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L % . 3 : Wage Chronology

Armourand Com pany1941-72Bulletin 1682U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF LABOR Bureau of Labor Statistics 1971

Dayton & M o n t g o m e r y . Co.

P u b l i c L ib r a r y

J U N 9-1971

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Wage Chronology

Arm ourand Com pany1941-72Bulletin 1682

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR J. D. Hodgson, SecretaryBUREAU O F LABOR S TA TIS T IC S Geoffrey H. Moore, Comm issioner

1971

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Preface

T h is re p o rt is one of a s e r ie s p re p a re d by the B u reau of L a b o r S ta tis t ics to tra c e changes in w age s c a le s and r e lated benefits negotiated by individual e m p lo y e r s or c o m binations of e m p lo y e r s with a union or group of unions in se le c te d c o lle c t iv e bargain in g situ ations . B en efits u n ila t e r a l ly introduced by an e m p lo y e r a re g e n e ra lly included. The in fo rm a tio n is obtained fr o m c o lle c t iv e bargaining a g r e e m e n ts and re la te d d ocu m e n ts , v olun tarily f i led with the B u rea u as new se tt le m e n ts a re re a ch e d . Any d e scrip tio n of the c o u rse of c o lle c t iv e bargaining is d er iv ed fr o m new s m e d ia and c o n firm e d a n d /o r su pp lem en ted by the p a r tie s to the a g r e e m e n t . The c h r o n o lo g ie s , dealing only with se le c te d fe a tu re s of c o lle c t iv e b argain in g or w age d eterm in ation , are intended p r im a r i ly as a tool for r e s e a r c h , a n a ly s is , and w age a d m in istra t io n . R e fe r e n c e s to g riev an ce p ro c e d u re , m eth od o lo g y of p ie c e -r a t e a d ju st m en t, and s im i la r m a tte r s a re o m itted .

T h is w age ch ron ology s u m m a r iz e s changes in wage ra te s and re la te d w age p r a c t ic e s negotiated by A r m o u r and C o . with the United P a ck in gh o u se , F oo d and A l l ie d W o r k e r s and the A m a lg a m a te d M e a t C u tte rs and B utcher W o r k m e n of N orth A m e r i c a s ince 1941 . In July 1968, the two unions m e r g e d to be known as the A m a lg a m a te d M e a t C u tte rs and Butcher W o r k m e n of N orth A m e r i c a .

T h is bulletin c o n so lid a te s B L S Bulletin 1481 and a d ditional in fo rm a tio n on n egotiated con tract changes e f f e c tive through A u gu st 197 3. The a n a ly s is fo r the period1967—7 2 w as p re p a re d by John J. L a c o m b e II.

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In tro d u c tio n __________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 9 4 1 - 4 8 _________________ 1194 9 11 9 5 0 - 5 1 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 9 5 2 21 9 5 3 - 5 5 _____________________________________ 21 9 5 6 - 5 8 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 31 9 5 9 - 6 0 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 31 9 6 1 - 6 3 ____________________________________ 41 9 6 4 - 6 7 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 51 9 6 7 - 6 9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — - — - 71 9 7 0 - 7 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

T a b le s :A — G e n e r a l w a g e c h a n g e s __________________________________________________________________ 9B - l — C o m m o n la b o r ( la b o r g r a d e 0) h o u r ly w a g e

r a t e s , 1 9 4 1 —70 _______________________________________________________________________ 18B - 2 — B a s i c h o u r ly r a t e s by la b o r g r a d e , s e le c t e d

p la n t s , 1 9 6 0 —70 ______________________________________________________________________ 22B - 3 — S e le c t e d o p e r a t io n s o r o c c u p a t io n s in e a c h la b o r

g r a d e in s e le c t e d d e p a r t m e n t s , 1962, 1964, 1967, and 1 9 7 0_________ 24C — R e la te d w a g e p r a c t i c e s _________________________________________________________________ 27

