Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...agreement has been reached under the terms of which the Union agrees to end the strike. The signing . . . at 11 a. m. . . ." Before he could finish his statement flashlights were popping, newshawks were rushing out to put the news on the wires. After eight days of almost uninterrupted negotiation in Detroit, the six-week strike, which had paralyzed General Motors and kept 135,000 men out of work, was over...
...agreement stipulated: 1) the Union would call off the strike; 2) General Motors would recognize the Union as collective bargaining agent for its members; 3) both sides would behave peaceably- no coercion, no Union recruiting on company property, no more court action by the company; 4) both sides would begin negotiations this week on the grievances of the Union, and production would be resumed at once...
...were closed by strikers. The G. M. spokesmen were variously reported as offering to give him what he wanted in six plants, and in none. As John Lewis' temper wore thin, too, only three bonds held the negotiators together. One was President Roosevelt's insistence on an agreement, delivered in daily telephone calls to Governor Murphy. Another was fear of the public wrath which would fall on whichever side precipitated a breakup. The third was fear of the violence which would almost certainly erupt in Flint on news of the breakup...
...salute in return. His Majesty remained unruffled, returned each von Ribbentrop salute with a formal British bow, and permitted his hand to be gripped and shaken when the German finished up by wanting to do that. By this time every member of the diplomatic corps was watching, fascinated, and agreement was general that "the King, while shaking hands with von Ribbentrop, smiled, although somewhat uneasily...
...years ago, except for a difference in the patients. Lexington is primarily for Federal prisoners who are addicts. Fort Worth is to be primarily for voluntary patients. Volunteers will be obliged to present certificates from their private doctors that they want to take the cure. They must sign an agreement that they will remain in the hospital until discharged. If they can afford it, they must pay $1 a day for board, room, and doctoring. Two years' experience at Lexington persuaded authorities that the system of cure which Dr. Lawrence Kolb has put into effect there is the best...