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‘Tentative agreement’ ends U.S. truck row

! NZPA-Reuter Washington! I Negotiators yesterday an-i snounced tentative agreement; ion a new contract ending al ilO-day strike and lock-out j 1 that stopped much of the | (United States trucking industry. The chief Federal media-I ; lor, Mr Wayne Horvitz, said ] i the drivers and warehouse- 1

i[men involved in the dispute 'should return to work wij thin 24 hours. ; Mr J. Curtis Counts, chief ! negotiator for Trucking : ] Managemen I. Incorporated) ■ the umbrella organisation that represents some 500 of I the largest haulage firms in (the nation, said he felt the (agreement would fall within ,; President Jimmy Carter’s 7 [ per cent guideline limiting increases in wages and fringe benefits. But he said that over the three years of the contract’s life, the true cost would exceed 30 per cent. Mr Frank Fitzsimmons, president’ of the Teamsters’ Union, was critical of the pressure Mr Carter's counsel on wage and price stability exerted to influence the size of the money settlements. “I have been negotiating collective-bargaining agreements for nearly 50 years,” Mr Fitzsimmons said. “This is the first time I ever negotiated with a third party that wasn’t available for questions, comments, and negotiations.”

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Press, 12 April 1979, Page 6

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‘Tentative agreement’ ends U.S. truck row Press, 12 April 1979, Page 6

‘Tentative agreement’ ends U.S. truck row Press, 12 April 1979, Page 6

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