KOLD is reporting that Sun Tran and the Teamsters local have reached a tentative agreement that could end the week-old strike.
A vote by Union members is expected to take place on Sunday, August 8. If the members approve the recommended contract, the strike will end, and striking workers would return to work on Monday, August 9th.
This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2010.
Tentative Settlement Reached in Bus Strike
(Posted by Jimmy Boegle on Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 8:24 AM)
Well. That’s that on that on that one, apparently. Note that there is no effort to place the matter into context, local or larger. Media coverage of the Old Pueblo under conditions of severe recession and inevitable fighting over scraps is episodic and disjointed –day-to-day and week-to-week.
Anchor-Baby Debate: Adios, GOP (Mari Herreras, Tucson Weekly)
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archi…
Politics Hayworth Attack Ad: McCain Is a Liar Who Supports Amnesty (Jim Nintzel, Tucson Weekly)
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archi…
are useful and entertaining and have their place.
Red Star likes Glenn Greenwald’s “What collapsing empire looks like”
at:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_gr…
But it isn’t local. It could be localized…