Word: stagnant
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...Stefano pointed to what he saw as stagnant tourist levels as the explanation behind the demise of many older establishments...
...attention brought to the issue by student protests—such as the nine-day hunger strike that hospitalized two undergraduates—may have escalated stagnant bargaining efforts, said Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-’09, one of the student protesters...
...guards told us repeatedly that bargaining was really stagnant, but once the hunger strike was happening, there was movement around the issue," said Aguilera. "A lot of workers told us that when we started, it became easier for them to become outspoken...
...Economic anxiety animates much of the resistance to amnesty, particularly from the left. Real wages have been stagnant for nearly three decades throughout the U.S., and for a place like working-class Beardstown, having to deal with a huge new influx of Spanish-speaking workers seems like adding insult to economic injury. But if times are tough in rural America, are illegal immigrants to blame? It turns out that the truly good jobs left Beardstown long before the Mexicans came. In the mid-'80s, the Cargill plant was owned by Oscar Mayer. Walters was the union representative at the plant...
...Three--the traditional Big Three moniker having been rendered obsolete last year when Toyota sold 2.5 million vehicles in the U.S. to Chrysler's 2.1 million-- Chrysler has long pledged to take care of virtually all its U.S. employees' medical expenses when they retire. Faced in recent years with stagnant sales and rising health-care costs, the automakers have been ratcheting down those benefits (mainly by requiring co-pays and contributions) for retirees without union contracts. Then, in 2005, General Motors and Ford persuaded the United Auto Workers (UAW) to break open an existing contract to cut health benefits...