Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pact would give more than 60,000 of the members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union (OCAW) a 73?-an-hour pay boost in the first year, which is an increase of 8%, and a 5% raise in the second year. That averages out to just under 7% annually, but there is also a clause allowing a reopening of contract talks in the second year...
...Angeles Marriott, a 1,020-room slab within easy earshot of the airport runways, is expected to hit 100% occupancy for more than 150 days this year. The squeeze is much the same in Detroit (where guests sometimes have to settle for space in Ann Arbor, an hour's drive away), New York (where 1,000-and 2,000-room hotels are often fully booked), Atlanta (where a couple of large conventions had to be refused because there were no rooms for the requested dates),' and most other U.S. cities...
...collapse of the national 40-hour norm gives other unions a target to follow. Said a spokesman for the Federation of Unions: "A beginning has been made. From now on reduced hours will be a standard demand." That could mean trouble for Europe's strongest economy and the end of the social contract that had produced a quarter century of industrial peace. German labor may be catching the British disease...
What do Chase Manhattan Chairman David Rockefeller, McGraw-Hill Vice President Wesley Fraser and boardrooms full of other executives, male and female, have in common? Several times a week they pull on sneakers and sweatshirts to spend an hour or so in the company gym, puffing on a jogging track or pumping away on a stationary bicycle. Employer-sponsored exercise is fast becoming an integral part of the workaday world, as businesses recognize that their financial health can depend on the physical health of key employees as well as on the condition of plant and equipment...
...course, not every employee is thrilled at spending the lunch hour sweating and straining, even at company expense. Only a fraction of eligible employees take advantage of the programs. Xerox's Leesburg facility is used by barely a third of the 180,000 people who yearly train at the center. New York's Cardio-Fitness reports a 15% dropout rate. Says one former client: "I find it mind-bendingly boring. I hate taking another shower and then putting on sweaty underwear. I hate spending an hour of my time jumping around over there...