Word: strikeingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...International Nickel Co., the world's largest producer, followed an expensive settlement of a 128-day strike at its Ontario mines by announcing a 24% price increase. The move is bound to have major effects in the U.S. Stainless-steel producers, who use 37% of all nickel, are expected to increase prices shortly, for the third time since January. From nickel-plated auto bumpers to jet engines, many products are sure to cost more...
...been expected, but the increase from $1.03 per Ib. to $1.28 was the largest in this century. Inco rested its case for the steep rise as much on its plan to spend $600 million for expansion by 1973 as it did on the wage increases. Even without the strike-induced shortage, the world demand for nickel has been outpacing supply, and the imbalance could continue for several years...
...reason, of course, was the six-week-old strike against G.E. Whether the boycott will force the company to budge remains to be seen. Union boycotts generally have been ineffective. Indeed, at the scheduled start of the G.E. boycott on the day after Thanksgiving, no pickets showed up in major cities, though the unions promise that there will be many this week. Its determination is a sign of the growing bitterness in U.S. labor relations. Union men, whose pay raises in the past few years have barely kept pace with price boosts, increasingly feel that corporations and the Government...
...middle of this week, the U.S. could face the worst labor trouble of the year: a strike by 15 shop unions against the major railroads. The indications last week were that a settlement would be reached in time to prevent the walkout. If the strike occurs, however, President Nixon will probably have to break his pledge to keep hands off union disputes and request special legislation to settle the walkout. Whatever the outcome, the U.S. has reason to be uneasy. Unions will have to negotiate new contracts for some 4,000,000 workers next year-in what seems certain...
Sweden has not had a major strike since 1945. Norway has had no strikes at all since 1965. Denmark has a less enviable record, but in terms of work days lost by strikes, it is almost 50 times better than...