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...provisions (which are repeatedly violated under Teamsters contracts, a fact which has led to a number of recent wildcat strikes by workers covered by the Teamsters); the labor contractor system (which the UFW contract abolishes); and, above all, union democracy. The Teamsters' attitude towards democracy was best expressed by Einar Mohn, President of the West Coast Conference of Teamsters, who told the LA Times (4/28/73), "It will be a couple of years before they can start having membership meetings...I'm not sure how effective a union can be when it is composed of Mexican-Americans...As jobs become more...
...committee's dual selection is fraught with contradictions and has already brought the resignation of two members of the five-member Norwegian Parliament's Nobel Committee. The two, Helge Rognlien and Einar Hovdhavgen, resigned Thursday to protest the 1973 prize recipients. Both said they voted against the joint award...
Frederick Abernathy, T. E. Cheatham, Engineering Einar Haugen, Linguistics Charles Lyman. Biology Edwin O. Reischauer...
After Builder Einar Rossow put up the Oiseau Bleu (Blue Bird) apartment house, the screech of more than 50 jets a day at the nearby Nice airport discouraged prospective tenants. The Blue Bird's builder sued Air France, the major noisemaker. At takeoff, the government-controlled airline did not think it was in for much turbulence. Air France simply argued that the proper party to sue was the Nice chamber of commerce, which runs the airport. "We just land where we are told," said the airline. What's more, the builder had taken a deliberate risk: nestled...
...Champagne!" cried joyous guests in Oslo's Continental Hotel. Staid brokers on the stock exchange floor whooped happily. At last the socialist Labor Party was out of power after 30 years of nearly continuous rule. Out with Labor went tall, spare Einar Gerhardsen, 68, the Grand Old Man of Norwegian socialism and the country's Premier for as long as almost anybody could remember...