Word: wage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...midst of a drive to obtain a 15 cent an hour wage increase for University-employed maids and janitors, H.U.E.R.A. points with pride to the gains it has won for such groups as the University Police...
...sole bargaining rights for maids and maintenance men, and the A. F. of L. threatened a strike to halt H.U.E.R.A.'s advance. In the meantime, the A. F. of L. had won preferential bargaining rights in the Dining Halls department, and the University had been compelled to grant several wage increases because of the A.F. of L.'s rising pressure...
Fifteen-cent per hour pay increases for all University-employed maids and janitors will result if the University Employees Representative Association succeeds in its current wage drive...
...states which, like the Soviet Union, necessarily follow a policy of defense of peace and never dream of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. . . . Opinions of the kind expressed by Comrade Terracini can only serve to disorient the working masses in a battle which they must wage in defense of peace against the provokers of imperialist wars...
Stokes hit the refusal of many papers, especially those in his native south, to carry news in direct opposition to their editorial policy, citing their disregard of the Negro problem and a low-wage economy as examples. "Papers do not want to print, in fact, will not print news that displeases them," he said...