Word: wage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...denied labor the right to bargain collectively, had not broken its big sword, the strike, and had not deprived it of minimum wages. The A.F.L.'s expensive attempt to brand it a "slave labor law" had fallen dismally flat. The average citizen simply looked at U.S. wage rates* and asked: "Where are the slaves...
...college is cooperating to the fullest extent to support the President's program," said Dean Mildred P. Sherman yesterday. "Furthermore, the Board of Hall Presidents is expecting to launch a 'Wage War on Food Waste' campaign. I hope it succeeds...
Bets Closed. The Ford Motor Co.'s pension plan was finally voted down by the U.A.W.-C.I.O. in favor of an immediate 15?-an-hour raise (TIME, Sept. 29). The increase, said U.A.W., gave Ford the highest wage scale in the industry, $1.52 an hour, and 7? above the industry average. The same week, 19 of Ford's well-heeled employees were fired for gambling during working hours...
...dispiriting lesson in labor relations. Three months ago, he had agreed to U.A.W.-C.I.O. demands for a pension plan that would cost the Ford Motor Co. around $200 million (TIME, July 7). Young Henry's plan was as revolutionary as his grandfather's $5-a-day wage was in 1914. The U.A.W., which had threatened to strike if it did not get the plan, apparently agreed. It loudly proclaimed that the joint U.A.W.-Ford pension plan would be a pattern for all other automakers to follow. But last week, as the plan went to a vote of Ford...
...steamed north, Harry Truman could ponder the problems. While he was away, food prices had spiraled up to such heights (see BUSINESS) that the people were numb from just talking about them. Ever since the abolition of OPA, Harry Truman had tried to solve the price-wage question by issuing statements-an expedient sometimes called "government by incantation." Soon Harry Truman might have to take some action-although with Congress away from Washington, there might be little he could accomplish...