Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have 800,000 unsold new cars on their hands. A few hardy optimists still talk of a 5,000,000-car year. But the industry's realists are prepared to settle for much less, possibly only 4,200,000 cars, thus making 1958 the worst since the steel-strike year...
...annual wage boost of 7? an hour. Then, to emphasize its solidarity with the other companies and prevent whipsawing, G.M. pulled a surprise. It canceled its contract as of May 29. The move astounded and infuriated the U.A.W., which is now faced with an industry-wide shutdown if it strikes one of the companies, since all can refuse to operate without contracts. Roared Reuther: "They can't make us strike. We are not going to accommodate the industry by striking to deplete their inventories. I can assure you they are not going to get away with it." But chances...
...half of the first inning established a pattern for the afternoon. The Crimson's Tom Bergantino led off by drawing a walk, and advanced to second and third on successive wild pitches. He scored a minute later, when the B.U. catcher dropped a third strike on Frank Saia and then threw wildly into right field in an attempt to make the put-out at first base...
...obvious issue. When the company refused to go along with A.L.P.A.'s demands, the 263 pilots shut the line down almost completely, idling 2,103 other employees. Drinkwater defied the pilots by signing with the engineers' union, and sees no quick end to the pilots' strike...
More Jobs? No one knows how far the pilots will go to enforce their demands. Striking Western, with 263 pilots drawing strike benefits of $650 per month, and striking American, with 1,541 pilots needing the same benefits, are two different matters. Yet the A.L.P.A., headed by President Clarence N. Sayen, says flatly that "unless the third man is a pilot, we will not operate jets." The pilots' real fear is that the bigger, faster jets will mean smaller airline fleets and thus fewer jobs unless they win the third-man spot. But the history of air travel...