Pennsylvania Negotiation: 40 hours a week, Minutes, 1987

File — Box: 3, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

Handwritten minutes of meetings 8/24, 8/27, 9/2, 10/5; typed transcripts: 8/6, cutting piece rates, increase to 40 hr work week; 8/3 major reduction in Wilkes-Barre, PA, cutting facility with layoffs of 50-70 long-term employees; 6/11, growth of imports; 4/9, Glen Lion plant doing poorly, propose to send more work if workers agree to 5% reduction in piece rate; Leslie Fay workers sometimes take pay increases in form of reduced output; import caps; guaranteed employment levels; wage guarantees 3/13, company needs to cut costs 30% to remain competitive w/imports: increase to 40 hrs., forgo scheduled 5% wage increase 3/4 proposed unilateral reduction in wages, increase in hours, no guarantees of employment; 2/19, longer hours at reduced piece rate, reducing employer contributions to health & welfare fund; imports; 2/11, competition w/ imports, esp from S. Korea, need 30% reduction in costs to remain competitive; union: if Leslie Fay gets 40 hr week, whole industry will want it

Dates

1987

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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