Word: bargainers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cried the Rev. Jack Hesketh, the local vicar, at Jimmy's funeral. "We are living in an age that has seen the swing of the pendulum of trade unionism. It was formulated originally to claim for man the right to live according to his principles, the right to bargain for his labor. Men fought, and some died for that. Trade unionism today is the very antithesis of that attitude. Now men have not got the right to think or act according to their principles. Perhaps Alcock has died to call our attention to the dangerous situation...
Meanwhile, canners will try to bargain down the price of raw fish. For this, the FTC price-fixing complaint may be a blessing in disguise. If the Government wins its case, fishermen will have to bargain individually for the price of their fish instead of having the union bargain for the entire fleet...
...testimonial dinner for United Steelworkers' Boss Dave McDonald, U.S. Steel's Chairman Ben Fairless said last week: "Earlier in this century, labor fought an all-out war to establish the right of American workers to organize and to bargain collectively . . . That war ended more than 20 years ago, and labor won it decisively . . . I happen to think that labor's victory in that cause was a fine thing for America...
...Bargain Day. The dairy industry has developed one of the most ambitious plans to get rid of the enormous surpluses now held by the Government. It suggests that the Government sell back to the trade, at a loss, its entire stock of dairy products (the loss leader: 250 million Ibs. of surplus butter). Then distributors, presumably, would resell it to the public in a giant bargain sale...
Laniel therefore wants U.S. and British guarantees of continued military support in Europe, a settlement of her arguments with Germany over the Saar territory, and a free position to bargain with Ho Chi Minh's communist forces in Indo-China...