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Word: papavero (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1973-1973
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...powerful incentive. Last October Kaiser officials announced that the 4,000-ton-a-month plant was being shut down, a victim of rising costs and stiffening foreign competition; a ton of two-inch Fontana pipe that sold for $300 was being offered by Japanese mills for $240. Recalls Dino Papavero, president of United Steelworkers Local 2869: "We asked management to give us a chance to make the mill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTIVITY: The New Stakhanovites | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

...maintenance staff began repairing in a day breakdowns that formerly took a week to fix. Operators of straightening and threading machines began catching mistakes that they had previously let pass. "There is a new spirit in the mill," says Assistant Works Manager Ray Robinson. Observes the union's Papavero: "Being recognized as people who can make creative suggestions has given the men a certain dignity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTIVITY: The New Stakhanovites | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

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