Word: ranked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...women, and as individuals. Much of the newsreel material is unusual and exciting--footage of hunger marches and strikes in Chicago and Detroit, for example--but it is the interviews which are the truly remarkable aspect of the film. These women, who were first interviewed by Staughton Lynd in Rank and File, are exceptionally articulate about their experiences, as well as able to bring contemporary political concerns, particularly feminism, to bear on the struggles of the '30s. But what makes the film most effective and moving is the way these women are able to communicate their deep commitment to creating...
...gathering was to be a coalition of the already-think ranks of third party conservatives. The fat-cat, somber-looking pin-striped remnants of the Reagan crusade, shunned by the Republican Party in Kansas City, were here to build a 'New Majority' on the structure of the American Independent Party. For a week they had been on the phone to Reaganites but, as a prominent conservative told me, not one Republican office-holder defected. North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson, Illinois Congressman Phillip Crane--none set foot in the Hilton. 'National Review' editor William Rusher...
...University and representatives of kitchen workers in the Harvard dining halls have ironed out a final contract proposal following more than two months of on-and-off negotiations. The contract awaits ratification by the union rank and file later this month...
According to Balsam, the union rank and file met last Tuesday to discuss the final Harvard proposal, and will reconvene on September 29 to hold a ratification vote on the pact...
...problems. Most important, perhaps, Abel supporters point out that during the contract that Sadlowski derides, union wages have risen $1.97 an hour, or 35%. That is more than twice the climb in the Consumer Price Index. Also, though Sadlowski's grassroots, "Hi ya, buddy" style is appealing to rank and filers, he is not well known outside his district. Some Steelworkers familiar with Sadlowski are suspicious of his friendships with such men as liberal Washington Attorney Joseph Rauh and former J.F.K.-L.B.J. Speechwriter Richard Goodwin. McBride, who went into the mills at 14, and has made a name...