Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Washington, the afternoon Star (circ. 346,000) bought the series and was putting Part 1 to press when the Tribune Syndicate suddenly canceled the deal, insisting that the larger morning Post (circ. 601,000) had first-refusal rights. The Star, arguing that it had a valid contract, went ahead and printed the three segments it already had and, it claimed, borrowed copies of the final two from friendly editors in other cities. Thus the entire series appeared simultaneously in both papers, contrary to industry canons. Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee, suspecting that the Star was lifting the series from early...
Signs of the American trade connection are in many places. In Shanghai, ships of the American President Line unload bales of American raw cotton. In the southwestern province of Sichuan, preparations are under way for an oil drill bit plant to be built under a $50 million contract with the Hughes Tool Co. In the coastal Fujian province, the state-owned Amoy Cigarette Co. will soon be producing Camels under an agreement with the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. In Peking, Bank of America will open a branch in a two-story brick building that was part of the U.S. legation...
...strike by Local 877 centered on what some union members called a MASCO promise to include regular work scheduled in any contract--a "promise" which MASCO officials said they left open to debate, rather than left out, in their final offer...
...final offer, a one-year contract with a 10-per-cent wage hike, wasn't good enough for the workers, who countered with a proposal for a gradual transition to regular work schedules and a two-year contract with wage hikes of 15 and 12 per cent...
...when contract negotiations resumed yesterday, the two sides seemed even further apart than they were a week...