Word: repairing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strike was widespread and militant from the start. In Boston, 14 striking New England Telephone workers were arrested for blocking the company's repair trucks. Customers in New York, New Jersey and California lost service when phone lines were sabotaged. In Van Nuys, Calif., two striking Pacific Bell employees suffered injuries when they were bumped by cars crossing the picket lines. The drivers "got angry because we called them scabs," claimed Marisa Rotondi, a shop steward for the local union. "Things are starting to get pretty bad out here...
Nearly 160,000 telephone operators, installers and repair workers in 15 states launched strikes last week against three regional U.S. telephone companies: Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and Pacific Telesis. While direct-dial calls in the affected regions were handled smoothly by automatic switching equipment, customers encountered delays in getting directory assistance, repair service and phone installation...
According to The Phoenix, Drisdell did not know Walsh at the time of the loan, but was directed to him by City Solicitor Russell B. Higley. Drisdell needed a 90-day bridge loan to allow him to fund the purchase and repair of a new house in Somerville...
COVER: Under fire from all sides, the doctor-patient relationship is battered, bruised and in need of repair...
...city of Boston this week fired another salvo at Harvard over the University's plan to buy an Allston-Brighton office building, just as administration officials worked to repair relations with the community that have been strained by the impending purchase...