Word: wages
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still governor, the 62-year-old Kennedy Democrat had attended St. Paul's, the College, and the Law School during the height of the Depression. A labor negotiator with a hard-nosed reputation, Cox served in the Solicitor General's Office under Roosevelt in the '40s and on the Wage Stabilization Board under Truman...
...resigned his post on the Wage Board in 1952--gaining his first public notice and boosting his reputation for independence--after Truman reversed his decision on a wage demand by the United Mine Workers...
Both sides agree that wages are the issue in this strike, which began April 9. Harvard has offered the printers a wage increase of 5 1/2 per cent over their last contract, which expired in November 1973. The printers have demanded increases of 10 per cent for their highest paid workers and 14 per cent for their lowest paid workers...
...bite went out of the March air and the showers of April began, there seemed to be little prospect for enticing students out of the libraries and into the streets. Then, on April 9, 32 printers went out on strike against the University, demanding a larger wage increase than the 5.5 per cent that Harvard offered. A week later, NAM, together with SDS, announced its campaign to generate support among the Harvard community for the striking workers. Members of the group began collecting money for advertisements, and circulated a petition among students and faculty...
...bulk of the 36 printers and typesetters went on strike April 9, after the University refused to offer more than a 5.5 per cent salary increase over their last contract, which expired in November 1973. The strikers are demanding wage increases of 10 to 14 per cent, which they claim would set them on a par with other Boston-area printers and typesetters...