Striker Loses Foot

[Tom Lehman]

Southwire striker James W. Jones was passing out handbills at the
company's corporate officies in Carrolton, Georgia, on November 11th,
when the car of an employee who had stopped to take a handbill was
struck from behind by another car.

Jones was wedged between a car and the curb and suffered a severed foot,
as well as other injuries.  He was rushed to a hospital in Macon, where
doctors were unable to reattach his foot.

Jones's wife was flown immediatley to Macon, where Steelworkers met her
and drove her to the hospital.  Returning home to spend Thanksgiving
with his wife and three children, Jones sent word to fellow strikers
that he would soon rejoin them on the picket line.

From: Steelabor Nov/Dec 1998   Contact: Charles Robideau  412-562-2442

Sincerely,
Tom Lehman