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Dealing with labor was another matter. When Ongania reduced the number of holidays and trimmed other fat enjoyed by longshoremen, some 8,000 union members in Buenos Aires went on strike. Ongania sent troops to protect those who wanted to work; soon loading operations were back to normal. Surprisingly, the largest union association, the Confederation General del Trahajo, chose not to defend the dock workers. When the C.G.T.'s new executive committee conferred with Ongania this month, he was in no mood to temporize. "I would like to be popular," he said. "Instead, we have a lot of sacrifices...
...unpredictable, accident-prone trains of the Argentine are run by a force that includes a reported 40,000 featherbedders. Warning Ongania in advance about any move to change their work conditions, 173,000 trainmen walked off their jobs for 24 hours last week in support of the striking longshoremen...
...Longshoremen in San Francisco, refusing to handle scab products, let a $300,000 shipment of Schenley's grapes rot on the docks. During the winter the California growers began a counter-boycott against those merchants who refused to carry Schenley products, a good indication that the boycott was beginning to squeeze...
...hours hauling passengers for themselves, pick up extra pocket money by siphoning gasoline from their tanks and selling it. Soldiers set up roadblocks to exact a few rupiahs from every passing vehicle. Schools are supposedly free, but teachers expect donations of money or rice from their students. At ports, longshoremen and police openly loot incoming cargoes; one favorite ploy is to remove the vital parts of imported machinery and sell them back to their desperate owners shortly after delivery...
...Francisco, some 9,000 people last month jammed the Longshoremen's Auditorium for a three-day happening, or "trip." Slides of pop and op art were flashed on and off the walls and ceiling. Onstage a woman in a negligee was bombarded with raw eggs, a stark-naked Negro beat the drums, an acrobat bounced on the trampoline. Without letup, pounding music exploded in the eardrums and blurred reason. Most spectators joined in the fun. One wore a toga made from an American flag, another sported a sign reading: "You're in the Pepsi generation...