Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...telephone workers mostly wanted higher wages. A year ago, just half an hour before a strike deadline, they had accepted a $5-to $8-a-week boost. They wanted a $12-a-week boost across the board. There were a number of other issues which were not as hot but just as hotly argued. One of them was the demand for a union shop...
...another round of strikes which might be disastrous to the future well-being of their organizations; with Congress showing increased signs of readiness to swing a big axe at the unions, would prevent these leaders from asking for an increased share of industrial profits. Management, faced with another boost in the cost of labor, would again be tempted to raise prices correspondingly, and another inflationary jump would be under...
...Leroy Anderson '29, who gave the band its biggest single boost toward fame, joined the group as a Freshman and soon was composing tunes and medleys which were quickly added to the repertoire. After graduation, he stayed on as conductor and wrote his famous Ivy League medleys, now a distinct part of the Crimson's performances...
...went well. But it was the durable-goods industries which were now faced with new wage demands. And there was no guarantee that price cuts would eliminate them. Ford has cut prices-and promised further cuts. But the U.A.W.C.I.0. last week asked for a 23½?-an-hour pay boost...
...last week. The Civil Aeronautics Board approved their request for a 10% raise in passenger fares (from 4.68? a mile to slightly more than 5?) to last for 90 days. The lines had cried that increased operating costs had made them lose $10,000,000 last year. The boost, they hopefully estimated, would increase gross revenues by $25,000,000, make up for the increased costs...