Abstract

Editorials

This article presents information on various socio-political developments in the U.S. U.S. President Bill Clinton is concocting a way to end the budget standoff by talking with Republican Party leaders. With the paychecks of 40 percent of government workers held for ransom by the Republican ultras, the tawdry spectacle creates pressure on each side for a deal. On December 2 mechanics employed by America West Airlines Inc., the Phoenix, Arizona-based airline, opened their morning newspapers to discover that 500 of them, out of 730, were fired. That day guards barred workers from entering the building, and mechanics had to make appointments to retrieve their tools. The company had decided to shift its major maintenance work to Everett, Washington, a town outside Seattle. The company will save a bundle-$37 million, it claims, over five years.