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Making new inroads: union bargaining in 1987.
March 19, 1988... MAKING NEW INROADS: Union Bargaining in 1987 Contracts that include cost-of-living allowances (COLAs) to keep up with inflation triggered an average gain of 2.6 percent. Wage adjustments stemming from COLA reviews in 1987 averaged 43 percent of earnings increases during the COLA review...

The problem isn't age: work and older Americans.
March 19, 1988... The Problem Isn't Age: Work and Older Americans The labor market problems of older workers are powered less by age discrimination these days than by other factors-the displacement of workers due to a faltering economy that results in lengthy spells of joblessness often extending into...

The Constitution of the United States of America. (transcript)
September 19, 1987... The Constitution of the United States of America We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our...

In convention Monday September 17, 1787. (United States Constitution)
September 19, 1987... IN CONVENTION MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 1787. Present The States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Mr. Hamilton from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Resolved, That the preceeding Constitution be...

Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America.
September 19, 1987... Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America Amendment I.1 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to...