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...statements are being made about Gulf," said Brockett. "Many [come from] responsible adults and young people who are seriously devoted to constructive change in our society. They, and all responsible people, are grappling for solutions to the major problems mankind faces. Too often, in the act of grappling, we snag each other instead of the solutions we seek...
...Snag. But nothing basic in the dispute has been solved. The four unions -the Machinists, Electricians, Boilermakers and Sheet Metal Workers-have been negotiating fruitlessly with the railroads since December 1968. The talks dragged on through last summer, and an October strike was avoided only when President Nixon, exercising his authority under the 1926 Railway Labor Act, appointed a special mediation panel and ordered a 60-day cooling-off period. For a while, the bargaining seemed productive. Then the unions turned down a settlement offer...
...snag was jurisdictional, not financial. After agreeing that none would accept a settlement unless all did, three of the unions voted last month to accept an industry package that included wage increases of 680 an hour over a two-year period for skilled mechanics. But the 6,000-member Sheet Metal Workers objected to a provision for limited crossing of craft lines to permit incidental work at repair locations by whatever mechanics were available. Generally lower-skilled than members of the other unions, they feared that this rule could further reduce their importance. The union rejected the offer...
...their Lenin, packed their suitcases, and prepared to be fellow travelers with a single destination: Moscow. The capital's hotels, including the new 3,000-room Rossia, just off Red Square, braced for the greatest onslaught of comradely dignitaries in nearly a decade. Barring a last-minute snag, the oft-postponed world summit meeting of Communist parties will convene this week in the Soviet capital, the first such international gathering of top party brass since...
However, this snag can be overcome by limiting oneself to those segments of each class that are directly linked to the processes of economic production, i.e., to those groups whose economic interests completely encompass the inner-most, primary level of the working of the American economy. Thus the crucial sub-classes to focus on are the Rich--all senior business executives, the Technostructure-Rich--junior business executives, engineers, technicians and scientists in the big corporations, and the Workers--all the people who work in factories (that's what they still are no matter how civilized the conditions) producing consumer goods...