
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, June 16, 1990                   TAG: 9006160110
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

DRIVERS SEEK JACKSON HELP IN STRIKE

Striking Greyhound drivers are enlisting Jesse Jackson's help in trying to persuade the public that the bus line has deserted rural America.

But the company says union leaders are making "wild, irresponsible accusations with no numbers to back it up."

"We have not abandoned great chunks of the country as they would have you believe," Greyhound spokesman George Gravley countered.

Union drivers, who have been on strike since March 2, plan to hold a rally with Jackson next week at Washington's historic Union Station following a "Walk for Dignity" from the Greyhound terminal.

"His message will be, `Don't ride the buses. Don't do business with a company that has such a cavalier attitude toward both its employees and the traveling public,' " said union spokesman Jeff Nelson.

Jackson will ask the public not to ride Greyhound because the bus line has cut service and deserted certain parts of the country, Nelson said.

by CNB