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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday. February 10,1988page2y_j British outworkers join other strikers London Dpi about 32.500 British autoworkers walked off heir jobs in a pay dispute monday joining thou hands of striking seamen nurses and Coal workers in the most widespread labor Una Cal in nearly a decade. Autoworkers at 22 plants of he Ford motor co. Traditionally the Baram Clur of the it Irish Auto Industry went on strike at Midnight in their firs general Wal Kosil since prime minister Margaret talc hot look Soltice in 1979. The autoworkers were joining several thousand Sci Man who defied their own Union orders and remained on strike in a half Diun ports disrupting freight and pass Ngit any arcs to Mainland Europe and Ireland. Coat production was expected o be lulled fur at lean 24 hours monday for the second week running because of a refusal of safety supervisors to carry Oul essential maintenance in minds Verthe weekend. The stale owned monopoly British Coal said Many mines would Low a Day s production and miners would be sen Home without pay until he supervisors fighting for a 10 percent pay hike caught up with the backlog. Unions in the tax financed National health service which last week was hit by in first nationwide 24-hour walkouts by Hospital nurses said they would continue then Job action for higher pay and More government funding for the service. Employment Secretary Norman Fowler warned the unions against jeopardizing Britain s economic gains made in nearly 10 years of Thatcher government Fowler raised the ghost of the Winter of discontent in 97g-79 shortly be fore Thatcher look Over when a wave of strikes crippled Britain and led to re Cord 14 percent unemployment thai has Only begun to full in the past 18 Monlai. A final attempt to head off the Ford strike collapsed after 15 minutes when the company refused to make any further improvement on a revised three year pay offer. The average British Ford worker makes $343.16 a week and the offer had provided for a 7 percent pay hike in the first year and 15 percent Over the Rale of inflation in each of the two following Yean. Some of the workers who voted against the Deal said the Union should not commit itself for As Long As three years and said they wanted a bigger payoff for boosting Ford production 40 percent with a reduced work farce in recent years. The government s main worry is that despite new the Mezerik anti Striate cwt other industries would follow the Auto workers example and touch off tin Era of labor Militancy similar to the one in the 1970s. The times newspaper said. There Wai some easing in the nation wide seamen s strike sunday when about one third of the ferry Crews resumed to work in Dover Britain s busiest port. But 3.000 of lilt seamen those work ing for the p and o company continued heir stoppage. Sailon also remained on strike at Liverpool feel Wood Harwich Holyhead and other ports. The seamen disobeyed their Union leadership who ordered them Back to work Over inc weekend in order to avoid possible heavy tines or sequestration of assets for ignoring an earlier court ruling thai the Union caned strike was illegal Earth qua be jolts Mexico City Pacific coastline Mexico City. M constr vat skier Jacques Chirac  candidacy Ihrck weeks w and has since overtaken liar in some Public opinion polls. A opinion a ficus had Long shown Barres ii As the Man to heal tin the Rah Ivic of inc French pull Iii also Binm  a kursk. Nauni a the mud lbs Wudl is been seek ing an cd to Theta Lilica dead lock in rain by Inoc Iurii c dec. 13 Cle clip Mon Dauid he will comin uhis  the Appart Norck of Suc Dps Mcd fibr can Lutto Chance of inc Kilch speaking Christian do monks met Witry King Bau  amid tans thai the 00111 impasse Hab worsened since Floc accepted iliac of Marc than to weeks ago. A ref inc is the  who is tried to Lay a ground Wor for a can scr Linot Malilion Sinai she election. Whip but the Sovig fails gain at the wisc of the Christian democrats a while inc crisis in treks ninth week the outgoing Coburn of can Simian  Atic from Dulce  cars and francophone Wallenia conic Nudd in a caretaker cafe cily. Quake a magnitude 3.6 quake occurred about 10 Miles Southeast of san Jose calif., and was reported Felt in san Jose. Uses scientists said there was no indication the quakes were related. Mexico City police said that the quake in Mexico caused alarm and panic in the City especially in the Southern part police said there were no damages or injuries along the coast of Guerrero state where Acapulco is located. An inhabitant of Aca Puko told United Prea International in a Telephone in Leview that everything was Calm and it seems thai there is nothing except the  on sept. 19-20 1985. Two earthquakes Shook Mexico City the first measuring 8.1 on the Richler scale. 