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

DATE: MONDAY, November 15, 1993                   TAG: 9311150130
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: PEORIA, ILL.                                LENGTH: Short

CATERPILLAR STRIKE OVER UNION OFFICIAL'S SUSPENSION ENDS

Thousands of unionized workers at Caterpillar Inc. said Sunday they were ending their three-day strike against the world's largest maker of earth-moving equipment.

Officials with United Auto Workers said the nearly 9,000 workers in Peoria, 2,000 members in Decatur, Ill., and 600 in Pontiac were to return to work Sunday night.

Barry Koicuba, president of UAW Local 786 in York, Pa., said his union's 1,580 members also would return to work. Decatur local President Larry Solomon said he believed workers at plants in Colorado and Pennsylvania also would end their strike.

Caterpillar Vice President Wayne Zimmerman said 2,000 workers had crossed picket lines and returned to work before union leaders called off the strike. He said union leaders were out of touch with members.

About 13,300 UAW members began walking off their jobs on Thursday to protest the suspension of union representative George Boze, who was accused of shoving a supervisor during an argument at the Mossville Caterpillar plant.

by CNB