If you are 'caught between a rock and a hard place,' you are in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action. That is where we find ourselves today in our labor-and-wages situation, difficult and cannot be resolved in and by itself. There is constant pressure between labor and the compensation it receives, even under the best of circumstances. As economic conditions improve, businessmen and corporations earn more profits while their compensation packages become more generous.

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