Word: laborative
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...context of a strong questioning of our institutions and traditional systems of representation," says Sophie Boissard, a senior French civil servant who is establishing a policy-strategy unit for Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. Along with November's social unrest, she points to falling voter participation and declining labor-union membership as evidence of growing public cynicism. In Britain, the government is trying to stop the rot with a campaign against antisocial behavior, especially among young people. Launching his "respect" initiative, Prime Minister Blair personally traveled to the town of Swindon earlier this month and used a high-pressure hose...
...1930s: Auto sales drop; labor unrest rises, as does the U.A.W.; Congress passes labor-relations laws as part of the New Deal...
...HAVE TO REINVENT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH AMERICAN LABOR? We are at a pivotal point...
...after a day of labor, there were no bars or restaurants to retreat to for cocktails and gossip. Instead she conversed with hikers, sharing tidbits about the history of the trail and environmental conservation...
...learned it’s generally better not to try and hold back student protests, as they tried to do with anti-war demonstrations outside the Science Center last spring. Yet they embarrassed themselves this November when they tried to physically stand in the way of a peaceful pro-labor march through the Yard. It didn’t work.One day, this administration—like Bush’s—is going to have to learn that you can’t stand between Americans and their civil liberties.Diversity and nondiscrimination: 5 out of 10. These...