Word: collars
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Next to automation, what disturbs unionists most is the lethargy of the movement; Generally, labor has been unwilling to enter new areas of action, perhaps because attempts to organize white collar workers and Southern industries have been unsuccessful. Moreover, several unions, particularly in the building trades, have been unreceptive to Negroes and members of other minority groups...
...Having seen the picture of the champion pointer and read the account of how these dogs are trained, I would now like to see a picture of this dog's owner, complete with all his ribs showing, wearing a spiked collar, having a chaw of tobacco thrust down his throat, with his hind end full of buckshot, and eating partridge liberally laced with long sharp needles...
...Government economists fret over the pains of progress in an economy that needs fewer blue-collar workers as it becomes more efficient. A 4% rate of rise in productivity means that the U.S. will have to create 2,400,000 jobs every year just to keep unemployment from climbing above the current high level of 5.7% of the work force. If the productivity spurt continues, factory production will double in the next 20 years without creating any new jobs. Some U.S. economic policymakers have characteristically begun to argue that the job of making jobs will require not only...
...kind, with neat houses, abundantly stocked supermarkets, modern schools, a fully equipped hospital. I.P.C. paid some of the highest wages in Peru-about 40% higher than the Lima average-and provided fat fringe and pension benefits for its workers. Employee turnover was almost nonexistent; the average blue-collar worker at Talara has been with the company 20 years. Under government prodding, I.P.C. held gasoline prices in Peru to a cut-rate...
Sociologists stress the function of clothes as uniforms by which each individual indicates his level in a structured society. This hangs on today in terms such as "white collar" and "blue collar," though technology is rapidly making them obsolete. The machine, argue some, is promoting democracy by blurring the difference between rich and poor, since only a knowing eye can detect the difference between a Dior original and a copy. In fact, on a good-looking poor girl, the copy often looks better than the original on a rich matron. Some sociologists also find hope for international peace and understanding...