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Accusations flew back and forth during the strike. The unions said Harvard had lied to them about the length of the reassignment, while Harvard insisted the only reason for the move was the shortage of carpenter's work. The unions said Harvard was contracting outside, nonunion carpenters to save money. Harvard denied the accusation, saying the University traditionally contracts out the larger construction jobs. Harvard counterattacked and began preparations to sue the union for violation of the 30-day warning clause contained in the agreement between the University and the unions...
...paper might have lasted longer if an expected newspaper strike had temporarily shut the city's three larger dailies, leaving the nonunion Trib the biggest daily in town. A lockout is still a possibility this week at Rupert Murdoch's Post, but the prospect of a citywide strike has receded. As it was, the Trib even missed the story of its own death. Unable to come up with the check for roughly $23,000 that the paper's New Jersey printer demanded each night before rolling the presses, Saffir canceled what would have been the self-proclaimed...
...between March and June. I just hope they don't read the papers, because a lot of their wives are going to be around reminding them of that 38.8% [prospective coal wage-and-benefit increase] over three years." In addition companies will also bid up the price of nonunion coal, switch to higher-priced fuels or make up for lost work by scheduling costly overtime when the strike ends. Those moves could boost inflation by as much as one-tenth...
...before the enfeebled Lewis retired at age 79 in 1960. The union was badly shaken by mechanization-300,000 mining jobs disappeared in 15 years-by the recession in the late '50s, and by the growing use of oil. Thousands of miners began working in "dog-holes," small, nonunion mines that were underselling the large operators. The U.M.W. permitted a series of "sweetheart" contracts under which management and locals ignored sections of the national contract to keep mines in business and save jobs. But the sweethearts did not stop the growth of non-U.M.W. mines, which now account...
Utilities with coal shortages have also been helped by shipments from nonunion mines, which furnish about half the nation's coal. Thanks to outside coal, Ohio Edison, the state's most important utility, was able to cancel 400 megawatts of power it was purchasing from other power companies. Barring some unexpected development, the company will not have to impose any mandatory cutbacks on industry for 15 to 30 days. That means homes will stay warm and well-lighted and factories will keep humming...