G u a r a n te e d t i m e ___________________________________________________________________________ 27G u a r a n te e d m i n i m u m e a r n in g s f o r p i e c e - w o r k

e m p l o y e e s ___________________________________________________________________________________ 28G u a r a n te e d h o u r ly ra te __________________________________________________________________ 28Shift p r e m i u m pay ________________________________________________________________________ 28O v e r t i m e p ay _____________ 29P r e m i u m pay fo r S a tu rd a y and Sunday w o r k __________________________________ 29H o lid a y p a y ___________________________________________________________________________________ 30P a id v a c a t i o n s ______________________________________________________________________________ 32R e p o r t in g t im e ______________________________________________________________________________ 33R e c a l l p ay ____________________________________________________________________________________ 33C a l l b a c k p a y ________________________________________________________________________________ 33D e la y t i m e ____________________________________________________________________________________ 34P a id r e s t p e r io d s _________________________________________________________________________ 34M e a l s and m e a l t i m e ______________________________________________________________________ 34P a id s ic k l e a v e ______________________________________________________________________________ 35F u n e r a l le a v e ________________________________________________________________________________ 35J u r y -d u t y p a y ________________________________________________________________________________ 36C l o t h e s -c h a n g i n g t i m e ____________________________________________________________________ 36C lo t h e s a l l o w a n c e __________________________________________________________________________ 37T o o l s and e q u i p m e n t ______________________________________________________________________ 37N o t ic e o f c l o s i n g ___________________________________________________________________________ 37S e p a r a t io n a l l o w a n c e ______________________________________________________________________ 3gA u t o m a t io n f u n d _____________________________________________________________________________ 33T e c h n o l o g i c a l a d ju s t m e n t p l a n ________________________________________________________ 39I n s u r a n c e p l a n _______________________________________________________________________________ 40P e n s io n p l a n __________________________________________________________________________________ 43

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Armour and Co., 1941—72

Introduction

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M a jo r changes in w age rates and re lated w age p r a c t ic e s p ro vid ed by m a s t e r a g r e e m e n ts betw een A r m o u r and Co. and the two la r g e s t unions in the m eatp ack in g in d ustry , and ch an ges d e te rm in e d by d ire c t iv e o r d e r s of the N ational W a r L a b o r B o a rd , are tra ced in this c h ron o lo g y .

The f ir s t m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t negotiated by the com pan y and the UnitedP ackin gh ouse W o r k e r s of A m e r i c a (CIO)---- then ca lled the P a ck in gh o u se W o r k e r s 'O rganizing C o m m itte e — b e c a m e e ffective in A u gu st 1 9 4 1 . A n other a g r e e m e n t , covering the plants re p re se n te d by the A m a lg a m a te d M e a t C utters and B utcher W o rk m en of A m e r i c a (A F L ) , was signed in A u gu st 1 943 . P r e v io u s ly , each union was the reco gn ized bargaining agency for a n u m b er of p la n ts , but s in g le contracts covering all the op era tio n s under the ju r isd ic t io n of each union did not e x is t . P ro v is io n s of the a g r e e m e n ts rep orted as of A u gu st 11 , 1 9 4 1 , for the U P W A and as of A u gust 14 , 1 9 4 3 , for the M C B W do not n e c e s s a r i ly indicate changes inconditions of e m p lo y m en t existing b e fo re th ese d ates .

The c o v e ra g e of each m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t has changed o v e r the y e a r s . During the p ostw ar p e r io d , a p p ro x im a te ly 3 2 ,0 0 0 w o rk e rs in 23 of the c o m p a n y 's plants w ere re p re sen te d by the U P W A and a p p ro x im a te ly 8 , 0 0 0 w o r k e r s in 13 plants by the M C B W . S e v e r a l c a te g o r ie s of e m p lo y e e s in each p lant, g e n e ra lly other than production and m ain tenan ce w o r k e r s , have been excluded fr o m the c o v e ra g e of the m a s t e r a g r e e m e n ts . The c u rren t a g r e e m e n ts betw een the com p an y and the unions, e ffe ctive A u g u st 11 , 1 9 4 8 , m a y be term in ated on A u g u st 11 , 1 9 4 9 . They m a y be reopened once by each p arty on the is su e of a g e n e ra l wage a d ju stm e n t at any tim e during the y e a r .

