Word: boycotts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...local union is handing out flyers accusing the Sheraton Commander Hotel of hiring non-union workers and asking visitors to boycott the establishment...
Several of LaVigne's teammates, among them, James Herberich '85, had threatened to boycott the Games in protest of LaVigne's removal from the team. In addition, the team's top two drivers, Brent Rushlaw and Matthew Roy, refused to put Gault on their sleds...
...free presidential elections in 30 years. When the polls opened again last week, the result was closer to farce. The country's four leading populist candidates refused to run, and less than 10% of Haiti's 3 million voters turned out for the election, which was held amid a boycott called by opposition leaders. Election officials examined each vote before dropping it in the box. Ballot stuffing appeared to be widespread...
Certainly, voters will not be offered the full range of presidential candidates. The opposition's four leading contenders, who were expected to take 80% of the vote last November, are refusing to participate. Instead, they have called for an election boycott that is supported by some 50 civic, religious and community associations throughout Haiti. Of the 22 candidates registered for the race, twelve were associates of the former Duvalier dictatorship; under the new constitution, that should prevent them from running for public office for a decade. All twelve were disqualified from the November contest. At the end of last week...
...Scab!" at those who were bold enough to pay the admission. Nobody listened. Broadcast News was a sellout and Nuts was not. The message: people pay to see the films they want to see -- and can't be paid to see the others. Indeed, the mayor broke his own boycott to see Ironweed, which, he complained to Variety afterward, "wasn't even worth...