Word: labored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After eight years of Ronald Reagan, the labor movement was supposed to be dead. Unions were supposed to be on the run, management was supposed to be in control and strikes were to be a quaint historical oddity...
...that never happened. Instead, unions are becoming more militant, students more active, and the left--particularly the labor movement--is slowly learning how to articulate an intelligent, cohesive and successful philosophy...
According to Ray Rogers of Corporate Campaigns, Inc., "the corporate campaign strategy is designed to bring pressure upon management from a variety of sources--not just the workers themselves. It is a simple matter of confronting power with power--and that has brought back into the labor movement a recognition that unions can transform a group of workers into a powerful political and economic force...
...traditionally have had close ties with Local 26--have been no exception. During its certification campaign, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers relied heavily upon student and community support to pressure the administration into ending its anti-union campaign efforts. Pressure from local political leaders and national labor leaders is seen as a factor in President Bok's decision not to appeal an administrative law judge's decision upholding last May's certification vote...
...while it was relatively easy for Rolling Stone (circ. 1.18 million) to follow its franchise, rock 'n' roll, into the mainstream, Ms. and Mother Jones have not had as clear a path. Named after turn-of-the-century labor organizer Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones established itself as a passionate muckraker with a 1977 expose that alleged Ford had been aware of what turned out to be a fatal defect in its Pinto. Over the years the magazine has gradually increased its cultural coverage, a trend that will continue in its new incarnation. But the new Mother Jones will also...