Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...salary issues that concern union members. Its failure to work closely with union officials in choosing a mediator has only resulted in the delay of contract negotiations that could, if prolonged, persuade the union to give in on the moral issue as the only means of achieving a quick settlement of the bread-and-butter questions of pay and benefits. Such a development would give short shrift to an important union grievance, and only serve to exacerbate an already difficult situation. While the temptation to avoid the reorganization question might be great, the University should give more credence...
Dean Epps, suddenly at the center of a touchy controversy, said he will consider the questionable material statements by both organizations before attempting to effect an informal settlement...
...Future of Socialism (1956), which suggested that class had replaced capitalism as the appropriate target of socialists. After his appointment to Prime Minister James Callaghan's Cabinet last April, Crosland became the chairman of the European Community's Council of Ministers and toiled at reaching a settlement in Rhodesia. He was expected to become Chancellor of the Exchequer this spring...
...indirect acknowledgment that NBC has practiced sex discrimination, some $1.6 million in raises and back pay will go to former and present employees The rest of the money will go for legal fees and a staff to monitor compliance with the settlement. NBC also agreed to move women into 15% ol its high-level jobs...
...settlement is just the latest in a string of whopping payoffs in sex-and minority-discrimination suits. AT& T agreed to payments totaling $75 million, mostly to women. Similar proceedings have cost Merrill Lynch $ 1.9 million and Bank of America more than $3 million. Northwest Airlines is fighting a court decision ordering it to pay compensation to some 3000 stewardesses. The cost could run to $40 million. Current targets of such suits include Reader's Digest, Newsday, Saks Fifth Avenue and nine high-priced Manhattan restaurants that refuse to hire women as waitresses. One restaurant that has already knuckled...