Word: kodaking
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...that point I was able to inform Kodak that I thought that if they were able to re-enter negotiations with FIGHT, they would probably find FIGHT's conditions for doing so acceptable." He offered Kodak "not merely hope" but "reason to believe that something would happen if they reopened talks...
...final agreement, Kodak agreed to recognize FIGHT as a representative organization of Rochester's poor and will send recruiting teams into the ghet to the interview applicants whom FIGHT will provide. FIGHT, in turn, has dropped its demand for hiring and training of a specific number of people over a specific span of time...
Moynihan's phone call to Kodak in June was the prime mover in resuming negotiations, which at the end of twelve days resulted in the pact which satisfied both sides. During those days, Moynihan was immersed in what he calls a "complex process"--a process by which he evidently placed drops of oil, via telephone, on a few strategic points of friction...
What he makes clear, though, is that, "The negotiations took place exclusively between Kodak and FIGHT. I had nothing whatsoever to do with them...
Moynihan is adamant about this point because he admires both FIGHT and Kodak, and he believes they performed an exemplary feat of negotiation. "Both Kodak and FIGHT," he says, "were honorable men concerned with the social problems of the community in every possible...