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...their compatriots in the North, South Korea's 37.5 million citizens enjoy a surprising amount of freedom to worship, travel, work where they choose, and even to speak their minds. In the past few weeks, Park has allowed far more public dissent than he has for years, even though some observers complain that the new liberty was mere window dressing for the two-day Carter visit. Nevertheless, Kim Young Sam, newly elected leader of the New Democratic Party, has taken advantage of the respite to demand the complete restoration of democracy, and has said that he would be willing...
Kosner's position was further eroded by a costly, aesthetically wrenching design change instituted earlier this year, and by a new computer system that has caused production problems. Though even those who disliked Kosner admired his drive and intelligence, his biting humor and autocratic style were said to have irked many subordinates. Said one: "He ran a one-man show...
...question had long been unresolved, though it had deep implications for both employers and workers, as well as for U.S. society at large: Is it fair to discriminate against whites in order to help the longtime victims of discrimination, notably blacks and other disadvantaged minorities? Last week, ruling in the crucial case of United Steelworkers of America vs. Weber, the U.S. Supreme Court gave an answer. Employers can indeed choose to give special job preference to blacks without fear of being harassed by reverse-discrimination suits brought by other employees. The ruling was a strong endorsement of affirmative-action programs...
...Gramercy, La. He had sued both his employer, the Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., and the Steelworkers Union in 1974, charging that he had been illegally excluded from a training program for higher paying skilled jobs, such as electrician and repairman, in which half the places were reserved for minorities. Though Weber won in two lower courts, he lost in the high court. By a 5-to-2 vote, the justices ruled that employers can indeed give blacks special preference for jobs that were traditionally all white. Whether or not it has had discriminatory job practices in the past, a company...
...Steelworkers Union agreed to set up affirmative-action training programs at 15 of the company's plants in the U.S. five years ago. At that time, blacks accounted for less than 2% of the 273 skilled craftsmen at the Kaiser plant where Weber was employed, even though blacks made up 39% of the local work force. To close that gap, the company and the union decided to accept whites and blacks into the program at that plant on a 1-to-1 basis. When the program rejected Weber, he filed suit. Federal courts upheld his claim; they ruled that...