WE will not be a part of the window dressing for this system of unfair and inequitable Government control of wages for the benefit of business profits." On that tendentious note, George Meany, autocratic boss of the AFL-CIO, followed through on a recurring threat last week and stomped off the Pay Board. Three other labor leaders walked out with him. Their immediate reason for resigning: the board's decision to override them and cut back the West Coast dock-strike settlement from a 20.6% first-year raise to 14.9%, which itself is more than twice...
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