European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 6, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7eastern strikers make anniversary vow Miami apr hundreds of machinists Union members their relatives and other supporters chanted a one Day longer sunday marking the first anniversary of their strike against Eastern airlines. A the enthusiasm and determination and spirit of the real Eastern employees has not wavered one bit a Charles e. Bryan president of machinists District 100, told the rally near the company a Headquarters. A a it a become a cause for  hundreds More strikers and supporters rallied at Laguardia Airport in new York and other cities with Large Eastern Union memberships. Strikers had also rallied saturday at Atlanta. Most in the Miami crowd estimated by police at from 500 to More than 2,000, wore Bright red Union to shirts in the rally next to the Union local Hall across the Street from Eastern a corporate Center. Police guarded the company buildings some splattered red and yellow by paint bombs and some with broken windows. The strikers then went to Miami International Airport to March through the Eastern terminal. The strikers chant a one Day longer meant they would endure one Day longer than Texas air corp. Chairman Frank Lorenzo whose company bought Eastern four years ago and who is the focus of the bitter strike. A a we re making a statement. Its to show people we re still around a said Jim Bertram a former Eastern flight simulator technician. He and most other Eastern machinists members mechanics and other maintenance ground services workers have gone to other jobs in most cases for less pay. A though there seems to be no serious Hope for settlement of the strike the machinists said they arc showing they wont give in to what they Call Lorenzo a Union busting and his dismantling of Eastern. A i think basically the accomplishment of the strike is a philosophical idealistic one a said Elaine Segura a 20-year Eastern clerk. Both she and her husband Paul a 23-year Mechanic Are among those on strike. A these people who have suffered for a year still have the enthusiasm and perseverance. The answer to Lorenzo is still  the strike which came after 18 months of Federal mediation Over a contract calling for wage and work Rule concessions virtually shut Down Eastern As pilots and flight attendants joined the nearly 9,000 striking machinists. Eastern filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization five Days later and began hiring new workers while trying to reorganize As a smaller Carrier. Eastern presently has 18,000 employees compared with More than 30,000 before the strike and 800 daily flights compared with nearly 1,100 when the strike began. The Carrier has been losing $2 million a Day As it struggles to emerge from bankruptcy Protection. The pilots and flight attendants ended their sympathy strikes three months age but Eastern has taken Only a few of them Back claiming it has no openings. The company did no to observe the anniversary spokesman Robin Matell said. A the Bottom line is a year later there arc no winners Only losers a Matell said. A there were an awful lot of people who got Hurt. A at least we were Able to preserve 18,000 jobs. To build a new airline from  machinists officials continue to Hope for a buyout of Lorenzo although a series of prospective buyers has backed away in the past year. Bryan told the crowd that Chicago options trader Joseph Ritchie remains interested in buying Eastern and was encouraged by a bankruptcy examiners study of Texas Aires Eastern transactions that resulted in Texas Aires agreement to pay $280 million to Eastern. George Kourpias the machinists Union International president told the rally that the Union would continue fighting Texas air in court while keeping up food donations and other help to the strikers. Bryan urged his members to take heart from the overthrows of dictators in Eastern Europe. A when you look around All you be got left is Castro and Lorenzo a Bryan said to cheers referring to cubans communist Leader. Airport site Isnit a pretty sight for chicagoan a. I i .1 Chicago apr windows of bungalows lining the streets of the City a Industrial Southeast Side Are starting to sport new signs a an air plane stamped with a red Circle and a slash. The message no Airport. Mayor Richard m. Daley a plan to build a third metropolitan Airport near the Indiana line has sparked heated debate among politicians in two states and across the neighbourhoods that would be bulldozed and replaced with runways. Daley announced the $4.9 billion project two weeks ago saying it represents jobs and an investment that would help revitalize the area site of shuttered steel Mills and toxic dumps. But Indiana officials Are fighting for a share of any new Airport that might be built to alleviate congestion at Chicago so Hare International the worlds busiest. A by state committee already had been considering four possible Sites none in Chicago. And even in Hegewisch a mixed Industrial and residential neighbourhood