Word: labor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...liberal, a believer in trade unions and a supporter of negotiations that will lead to a fair deal for both labor and management. But I would shut down a newspaper before I would let Bertram Powers [July 2] tell me what I could not do to make my operation more economical. If I were Dolly Schiff, I would not feel one speck of remorse if I were to close the Post and put 280 printers out of work. If automation means there are too many printers, then some of them should get out of the business...
Sour Reaction. Labor M.P. Hugh Jenkins promptly tabled a motion in the House of Commons, signed by 32 other Laborites, which acidly affirmed that "it is a condition of constitutional monarchy that royalty should not give public expression to contentious political opinions." Snapped one M.P.: "Philip is a very highly paid civil servant [at $120,000 a year] who is expected to keep his nose out of politics." Worried Lord Brockway, chairman of the Movement for Colonial Freedom: "The Duke has unhappily given encouragement to Mr. Smith, whose whole strategy is to seek delay...
Unresolved Issue. The major obstacles to the onrush of automation are almost all human. On the one hand, newspaper management has been slow to grasp the importance of the new technology; on the other, the labor unions fear that automation will cost them their jobs...
...Chase Manhattan Bank, and wants the Government to ante up about $125 million. The cost is stiff-but anything would be a bargain if it could help rescue the U.S. merchant marine. The once proud fleet is being pushed into increasingly rough straits by low efficiency, high labor costs, and fierce foreign competition...
Basic Problem. Johnson sees no future in the passenger business and wants U.S. shipping men to concentrate on cargo operations, but neither he nor the owners can do much about the industry's basic problem: U.S. labor. At sea, on the docks and in the shipyards, American labor costs two to five times as much as its foreign equivalent. Management at times has been less than enlightened in dealing with labor, but creative bargaining can be hard. These unions distrust the owners, feud with each other, fear automation, and walk out with almost tidal regularity...