Word: movement
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just who was more surprised was not clear. In eleven bitter months the local lost almost half its membership to an independent union. A back-to-work movement had put 6,000 men at A-C's benches (more than half the normal strength) before the strike ended. Workers lost an estimated $20 million in wages. The company lost $65 million in production.* The union paid out more than $100,000 in strike benefits...
Afterwards, Pedagogue Haya, whose left-wing political movement began as a workers' university a quarter of a century ago, got down to party business. Because gringo eyes are on Apra, he warned, Aprista pupils must work harder than ever. Classes must be expanded. Discipline, already tight, must be tighter. Aprista workers, said Haya, must learn that strikes are weapons of last resort and must not be used irresponsibly, for "that would be like a traffic cop pulling out a revolver and shooting every time someone crossed the street on a red light...
Murdock sharply attacked current "anti-labor legislation," stating that such laws, if passed, would cripple the labor movement. "The right to strike is something labor has fought for and must continue to fight for," he pointed...
What Unionist Sullivan hoped, he said, was that "the honest, decent men who compose the overwhelming majority of the labor movement in Canada [will be aroused] to the danger . . . before it is too late." He is making his position public, he said, because "an unavoidable accident might occur to myself." At week's end, having had his say, he was in hiding...
...while it is evoking mood, Brigadoon does not make the mistake of ignoring movement. The show is almost more danced than acted; and Agnes de Mille's folk dances and reels and sword dances have spirit and style. The whole show, indeed-with its attractively youthful cast, its pretty sets and handsome costumes- has been carefully woven together. A good deal of Broadway's savvy lurks behind Brigadoon's charm...