Word: reuthers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...thirds of the West Coast paper industry by calling the first strike there in 30 years. In steel, the prospects of a strike next spring have been heightened by a battle for the presidency of the United Steelworkers (see THE NATION). And it is painfully obvious that Walter Reuther has had his hands full trying to control his disputatious local U.A.W. leaders...
...auto strike was scheduled to end this week, but its effects will be felt for months to come. After President Johnson warned that a continuation of the five-week stoppage would "jeopardize the continuous upward thrust of our economy," Walter Reuther finally went into action. He convened the union's General Motors council, won their ratification of the national agreement and scheduled a nationwide membership vote to approve the contract. Local unions that had not yet signed contracts-there were still 33 of them at week's end-could still remain on strike, but Reuther strongly indicated that...
...supported his arguments by quoting from the statements of George Meany, Henry Ford, Walter Reuther, Thomas Jefferson, and others...
...local strikes are expected to be settled some time this week. But the stoppage has already cut auto production 48% from the same week a year ago, and will cost G.M. several more days before it can get back to normal production. What was the upshot of the walkout? Reuther gained the same 57?-an-hour package that Ford and Chrysler had given him in September, plus three small concessions. The company promised to put extra men on the production line at times when the work load becomes unusually heavy, loosely agreed to give some men the option to turn...
Nonetheless, Reuther's score for the year was impressive, and it was enough to cause continuing concern among inflation watchers, who fear that the 4.8% hike in pay and benefits won by the union-which fractured the Administration's 3.2% guideline-may set a pattern for other industries. Sensing this concern, President Johnson last week expressed the rather optimistic hope that other unions will recognize the "unique" nature of the settlement in the highly profitable, highly productive auto industry and thus will be more restrained in their own demands...