Word: ridded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...responded Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, "Israel will also know how to defend itself in the future and defeat the evil designs of its enemies." White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the Bush Administration found Saddam's remarks "deplorable and irresponsible." Fitzwater called for concrete steps "to rid the region of chemical and other conventional weapons and to move toward peace...
...experts say many employers may actually welcome strikes as an opportunity to shatter union power. With the use of permanent replacement workers, observed Peter Laarman, a spokesman for the United Auto Workers, "labor disputes often are not really about wages or benefits or working conditions, but rather about getting rid of the union altogether." That may become even easier if the Supreme Court rules in favor of Curtin Matheson Scientific in its case against the National Labor Relations Board. The Houston company is seeking to establish that an employer can reasonably assume that nonunion replacement workers, hired during a strike...
...Organization and replace them with nonunion trainees sent a clear signal that striking workers should not look to the Government for sympathy or even tolerance. "Other employers, public and private, interpreted this as a declaration of open season on unions and went all-out to block, weaken or be rid of them," says Thomas Donahue, secretary-treasurer...
...were no longer needed. Burwood, a manufacturer of clocks and other wall accessories, had replaced its union employees, generally with young workers who had been earning the minimum wage. Says ex-employee Sharon Newberry, who is still out of work: "They were just looking for a way to get rid of the union...
ONCE the Fly Club is signed over to the appropriate people, inspection, cleaning and renovation will rid the building of its sordid past. We will decorate the walls with inspirational photographs and empowering feminist quotes, hold daily events centering around women and provide the support and encouragement that is sometimes lacking on this campus...