Word: picketer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...publishing this advertisement, we are complicitous. We are forced to acknowledge that for every $29 fare that Eastern sells to our readership, we are contributing $29 to Frank Lorenzo's attempts to bust Eastern's machinist union--which for two grueling months has been on strike, on the picket lines, and off the pay roll...
...anything, Ueberroth, 51, understated the task. To begin with, he must negotiate a new contract with Eastern's hard-bargaining machinists. They walked out last month and the carrier was forced into bankruptcy when the airline's pilots refused to cross picket lines. Even if Ueberroth wins labor peace, the Eastern sale must be approved by the federal bankruptcy court and Eastern's creditors, a process that could take months. Once he is firmly at the controls, Ueberroth must struggle to fill his planes with consumers who have switched to other airlines while most Eastern flights have been grounded...
Those students who did attend class had to cross picket lines--at the height of the strike, two-thirds of the student body observed the boycott...
...fact, The Crimson has picked up a copy of Lorenzo's "Guide to Excellence in Flight Attendants." If you don't mind crossing the picket lines, and you don't get airsick, you can master the following six skills and get a job at Continental with the greatest of ease...
Even so, Eastern's determination to keep planes in the air during the strike quickly unraveled as pilots refused to cross picket lines. Since he took over Eastern in 1986, the pilots charged, Lorenzo has systematically stripped the airline of its most valuable assets, leaving it too small and weak to compete...