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...concern themselves with the people in the fields until after Chavez's efforts had gained political clout. Mr. Ferrara's point about workers not wanting to allow anyone to gain absolute control over their jobs is ridiculous if one has any knowledge of the present labor contractor system, a system which as pointed out by a pending case in New Jersey is often no less than slavery...
...continuing squeeze on credit by the Federal Reserve Board-though a slightly less brutal one than was in effect during the summer-remains central to the Administration's whole anti-inflation strategy. "In this fight against inflation, we end up being the fist," says a Chicago contractor, "and let me tell you, there are a lot of bruised knuckles around." Adds Atlanta Builder Charles Sheron: "The country is in a recession; the housing industry is in a depression...
...grapes was earning $1.65 per hour. Yes, a $.10 increase, BUT also a medical plan (growers never provided a medical plan); ranch committees which would report health and safety violations (remember the UFW was first to ban the use of DDT in its contracts), replace the farm labor contractor with a hiring hall, grievance procedures to make sure the grower complied with the complaints of the workers; plus $.10 per box picked; and, the right, not the privilege, to negotiate their own contracts...
...last week cited some of the weaknesses that plague British corporations and could trigger a rash of bankruptcies: chronically low profit margins, diminished cash flow and tight money. Just as the bank's report appeared, London's financial community learned that Ferranti, a leading electronics and defense contractor, could not meet its obligations and had exhausted its lines of credit. Financiers in the City immediately began to worry about which company would be next...
...officers. Greek authorities rather unconvincingly said that the corpses might be Greek Cypriots instead of Turkish-a suggestion that the Turks angrily denounced as an "added insult to our grief." Later, the Greeks countered with charges that the Turks had also committed atrocities; they brought forth a Greek building contractor, Andreas Stylianouv, who said that he had survived the massacre of 30 Greek prisoners of war, also...