Word: wages
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Levison further discredits the "affluent worker" thesis--the idea of the working class having been bought off of radicalism by wage rises--by a simple glance at statistics...
...their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less!" Weekly, The Revolution discussed woman's role as mother and wife, attacked the inequalities in marriage, promoted dress reform, and argued the case of the working people and civil rights. "It is for the teachers, seamstresses, and wage-earning women generally, rather than for the wives and daughters of the rich, that I labor," Anthony decared...
...elections are held, the UFW will gain recognition as a representative of Gallo's workers and will once more start to make demands that Gallo does not want to meet. The first contract Gallo signed with the UFW in 1967 brought about significant changes; only then did Gallo raise wages above the minimum industrial wage. The UFW contract contained clauses dealing with the enforcement of federal and California state laws requiring toilets and fresh drinking water in the fields, which previously had been ignored. The contract provided for popularly elected ranch committees to enforce clauses relating to health, safety...
...Bill Usery, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliatory Service, is another possibility, but my impression is that the odds are leaning in Dunlop's favor," he said. He added "Albert Reese, chairman of the Wage and Price Stability Council, is returning to Princeton, so they will need Dunlop's expertise...
Part of the problem was certainly the chaos caused by the campaign to criticize Confucius and Lin Piao-and by sly indirection, Chou En-lai-that peaked last year. Mass meetings, rallies and indoctrination sessions took workers away from production. According to the secret documents, workers made wage demands under the cloak of political grievances, and a number of cadres left their jobs to avoid getting involved...