Word: wildcats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some policymakers at Ford Motor Co. must rue the day, back in 1911, that the company set up shop in Britain. Though its pay scales run well above the industry average in Britain, Ford has been a prime target of wildcat strikes that torment the country's economy and damage its deteriorating trade position. Last year Ford lost 1.2 million man-hours to "unofficial" walkouts, often led by only a handful of professional soreheads. Lately the company has hoped to buy its way out of the strike nightmare by offering its workers a simple tit-for-tat: extra money...
...Matter of Honor. The row was started by a contract offer that included wage increases averaging 81%, holiday bonuses and a guaranteed annual wage in return for no wildcat strikes. Leaders from all 16 Ford unions approved, and the committee's chairman called the deal "bold and imaginative." Similar sentiments were voiced by Barbara Castle, Minister of Employment and Productivity, who has been pressing for a major labor reform, chiefly through sharp restrictions on wildcat strikes (TIME...
Bauer's winning goal came at 3:14 of the overtime period. The swift wing grabbed a pass from center George McManama, broke in alone on Wildcat goalie Rick Metzer, and whipped a perfectly-placed backhand shot into the net for the victory...
...Harvard only increased its pressure wiping out the Wildcat's hard-earned lead with two goals in two minutes...
Octavio Demasiado, the President of Latifundia, is an odd political animal-part pure schemer, part selfless leader. An ex-football hero and the son of a prostitute, he is as wily and emotional in his diplomatic dealings as a wildcat forced to play parlor games. Almost his opposite in personality and background is Carl Aspinwall, the U.S. Ambassador to Latifundia. Harvard-educated scion of an aristocratic New England family, Aspinwall has tried to build a diplomatic career on plain dealing, only to find his word and position repeatedly betrayed by shifts in policy...