Word: union
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...drivers and helpers of the six-story Boston plant and store for Morgan Memorial have been on strike for three weeks seeking Union recognition, a raise from the current wage of $1.60 an hour to $3.10, the repair of defective equipment at the plant, and fringe benefits of sick leave, a medical plan, and an insurance system...
...drivers and helpers will vote this afternoon on whether to accept Teamsters Local 82 as their union. Henry E. Helms, executive director of Morgan Memorial, sent out letters to the drivers which said, "I sincerely hope you will preserve your right to deal directly with Morgan Memorial rather than through a third party. You can do this by voting NO on union recognition...
Pride and Profit. TIME'S European Economic Correspondent Robert Ball has pieced together an explanation. Most of the gold, Ball reports, has been flown to Switzerland and bought by three banks: Credit Suisse, Union Bank and Swiss Bank Corp. Motivated by pride and profit, the three banks formed a syndicate a year ago and began to buy newly mined South African gold. They wanted Zurich to challenge London's position as the leading gold market, and they also figured to sell the gold at a lucrative markup. By carefully controlling their marketing practices, they could keep the free...
Some of the athletes give non-athletes an assist in business. The Cleveland-based Black Economic Union, founded four years ago by ex-Fullback Jim Brown and some of his Browns teammates, has offices in six cities to help blacks find jobs, business advice and capital. Brown, who worked off-season promoting Pepsi-Cola before he went to Hollywood, thinks that the next goal will be to encourage black businessmen to sell common stock and build large public corporations. "The black businessman does not want to give up 10% of his stock," Brown says. "He does not quite understand what...
Davis called the union of the black arts and black power an "unholy alliance" and said that the black writers' emphasis on black power was undermining their ability as artists...