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Dates: during 1950-1959
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To clear the fog of conflicting claims surrounding the steel negotiations, President Eisenhower last week considered having the Government prepare its own "impartial" statistics for the public's guidance. But the Labor Department and other Government agencies quickly let it be known that they wanted no part of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 AN HOUR: The Probable Steel Settlement | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

In their battling over steel negotiations, both management and labor naturally pick the figures that best prove their case. Determined to hold fast against any wage hike, industry points out that the steelworkers' average hourly wage of $3.08 is higher than in all but a handful of U.S. industries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 AN HOUR: The Probable Steel Settlement | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

Since some 70% of the country's 55,000 dry cleaners have switched to plastic bags, the industry is geared to turn out the thin, transparent film coverings, and does not want to switch back to paper. What worries many of the 35 producers of plastic bags is that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Throw It Away | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

What the plastics industry is after is a porous bag that 1) will not cling to the face, 2) will not generate static electricity. Some manufacturers have turned to making combination plastic and paper bags, while other key producers, such as National Distillers' Kordite Corp., are returning to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Throw It Away | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

Heart of the new plan is a substantial increase in the base pay to 60% of total executive pay last year. Homer's new salary would be $306,749. On top of that, instead of a regular bonus, he and other executives would get special "dividend units," computed on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Slimming the Bonus | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

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