Word: labor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...results may already be obvious. Throughout the sonnets the poet's feelings oppose his situation; he is always aspring either to a more enjoyable or a less unpleasant state. The sonneteer seems doomed to an unrewarded labor. Unable to predict his next reaction, confused about the painful progression of his feelings, trying even to be honest even about his dishonesty--"for poets are eigned to lie, and I / For you a liar am a thousand times." Perhaps his most significant lie is the most implicit: he assumes the continued intensity of his love for Lise, judges his victory...
This action is not a "demonstration." in the manner of a hunger-strike; it is (in intent at least) a preventative, inhibitory even revolutionary act, in the manner of a labor strike. It is a step toward the strangling of the source of labor with which the armed forces produce their product (label it as you wish...
Stresses & Strains. Actually, of all labor problems referred to the mediation service so far in 1967, about 88% have been settled. "Despite stresses and strains," says Director William E. Simkin, a pipe-puffing, peace-seeking Quaker, "the bargaining process is working reasonably well." But the remaining 12% of the disputes present major headaches for industry and for the economy as a whole. If the Ford strike lasts until Thanksgiving, former CEA Chairman Walter Heller last week warned the Economic Club of Detroit, the resulting drop in the gross national product could reach $4 billion...
Management has hardened because of rising costs and declining profits, and is inclined to suffer strikes, especially those that help to clear away excess inventories. Union attitudes have stiffened both because the labor market is tight and because of increased militancy on the part of the rank and file. Most union members are in a better position this year to sit out a strike. A Detroit striker who is drawing benefits from the United Auto Workers and has some money in his bank account was inclined to welcome the chance to watch the World Series on television and to take...
...week asked the governors of eight other steel-producing states to join him in negotiating an end to the walkout. And in Utah, where the economy is off by $30 million so far because of a twelve-week strike against the Kennecott Copper Co., Governor Calvin L. Rampton summoned labor, management and TV cameramen to the state capitol for a well-publicized effort to get negotiations moving again...