Word: longterm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Unions have won some of management's power to legislate wages, hours and working conditions, but they have done all their fighting on ground chosen by management. U.S. unionism has none of the militancy of a "labor movement," usually fights for a few immediate benefits rather than basic, longterm social changes. "What idealist can be challenged now by the 'plight' of workers struggling to secure an increase in pay so that they may purchase a color television set, a better car, a more up-to-date kitchen appliance...
...ouster. Torn between awareness of the public confidence that Pinay inspires and impatience with Pinay's questioning of De Gaulle's loyalty to the Western alliance, De Gaulle had sought to keep Pinay in the Cabinet by offering him the job of minister in charge of "longterm national policy." Snorted Pinay: "They wanted me to supervise our future but keep hands off the present . . . In the end they heaped me with flowers and chucked...