Word: washtenaw
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...work stoppages preceded the signing of 30% of all new construction contracts; in the first half of 1972 the rate fell to 9%. Moreover, construction wage increases have dropped off from a horrendously inflationary 15.3% to 5.7%. A few unions have settled for even less. Plumbers in Washtenaw County, Mich., recently signed a contract providing no increase whatever in their already-high $10.17 hourly rate...