Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...officials of the United Steelworkers Union approved a new three-year contract that provides for an 800-an-hour increase over the life of the agreement. It also makes a modest start toward guaranteeing steelworkers lifetime job security. Union and company spokesmen disagreed on whether the contract, which needs rank-and-file approval, was inflationary...
...board, and staff are not interested in "helping others," with the patronizing condescension the phrase implies. Haymarket, unlike traditional foundations, is taking money out of the hands of people who hold power in this country, and putting into the hands of activists in tenant organizations, women's centers, and rank and file labor movements who decide on its utilization. Haymarket is working to be a resource for change, not charity. Haymarket Peoples Fund 2 Holyoke St. Cambridge...
While Letteri is cautious about the future, willing to wait and see what Lee might be able to contribute toward a settlement, some of the rank-and-file are less optimistic. They are more interested in seeing what Gorski's permanent successor, whom the University will select before next fall, will do about the department's organizational structure. To them, the "morale question" is not something the University can resolve simply by appointing a more pleasant person than Gorski to run the department. They want the assurance that the union will stay secure, and that they will be able...
Whatever his rank, the training never stops. He is constantly practicing instrument landings and emergency procedures, both in the cockpit of a jet and in remarkably realistic flight simulators. Twice a year, the FAA requires the airline to check out his proficiency. In addition, an FAA inspector?completely unannounced?may show up just before takeoff, occupy the jump seat in the cockpit?and "lift" (start revocation proceedings) the captain's license on the spot if he detects a major failing during the flight...
...members of minority groups into positions of leadership (see Carter's Report Card). Indeed, feminists and black leaders who have criticized Carter for not placing enough women or members of minority groups in high-level jobs in his Administration seem to be out of step with their rank and file; some 65% of women and 58% of nonwhites thought Carter was doing well in this respect...