Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moment, the plumber's Local 12 and the Master Plumbers Association of Greater Boston stand far apart in their rancorous negotiations. Paul J. Madden, business manager for the plumbers, blasted the association for being inconsiderate of workers' rights. "We insist we be allowed to have stewards on the job," he says. But according to the associate director of the Plumbers Association, the steward issue is "merely political"--the real issue is the management of fringe benefits. Meanwhile, Thomas A. Sullivan, the group's associate director, accuses the union of trying to "cloud our offers," adding "we're ready to settle...
...John Anderson, the Carter tactic is to ignore him publicly and try to downgrade his importance. Privately, however, the White House is deeply worried about the Congressman's threat. In 1976 Eugene McCarthy, running independently, won just 1% of the vote, but the Carterites insist that was enough to tip Maine, Iowa, Oklahoma and Oregon into Ford's column...
...moment, the plumber's Local 12 and the Master Plumbers Association of Greater Boston stand far apart in their rancorous negotiations. Paul J. Madden, business manager for the plumbers, blasted the association for being inconsiderate of workers' rights. "We insist we be allowed to have stewards on the job," he says. But according to the associate director of the Plumbers Association, the steward issue is "merely political"--the real issue is the management of fringe benefits. Meanwhile, Thomas A. Sullivan, the group's associate director, accuses the union of trying to "cloud our offers," adding "we're ready to settle...
...Says Fernando Machinena, who once served as interpreter for the Cubans' governing council: "The camp officials have let the Águilas have their own way. They are so afraid of a confrontation that they let almost anything go." While most of the refugees are law abiding, camp officials insist that they place in detention the handful caught doing anything illegal. But U.S. Marshall Robert Thompson, who is in charge of security within the camp, says of the Cuban security force: "I'm not sure who directs them or who controls them. It has never been quite clear...
...member of the citizens advisory committee, "in Miami we have leaned over backward for 20 years to accommodate the refugees. Learning in Spanish has made children feel comfortable in Spanish. Our compassion is making us a nation of ethnic minorities first, rather than Americans first." Proponents of the program insist, however, that bilingual children are doing nearly as well academically as English-speaking children...