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Word: hiccuped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...union, the automakers' proposals amount to much less. "Essentially a hiccup," scoffed Irving Bluestone, the chief U.A.W. bargainer at G.M. Counting the disputed 26? as "old money," the U.A.W. calculates the first-year offer of "new money" at no more than an average 3? per hour, or .75%. The union has hinted that a pay-and-benefit increase of 8% plus the catch-up 26? would be acceptable. That would amount to an increase for the average worker of roughly double the industry offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Collision Course in Detroit | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

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