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Word: saneamento (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...workers' councils, which now share in the running of big and small business, have badly crippled output. They have arbitrarily called strikes and in the fanatic saneamento (literally, "cleaning up") campaign, have purged from their plants all those accused of the undefined crime of "economic sabotage." Managers have been so harassed that many have abandoned their companies. Laborers at Lisnave, Europe's largest dry dock, have reduced work hours so much that 50% has been added to the lay-up time for ships. The nationalization of all the country's banks, insurance companies and half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: A Rising Cry Against the Radicals | 7/28/1975 | See Source »

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