Word: bolger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wizard of Oz: Everybody's seen this one on T.V., but there's no way it can compare to seeing it on the screen and letting jack Haley, Burt Lahr, and Ray Bolger dance you off to the Emerald City in the sweetest fashion this side of a tornado. This movie just doesn't seem to fade--and how could it, with classic songs, great cameos, and munchkins to boot. Cynics in the crowd may yell "Cora!" when the wicked witch appears on the screen, but those are the kind of people who liked Animal House...
Merigliano said Postmaster General William Bolger engaged in unfair labor practices because he came back to the bargaining table with a lower offer than he had originally proposed...
Just eight hours before a threatened nationwide postal strike was to begin last week, neither side showed any sign of budging. Postmaster General William F. Bolger adamantly refused to go back to the bargaining table. Three postal unions were just as insistent on reopening negotiations after their members had voted to reject a contract calling for a 19.5% pay increase over three years...
...Postal Service wants to increase productivity further by eliminating more workers. As part of the agreement to resume bargaining, Bolger insisted on reopening discussion of the no-layoff clause in the contract. Facing tough re-election battles this fall, Vacca and Emmet Andrews, president of the American Postal Workers Union, cannot easily agree to weakening the provision. But as one union leader admits, "it's a whole new game...
...postal employees?rejected the contract by a close but decisive margin of 5 to 4. That same vote authorized two of the union leaders to call a strike within five days?illegal though it would be?unless the Postal Service agreed to new negotiations. Postmaster General William F. Bolger rejected the bid. The Postal Service then went to court to seek an injunction. When talks broke down, U.S. District Judge John Pratt issued a six-day temporary restraining order prohibiting union leaders from calling a strike. He also required union officials to send out messages to their members to comply...