Word: wage
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that, he faces rugged competition from other labor chiefs, e.g., the Teamsters' tough Jimmy Hoffa, tarred by scandal and scarred by his union's expulsion from the A.F.L.-C.I.O., is out to prove to the boys that he is still their resolute leader by squeezing a whacking wage boost out of trucking firms this spring...
McNamara has a record of voting against former Mayor Sullivan on questions such as the controversial School Committee appointments. During the recent wage negotiations with city employees, labor representatives repeatedly expressed their "confidence in Tom McNamara...
...laying out factories, hotels, lawns, streets and truck gardens with assembly-line speed. The citizens of Baja California (estimated pop. 550,000) proudly argue that the new state's standard of living is Mexico's best, a boast bolstered by the fact that its minimum legal wage is the country's highest...
...became a model of enlightened management. It put in a profit-sharing plan, and was the first French company to give all workers a paid three-week vacation. In 1955 Renault routed the Communists for good by signing a contract with non-Communist unions calling for an automatic 4% wage boost every year...
Though no one wants unemployment, coldly statistical economists can find some virtue in it. expect the U.S. to benefit through increased productivity. In 1957 productivity rose barely 1%, lagging behind wages. In 1958 it should rise sharply, not only because the new plants built by industry are more efficient but because increased competition for jobs should make everyone work a little better. Moreover, as jobs grow scarcer, wages will flatten out. While the Autoworkers' Walter Reuther still talks of demanding a four-day workweek and other plums, wage demands will be tougher to win from management, whose bargaining position...