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Word: furnacemen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pledge" that the unions would do something themselves about the stoppages. Such strikes account for 95% of all work stoppages in Britain, and last year cost the country 4,500,000 man-days. Whether Feather will be able to redeem his pledge is uncertain. In August, 1,300 blast-furnacemen at a steel plant in Port Talbot, Wales, ignored his efforts to end a three-week walkout that hammered steel output to a 17-month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Labor v. Labor | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

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