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The m ultiplant a g r e e m e n ts betw een A r m o u r and Co. and the United P a c k in g h ouse W o r k e r s of A m e r i c a (CIO) and the A m a lg a m a te d M e a t Cutters and B utcher W o rk m en of North A m e r i c a (A F L ) w e re extended by a g r e e m e n t beyond the A u gust 11 , 1 9 4 9 , expiration date. N ew co n tracts w e re negotiated in N o v e m b e r 1949 (U P W A ) and in D e c e m b e r 1949 (M C B W ) . T h e se co n tracts p ro vid e d for a r e opening by either p arty on the question of a g e n e ra l w age adju stm en t after F e b ru a r y 15 , 1 9 5 0 , and term in a tio n on A u gu st 11 , 195 0 .

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New a g r e e m e n ts betw een A r m o u r and Co. and the United P a ck in gh o u se W o r k e r s of A m e r i c a (CIO) and the A m a lg a m a te d M e a t C u tters and B u tch er W o r k m en of North A m e r i c a (A F L ) w e re signed in A u g u st 1 9 5 0 . T h e se a g r e e m e n ts rep laced the two 1949 m a s t e r a g r e e m e n ts which w e re te rm in a te d as o f A u g u st 11 , 19 50; they are to re m a in in effect until A u g u st 10 , 1 9 5 2 . T hey p rovid ed fo r a wage in c r e a s e and fo r two reopen in gs b ased s o le ly on the is s u e of a g e n e ra l w a g e -r a t e a djustm en t (once betw een F e b r u a r y 11 and A u gu st 11 in 1951 and 1 952) . In addition, they w ere su b ject to a reopening as of A u g u st 11 , 1 9 5 1 , on anym a tte r not s p e c i f ic a l ly c o v e re d by their t e r m s .

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N e g o tia tio n s , which w e re reopen ed F e b r u a r y 11, 1951 , re su lte d in a g e n e ra l wage change, su pplem en ted by a widening of the sp re a d betw een the w a g e -r a te b r a c k e ts . The W age Stabilization B o a rd approved the g e n e ra l in c r e a s e on M a y 8, and the intraplant inequity adjustm en ts on June 28 , 1951 . Both in c r e a s e s w erere tro a c tiv e to F e b r u a r y 9, 1951 , the date a g r ee d upon by the p a r t ie s .

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N eg o tia tio n s— held in a ccord a n ce with w a g e -r e o p e n in g stipulations in the m a s te r a g r e e m e n ts betw een A r m o u r and C o . and the A m a lg a m a te d M e a t C u tters and B utcher W o r k m e n of N orth A m e r i c a ( M C B W - A F L ) and United P ackin gh ouse W o r k e r s of A m e r i c a (U P W A —CIO)— re su lte d in a g r e e m e n ts s ign ed by the com p an y with the M C B W in D e c e m b e r 1951 and with the U P W A in F e b r u a r y 1952 . T h ese su pp lem en ta l a g r e e m e n ts p ro vid ed for a w age in c r e a s e affecting a ll w o r k e r s as w e ll as for adjustm en ts to c o r r e c t interplant inequities and to n arrow the wage d iffe re n tia l b etw een m e n and w o m en . The W a ge Stabilization B o a rd approved the in c r e a s e s e ffective on the dates a g r ee d upon by the co m p an y and the unions.

The reopening in ea ch instance was the second of three a llow ed by the 1950 a g r e e m e n ts . A third could take p lace b etw een F e b r u a r y 11 and the t e r m i nation date, A u gu st 11, 1952 . E a r l y in June 1952 , both the P ackinghouse W o r k e r s (CIO) and the M e a t C u tters (A F L ) notified the co m p an y that in stead of reopening their co n tracts they p r e fe r r e d to renegotiate the a g r e e m e n ts sch ed u led to term in a te A u gust 11. R e p re se n ta tiv e s of the co m p an y and the unions m e t p e r io d ic a l ly throughout the s u m m e r . Although the U P W A did not authorize a national s tr ik e , sp orad ic w o rk stoppages o c c u r r e d at v a r io u s plants w h ere that union w as r e p re se n ted . The U P W A and the c o m p an y concluded their b argain in g and a greed to a 2 -y e a r co n tract on O cto b e r 26 , 1952 . The M C B W co n tract was signed onN o v e m b e r 19.

