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Word: countercheck (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end, the U.A.W. got another sign that things were going to be tough all over. Ford replied to the union's opening demands for a 30?-an-hour raise with an answer the union could only consider a countercheck quarrelsome-a proposal that Ford workers take a cut instead. Said Ford Vice President John S. Bugas: "We think the American people are tired of negotiations which seem to have no other aim besides gain for all parties except the consumers." Ken Bannon, U.A.W. Ford director, retorted: if the company would exert its influence with industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Tough All Over | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

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