The Nation - News from Aug. 27, 1989

Striking Ohio Bell telephone workers reached a tentative agreement on a contract, but picket lines will likely stay up until other strikes against Chicago-based Ameritech are settled, officials said. After a brief session at a Cleveland hotel, negotiators returned a few hours later and signed the agreement--a three-year contract that covers about 10,100 workers. But the Communications Workers of America, which called for a strike against Ohio Bell just after midnight on Aug. 13, urged its Ohio Bell locals to stay off the job and on the picket lines until five other labor disputes in the Ameritech system are resolved. Ameritech includes Ohio Bell, Indiana Bell, Illinois Bell, Wisconsin Bell, Michigan Bell and the regional Ameritech Services Inc. Terms of the settlement were not revealed.