Word: plants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Organizers said about 16,000 workers are on strike at the plant, demanding recognition of their union rights and an immediate 50 percent raise on the average salary of $105 a month...
Police withdrew from around the mill in the afternoon. About 120 strikers and 50 family members and friends then had an emotional meeting at the plant gates...
Thirty to 50 people outside the gates were detained when they tried to stage a sympathy march to the plant, which was ringed with platoons of riot police...
...sign it. Sure there are some dubious provisions, such as the many pet projects of Congressmen more interested in their constituents than in an effective trade policy. Rep Beryl Anthony (D.-Ark.) inserted a provision lowering tariffs on watch parts, a move that would benefit the Timex plant in his district. Rep. Don Bonker (D.-Wash.) wants to restrict plywood imports that hurt his state's timber industry...
...Administration dangled the prospect of a slimmed down version of the bill, minus the plant-closings and perhaps other provisions, once Congress has sustained Reagan's expected veto of the current measure...