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...largest carrier in the U.S., United faced its first pilots' strike since 1951. The issue that divides the airline and the people in the cockpit goes beyond a dispute over salaries or fringe benefits. At stake is a so- called two-tier wage system that would put new employees on a different pay scale from present ones. Under the United proposal, the starting salary for new pilots would drop from $22,452 to $21,600. In addition, newly hired pilots would remain on lower pay scales for the roughly 20 years that it takes to reach the rank of captain...
Many "women's" jobs have historically paid less than "men's" jobs. But correcting these differentials through comparable-worth rulings will substantially alter the workings of the labor market, allowing theoretical calculations and arbitrary rulings by a new tier of bureaucrats to supplant the forces of supply and demand. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights last month rejected comparable worth, saying it would lead to "a radical reordering of our economic system." Nevertheless, it has already been adopted, at least in principle, by Minnesota and New York. In addition, studies are under way in 25 other states to determine...
United, which netted $258.9 million last year, has recently flown into its own patches of turbulence. The airline last week reported a $3.2 million < first-quarter loss, largely because of airfare wars. In addition, its 4,900 pilots, angered by the company's plan to adopt a two-tier wage scale that would lower the pay of new flight officers, voted to strike just after midnight...
Philip M. Heilbron, a B.C. senior who made "a little bit of money" in the pyramid schemes, said the schemes investors make profits by capitalizing on an ever-increasing participation. He said that a student starts the scheme by attracting eight investors to form at three-tier pyramid, while the student at the top collects $100 from each of those beneath him. The eight then form pyramids under themselves, he said...
...control future expenditures, the company wants a two-tier wage scale of the sort that is becoming an industry standard, under which new employees would be paid less than present workers. In addition, Pan Am wants the right to hire more foreign nationals for overseas flights. The unions see these & measures as a threat to job security for U.S.-based workers. Said Mary Annis Moore, a representative of the Independent Union of Flight Attendants: "What Pan Am is doing is anti-American...