Word: mined
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Appointed to the National War Labor Board, Morse broke with the Administration when the striking mine workers were granted a larger wage boost than other workers had been granted. After an angry blast, Morse resigned. Then he ran for the Senate in Oregon as a Republican. Franklin Roosevelt sent him a message urging him to give the President "hell" if he wanted...
...Workers of America turned down an offer by the Bell Telephone System of a 10% pay increase and authorized union locals to take a strike vote. In the vital coal industry, the opening salvos were fired in what seemed likely to become an all-out offensive by the United Mine Workers. The union briefly threatened to stage a nationwide work stoppage to pressure a subsidiary of North Carolina's Duke Power Co., which is resisting U.M.W. efforts to organize its workers...
...market manipulation in history, and his fact-filled fictional explanation goes like this. Some American Mafiosi, looking for a place to launder their tainted, untaxed dollars, buy a small Swiss bank. One of their first ventures is to bankroll an aristocratic Iranian who claims to have a huge silver mine. Word of this hoard leaks out to one of the world's richest men who also enjoys cornering the world's silver supply. Fearing that the Iranian's silver will flood the market and dilute the price, he makes an offer that even the Mafia cannot refuse...
Chavez will be in Boston for three days beginning August 2 as part of a nine-day tour of New England. During his trip he will also lead a demonstration in support of UFW's boycott of A&P Food Stores and attend a benefit dinner with United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller at Boston College...
...That's right . . . There must be a specific showing of relevance and admissibility . . . That's his problem, not mine...