Word: hr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...army strong enough? The consensus in Warsaw: not for the long haul. In physical terms, the army and the other security forces are stretched to the limit. Said one Western diplomat, "There is not one unit or piece of equipment in reserve." Most soldiers are on 18-hr, shifts. The army is not being used to suppress strikes or break up demonstrations. A tank may be used to burst through a factory gate or fire a warning shot, but it is the militia (police) who are left to do the dirty work...
...when talks on a new three-year contract begin. GM showed a 22-min. color film called A Battle for Survival to some 400,000 unionized workers in an attempt to encourage them to hold down demands. A pointed message in the presentation: American labor costs are $8 per hr. more than in Japan, and U.S. firms can only compete if they can narrow that gap. GM wants to put a lid on automatic cost of living allowances, increase employee contributions to health plans, and reduce holiday and vacation time. U.A.W. members now receive $19.65 per hr. in wages...
...talks have already started between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and 284 major trucking companies. With one-fifth of the union's 300,000 drivers and warehouse workers laid off, Teamsters President Roy Williams has said that his demands would be "reasonable." The union won a $1.50-per-hr. pay increase in its last contract on top of cost of living allowances, pushing hourly wages to an average $12.80. But it is not asking for any additional hike this year...
...passing themselves off as a band of musicians. They boarded the aircraft carrying grenades and automatic weapons concealed in instrument cases. No sooner had the FASTEN SEAT BELT signs been turned off than the three planes' 235 passengers and 15 crew members found themselves on a harrowing 29-hr, jaunt that touched down at various Latin and Caribbean countries en route to Havana. All hostages were released unharmed. The gunmen were taken into custody by Cuban officials. -By Marguerite Johnson. Reported by James Willwerth/San Salvador
...timid movie era, when most film makers are retreating to the safety of Boys' Life remakes and lectures in High Humanism, Beatty has spent four years and a sum estimated at anywhere from $32 million to $57 million as producer, director, co-author and star of a 3-hr. 20-min. movie about a nearly forgotten American Communist and his troubled, tempestuous wife Louise Bryant. These Reeds never pretend to be ordinary people; this Reds boasts not a single mechanical toy as a major character. Reed's life said this: Not only can you hop the express train...