Word: shop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Metal-Workers Union, the second largest in Sweden, has been involved in many experiments in "industrial democracy" on the shop-floor during the past decade. These include the famous experiments with both Saab-Scania and Volvo which aimed to abolish the assembly line in favor of group assembly in what have come to be known as "autonomous groups." However, Ahlstrom says that in almost all these experiments, "the companies kept control. I don't know of a single experiment that was initiated by the companies that really changed the work organization in such a way that the workers experienced...
...millions of Iranians, both city dwellers and peasants, who are struggling to maintain a semblance of normality in their lives. Tehran's traffic, which may be the worst in the world, is as bad as ever, and so is the smog. Most people still go to work and shop at corner groceries or reasonably well-stocked supermarkets. Their children still go to school, although classroom discipline is poor after a year of revolution. In the suburbs of North Tehran, people still line up to eat in a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant (whose English-language signs, following a franchise dispute...