The Nation - News from Sept. 18, 1985
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A judge jailed and fined 23 members of a striking teachers’ union in Pawtucket, R.I., for contempt and threatened to cite more, as walkouts by 8,000 teachers in seven states kept 115,000 students out of classes. Rhode Island teachers’ union President Mary Ann Kaveny and 22 of the city’s 600 striking teachers were ordered to jail by Superior Judge Corinne P. Grande. She said they would be freed when they agree to work. Other teachers were on strike in Washington, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and Illinois.
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