Labor One Solution To Costly Strikes
Bill Usery Jr. argues for stronger labor management cooperation as the nation nears the Bicentennial. He highlights FMCS efforts, joint labor management committees, and the Relationships by Objectives program to cut grievances, improve safety, and advance collective bargaining while noting persistent gaps in public sector coverage and farm worker protections.
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Bill Usery
Federal Mediation and Counciliation Service
Washington
America
Congress
FMCS
Chavez’s Union Gains New Life With California Law
The Aug. 28 effective California measure grants farm workers full collective bargaining rights and secret ballot votes, enabling strikes at harvest time and possible decertification of existing contracts. An Agricultural Labor Relations Board will supervise elections, with potential impact despite Teamsters and UFW advantages. Chavez hopes to rebuild the union’s influence through new legal leverage.
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United Farm Workers
UFW
Cesar Chavez
Chavez
New York Times
Teamsters
California
Agricultural Labor Relations Board
Delano Area
Chavez’ Group
United Farm Workers Union
Triumph
Coachella Valley
Gallo Bros
The End of Jimmy Hoffa
Max Lerner weighs Hoffa disappearance as a crime tied to organized labor and gangland violence. He links the case to power, testimony suppression, and a broader rise in domestic terror influenced by global terrorism. The piece notes FBI activity under Ford Levi and the unresolved mystery surrounding Hoffa's body.
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Jimmy Hoffa
Hoffa
United States
Bobby
Jack Kennedy
Underworld
Lawrence Spivak
Meet the Press
Jimmy
Kennedys
National Labor
Teamsters
Harold Gibbons
St Louis
Gibbons
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
John Mitchell
Charles Colson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Leonard Boudin
Civil Liberties
Boudin
FBI
Gerald Ford
Edward Levi
Justice Department
Loviest Aid Crisis Mirrors U S Gold Woes
Art Buchwald humor column recalls Lovlost a Western European bulwark. It traces 1946 to today why Bardot currency strength drains U S gold reserves and details the Lovlost defense link, army morale, and failed diplomatic plea to pay military costs.
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Buchwald
Europe
United States
Loviest
Loviost
U.S
Lovlost
NATO
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Vegas Sun
Steel
United Rubber Workers
Office of Technical Services
OTS
RBO
Maine
Georgia-Pacific Company
Victor Riesel
National Farm Workers Association
NFWA
Afl-Cio
Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee
AWOC
Delano
Calif
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Max Lerner
Lke Haff
Art Buchwald
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
Pentagon
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