The te r m s of the new a g r e e m e n ts , so m e of which w ere su b ject to approval by the W age S tabilization B o a rd , included g e n e ra l wage i n c r e a s e s , p re m iu m pay for Saturday w o rk , and an in c r e a s e in shift p r e m iu m pay. F o r the f i r s t t im e , c o m p a n y -f in a n c e d p ension s w ere provided fo r b y the c o n tr a c ts . In addition, a c o m p a n y -p a id insuran ce plan w as in c o rp o ra te d , under which the benefits w ere g r e a te r than those p rovid ed under a p re v io u s plan. The fo r m e r plan, m aintained ch iefly by e m p lo y e e contribu tion s , had not been included in the p re v io u s c o n tr a c ts . Other changes included adjustm en ts in m a n y job ra tes and a furth er n arrow ing of the wage d iffe re n tia ls betw een m e n and w o m en and betw een N orth and South.

On D e c e m b e r 1 1, 1952 , the E x e cu tiv e D ir e c to r of the W S B approved theg e n e ra l w age in c r e a s e , v a r io u s j o b -r a t e i n c r e a s e s , and in c r e a s e s for w om en e m p lo y e e s which w ere d e sig n e d to reduce the s e x d iffe re n tia l to a u niform 5 c en ts . On D e c e m b e r 18, the rem ain in g co n tract changes w ere approved by the W age Stabilization C o m m itte e which had re p la c e d the tr ip artite B o a rd . M o st of the p ro v is io n s b e c a m e e ffe ctive as of O c to b e r 27 , 1952 . The new U P W A co n tract ,dated O cto b e r 26 , 1952 , ran to S ep te m b e r 1, 1954 ; the M C B W a g r e e m e n t , datedN o v e m b e r 19, 1952 , ran to A u gust 11, 1954. Both p rovided for wage reopen in gse v e r y 6 m on th s .

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M a s te r co n tracts re a ch e d b etw een the c o m p a n y and the A m a lg a m a te d M ea t C u tters and B utcher W o r k m e n of N orth A m e r i c a (M C B W —A F L ) and the United Pack in gh ouse W o r k e r s of A m e r i c a (U P W A —CIO ) in 1952 each p ro vid ed fo r three co n tract reopen in gs (two l im ite d to g e n e ra l w age rate adjustm en ts and the other to the is s u e of w a g es and h osp ita lization in su ra n ce ) . W age d is c u s s io n s in the spring of 1953 and in M a r c h 1954 did not re su lt in co n tract ch an g es . A 5 - c e n t - an -h o u r g e n e ra l wage in c r e a s e and a c o m p a n y -p a id h osp ita lization p r o g r a m in volving expen d itu res of about 4V2 cents a m a n -h o u r re su lte d , h o w e v e r , fr o m n egotiations that began on July 1, 1953 , and w e re concluded , after sp orad ic w ork sto p p a g e s , on S e p tem b er 30 of that y e a r .

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N egotiations for new co n tracts began in the s u m m e r of 1954, with the existin g co n tracts extended on a d a y - t o -d a y b a s is after they had e x p ire d (on A ugust 10 in the c a se of M C B W and S ep te m b e r 1 in the c a se of U P W A ) . A g r e e m e n t w as rea ch ed by the end of S e p te m b e r 1954.

The te r m s of the new a g r e e m e n ts included g e n e ra l w age i n c r e a s e s ; an add itional adjustm ent of w o m e n 's ra tes and interplant inequity a d ju stm e n ts ; and an am ended s e v e r a n c e pay c la u se . A fourth w eek of v aca tion with pay after 25 y e a r s ' se r v ic e and im p ro v e m e n ts in h osp ita lization ben efits w e re a lso in co rp o ra te d in the a g r e e m e n ts .

Both co n tracts ran through A u gust 31, 1956 , and p rovid ed for three r e o p e n ings on g e n e ra l adjustm ents in wage r a te s .

