Word: non-union
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...workers said they gave in because many believed they could not attempt another strike, while others feared reprisals from the University--such as a decision to subcontract out the work to non-union laborers. The lithographers, photo-engravers and bookbinders who make up the union have struck Harvard twice in the past seven years over wage increases...
...felt we couldn't get anything more without a strike, but we thought if we struck again they'd have tried to get us by cutting down on the workload or subcontracting work to non-union people," the spokesman said...
...lengthening of the strike increased the chances of violence. Miners have already stopped some coal headed for utilities from non-union mines. Dozens of coal trucks have been forced at gunpoint to dump their loads. Towboats hauling coal barges up Pennsylvania's Monongahela River had to abandon operations when they were fired on by miners. "I don't like to see anyone suffer," says Jim Elias, 50, a miner in Greene County, Pa. "But we've got to get a decent contract somehow. I'm not the kind to fire a shot or throw a rock...
...fight against growers and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for the rights of migrant agricultural laborers. That movement, which has met varying degrees of success, appears to be over for the time being, following Chavez's announcement two weeks ago of the end of the decade-old boycott of non-union lettuce, grapes and table wines. To millions of UFW sympathizers, the announcement came as a surprise, since there is obviously a great deal more to be done for agricultural workers, migrant and otherwise, throughout America...
...said he does not think the budget cuts and his advocacy of "workfare"--a proposal that would require welfare recipients to work for non-union wages for their government stipends--has not reduced support for his re-election among members of the liberal wing of the Democratic