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Word: griper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when a disgruntled worker was told to hurry, he snapped back: "Why should I knock myself out for Republic? They make $75 out of every billet of steel and I get nothing." His foreman, Chris Cutropia, who was both forewarned and forearmed, took the worker aside, and convinced the griper that the company would be lucky to make 75? a billet. Reporting the incident to his superiors, Foreman Cutropia added: "Three months ago I wouldn't have been able to say anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: The Facts of Life | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

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