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...Lodz situation. To placate workers in Poland's big Baltic shipyards, Gierek did what no Communist leader in history had ever dared to do: instead of crushing the protesters, he gave in to their demands. Bargaining personally with the strikers, Gierek agreed to rescind a complicated new bonus system that workers feared would reduce their take-home pay. He also raised the minimum wage and pensions. But Gierek held fast on one crucial point: he refused to cancel an average 17% increase in food prices...
...firms rushed into a four-day week without sufficiently preparing their work force, then found that they had to raise wages to make the change in hours acceptable. Among companies that switched successfully, many offered overtime for the last hour of the day and gave their workers an incentive bonus for full attendance-along with a slightly lower basic pay scale. The net effect was that workers took home somewhat fatter pay envelopes for the same number of hours...
...Things Must Pass; 2 LPs plus a jam-session bonus LP; George Harrison (Apple). Georgeous in every...
...unfamiliar with that terse and truly enigmatic staple of mousse and souffle recipes: Fold in egg whites. What belongs in its place is a paragraph of detailed instructions involving America's foremost contribution to culinary art: the rubber spatula. Beyond such basic requirements, it is a great bonus if the author can write as well as cook...
...BONUS: They both showed their visitors their scars when they were visited at the hospital...