Fewer Strikes in 1990: The government said...
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Fewer Strikes in 1990: The government said there were just 45 strikes and lockouts last year, six less than in 1989. It was the next-to-lowest number of work stoppages since the government began tracking labor-management disputes in 1947. The high was in 1952, when there were 470; the low was the 40 that occurred in 1988.
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