Word: labored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will likely have a very agressive, serious campaign this fall and winter, and we are preparing for it," said Taylor, a labor lawyer who has worked for the National Labor Relations Board and the government...
...labor law expert, defended the right ofemployees to make their own decision on the union."Our workers have every right to join a union.They have every right to a free and fairelection," he said...
What could account for such a collapse? Some factors were plaguing the entire retail industry. A hot summer and late Labor Day meant that the normal back-to-school spending sprees never really revved up. Some shoppers, it seems, were just not sure what they wanted to buy. Many were wondering, for example, if the miniskirt was really back. Once inventories piled up, stores had to cut prices to keep their merchandise moving. That depressed earnings. The Limited's stock price dropped 27% over the past month, and the Dress Barn was down...
...that originally supported them have begun to change their position. To be sure, most such groups would firmly deny that they are retreating from the goal of punishing South Africa economically for its support of apartheid. For example, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the country's largest labor federation, has called for even stronger "comprehensive" sanctions that would include a total embargo on trade, investment and travel involving South Africa. COSATU's rethinking on sanctions, however, is less remarkable for that unrealistic idea than for its frank conclusion that the current "selective sanctions" can have "serious negative consequences...
...could find any use for last spring, says of the owners, "They were crooks two years ago. They were crooks last year. And they'll be crooks again if we let them. Let's see if anything changes." Roberts' next step is to reconvene the advocates of management and labor to argue over the long-term remedies, as well as the financial damages presumably owed Gibson and the rest. As Baseball Union Boss Donald Fehr interprets the ruling, "Some people might say the owners have been convicted and are waiting to be sentenced." For the moment, however, the football players...