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Edward W. Powers, Harvard's director of employee relations, said yesterday that in negotiations over the summer the union "demonstrated to us the need for a substantial catch-up" in wages...
...nation's work force far behind in the race with inflation. During the past three years, living costs have soared 27.3%, but the average weekly pay of non-farm workers has risen only 18.8%. Unions thus are in a painful dilemma: they have a case for catch-up wage increases to restore lost purchasing power but little opportunity to win any. This year's bargaining calendar is relatively light; fewer leading unions have contracts coming up for renegotiation than last year. Those that do-including unions representing airline, utility, maritime and some construction workers-are finding that...
Difficult as it is for workers who are denied catch-up raises, this year's hard bargaining climate promises benefits for the economy as a whole. It augurs well for a recovery from the recession that would be relatively unhindered by work stoppages or excessive cost-push inflation. All together, says Usery, if a crowded bargaining calendar, many strikes and big wage boosts made 1974 "the year of the lion" in labor-management relations, 1975 could be "the year of the pussycat...
After the Minutemen's six-goal scoring burst Harvard was relegated to the task of playing catch-up ball and although a brief third-quarter rally brought them within three, at 9-6, UMass regained its first half form and proceeded on yet another six goal scoring rampage...
Radcliffe, stymied by an unfamiliar and well-disciplined Pennsylvania zone defense, fell behind early in the first half, 3-0, and was forced to play catch-up ball. Barb Matson was able to beat the zone, twice cutting the Penn lead to two goals...