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Word: overfulfilled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1954-1954
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When they are shown over state factories, the trade union delegates might well ask their interpreters to construe the new code of labour discipline. It forbids workers to talk or otherwise waste time in working hours, to arrive late or "stroll around"; it requires them to try to overfulfil their norms; and the last eight of its 22 sections are devoted to punishments. Workers, says this code, should be made to apologise for their mistakes publicly; if their products are defective, up to one-third of their wages will be deducted. There is, of course, no right to strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: WHAT TO SEE IN CHINA | 8/23/1954 | See Source »

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