Daley a Lake Calumet Airport would displace there is no consensus. A Why should we have to leave Why should somebody Tell us where to live a Homeowner Janet Chibicki said last week. But contractor James Amendola a resident for 26 years says there Are numerous Good reasons to bulldoze Hegewisch for an Airport. A i think it a be really Good for the area considering we got dumps on one Side killing us. The Waters contaminated. What have we got left ally a we got left is people got Pride a he said. On one dead end Street a Block of White Frame houses overlooks a flaming smokestack at the Ltd steel Yard. At the William w. Powers state fish and wild Janet Chibicki who lives in Chicago a Hegewisch area holds her Airport protest sign. Life area picnic tables Overlook Oil tanks on the opposite Shore of Wolf Lake. Under the mayors proposal 5,510 to 9,360 Homes would be replaced by runways in Chicago a Hegewisch and South Deering neighbourhoods and in suburban Burnham and Calumet City. A it took everything we have to get this House now they re going to take it away from us a said Chibicki. She and her husband Gary saved 10 years before buying it for $64,000 in 1988, and she docs not think  get a fair Price for it. A i done to think anybody even the powerful mayor of the City of Chicago has the right to literally destroy neighbourhoods when you have options 20 Miles South or East of us a said Calumet City mayor Robert Stefaniak. No option has won Federal support and even if Lake Calumet Airport is built it would not open for about 20 years. The Airport would cover 9.400 acres compared with o Hare s 7,700 acres. The City intends to pay for it with Bonds Federal Grants and either a $2.25 tax on travellers at of Hare and Midway Airport on the Southwest Side or state and local taxes. The City estimates the Airport would create More than 200.000 permanent jobs and each year would inject $13.7 billion into the regional Economy. The City has pledged to reimburse homeowners at fair Market value and to pay moving expenses and a relocation allowance said Marj Halperin Daley a Deputy press Secretary. Daley s announcement also spawned a political fight because it preempts the Illinois Indiana committee that already had chosen four finalist Airport Sites two in Indiana and two South of Chicago. Sen. Dan Coats. Rind. Has enlisted the Aid of fellow republicans including Senate minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas to fight Daley a plan. A the mayors plan is clearly unfair to Indiana which has played by the rules from the beginning in the selection process for that new Airport Quot Coats said. He is trying to Block $5.2 million the City requested from the Federal aviation administration to produce a master plan for the Airport. Rep. Pete Visclosky d-ind., has accused . Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner former chairman of the regional transportation authority of Northern Illinois of favouring the City. A fall in be agreed to do is not eliminate any choices a Skinner said last week after meeting with Coats and Dole. Suspension of Fri agent tied to spying for Cuba a _ ii com for of hoc Mam Ono of the plaintiffs in a landmark new York apr the Fri has suspended a 15-year Veteran amid allegations that he spied for Cuba. But colleagues contend the Agency is retaliating against the hispanic agent for a discrimination lawsuit. The new York times reported in its monday editions that Fernando e. Mata 48, who is based in Miami also lost his Security clearance As a result of the three year investigation. Fri spokesman Robert Davenport in Washington confirmed that Mata had been placed on administrative leave. But he refused to say Why. An Fri official told the times a no matter what you think of the Fri its ridiculous to think the Agency would retaliate by making such a serious allegation. Matays lawyer Hugo a. Rodriguez said Mata has been repeatedly questioned about the possibility of contacts with cuban intelligence agents several years ago. A they Haven to told us what he a being charged with a said Rodriguez. A the has not done anything wrong. He has not compromised the interests of his employer or the  a what the Bureau is doing to Fernando Mata is unspeakable a said Leo a. Gonzales an Fri agent who retired last year. A a there a no doubt in my mind that Fernando is a Patriot and a Loyal  Gonzales told the times the allegations appeared to be a Man Euver to Force Mata out of the Agency. Mata was one of the plaintiffs in a landmark discrimination lawsuit brought against the Fri by hispanic employees. Judge Lucius d. Bunton of Elpaso Texas ruled in september 1988 that the Fri had demonstrated a pattern of discrimination against hispanics in both promotional opportunities and working conditions. The Fri was ordered to make sweeping changes in its promotion polices. Rodriguez said it was unlikely Mata could be charged with espionage because he was granted limited immunity from prosecution in Exchange for agreeing to undergo lie Detector tests and other questioning last year