Word: wages
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agreement includes a 6 percent wage hike retroactive to last July 1, increased pensions, and a shorter lay-off period between semesters...
...historical necessities are clear: non-computer owning Harvardians must recognize themselves as an oppressed class, and (joined by their enlightened allies from the computer-owning class) wage revolutionary struggle for an admittedly reactionary ideal—equal access to the modern means of paper production...
...demand by Chrysler employees was wage-and-benefit compensation comparable with that of their counterparts at Ford and GM. When Chrysler teetered on the edge of bankruptcy in 1979 and 1980, unions made concessions worth approximately $1 billion. But last year the company earned $2.4 billion, and workers want some of the benefits of the good times. Says Charles Ryan, 59, a janitor at Detroit's Jefferson Avenue plant who joined the company in 1951: "The workers never got credit for saving Chrysler." Echoes William Bon, president of U.A.W. Local 122 in Cleveland: "We have made a great sacrifice...
...mixed up in the endless command chain. Bureaucracies inevitably breed officers who have little better to do than trip over one another. The U.S. fought World War II with 101 three-star generals and admirals; now there are 118. Observed Nunn: "It takes more admirals and generals to wage peace than...
...unions joined forces with Corporate Raider Carl Icahn to block Lorenzo's attempt to take over that airline. Says Lorraine Loflin, president of Frontier's flight attendants union: "We had directives from the membership that Lorenzo was not acceptable." The unions, which had given $32 million in wage concessions while trying to take over Frontier, said they would revoke the salary cuts if Lorenzo took over...