Word: strike
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thanks Curt, as I was syaing, hit 'em where they ain't, and I wouldn't trade a whole weekend in New Haven for the chance to strike out in the major leagues as often as I did. Now back 'o Tony...
Although the majority of the workers voted to ratify the contract, some workers said there was a split in the union between younger workers, who favored a strike, and older workers who preferred not to jeopardize their jobs...
Workers at the meeting were concerned that if they rejected the contract again, they would have to strike, workers said after the meeting. They questioned the availability of union strike payments and whether a strike might result in Harvard withdrawing some of its concessions in the present contract, the workers added...
...minimum wage next year of $7.48 an hour for unskilled workers, rising to $9.62 in 1981, and $9.48 for skilled diemakers, rising in three years to $11.62 - plus fringes. But the workers were not buying. Last week they rejected the contract 1,235 to 94 and stomped out on strike...
...workers insist on catching up. In sum, the VW workers want at least $10 an hour by 1981. The walkout is the latest sign that labor leaders' clout with their membership is waning - an ominous portent for next year's heavy calendar of union bargaining. The VW strike is also unsettling other foreign firms that are thinking of starting plants in the U.S., notably Japan's automaking Toyota, Nissan (Datsun) and Honda. Says one Japanese automan: "If U.S. workers ask to get even with General Motors and Ford right away, I'm afraid no company will...