Word: shipyards
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...even be that Captain Rickenbacker's soldier, brought back from Guadalcanal to work in the aircraft factory, would after a short time start complaining if the shipyard worker made more money than...
...lawyer turned shipyard worker present these views on the "bastards" issue (TIME, March...
...huts right in Seattle. In 21 days they designed their round, spruce-ribbed hut, sold the Army an educational order for 85. The first ones turned out so well that by September they had Army encouragement to build a new plant. They raised $100,000 to buy an abandoned shipyard and an adjoining gas station, built a 100,000-sq.-ft. factory in 60 days...
...fall of 1941 the CIO was running an organizing campaign at the Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard. Many Harvard men may remember that a Fore River Student Labor Committee was organized here to help the union in canvassing workers, passing out leaflets, and other educational work. Over a hundred men participated...
Last month Kaiser took over management of Rheem Manufacturing Co.'s new Government-owned Liberty shipyard at Providence, R.I., due to produce a U.S. version of the Canadian corvette...