Word: labor
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...contracted had been in their present occupation for over three years, that 70 per cent had English trade qualifications, 44 per cent had passed their General Certificate of Education (the British equivalent of a high school diploma) and only 36 per cent had no qualifications. In short, the immigrant labor force, comprised of the more adventuresome and enterprising of the Commonwealth population, is probably better trained than any random group of British or American citizens...
...immigrants, claimed that they had been discriminated against. Discrimination does not often assume so crass a form. Most employers would not specifically state that they hire on a discriminatory basis, but the NCCI survey found that the general attitude of employers was to hire colored staff only if the labor shortage should become too great, and then only for menial jobs...
...Both Labor and Conservative parties have, over the last few years, become sensitive to the race problem and to the need for legislative action. And so far, both parties have strained to keep the issue out of the political arena. The truce has been productive. The '65 Race Relations bill was passed with little difficulty, and it was also possible to set up a number of committees to deal with various aspects of the issue...
With the bombings, dissent at Harvard and around the country became more and more radical. The most effective anti-war propaganda came from a Progressive Labor front organization, the May 2nd Movement. TheS...
...worried forecasts of a copper shortage began appearing soon after 37,000 workers went on strike in mid-July at companies producing 90% of the nation's domestic supply. Just before Labor Day, no less an authority than Commerce Secretary Alexander Trowbridge gloomily predicted that it would be only "three to five weeks until we reach rock bottom of our supply." As the walkout dragged through its 14th week, the shortage remained as elusive as a settlement...