Word: work
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...campaign, were at first disbelieving, then jubilant when they heard the bulletins. Nixon himself was at home preparing to take his children and his 14-year-old nephew, Donald Nixon, to a museum when the news came. He canceled the trip, stuck close to his radio, then went to work on a gracious statement. "Governor Rockefeller," he wrote, "has made an excellent impression in the states he has visited in the past few months. People throughout the nation have recognized him as a leader of national and international stature. Regardless of his decision, he is a man destined for continuing...
...Adlai Stevenson) filed a $750,000 damage suit against Deerfield on behalf of Builder Milgram, and Federal Judge Joseph Sam Perry issued a temporary order restraining Deerfield officials from blocking the development. "I urge you to try to get along peaceably," he said. "Forget the emotionalism and try to work this out like cultured, refined, civilized people...
...United Steelworkers vote in a Taft-Hartley election a fortnight hence on whether to accept management's "last offer," the answer will be an overwhelming no. Steelworkers are in wide agreement with the union contention that steel management, in its demand for the right to change plant work practices, is out to bust the union. "We can't go against our union," explained Andrew Szocka, electrician at the U.S. Steel works in Gary, Ind. "The union may not be worth very much, but we need it, and we got to back...
...over three years (present steel wages average $3.10 an hour, plus fringe benefits). According to Labor Department figures, 2.7% has been just about the average yearly increase in steel-industry productivity (output per manhour) since World War II, hence would be noninflationary. In addition, industry wants to submit the work-practices dispute to a two-man panel-one member chosen by the industry, one by the union-with compulsory third-party arbitration if the panel fails to reach agreement...
...wise arbitration panel, mindful of the public interest, might say: Let management drop its bungled demand for authority to change work practices; let the union accept management's demand for a noninflationary wage settlement keyed to productivity. But past performances of federal mediation boards suggest that the panel may split the difference between the industry's 2.7%-a-year package and McDonald's demands, which the industry estimates at 5% a year. Such an outcome would stir a new ripple of price increases. Predicted a high steel executive last week: "If a third party writes the settlement...