Word: tiered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week after negotiations broke down on a new contract with unions representing 600,000 postal workers, the U.S. Postal Service last week imposed a two-tier wage system to reduce costs. Under the plan, which Morris Biller, president of the American Postal Workers Union, denounced as a "provocative, union-busting tactic," newly hired workers will be paid about 20% less than those already on the job. Letter carriers, for instance, will start at $17,352, compared with $21,511 for workers hired earlier. The U.S.P.S. takes on about 40,000 workers every year...
...afraid that they will be forced out to make room for cheaper labor. But in several cases where employees feared layoffs, plant shutdowns or even bankruptcies, they have accepted such plans, sometimes against the wishes of their unions. Workers at Boeing, American Airlines and Safeway Stores have approved two-tier wage agreements in the past two years...
Beyond this tier of vice-presidential possibilities, the roster of women prospects thins rapidly. Even women with national experience have nagging liabilities. Four-term Maryland Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski, 48, for example, is too abrasive and pro-union (she has a 100% AFL-CIO rating) to help a national ticket. Others, like Connecticut's freshman Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly, 48, simply lack seasoning. "Potential vice-presidential candidates have got to have experience," says Betty Smith, Democratic state chairman for Northern California. "There are very few women who are in that position right...
...fight in a record 1,654 bouts, making him something of a popular legend. Recently Takamiyama, 39, began to feel the combined effects of time and a string of injuries, losing 13 of his last 15 matches. Last week, confronted with a humiliating down-ranking to the third tier of sumo wrestlers, the 6-ft. 3-in., 400-lb. giant instead announced his retirement at an emotional farewell ceremony. "I am happy that I wrestled for 20 years," said a tearful Takamiyama. "I consider that as my biggest accomplishment." His departure from the sport will be formalized when his topknot...
...Washington: precinct caucuses, first step in a three-tier process culminating in a state convention June 10 70 delegates selected 41 at district level. 20 at large, and 9 unpledged...