Word: waging
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME says: "Last trouble at Briggs was an epidemic of departmental sit-down strikes a month ago which resulted in wage increases...
...already stated, Briggs has lost no production in the last four years on account of labor trouble in its plants; only one sit-down has occurred; that was among a small group of employes who sat down for 15 minutes because they were uncertain as to whether or not wage increases already decided upon were going to benefit them...
...printed in his news or editorial columns? Has anyone ever brought up the issue of the freedom of the press in the unionization of the mechanical processes? Then why should the issue be raised now in reference to the Newspaper Guild, which is intended merely to better wage and working conditions of editorial workers who . . . have been notoriously underpaid...
Steelman Ernest Tener Weir, also throbbing with the spirit of reform, spoke warmly if tritely for redistribution of wealth: "Demand can be increased not only by increase in total national income, but also by distribution of the increase through the whole population. . . . Wage increases or investment returns that are paid solely through price increases are only apparent gains. ... It is probable that work on this problem will indicate that special attention should be given the low-income groups. This would have human value because these groups are most in need...
...into Briggs labor policies with results by no means complimentary to the management. A Motor Products strike ended last summer after ten months of bickering between competing unions, but it failed. Last trouble at Briggs was an epidemic of departmental sit-down strikes a month ago which resulted in wage increases. Fortnight ago Briggs announced a year-end bonus of $1,000,000 for 26,000 employes...