Word: unite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after the cease-fire was signed, when Bermudez removed Walter Calderon Lopez and Diogenes Hernandez Membreno, two contra field commanders who had attended the talks. Bermudez apparently felt that the officers had sold out the rebels by approving the accord. News of the disciplinary action spread quickly, leading combat unit leaders to openly criticize Bermudez...
Indeed, Amsterdam's only newspaper experience is four years at the Washington Post, where she worked in the feature-oriented Style section and then in Woodward's investigative unit. Though her initial response to the Post's overtures was an "absolute no," Amsterdam now sees the job as the ultimate challenge. "Fear is a good reason to take a job," she insists. "My goal is to make this a great metropolitan newspaper...
...union petitions the NLRB for a third election. In hearings before the board, Harvard again contests the size of the bargaining unit...
Fall 1974: District 65 submits its petition for an election with the regional branch of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The University contests the bargaining unit, saying that the union may not organize in one separate area of the campus...
...driving force behind the drug epidemic is not just the highly addictive nature of crack; many young hustlers never touch the stuff. They are drawn by the more enticing lure of fast money. "They can make $1,000 a week dealing," says Blair Miller of the Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Unit in Detroit's Samaritan Health Center. "These kids have no other skills. It's very hard to resist." In some cities, the crack trade may be one of the bigger job programs for youngsters...