Word: picketers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, conspiracy theories abounded. Check the grassy knoll behind the picket fence for footprints--or at least sniff for that crucial whiff of ozone in the Book Depository...
...pots. There is a danger in the spread of American cultural imperialism. Gresham's Law may prove to be true as American mass culture threatens to absorb the diversity and richness of different cultures, not only within America, but also outside its borders. The French realize this when they picket EuroDisney. The New England Quebecers are only finding out. A world in which ethnic cultures become Americanized and passed off as representatives of their true forms would be a shame...
...workers were on sick leave. At that point, Local 599 of the United Auto Workers called them out, aiming to force GM to hire some permanent workers to relieve the overtime crush. Workers responded enthusiastically. ENOUGH MANPOWER FOR FIRST-AID CALLS, RESTROOM CALLS AND FAMILY NEEDS, demanded one picket sign. Said an assembly-line worker, a mother with four school-age children: "I never thought I'd see the day when I welcomed a strike for a few days off." GM settled after three days with a pledge to hire 779 more regular workers...
...overseas customers. The company has had to ride out a strike by about 28% of its employees that is now in its 16th week. It has kept production up partly by making supervisors work at line jobs, partly by luring some United Auto Workers members into crossing the picket lines, partly by turning out more machinery in overseas plants and by using 1,100 replacement workers...
...some point the owners may choose to impose their last offer, as is their right under the law. If few players break ranks, the owners could open their training camps to minor leaguers. That would lead to picket lines at spring training and charges of union busting by the Players Association. The issue would move to the courts. By then the 1995 season would be in guarded condition, and the game itself might be moved to intensive care...