20 times More powerful than monday s temblor. The quakes killed up to 10,000 people and destroyed or caused heavy damage to thousands of buildings in the capital of 18 million. Dino defends ban on permits for domestics seeking work abroad Manila Philippines a presi Dent Cora Ion Aqulia said a temporary ban to prevent Filiti no women from working overseas As i Tomcsics is in tended to safeguard their fare. The government has Konsun cd that effective March 1, it will no Singer certify permits for filipino women to Ravel abroad to Lake jobs As domestics of widespread complaints of sexual other exploitation. Most filipino maids work in Hong Kong Singapore Southern Europe and the Middle East. Critics claim inc ban will deprive thousands of women of Job opportunities and create hardship in a country whose Domestic Economy cannot provide enough will paying Obi Aquino said in her weekly radio broadcast sunday night that the govern men is looking for other ways to protect the women s safely. In a related development she said japanese government has agreed to. In measures to protect filipino Ling in Japan. She said Jallo process visa apply Gnu for female entertainers Foj the Philippines Only after  had been approved by  overseas employment and a nitration. Rcw papers have published scores oort quoting Young women who Hhd Ibey were recruited As sing dancers Only to be of cd Intuit tuition once they reached Japan. The number of filipino women work no abroad is believed to be in the hundreds of thousands. An exact figure is not available from the government be cause Many do nol apply for overseas work through government offices. Murder suspect hot Springs Ark. A a Man police believe killed his father brother and Karl Frond at a family Celebration died sunday hours after turning a gun on himself. Police believe 13-year-old Thomas Schnyder killed his father William sch Rader 66 older brother Slevon Schrader 38 and Celine catalan 29, ofic Squill Texas before shooting himself while about 12 family members celebrated hit parents 3�th anniversary and his Dai kick s i4lh birthday saturday night we had had dinner and bin Eake and 1 was Clearing off inc when 1 heard what sounded i crackers Lycra ers Mother. Betty Schrader told to Bulbol Springs Sentinel record.  set Der do sunday morn ing at am Pospisal in Flat Springs. Police sol Hrold Turner Slid Schrader died of pro inflict cd wounds fid county  us said sunday that to cams _ _ or May have been under a psf-1- ,. It s care. Police found several bottles. Ik.,scrip lion Medicine for Schrader in a search of the Home. The drugs which were not identified could indicate behavioural or menu Dis her shooting self Urbance Mashbum said. There is an indication that he had been under a psychiatrist s care for some  Schroder s sex wife Kathy Schmeer also was Al the parly and May have pre vented More killings policy said. I knew this was going to happen she told a reporter before police led her away from the scene. "1 put my Finger on the trigger so he Couton i shoot  it appears that one of the female members of the family wrestled with the Rion doing the shooting and enabled other victims or the other potentials to escape do Mcclive Gary Mill Qadhafi a cats better relation Svith . Washington apr libyan Leader col. Moa mar a Dpi says he Hope for a new live Sandji Misc relationship with the United sulcs once president Reagan leaves offt according to a published report Mohay. In an intent a with the Washington Post and nuts Wick Magazine Qadhafi said he a sects .-Ubyan relations to improve Atler the november election but of Means should still leave the Arab world for their own  Qadhafi said americans definitely must have Learned some lessons from the Reagan presidency and tensions be tween Libya and the United stain have lessened in recent months according to a report of the interview in monday s Post. Conn ponders from i the newspaper and Magazine along with Washington Post co. Chairwoman Katharine Gra Ham interviewed Qadhafi in Algeria the newspaper said. Qadhafi attributed his nation s prob lems with the us Stales to Ibe Fri hire of All the americal Lemapu to attack us which were  asked if he could intervene 10 free for eign hostages held in a Cleaon be condemned hostage taking by tip said that americans should  hos tages will be the Price paid for . Policy in the Middle East americans for their own Security should get out of inc Arab world he said  
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