Word: collar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...small-town society and values of his youth is respectful, never patronizing. There is an authenticity in his visualizations of family, religious and even business life in Middle America that deserves the highest praise. This loving accuracy of representation was one of the virtues of his Blue Collar last year; he knows what kind of furniture these people like and even how they place it in their living rooms...
...reasons unknown, blacks smoke more than whites and blue-collar workers more than white-collar workers...
Office workers, who sit at desks in pleasant buildings, may stay on in larger numbers, but not all that much larger. Less than 15% of Du Pont's employees, both blue-collar and whitecollar, elect to keep working until they reach 65. Says Employee Benefits Manager Leonard J. Bardsley: "This trend continued through 1978 even when they knew of the change in the law." Pitney-Bowes, Inc., abolished mandatory retirement last April 1. Since then, 105 of its workers have retired on or before their 65th birthday, and only ten have chosen to keep working more than...
...normal retirement age. Their attitude may change as the new law stays on the books. If inflation rages on, many more people may choose to keep working after 65 because they fear their pensions will be inadequate. At San Francisco's Bechtel Corp., which employs white-collar people almost exclusively, a startling 70% of those approaching 65 have chosen to keep working, largely because they are apprehensive about the economy's future. Bechtel's experience is an anomaly, but it may become less rare in an inflationary age. At present, however, any extra cost to business...
Interstate 90 is a city-parting swath through the west side of Cleveland that permits white-collar suburbanites to move easily downtown to work. It was the Monday after Cleveland had become the first major U.S. city since the Depression to default on its debts, and I was on the road, driving downtown to buy concert tickets...