Word: fatter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Says Washingtonian Guy Farmer, a frequent adviser to management negotiators: "We simply have a more peaceful labor scene." The standout reason is that paychecks are finally keeping ahead of inflation. In the years just before 1972, ever-fatter wage settlements negotiated by unions were all but canceled by increases in the cost of living, keeping the actual buying power of U.S. workers just about level and breeding bitter discontent in the factory. By contrast, real earnings have inched ahead about 3.2% in the past four quarters (see story, page 53). In effect, a drop in the inflation rate has made...
...Roche predicts 1972 sales of between 10.5 and 11 million units. The manufacturers plan to produce a high total of 2.4 million U.S. cars in next year's first quarter. That rate of output should eliminate the industry's traditional midwinter layoffs and create more overtime and fatter paychecks for workers...
...best part of the play is Jane's description of a production of Peter Pan she attended as a child (or was it a dream?), in which the alligator is real, and Wendy keeps getting fatter until she has to be helped around, and Tinkerbelle really dies, because the audience doesn't applaud loud enough when Peter Pan asks them to clap to show they believe in fairies. The play asks: is the fairy real? Does Jane believe in fairies? Should...
...wage increases, but they simply do not trust a Republican Administration to give them sufficient increases and are balking. If they pull out of the program, forcing the Government eventually to proclaim wage standards by fiat?and still more if they authorize strikes or work slowdowns to win fatter pay increases than the Government proposes to allow?the nation will not get social compact but social conflict...
Exclusive Edge. Private labels usually return a fatter profit to retailers than national brands. The savings come from the elimination of costs for national advertising, sales forces and distribution (the store deals directly with the manufacturer...