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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile, food service and library workers at Brown University are threatening to walk off the job--a move that could shut down the school's dining services. At both schools, students have organized to support the unions, vowing not to cross picket lines if a strike occurs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia Workers May Strike Again | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

Columbia union leaders say they have the support of Columbia students. In 1985, when 700 clerical workers struck for four days, about 600 classes were held off-campus by sympathetic students and faculty who declined to cross picket lines...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia Workers May Strike Again | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

...difficult to explain why farmers hold such an exalted position in American politics. They represent only 2 percent of the populace, but nevertheless elected officials often bend over backwards to win their support...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Cultivating the Farm Vote | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

While the CLSA did not support the rebate drive, it sent a letter to the administration asking for the halting of construction during class time, better library resources--because half of the law school's books are in locked storage--and a firm timetable for the construction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Law Students Seek Rebates | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

Still, neither candidate has been able to attract widespread farm support. Bush once dismissed an Iowan farmer's queries about agricultural policy by snapping, "I'm running for president, not secretary of agriculture...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Cultivating the Farm Vote | 10/8/1988 | See Source »

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