Vol.64/No.4      January 31, 2000 
 
 
Boss runs over striking steelworker  
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United Steelworkers of America (USWA) striker Edgar Chete after being run over by a car driven by Mirolin company president. USWA Local 13571 set up picket lines at the company in Toronto December 13 after workers voted 93 percent to strike. Nearly 300 workers are demanding a 9.5 percent pay raise and other improvements in their contract. Chete, a machine operator who was active in the initial union organizing campaign, suffered a fractured bone in his foot but is back doing picket duty using a cane. The boss was not charged by the police. The photo was provided by another striking USWA member.  
 
 
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