Under the f i r s t reopening, a g r e e m e n ts w ere re a ch e d on July 29 , 1955 , on a 1 4 -c e n t g e n e ra l wage in c r e a s e e ffective A u gust 1.

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On S e p tem b er 25 , 1956 , A r m o u r and C o . concluded c o lle c t iv e bargainingtalks on te r m s of sep arate 3 -y e a r a g r e e m e n ts with the United P ackinghouse W o r k e r s (U P W A ) and the A m a lg a m a te d M e a t C u tters (M C B W ), re p re sen tin g a total of 35, 000 w o r k e r s in 37 p lan ts . The co n tracts p ro vid ed fo r a b a s e - r a t e in c r e a s e of 10 cents an hour e ffective O cto b e r 1, 1956 , with additional in c r e a s e s — up to 12l/2 cents an hour for the h ighest paid w o r k e r s — resu ltin g fr o m an 0. 5 - cent widening of the d ifferen tia l b etw een w a g e -r a t e c l a s s e s . D iffe re n tia ls betw een w o m e n 's and m e n 's wage rates w ere to be p r o g r e s s i v e ly e lim in a te d , and l x! z - c e n t - a n -h o u r a c r o s s - t h e - b o a r d in c r e a s e s w e re sch ed u led for S e p te m b e r 1 of 1957 and 1958 . N ig h t -s h if t pay was in c r e a s e d , with another r is e due in 1957 . The s e p aration pay plan was extended to e m p lo y e e s d isp la c e d by tec h n o lo g ic a l advance. O ther te r m s included a sem ian n u al c o s t -o f - l i v i n g e s c a la to r c la u s e , im p r o v e m e n ts in vacation , s ic k le a v e , life in su ra n ce , and m e d ic a l and p ension p la n s , and l i b e ra liz a t io n of p r e m iu m pay for w eekend w o rk on continuous o p e ra tio n s . The new a g r e e m e n ts , to be in fo rc e fr o m O cto b e r 1, 1956, until A u gust 31, 1959, m ade no p ro v is io n for reo p en in gs .

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F ollow ing 6 w eek s of n eg o tia tio n s , a se tt le m e n t providing changes in wage rates and fringe benefits w as rea ch ed on A ugust 31, 1959— ju st p r io r to theexpiration of p reviou s c o n tra c ts— by A r m o u r and C o . with the A m a lg a m a te d M e a t C u tters and Butcher W o r k m e n (M C B W ) and the United Pack in gh ouse W o r k e r s (U P W A ). The a g r e e m e n ts— co ve rin g about 14, 000 e m p lo y e e s in 26 plants— w e re valued by the unions at 27 cents an hour o v e r the 2 - y e a r co n tract p e r io d , e x c lu d ing any in c r e a s e in the c o s t -o f - l i v i n g a llow ance beyond the 2 cents anticipated b y the se tt le m e n t.

The co n tracts featured a c o m p a n y -f in a n c e d plan 1 to cushion the e ffe c ts of autom ation on e m p lo y m e n t . 2 T h is plan involved the e sta b lish m e n t of a fund by the com pany to be used to finance studies of and solutions for the p r o b le m s resu ltin g f r o m m o d e rn iz a tio n . It was to be a d m in iste re d by a la b o r -m a n a g e m e n t c o m m itte e , with a neutral c h a irm a n , which was auth orized to u tilize the fund to study p r o b le m s and p ro p o se so lu tio n s . The c o m m itte e could authorize expen ditures fr o m the fund, for exam p le , to re tra in w o r k e r s idled by autom ation , but the fund was not to be u sed to in c r e a se se v e r a n c e pay b en e fits , which w e r e l ib e r a liz e d by the se tt le m e n t . The c o m m it t e e 's final r e p o rts and re c o m m e n d a tio n s w e re to be m ad e to the com p an y and unions at le a s t 6 m onths b efo re the end of the con tract p erio d .

