Word: elected
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AFTER these initial meetings, workers will elect representatives to negotiate a contract. Rondeau said employees who do not sign union cards "in good faith" cannot chose future union representatives. What is good faith and who will decide it? If union leaders exclude some workers for alleged bad motives, they will essentially be weeding out those who disagree with them the most...
...summarize the pros and cons. Said a laconic senior official: "The President understood why the Secretary came to that conclusion, and he supported it." Neither George Bush nor incoming Secretary of State James Baker, who will inherit the repercussions, was consulted. Bush advisers were happy to distance the President-elect from the brouhaha. Said a grateful aide: "They chose not to discuss this issue with...
HERE'S a prediction: the first legislative defeat that the new Congress will deal to President-elect George Bush will be an increase in the national minimum wage. Ronald Reagan successfully fought attempts to raise the wage floor, which has languished at $3.35 per hour since 1981, but Bush will not be able to resist the tide...
Reagan, who leaves office January 20, said he would be "deeply disappointed" if President-elect George Bush raised taxes to help cut the deficit, which grew to $155 billion this year. But he quickly added, "I don't think it's going to happen...
...appointees flanked Bush on a stage in the old Executive Office Building, while the president-elect introduced each of them with lavish praise...