Word: layoffs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What may hurt the team severely is a lack of cohesiveness. Cuff may be rusty after a two-year layoff from organized competition, and Bry Danner is, after all, only a sophomore, and it will take a while for him to accustom himself to the faster varsity brand of basketball. Bowditch, at guard, must learn the nuances of a new position, and Donohue will not have the complementary services of George Harrington this winter...
Fortunately for the home team, junior tackle Bob Pillsbury will return to action after a week's layoff with a bad leg. He, along with right tackle Eric Nelson, could do much to insure a victory. Though neither has the size of last years' stalwarts, Bob Shaunessey and Pete Briggs, each has progressed rapidly this season and give the Crimson one of the toughest pairs of tackles in the league...
...talks were a security-benefits re-opener of the five-year contract (to 1960), and the union wanted to discuss fringe benefits, including higher layoff pay. Instead, G.E. offered a new security-and-savings plan, based on a worker's earnings, to be financed by lowering automatic pay boosts. For every $1 contributed by an employee (up to 6% of his earnings), G.E. offered to contribute 50?, invest the money in G.E. stock or U.S. savings bonds. G.E. computed that a worker making $5,000 per year would have as much as $5,281 worth of bonds...
General Motors has an offer on the table that parallels the economic terms of the Ford and Chrysler settlements--improved layoff pay, a new severance plan, higher pension benefits, and continued cost of living and productivity wage increases...
...layoff proved no detriment to the speedy junior. In his first race Friday, Landau loafed through a qualifying heat in the highs, a heat in which four of the six would qualify for the finals. However, he was soundly trounced for first place by B.U.'s Dave Settele, an outcome which caused some concern for his coaches...