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    Vol. 67/No. 4           February 3, 2003 
 
 
New York cemetery
workers launch strike

Members of Teamsters Local 282 picket during strike against St. Raymond Cemetery in the Bronx. The cemetery is owned and operated by the Archdiocese of New York. The 38 gravediggers walked out January 15 to demand an increase in pensions and wage parity with other cemetery workers. "The church is not bargaining in good faith," said striker Jimmy Donlin.  
 
 
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