Word: contractive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have passed since he last called his United Mine Workers out on a major strike. But last week, old John L. showed that his roar can still jolt the coal industry. The mere threat of a U.M.W. strike was enough to make unionized soft-coal operators accept costly new contract terms, topped by a $2-a-day wage boost, which will bring the union miner's standard pay to $24.25 a day. John L. has generally accepted labor-saving machinery and consequent boosts in productivity, but these have not been enough, soft-coal companies implied in announcing that prices...
...typist who misread her scribbled "adventurous" for "adulterous." Last week, despite, and/or because of Lois' too curved pitch, the Cabana was packed to its plush eaves with adventurous VIP first-nighters. Lois could take little solace from the smash opening; the Cabana's owners had let her contract lapse. Said she: "It's a good thing I'm in business for myself. I don't think I could...
...kept flying; the pilots also own stock in the line.) Pan American World Airways also faces union trouble. Its A.L.P.A. pilots want up to $45,000 a year jet pay, have already forced a slowdown in jet schedules to Europe because they refuse to fly without a jet-age contract. To fill in. Pan Am has drafted 19 pilot-executives, who are not active members of A.L.P.A. But the executives are fast approaching their flying-time limits of 255 hours a quarter, and further schedule cuts may soon be necessary. The pilots' pay is already well above that...
...other major strikes threatened the U.S. airline industry last week: contract since April 1957, threatened to walk out this week unless their demands are met for higher pay, better working conditions and assurance that they will not be replaced by pilot-qualified engineers on the new jetliners. Eastern's 600 engineers expect to shut the line down completely. It may be tough to do: much of Eastern's equipment is twin-engined, needs no engineer, and qualified pilots can operate as engineers on long-range...
...American Airlines' 1,500 pilots also set a deadline for a strike this week. As with the engineers, the issue is higher pay (up an average 15% a month to $1,900 for senior DC-7 pilots) and a contract with the line specifying that the "third man" in the cockpit of the new jets will be a pilot as well as an engineer...