Kings Courier from Brooklyn, New York • 1

SERVING Flatbush, Mid wood, Kings Highway, Avenue Brighton, Manhattan Beach WEEKLYN vol; vii; no. 208 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28th, Office 1G92 Utifa Ave. Brooklyn 34, N. Y. 3 CKNTS PER COPY wUJLrJ $9 UuJz Famous Eatery Agrees To Sign Union Pact The' long and bitter -strike between waiters and management at Lundy's fambui Shesprhedd Restaurant ended quietly last Wednesday (Oct 18) as workers trick-led back to work a tentative ieitleme'; i 1 Entered as Second Glass Matter at Brooklyn, N.

Debut '1 Newly completed Jr. Hiffh Stuart which will open its tour by parents and friends in (Vassar Photo) Tho Train JL KS M. 9 wvmv 1957 According; to owner' Irving Lundy, jthe restaurant should be in full operation by this weekend as waiters are. rehired and new ones are obtained. Ed Hoffman, business agent for Local 2 of the Waiters and Waitresses ynion, who spearheaded the organization of 300 Lundy waiters, said that Lundy's has given the union full recognition.

According to the negotiations, provisions have been made for union wage and hour scales, fringe benefits and a con tract running for a number of years. Words were bitter in the early days of the strike when F.W.I. Lundy accused his workers of failing to provide his customers with proper service. The wait ers countered with claims that they had no regular hours or pay arid were allowed only to eat open the safe while young man pointed what appeared to be a gun at her head and an tce-pick at her throat. The would-Je hold-up man was Ready For 4 READ YFOR OPENING School 278, at Fillmore Ave.

and doors on Jan. 2nd for a the neighborhood. Started nearly six months ago on July 4th, the walkout caused. almost a com plete shutdown of the giant 2800-seat restaurant. Only the clan: bar remained open as pickets paraded by under the watchful eye of police on a 24-hour watch.

But last Wed. (Dec. following intensive negotiations between the Brooklyn Queens Joint Executive Council of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders Association and Lundy Representatives, the strike suddenly was over. -Old-time customers gradually got word of the opening and they began to return to the popular eating spot. 5n liverwursk for lunch, Later; Allen J.

Lundy, the' restaurant's manager, asserted -that" the eatery would never re-open. But this changed following negotiations with the union. Although the walk-out began spontaneously on July 4th, the waiters later held a union election and voted the IIHEB as their bargaining agent. Negotiations continued sporadically while attorneys for Lundy's argued that the restaurant conies under the jurisdiction of the National rather than -the State Labor Relations Board. As part of the terms of the settlement reached last week, Lundy agreed to have the State Board certify the union' as-official representatives of the waiters.

ll Last week, Edward S. Miller, General President of the Hotel (Continued on page 7) na 0 shaken and pushed Burns aside as he raced out of the office and headed for the streets. Burns and Mrs. Cohen took off after (Continued on page 7) It Just Doesn't Pay ho JLJ JL AMlVs Hundreds of local residents who traveled to Mannattan ae-partment stores in search for bargains that were all available in local stores were shuttled all around Brooklyn Sat. afternoon (Dec.

21) when a train caught fire between the Dekalb and At lantic Avel stations of the B.M.T. Brighton express and local trains behind the disabled one switched to the Sea Beach rente making the way home through The Midwood Theater's marquee read "Guns Don't Argue" Monday afternoon (Dec. 23) when manager Jerrys Burns decided to drop into the theater, 1307 Ave. while passing by on his day off, We're sure that they all finally realized that the crush, rush 1 arid transportation pitfalls of an excursion into Manhattan weren't worththe effort. Our bet is that they'll be confirmed a i n-n4- tflffev ri It was about 10 when he strolled into the manager's office.

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