Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...August 1974, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Stevens' workers in seven plants voted to be represented by the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). Stevens kept fighting, however: it stalled at the bargaining table, refusing to negotiate in good faith. The union never got a contract. The company was fined, but it succeeded in delaying long enough to defeat the union...
When Philadelphia's transport workers walked off their jobs five weeks ago, they felt public pressure would quickly force the city to grant a contract boosting basic wages to $7.43 per hour by 1979. The workers are still walking, and so is a lot of Philadelphia, as the 400,000 people who used to ride the buses and trolleys every day have found other ways to get around...
Yankelovich sees "the gradual evolution of a new implied contract between parents and their children." In his view, Traditionalists-the 57% of parents committed to stricter child rearing and older American values-implicitly say to their children, "We will sacrifice for you and be repaid by your success and sense of obligation." The New Breed message: "We will not sacrifice for you, because we have our own lives to lead. But when you are grown, you owe us nothing...
Harvard called in Howland's 50 member, non-profit firm last week after its contract negotiations with the Harvard Patrolmen's Association stalled over the union's complaints that recent organizational changes had "completely destroyed morale" in the department...
...University will pay for the study, which Howland said will begin the first week in May with meetings involving police officials and union leaders. The company must submit an estimate of the study's costs and sign a contract with Harvard...