Word: welder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...degree in chemical engineering, but he could not find engineering work at home. He went to Germany and labored in a coal mine, then came to the U.S. in 1968. He had $50. He found a job as a welder, earned $5 an hour, and saved almost...
...bluff, barrel-chested Usery faces the challenge with the respect of both labor and management as "the best mediator in the country," to quote Bill Dempsey, the railroads' chief negotiator. Usery rose from welder to become a top negotiator for the International Association of Machinists. So impressive was he at the bargaining table that George Shultz, President Nixon's first Labor Secretary, asked him in 1969 to put aside party loyalties (he is a Democrat) and become an assistant secretary for labor-management relations. That job led to a 1973 appointment as head of the Federal Mediation...
...successful. France is now cracking down on terrorists, but the task is likely to prove difficult. That much became clear when, two days after the Zenteno murder, Jacques Chaine, president of the Credit Lyonnais, France's second largest bank, was shot and killed by a young French shipyard welder who then killed himself. Police said, however, the two incidents were unrelated...
Last week Inmate Robert Bratton, 27, a welder serving ten years to life in San Quentin for armed robbery, happily married a 27-year-old outsider, Karen Toombs. Bratton and his wife were allowed a 19-hour honeymoon in the family housing unit. Said Bratton: "I think it's a great idea. It gives a man a chance to get closer with his woman. It helps you do time; it's something to look forward...
Sixteen years ago, John Owen received his first intimation that the factory workers regarded him as someone apart. "After leaving school, I spent nine months here in apprentice training as a welder. I was 19 then, and when I was on the shop floor, I was conscious from time to time that everyone would disappear, and I would almost think that it was the end of the world and I was the only one left. They were just having a meeting, and someone was shouting and that was the beginning of the union. I didn't know what...