Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Horatio Stevens White, the team captain from 1871-73. White became a professor of German at Harvard and eventually athletic director. In a retrospective that appeared in the Crimson in 1927, he noted that in the absence of a mask he "was accustomed to bite upon a large rubber eraser, to prevent dental demolition, with a surreptitious supplementary duplicate to lend to envious and suppliant professional backstops. But this was the principle concession made for defensive armor...
Despite Administration efforts to picture the contract as a victory for restraint, the Teamsters' fat settlement could whet the appetite of other unions in this year of heavy labor bargaining. The United Rubber Workers' contracts expire this weekend, and, says Union President Peter Bommarito, "Our settlement will have to go over the guidelines...
...walkout will affect the health and safety of the economy is another matter. The auto, rubber and electrical workers will be coming to the bargaining table later this year. If the Teamsters thumb down the guidelines, those unions-and others-may follow suit...
...Teamsters are used to hefty settlements, and won more than 10% annually in their last contract. If they can somehow be persuaded to stay even close to this year's 7% guideline, the other pace-setting unions that will negotiate contracts later in 1978-the electrical, rubber and auto workers-may moderate their demands. But should the Teamsters gravely breach the guides, 3.3 million other union members whose contracts expire this year will probably feel free to go for broke. As one of the Administration's inflation fighters put it: "If we lose master freight, we can forget...
...sides together. The Administration is implicitly threatening the industry against caving in to union demands. The Interstate Commerce Commission has informally told the companies that they will not be allowed to pass through-as higher rates-any raises of more than 7%. Until now, the ICC has merely rubber-stamped the requests of trucking firms...