Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first, government officials denied the story; some even claimed that Sharon, as chairman of the ministerial settlement committee, had made the decision on his own. This enraged Sharon, who told the Cabinet defiantly: "I will not let you hide behind my back." To avoid an open fight, the government lamely admitted the truth, and Yadin then scheduled the Cabinet meeting to decide on further action. It was at this point that Dayan telephoned the vacationing Premier for instructions. Begin flatly told his Foreign Minister that he wanted the Cabinet to halt the plan for the time being...
...command to Jacob is being obeyed by his Jewish descendants. High on a hilltop above the valleys of the West Bank, 35 families belonging to Israel's ultranationalist Gush Emunim are building a new settlement named Beth-El. They claim that 120 Jewish families are waiting to move into the settlement, nine miles north of Jerusalem, in territory that Israel has occupied since the 1967 war. There are plans for schools, a religious study center, an industrial area and even a holiday resort...
...four months after the contract expired, talks dragged on. To induce the union to accept the new contract, management offered tempting wage increases; the pressmen would not budge. With no agreement in sight, the papers set a deadline of Aug. 8 for a settlement and pledged to institute their new rules unilaterally if no agreement were reached. After the publishers postponed the deadline for 24 hours, the pressmen came up with a counterproposal that was swiftly rejected; the publishers left the negotiating table to post their new work conditions, and the pressmen walked...
Although a protracted strike like the 114-day walkout by the typesetters in 1962-63-which led to the demise of four New York papers-is unlikely, the parties are nowhere near a settlement. Said H.J. Kracke, chief bargainer for the publishers: "The union's response has been to demand even greater numbers of employees." One pressman summed up the union's determination to stand fast: "It's my work. It's for my family. I'd go to jail for it. I'd kill...
...Jimmy Carter thought that that would soothe A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany, he was mistaken. Meany grumbled that the 6½% postal workers' settlement, rightly hailed by the Administration as an example of wage moderation, had been too low-and on hearing that, Carter flew into a rare rage. At a press conference, Marshall said that Meany's remarks had "personally disturbed" the President and that his stand could lead to "more inflationary demands." Meany's response was immediate: "I've called it as I saw it. I don't intend to change...