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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Against long odds, the UMWA prevailed. And despite some setbacks, it has remained true to its purpose of protecting workers. When the union's leadership became infected with corruption in the 1960s, the rank-and-file membership ousted the corrupt administration of Tony Boyle in a democratic election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMWA, Yes! | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

Because of Stone's membership on the Pittston board and of Harvard's ownership of Pittston stock, Harvard is a silent accomplice to Pittston's efforts to break the United Mine Workers. As members of the University, it is our responsibility to express our disapproval with Harvard's complicity. We urge everyone to join the rally today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMWA, Yes! | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...Republican Senatorial Inner Circle get a few thousand for lobbying top officials face to face? That may have been the reasoning of Larry R. Smith, a Harrisburg, Ill., free-lance writer who received an invitation from George Bush to join the circle and submitted a $1,000 membership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hustles: Mr. Smith's Inner Circle | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...least four corporations, for fees ranging from $1,000 to $4,000. He did not mention that fully 50,000 people had been asked to join the circle in a fund- raising gimmick. After the Washington Post reported Smith's caper, the National Republican Senatorial Committee canceled his circle membership and returned his $1,000. This Mr. Smith did not go to Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hustles: Mr. Smith's Inner Circle | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

Comparisons to final clubs do not end there. Although Sigma Alpha Mu's local officers say that their group will not base membership on race, religion or soci-economic status, members acknowledge that the group is all male and relatively homogenous...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Life Isn't a Kosher Deli | 10/11/1989 | See Source »

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