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...profit. The union conceded that Kohler had 1,800 employees at work, but claimed that 2,800 of the 2,850 U.A.W. members who walked out last year were still holding out. The strike had already cost the union some $4,000,000 in benefits-$25 weekly to each striker for "jingling money," plus rent and food vouchers. Cost to the union was rising by $350,000 more each month-and there was no settlement in sight...
Barak's fast was a success in the sense that it stirred public opinion and seemed certain to draw the Knesset's attention to the whole issue of religious marriages. But in threatening to kill himself in defense of his position, Hunger Striker Barak had offended many Israelis who believe in less dramatic forms of debate. "The straightforward and democratic way of revising laws is by tabling a proposal before the Knesset," wrote Attorney General Haim j Cohen. "Except in times of emergency j . . . there can be no other way, and I pray there never will be another...
...shocked. "You have committed a brutal and merciless assault on a boy who was no more than a child," he said. The court sentenced both brothers to eight years in jail and ten strokes with a bamboo cane (not to be raised higher than the shoulder of the striker). And at that the courtroom buzzed, and white women sobbed. Explained a Boer farmer: "To see white men sent to prison and flogged like Kaffirs for killing a thieving Kaffir is the deepest humiliation...
...sword is a particularly fitting trophy for Dwight Eisenhower. His family name (originally Eisenhauer) means "Striker of Iron...
...weeks Foulkes waged his guerrilla war. Last week he topped the campaign by calling out 35,000 employees of the private contractors for a one-day strike, halting some construction work (among other things) at six of Britain's eight atomic establishments. Employers retaliated by giving every striker a "one-day unpaid unholiday" the following day. In return, this week Foulkes called out 7.000 electricians in the London area...