Word: lorenzo
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...think that Eastern would be any bed of roses when we bought it three years ago," said a haggard-looking Frank Lorenzo. "But I never believed that we would be here today." Thus, six days into a bitter walkout by some 9,000 mechanics, baggage handlers and other members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Eastern last week became the largest airline in history to go bust. And even as Lorenzo vowed to bring Eastern out of bankruptcy stronger than ever, he conceded that it might be impossible to avoid selling off more of Eastern's already...
Libretto by Lorenzo de Ponte...
...satisfied with busting the Continental union, Lorenzo is poised to perform the same trick on Eastern only two years later...
LAMENTABLY, the travelling public was only too eager to join in Lorenzo's anti-labor effort. Last weekend, hundreds of people flocked to Eastern ticket counters for bargain $12 shuttle tickets to New York...
...that Lorenzo and the Bush administration were willing to exploit such self-interest against the strikers. If commuters really wanted to act in defense of their own interests, they would have realized that the profit motive that encourages Frank Lorenzo to drive his companies into bankruptcy in order to drive out unions is the same attitude that creates shoddy service and higher fares...