Word: wages
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another short-changing of literature and life to which Epstein object is ideology at either the heart of a novel or the core of criticism. Borrowing Clauswitz's definition of war, he accuses Doctorow and Coover of using literature to wage "politics by other means." He devotes four essays to rehabilitating the reputations of James G. Cozzens, John Dos Passo Var. Wyck Brooks, and Willa Cather, all of whom be considers unjustly neglected by the prejudice of liberal critics. Cather he "rescues" from the crown of lesbianism...
...largest carrier in the U.S., United faced its first pilots' strike since 1951. The issue that divides the airline and the people in the cockpit goes beyond a dispute over salaries or fringe benefits. At stake is a so- called two-tier wage system that would put new employees on a different pay scale from present ones. Under the United proposal, the starting salary for new pilots would drop from $22,452 to $21,600. In addition, newly hired pilots would remain on lower pay scales for the roughly 20 years that it takes to reach the rank of captain...
...captain, says the two-tier system would bring "great dissension" because people would be getting different pay for exactly the same work. Says he: "The cockpit depends on mutual respect and trust. We cannot afford that kind of trouble." The pilots also cite a long list of wage and benefit concessions they have made over the past several years. Finally, the pilots point to the airline's 1984 operating earnings of $564 million. It was United's most profitable year ever...
...competitive airline industry, however, highflyers often suddenly crash to the ground. United Chairman Richard Ferris insists that his airline ; cannot afford to fly without a two-tier wage policy. Although pilots have not traditionally staged long walkouts, both sides last week seemed to be digging in for a tough fight...
...comparable worth," which attempts to calculate the value of different jobs, from secretary to warehouseman, based on factors such as education, responsibilities and work conditions. Claimed Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees: "The momentum in eliminating sex bias from public-sector wage scales is now irreversible...