Word: waged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pentagon as a reward for the relative combat readiness of the Air Force, as well as for Jones' own willingness to go along with White House-approved defense policies. Jones, as Air Force Chief of Staff, fought hard for production of the B-l bomber but refused to wage any further fight to save it once the President had made his decision against the aircraft. Similarly, Jones argued both publicly and privately in behalf of the Panama Canal treaties negotiated by the Administration. Former Navyman Carter was known to be unhappy with the Navy, which has been openly fighting...
...contract offers a moderate wage increase and better vacation benefits, but many of the union members said they wanted to hold out for a fatter wage increase...
...many believed they could not attempt another strike, while others feared reprisals from the University--such as a decision to subcontract out the work to non-union laborers. The lithographers, photo-engravers and bookbinders who make up the union have struck Harvard twice in the past seven years over wage increases...
...provision guaranteeing a minimum 40-cent-an-hour increase in all wages, an addition that exceeds the 6-per-cent wage increase for lower-paid workers, was the greatest victory for the union, the spokesman said yesterday...
...members of Locals 300 and 16B of the Graphic Arts International Union, which includes lithographers, photoengravers and bookbinders who work for the University printing office, have struck Harvard twice in the past seven years over wage disputes...