UPI’s union threatened to go out on strike.

The union executive committee representing United Press International employees voted to call for a strike vote if a federal bankruptcy judge approves management’s request to abrogate the union contract. If the Wire Service Guild’s 750 members approve, the union would go on strike within 48 hours of any order by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge George Bason freeing UPI from its union contracts. UPI management has said that, although it claims to be operating at a profit under its court protected reorganization, it will not be able to attract a buyer if it can’t get its workers to accept lower wages and benefits.