Word: unionizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Refuse to accept "any substitution of East Germany for the Soviet Union in its responsibilities toward Berlin" if the Russians carry out their threat to turn over their occupation rights in Berlin to the East German puppet government on May 27. This allied stand does not rule out a possibility of dealing with East Germany as an "agent" of the Soviet Union if the Russians formally admit a continuing responsibility for assuring allied access to Berlin, as promised...
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 19--Dave Beck, millionaire ex-president of the giant Teamsters' Union, was found guilty by a federal court jury today of evading $240,000 in income taxes...
Anti-racketeering laws are not the answer to labor corruption, said Sydney Cohn, a New York Lawyer active in the labor field for almost thirty years, in a speech sponsored by the Harvard Liberal Union last night...
...Corruption in the labor unions is a reflection of corruption in society," Cohn observed, pointing out that union bossism has existed for a long time. Recent disclosures in this field have contributed to a general public feeling that the situation can only be corrected by new laws, he explained, and this led to the introduction of the Kennedy-Ives Bill in Congress last year...
Informed public opinion is in itself an effective deterrent of labor racketeering, he stated. "It is my belief that the enemies of the union members are official indifference and money," Cohn asserted. Corrupt labor bosses are often financed by employers who find bribery cheaper than paying fair wages, he lamented...