Transport and Public Service Union, was expected to extend to other bases throughout the week. The U.S. military employs about 15,000 civilian workers in Germany. Combined with those working in Germany for other North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies -- Britain, France and Belgium -- 35,000 workers could potentially strike. Many Germans lost jobs after U.S. and NATO troops in Germany were reduced following the end of the Cold War. The U.S. Army says it is offering an improved severance package -- a maximum of 12 months' pay, compared to the current limit of five months. Talks deadlocked last month, the U.S. military said. AP-WS-03-03-97 1931EST --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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