Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...members of the Salvadoran national guard stood by, six of their former colleagues appeared last week before a judge in the town of Zacatecoluca. The judge's task: to decide whether the six should stand trial for the brutal murders 14 months ago of three American nuns, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel, and a U.S. religious lay worker, Jean Donovan. At week's end, the judge ruled that five of the men should be charged with homicide; the sixth, he found, had not been involved in the crimes...
...United Auto Workers members are on indefinite layoff. Auto companies claimed that high salaries and benefits helped push up the price of American cars and made it hard to compete against Japanese imports. Although worried about further layoffs, workers were reluctant to accept substantial wage reductions. But last week Ford and the U.A.W. agreed to a new 2½-year contract that cuts workers' benefits in return for guarantees of job security...
...Ford, which this week is expected to announce that it lost more than $1 billion in 1981, presented the union on Jan. 15 with a broad plan to reduce wage rates, which U.A.W. Vice President Donald Ephlin immediately described as "intriguing." The company proposed a 31-month freeze on wages and a 15-month halt to cost of living increases. It also asked workers to give up all nine of their personal paid holidays and one of their weeks of vacation time. Employees with more than 20 years of seniority currently are entitled to five weeks of vacation, and those...
...exchange, Ford had suggestions for ways to meet the union's concerns about job security. It proposed to suspend any new plant closings for one year, although it retained the right to shutdowns because of model changeovers or slumping sales. In addition, the company said it would extend supplemental unemployment benefits from twelve months to up to two years for workers with ten years' seniority and promised to begin a profit-sharing plan in two years...
Coach George Ford and has soccer-playing charges will be missing more thanthe services of senior All-Ivy winger MAURO KELLER-SARMIENTO next season. It seems Mauro's two brothers, junior ANDREAS and freshman PABLO have returned to Argentina to fulfill their military obligation and won't be around next fall...