Word: collaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Taylor, an official of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU): "Everyone sees the future of the trade union movement in white collar workers...
...council. In July, P.R.C. Co-Chairman Thomas Weh Syen went on a rampage in eastern Liberia, demolishing a century-old monument to the country's founders and ordering the discharge of hundreds of government employees. Doe-who has kept his master sergeant stripes-dispatched his commanding general to collar Weh Syen. Doe, a member of the Krahn tribe, then toured the eastern provinces and personally assured the people that he would severely punish any other wayward council members. Doe's blunt warning to his colleagues: "If you get caught-hey, you might not live to tell the story...
...White collar unions are not a new phenomenon. The American Federation of Teachers is 64 years old, and the Newspaper Guild was founded in 1933. But office workers have usually thought of themselves as "employees with a difference," says Simon Alpert of the United Auto Workers. They feel closer to management than to hourly production workers...
...that psychology is changing. As inflation reduces real incomes and recession erodes job security, office employees are starting to look for a union label. Says Teamster Organizer Regina Polk: "The white collar worker is coming around to realizing that while he is enjoying titles and so-called professionalism, the guy in the warehouse is earning more...
...years, most of the unions belonging to the AFL-CIO regarded white collar people as marginal sources of new members. But labor leaders recognize that this group is the fastest growing segment in society. Between 1970 and 1980, the number of white collar employees increased by 12.5 million, to 50.5 million workers, while blue collar laborers grew by only 2.7 million, to 30.5 million. Says William...