Word: wages
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...printers and five copysetters from the Typing and Copy Center have been on strike since April 9. The printers are demanding a nine per cent wage increase, but Harvard will offer no more than a 5.9 per cent hike...
They reasoned that Harvard might agree to the printers' wage demands rather than face the prospect of disruptions in front of alumni, parents, and other potential financial contributors. In 1967, Harvard settled grievances with striking printers two days before Commencement...
James G. Pope '73-4, a member of the New American Movement and an organizer of the activities, said last night, "We plan to demonstrate that members of the Harvard community are intensely concerned about the issues of the printers' strike and the wider issue of Harvard's wage policy as a whole...
Just how badly the wage increase will hurt the export sales on which Japan is so dependent is still uncertain. Some economists believe that its chief impact will be to weed out inefficient, labor-intensive industries. The government reported last week that April's exports set a postwar record, rising a stunning 61.3% over the same month a year ago. The climb was led by efficient industries, such as steel and shipbuilding, that are benefiting from worldwide shortages. The latest wage increase follows one of 23.6% in 1973 and an average hike of 15% annually during the previous decade...
...negotiations to reach a contract, the school board was in no mood to compromise; it fired all of the teachers and hired substitutes. The harsh action - unprecedented in Wisconsin - transformed a dispute over rou tine work issues and a small difference in salary (the union asked a base wage of $8,100; the board offered $7,900) into a major test of the state's collective-bargaining law. That statute prohibits public employees from striking and has no provision for binding arbitration...