Word: walkout
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...governments sole hope of halting the walkout at present appeared to be the court ruling it seeks holding that Lewis' "termination" of his contract was unlawful. President Truman had no conferences on the situation today and other government offices were closed...
...government was depending on the contempt of court case to build up pressure on Lewis and induce him to call off the walkout...
...tomorrow on charges that he committed contempt by refusal to withdraw his notice that the miners' contract with the government ended last Thursday. With the contempt issue out of the way it might take days--the court will consider whether to issue a permanent injunction aimed at ending the walkout...
Eight times in the past five years, the Great Gargoyle of U.S. labor had flashed the walkout signal and his 400,000 soft coal miners had obeyed. Eight times, fighting the companies, the Government or public wrath, John L. Lewis had won most of his demands...
P.A.C. was so restrained it was barely audible. Most A.F.L. leaders simply froze. The only labor leader who made any noise was labor's Great Gargoyle, John L. Lewis, who threatened a miners' walkout (see Labor...