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Word: jandreau (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first big break in the union ranks came in Schenectady, N.Y. at G.E.'s biggest plant, where the 8,700 members of I.U.E. Local 301 had never shown much enthusiasm for a strike. Local 301 stayed out only eleven days, then went back to work. Explained Leo Jandreau, the local's business agent: "Carey is on a suicidal expedition that will weaken the I.U.E. There are no fighting issues in the G.E. strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Hari Carey? | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

Carey scathingly denounced Jandreau as a "Judas," got the union's conference board to agree to give him another week to reach a settlement with G.E. One week more was all the longer that some local chiefs thought they could keep their members out. Workers at the Bridgeport, Conn, plant had already returned; Pittsfield, Mass, was tottering, and Burlington, Vt. started action to declare itself independent of the I.U.E...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Hari Carey? | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

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