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After the talks ended, Bieber claimed to have negotiated "an unprecedented job-security program with far-reaching new protection for our members against job loss." He said it would safeguard them against job loss due to plant closings, new technology and "outsourcing"-the industry's code name for producing cars and parts abroad. He also said he had won commitments from GM to "maintain production and create new job opportunities" in the U.S. The program offered by GM reportedly consists of a $1 billion "job security pool" from which workers with as little as one year's seniority...
Rabbi Moshe Levinger, the spiritual leader of Gush Emunim, insists that his followers acted only because the government failed to safeguard the West Bank settlements. "The arrested will yet go down in history as dear boys who worked for the state at a time when it did not do enough on their behalf," he said. Explained one of the men on trial: "We were groups of guys
...trouble is that Wisconsin, like most states, is trying to fight 20th century crime with 19th century laws. Electronic mail, automatic funds-transfer systems and interlocking networks of high-speed computers are protected by legal concepts that were developed to safeguard paper documents. "In the old days, you needed a fast gun and a fast horse," says Richard Guilmette, manager of corporate security for Prime Computer. "Now you need fast fingers and a small computer...
...alleged "objections on the part of community members" that a Council committee was "too tied up in procedures" when discussing the Pi Eta Speakers Club newsletter. The reporter fails to point out that at a Council meeting the night before that committee meeting those same procedures, which tend to safeguard the rights of the minority, and the decorum observed in Council meetings, had permitted many of those "community members" to question in public the president of the Pi Eta regarding his actions and attitudes, and those of his club T as a fair hearing and a reasonable outcome are assured...
...raise consciousness about torture at the United Nations, where a voluntary fund for victims has been established. Twelve governments, including the U.S., Sweden and Greece, have pledged more than $700,000. In its report, Amnesty proposes a twelve-point plan to protect prisoners' rights, officially condemn torture, safeguard prisoners during interrogation, limit incommunicado detention and allow independent investigations into torture. "Torture can be stopped," the report declared. "What is lacking is the political will of governments to stop torturing people." The report may not persuade many governments to stop torturing their citizens, but by increasing the volume of information...