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...steelworkers would like to have longer vacations (now one week to start, two weeks after five years). But most of all, they want to retire earlier, at age 55 or 60 instead of 65, and on a pension higher than the companies' $72 a month. Argued Metal Drainsman Ed Winters: "I'd like to see a retirement plan that starts after 25 years. Make that 20 years. That's what civil service has-why shouldn't we?" The steelman also wants enlarged health insurance to cover doctor bills short of hospitalization and to carry on after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STEEL: What the Workers Want | 6/15/1959 | See Source »

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