CONTRAFLOW WINTER 93/94 TEAMSTER AND BUTTHEAD Class war U.S union style erupted on the picket lines in North Reading, Massachusetts on April 11, when police arrested 7 Teamsters (union) leaders as nearly 200 strikers clashed with over 50 riot cops outside the gates of Roadway Express, one of the companies hit by a strike during a National Teamsters walkout. The strikers were trying to stop a scab truck when the badgeless cops rioted, using attack dogs on the crowd and beating a union member who was video-ing the cops assault. Over 80,000 Teamsters were on strike against national freight hauling outfits over the issues of downsizing, layoffs, part-timing and subcontracting to non-union firms. In January, Alaskan flight attendents negotiated settlement in a three year struggle for contract. Using a technique dubbed by the workers as C.H.A.O.S (Create Havoc Around Our System), pressure was put on management through a series of rotating work slowdowns and strikes that kept Air Alaska off guard and undermined the airlines reliability with passengers.