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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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James R. Hoffa of the Teamsters Union stated at a Miami Beach press conference that the union expects a nationwide truck drivers' contract within three years but no nationwide strike, as it wouldn't be good business. Negotiations to start 60 days before current contracts expire Feb. 1, 1964.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Though the Teamsters Union expects to have a nationwide contract in three years, James R. Hoffa says there would never be a nationwide strike of truck drivers.
The boss of the gigantic union told a press conference Monday such a strike "just wouldn't be good business for the union."
Negotiations for the nationwide contract will be started 60 days before the present contracts expire Feb. 1, 1964, Hoffa said.
He pointed out the union now has contracts in the central, southern, New York, New Jersey and West Virginia areas.
Because many of the 7,000 employers in these areas also operate elsewhere, Hoffa said "the majority are already committed" to a national contract.
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Miami Beach, Fla.
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Monday
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expects to have a nationwide contract in three years; no nationwide strike of truck drivers
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James R. Hoffa, boss of the Teamsters Union, told a press conference that the union expects a nationwide contract in three years but there would never be a nationwide strike of truck drivers as it just wouldn't be good business for the union. Negotiations for the nationwide contract will be started 60 days before the present contracts expire Feb. 1, 1964. The union now has contracts in the central, southern, New York, New Jersey and West Virginia areas. Because many of the 7,000 employers in these areas also operate elsewhere, the majority are already committed to a national contract.