Word: wildcatted
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...wildcat strikes rouses the miners' wrath
...tough night for Laurie Downey, who faced a stiff challange in her specialty--the breaststroke--from Wildcat Debbie Panzik. A judge's decision gave Downey the opening round in the 100-yd. backstroke but Panzik took the return matchup in the 200-yd. backstroke. But Downey also added firsts in the two relays...
DIED. William T. Schwendler, 73, a founder and chief engineer (1930-50) of the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.; of heart disease; in Farmingdale, N.Y. Schwendler helped design World War II combat aircraft (the Wildcat, Hellcat and Avenger) that accounted for more than two-thirds of enemy planes shot down by the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater...
...dead wrong. The company treats us well, and we shouldn't be penalized when some other company has trouble. We lose good money on somebody else's say-so." A younger miner puts it more bluntly: "If the company gave us protection against wildcat strikes, I'd be willing to cross the picket line. There wouldn't be all this wildcat crap if John L. Lewis [the thunderous U.M.W. leader from 1920 to 1960] were still around. The union has lost control...
...seem as if the workers were going to suffer more than the companies. Health benefits were cut off because employers are no longer contributing to the insurance fund for the 901,000 miners, retirees and dependents. Contributions to the fund, which had already been depleted by all the wildcat strikes, are based on production and hours worked. Many miners and their families have stopped going to a doctor because they cannot afford...