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Drafts of supplemental agreement (some heavily hand annotated), 6/1/88; correspondence re points of negotiation: cost of living adjustments, prescription drug coverage, sick & vacation pay, pension fund, severance pay ; 1982 signed agreement (Breckenridge, Victoire, Fay’s Closet, all in Boston); 1991draft agreement; audit correspondence

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Drafts of supplemental agreement (some heavily hand annotated), 6/1/88; correspondence re points of negotiation: cost of living adjustments, prescription drug coverage, sick & vacation pay, pension fund, severance pay ; 1982 signed agreement (Breckenridge, Victoire, Fay’s Closet, all in Boston); 1991draft agreement; audit correspondence

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Inter-company memo discussing unique qualities of yarn manufactured by North American Knitting Mills (Mansfield, OH), 1985; arbitration correspondence re use of non-union North American Knitting; supplemental agreements, 6/1/88 and 6/1/82; agreement between United Knitwear Manufacturers League and the Knitgood Workers’ Union (ILG), 6/1/88; lists of minimum rates for specific crafts, 6/1/85, 86, 87, 89, 90; excerpts of terms from current and prior contracts, 1988

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Edited drafts of supplemental agreements, 1991, 92; memorandum of agreement re volume differential, 1994; audit report re layoffs, 1993

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Supplemental agreement, 6/1/85; correspondence re incorporation of consent award amending agreement re determination and pay for substandard workers, 1988; drafts of and final signed agreement, 5/26/88; drafts of supplemental agreement, 6/1/88; request for arbitration, 1987

Scope and Contents Letter from pres Jay Mazur re appointment of Sol Hoffman to chair Major Market Negotiations Task Force on 35 Hour Work Week, suggests there may be cases in which extending the week is acceptable with strict wage & employment guarantees, 12/17; memo to pres Mazur from Wilbur Daniels, 10/6, re attached draft of letter of agreement with Pennsylvania plants re 40 hr wk, lengthy analysis; Summary of wages and hours by plant (Andy, Downing, Glen Lion, Pittston, Ricky, Throop, Kingston),...

Scope and Contents Letter from pres Jay Mazur re appointment of Sol Hoffman to chair Major Market Negotiations Task Force on 35 Hour Work Week, suggests there may be cases in which extending the week is acceptable with strict wage & employment guarantees, 12/17; memo to pres Mazur from Wilbur Daniels, 10/6, re attached draft of letter of agreement with Pennsylvania plants re 40 hr wk, lengthy analysis; Summary of wages and hours by plant (Andy, Downing, Glen Lion, Pittston, Ricky, Throop, Kingston),...

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...

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Correspondence re use of non-union plant, Jorca (Hialeah, FL), 1986; drafts (some heavily hand annotated) and final signed supplemental agreement with side letters re shift differential, payment for time off for injury on the job, 6/1/85-5/31/88 and 6/1/88-5/31/91

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Arbitration decisions and opinions re suspension and discharges, unsigned master agreement governing employer payment of vacation pay directly to employees, 1987 & 88, letter of agreement re shutdown of Secaucus facility, severance pay, 1990; drafts and signed final copy of supplemental agreement, 6/1/88, with cover letters; 1985 agreement