Word: nightwork
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...again as if nothing had happened. Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen, who did a swell job restoring morale at Federal Shipbuilding, was in charge. His first step was to tell the workers that as long as the Navy was there they might not get even the 3?-an-hour nightwork bonus WLB had approved. The workers took this in good part. Michael Patrakian, the young strike leader, said: "We are all damn glad it happened. We are all sailors now. We wanted the Navy to take over [instead of an unfair management]. We know Uncle Sam will treat us right...