Word: labors
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...prevailing feeling was that the painful labor impasse had earned the writers historic gains, despite failing to fulfill an early goal of winning jurisdiction over reality and animation writers. "The strike was worthwhile," says WGA member Keith Glover. "It needed to be done for the future." Unlike earlier writers' strikes, this one appears to have strengthened the guild, writers said. "The '80s strikes left the guild in acrimony and disarray," says Scarpa. "This time we're better off and more unified...
...press conference Sunday, Verrone described the strike as "arguably the most successful" of the American labor movement in a decade, but said of the tentative deal, "It is not all that we hoped for and it is not all we deserve, but as I told our members, this strike was about the future and this deal assures for us and for future generations of writers a share in the future...
...prisoner of war and a perennially frustrated escape artist. "That wasn't quite the case." After taking part in the most famous attempt of World War II--the mass exit from Poland's Stalag Luft III, depicted in the 1963 film The Great Escape-- James survived a labor camp and went on to work in Britain's diplomatic service. James...
...Clinton is counting on recouping whatever ground she loses over the next few weeks in early March, when Ohio and Texas hold their primaries. Ohio is in economic distress and has large numbers of downscale Democrats. Clinton also expects to draw upon institutional support from organized labor. And the high proportion of Latino voters in Texas, her strategists say, will give her an edge. Obama, however, contends that he is making inroads with that group of voters as well, noting that he won more than 44% of Hispanic votes in Arizona. "As Latino voters get to know me," he said...
...snow. It has been the willingness of millions of migrant workers to suffer grueling hours at low pay that has turned this nation into an economic power. Lately, authorities have begun to realize they cannot take such sacrifice for granted. "Only in the last couple of years, as labor prices have begun to rise, have local authorities in Guangdong paid more attention to migrant workers," says Dali Yang, director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore. "Before they were treated as just another piece of equipment that was brought in when needed, because of the almost...