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To: Alex who wrote (27665)	2/3/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: Little Joe	Respond to of 116795

Alex: Re: "Terroists to strike any time" Chilling. Live long and prosper, Little joe

To: Alex who wrote (27665)	2/3/1999 6:20:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 116795

German Strikes Continue Wednesday, 3 February 1999 F R A N K F U R T , G E R M A N Y (AP) EMPLOYERS OFFERED a 2.3 percent pay increase Wednesday that union leaders rejected as "laughable," and more than 150,000 Germany industrial workers held a fourth day of warning strikes. The powerful IG Metall metalworkers union is demanding pay increases of 6.5 percent for 3.4 million workers throughout the country. The employers' previous offer was 2 percent increases plus one-time lump payments of 0.5 percent of pay from companies that can afford it. The latest offer was made at third-round talks in the southern Baden-Wuerttemberg negotiating district, which has about 840,000 industrial employees. New talks were scheduled for Tuesday. IG Metall has set a deadline of Feb. 11 for a "reasonable" offer, saying it is prepared to launch full-fledged strikes instead of warning strikes that last just a few hours each day. IG Metall's negotiator Berthold Huber called the latest offer "unsettling news." "If the employers continue to stick to this line, then a vote and strikes are already programmed," union spokesman Claus Eilrich said. The strikes, which have included automakers and the electrical industry, are being watched closely because IG Metall's contract traditionally sets standards for wages in other industries. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder appealed to both sides Tuesday to reach a compromise. He urged a "sensible accord that respects the wider economic conditions," a reference to a slowing economy and unemployment at nearly 11 percent. In rejecting union demands, employers say pay raises would force layoffs and endanger government talks with unions and employers on how to create more jobs to lower unemployment. But IG Metall says workers deserve a greater share of German industry's burgeoning profits after several years of wage restraint. IG Metall Chairman Klaus Zwickel also has said the employers are not sincere about the job creation talks and are trying to use union wage demands as an excuse to ditch them.

To: Alex who wrote (27665)	2/17/1999 10:14:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116795

Alex, I'm afraid the best thing to do for sensible, sane people is just to forget about this bin Laden decoy! Here's a little story re:the bombing of 2 US embassies in Eastern Africa... wsws.org Here's another: lubbockonline.com As you can see there's a sort of fierce power struggle going on in Central Africa between France, the former colonial puppetmaster and the ''outsider'', that is the U.S. For a more comprehensive analysis, you might just want to switch to another SI-thread: just search on world war III on SI and start browsing the messages from #100 on... Regards, Gustave.