The Nation - News from June 5, 1985
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The Teamsters Union threw its support behind 14,000 striking hotel workers in New York, saying it would not cross picket lines to pick up garbage or deliver food at 54 hotels affected by a four-day walkout. Negotiators began a second round of talks with a state mediator as the hotel union announced that 1,500 more workers would walk off the job Thursday.
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