Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 16, 1995                   TAG: 9505160098
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-6   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

SALISBURY, N.C. - Food Lion said Monday it has agreed to address overtime work dispute cases for 130 employees and former employees in western North Carolina in a dispute resolution process outside of court.

The agreement concerns overtime work between 1989 and 1993 in a settlement independent of a 1993 agreement with the federal government.

The employees represent only a fraction of the nearly 1,000 workers who have filed similar claims against the grocery chain since 1991, many of whom have already settled.

Food Lion agreed to the latest settlements May 5. Company officials said the settlements do not represent an admission of guilt.

- Associated Press

Coal production up so far in '95

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Domestic coal production totaled 19.4 million tons during the week ending May 6, down 4 percent from the 20.2 million tons produced the previous week, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday.

The U.S. coal industry produced 19.6 million tons in the same week last year, according to the department's Energy Information Administration. Virginia mines produced 716,000 tons during the survey week, up from 700,000 tons the prior week but down from 759,000 tons a year earlier.

Domestic coal production so far this year is about 373 million tons, 4 percent ahead of last year's production at this time.

- Associated Press

Steelworkers OK union merger

PITTSBURGH - The board of the United Steelworkers of America voted unanimously Monday to approve a merger with the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America.

The Rubber Workers' board approved the merger last week. The proposal will be submitted to a convention of the 60-year-old Rubber Workers union for approval.

- Associated Press