Word: labored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Authorities detained at least 200 people nationwide, according to Zbigniew Romaszewski, a spokesman for the outlawed Solidarity union. The violent protests came at the end of a week of strikes and the worst labor unrest in Poland since the communist government suspended Solidarity in December 1981 and later declared it illegal...
...issues have such visceral appeal to workers as the plant-closing provision. Mike Dukakis, with his promotion of high-tech growth and labor management cooperation, has had some trouble convincing blue-collar voters that he can represent their interests. His declaration of support for the plant closing measure should go far in reasserting the Democrats' former hold on the blue-collar vote. Dukakis' support of the plant closing measure would serve notice that he represents the party of compassion, and Bush the party of privilege...
...made." The House nonetheless fought off an attempt to strip the provision from the bill and then passed the legislation 312 to 107. The Senate votes this week; the only question is whether the trade bill, three years in the making and supported by groups as diverse as organized labor, farmers and the oil industry, will pass by a vote larger than the two-thirds necessary to override the expected veto...
...controversial plant-closing requirement would oblige employers of 100 or more workers to give them 60 days' notice before shutting down an operation or conducting heavy layoffs (500 workers or a third of the labor force). Arguments for and against the proposal are less than compelling. Democrats and unionists contend that notice is an act of simple humanitarianism that allows workers time for adjustment to a blow that would otherwise shatter their lives. Says Ohio Senator Howard Metzenbaum: "It's time to mandate a little human decency." But many companies already give notice voluntarily or shut down a plant...
...animation: "We hired a lot of young, inexperienced people in the early 1980s and did a lot of on-the-job training. I'd say that two- thirds of all the really talented people in the field are here." Despite the help of computers, animation is still a highly labor-intensive job; Oliver and Company will be composed of 2 million individual drawings...