Word: wage
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Confirmed (52-18) Federal Judge James P. McGranery, 51, of Philadelphia as Attorney General of the U.S. ¶ Heard a report from its Banking & Currency Committee recommending that the Wage Stabilization Board 1) be stripped of its industry and labor members and be composed solely of public members; 2) be limited to acting only on stabilization of wages and not on other labor demands (e.g., the union shop...
With whistle-stop abandon, the President went on to track the dinosaur through his favorite tar pit, the Republican Both Congress. There, he said, the G.O.P. proved that it was "after the farmers," "after all wage earners," and "after organized labor." Today the Old Guard is trying "to preserve high profits for the steel companies ('I think they want a strike')," and "prevent wage increases for the steelworkers. That shows exactly where the Old Guard stands. It shows that their hearts lie with the corporations and not with the working people...
...delegates of the Steelworkers Union, huffing, puffing and spoiling for an old-style knockdown, dragout strike against the steel companies. From Boss Phil Murray down, the unionists appeared fed up with seizure. They had not objected to it at first, when it seemed the quickest way to a big wage raise and the union shop. But expectation had turned to frustration as their collective bargaining demands bogged down in the court test of seizure's constitutionality...
Beans & Bread. Anticoli is a medieval town of 2,000, perched prettily on a hillside 40 miles east of Rome. It has a fine breeze, a good view, a Communist regime, and fresh-skinned girls whom Rome artists favor as models. But it has little work; the local wage is 65? a day. The main diet is beans and bread...
...idea of what they should plead, where to find legal counsel, or what the chances were of escaping sentence. Like sheep they followed the example of those lucky enough to have a lawyer. This worked last Friday, but it will take more than follow-the-leader tactics to wage a court trial...