Word: labor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...General Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the highest-ranking Negro officer in any service-and son of the first Negro general, Benjamin O. Davis-rates high with Negro servicemen. So do such moderates as the N.A.A.C.P.'s Roy Wilkins, U.S. Solicitor General (and longtime civil rights strategist) Thurgood Marshall, Labor Leader A. Philip Randolph (who directed the 1963 March on Washington), U.N. UnderSecretary Ralph Bunche and Baseball Great Jackie Robinson. Negroes in Viet Nam show the same respect for Southern-born General William C. Westmoreland as do white G.I.s. "His position on civil rights was a matter of public record...
...result, about one-fifth of the colony's Chinese, who make up 99% of the 4,000,000 population, are openly pro-Peking, and the rest play it safe. Red China commands the support of three of Hong Kong's major daily newspapers, the most important labor unions, and a large number of schoolteachers, which is one reason a high proportion of young Chinese in Hong Kong are Maoists...
Such a strike, if called, would mean an end to most of the groundskeeping, carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work done by Buildings and Grounds. Major construction projects, food deliveries, and the University's dining halls could also be shut down since these are serviced by AFL-CIO labor and the B&G strike would be under AFL-CIO sanction...
...Many labor observers in the Boston area feel that the Building Services Employees Union has no real basis for its claim and that the Crafts Maintenance Council is the duly authorized bargaining agent...
Harvard has been plagued with labor trouble lately. On Monday, workers at the Printing Office (not the University Press) walked out in a dispute over negotiations...