Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...powerful Oklahoma Farmers' Union backed the plan, and in August 1931 the Community Health Association, Inc. formally opened a trim, two-story brick hospital...
Major manufacturers of plastic materials -phenol-formaldehyde, Durez, Plaskon, many another-are Bakelite, General Plastics, American Cyanamid Co., Plaskon Co., Celluloid Corp., Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, Monsanto Chemical and Union Carbide and Carbon.* These manufacturers do no molding, sell their plastics to other companies to be shaped. The molders, in turn-excepting those like Westinghouse and General Electric, which use the products in their own business-sell their finished plastic products to the toothbrush, automobile, radio manufacturers...
...most serious stockholders' revolt in the history of 88-year-old Western Union Telegraph Co. was staged last fortnight by Stockholder Arthur C. Flatto, who popped up at the annual meeting (at which President Roy Barton White announced a 1938 loss of $1,637,000). Mr. Flatto declared he had proxies representing 250,000 shares and did not like the present management. After a stormy session (TIME, April 24), the meeting adjourned while the proxies were counted. Last week President White announced that the management slate received 531,812 votes, the Flatto opposition...
...increase in dining hall rates in the Houses for next year was a foregone conclusion after the new union wage agreement...
...University has the whip-hand on the students. Increase wages, increase prices for meals, let the students pay. It seems to bad that a representative group of students, for example, the committee of House chairmen, could not have at least been present at the union vs. University discussions...