Re: [Pen-l] Crybaby vultures

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, & as Doug Henwood has noted, at that time, the bennies were a way of 
increasing the cost of loosing a job.


On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 11:14:54AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
> Michael Perelman wrote:
> > Wartime controls prevented the raises.  The promised bennies were a way of
> > getting around the regulation of wages.
> 
> that too. But there were limited controls during the heyday of the
> UAW, i.e., the 1950s and 1960s.
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> Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
> way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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