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The blast was did finally go off, but was at least
delayed, by workers who refused
to cross a picket line set up by striking
security guards.
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----- Original Message -----
From: nhteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 10:22
PM
Subject: [TeamsterNews] Teamsters Refuse to Cross
Picket Line at Area 51
Postponed nuclear weapons test detonated at Nevada site
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The refusal of some Nevada Test Site workers to
cross a picket line of striking Area 51 security guards delayed a
nuclear experiment for one day, a government official said.
The subcritical nuclear weapons experiment, Oboe 7, was successfully
detonated Thursday after a one-day postponement for "operational
support issues," said Darwin Morgan, spokesman for the National
Nuclear Security Administration. The agency is a branch of the Energy
Department.
Subcritical means no self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction occurred.
Morgan said final preparations for the test were delayed after
Teamsters Union members balked Tuesday at crossing a guards' picket
line at the Nevada Test Site gate in Mercury, 65 miles northwest of
Las Vegas.
Wayne R. King Sr., business agent for Teamsters Local 631 in Las
Vegas, said teamsters chose individually not to cross the picket
line. He said the guards went back to work late Tuesday.
About 70 members of the independent Security Police Association of
Nevada struck Monday and Tuesday, citing what they said was a
stalemate after three months of negotiations with their employer,
EG&G Technical Services Inc. in Las Vegas.
Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal
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