From: Curtis Price <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org>
Date:          Sat, 9 Aug 1997 11:13:21 +0000
Subject: AUT: (Fwd) UPS driver stabbed; Two striking workers charged with at


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Date:          Fri, 8 Aug 1997 22:15:51 -0700
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Subject:       UPS driver stabbed; Two striking workers charged with attempted murder



NewsHound article from "STRIKES" hound, score "80."



UPS driver stabbed; Two >>striking<< >>workers<< charged with attempted
murder

HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) -- A UPS driver was stabbed six times Friday as he sat
in a truck at a traffic light, and television station WTVJ reported two
>>striking<< drivers were charged with attempted murder.

``This particular incident was pretty extreme,'' said United Parcel Service
spokesman Frank Furie.

Roderick Carter was treated and released from a local hospital.

Angel Miegla, 30, and Orestes Espinosa, whose age was not given, were
arrested, the television station reported.

Mike Cortez, a >>striking<< >>worker<<, denied the two were members of the
Teamsters.

``The company is claiming it is the Teamsters. Let them prove it,'' he
said.

Tensions have been growing as Teamsters and UPS negotiators ended a
federally mediated session Friday with little hope of soon ending a
five-day-old delivery >>strike<<.

It was not known Friday whether Carter is part of UPS management or a union
member who had crossed the picket line.

The company contended that 7,000 of some 185,000 Teamsters had crossed
picket lines nationally. Union members say those figures are exaggerated.



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