1 For detailed provisions of the plan, see Monthly Labor Review. October 1959, pp. 1109-1110.2 The number of production and maintenance workers employed at Armour had declined by about 10,000 between

October 1956 and August 1959, and a number of its plants, in widely scattered sections of the country, had closed.

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W age p ro v is io n s o f the se tt le m e n t included in c r e a s e s of 8. 5 cents an hour in the f i r s t co n tract y e a r , of which 2 cents w as in anticipation of a c o s t -o f - l i v i n g e s c a la to r a llow ance o f that am ount that p r e s u m a b ly w ould b e c o m e due in January1960 , and 6. 5 cents in the seco n d y e a r . C o s t - o f - l i v i n g e s c a la to r c la u s e s o f the p re viou s co n tracts w e re continued, and the e x ist in g 1 4 -c e n t a llow an ce and the 2 - cent antic ip ato ry January a llow ance w e re in c o rp o ra te d into b a se r a te s . P r e m iu m s for Saturday and Sunday w o rk on continuous operation s and fo r n ig h t -sh if t w o rk w e re in c r e a s e d .

P e n sio n , vacation , and m e d ic a l expen se benefits w e re l ib e r a l iz e d , and the co m p an y and the unions a g ree d to c o n sid e r the d e s ir a b il i ty of e s ta b lish in g a health and w e lfa r e fund which would a s s u m e the c o s t of health and w e lfa r e b e n e fi ts .

A l l w o r k e r s lo sin g s e n io r ity by re a so n of la y o ff e x ceed in g 2 y e a r s w ere m ade e lig ib le for sep ara tio n b e n e fits . R e q u ire m e n ts reg ard in g v acation and h o l i day e lig ib i l i ty w ere r e v is e d . P e n sio n benefits w e re l ib e r a l iz e d , and the unions a g ree d with the co m p an y to e s ta b l is h c o m p u ls o r y r e t ir e m e n t a g e s . The pension im p r o v e m e n t included an in c r e a s e in benefits fo r those a lre a d y r e t ir e d , and the unions a g ree d to send a le tte r to the co m p an y stating that "In any future c o lle c t iv e b argain in g with r e s p e c t to the m a tte r of p e n s io n s , there w il l be exclu ded fr o m such negotiations any question of adjusting the amount of p en sio n s payable with r e s p e c t to then re t ir e d e m p l o y e e s . "

The co n tracts w e re to r e m a in in e ffe c t through A u gu st 31, 1961 , with noreopening p ro v is io n s and a 6 0 -d a y te rm in a tio n notice re q u ir e m e n t . If the p a r t ie s , h o w ev e r , a g r ee d to e s ta b l is h a health and w e lfa r e fund, the a g r e e m e n t could be am ended to provide for this fund. It w as a lso a g ree d that e m p lo y m e n t rights of w o r k e r s affected by a tr a n s fe r of w o rk fr o m one plant to another, by a unit or d epartm en t shutdown, or by te ch n o lo g ica l ch an g es , w ere to be c o n sid e re d su bseq u en tly . 4

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A r m o u r and C o . began negotiations on A u gust 3, 1961 , with the UnitedP a ck in gh o u se , F ood and A l l ie d W o r k e r s (U P W A ) and the A m a lg a m a te d M eat C u tters and Bu tch er W o r k m e n (M C B W ) to re p la c e co n tracts ex p ir in g on August 31,1961. In addition to im p r o v e m e n ts in w ages and re la te d b e n e fi ts , the unions c a lled fo r a new p r o g r a m to so lv e the re la te d p r o b le m s of autom ation and job se cu r ity . To im p le m e n t the p ro p o se d p r o g r a m , they asked for a s h o rte r w ork w eek , in c r e a s e d ben efits for e a r ly r e t ir e m e n t , and a llo w a n ces for retra in ing and r e l o c a tion e x p e n s e s .

On S ep te m b e r 10, 1961 , a g r e e m e n ts w ere sign ed with both unions, co ve r in g1 5 , 0 0 0 w o r k e r s in 28 p lants . The 3 -y e a r con tracts p ro vid ed fo r b asic w a g e - rate in c r e a s e s of 7 cents an hour in the f ir s t co n tract y e ar (of which 1 cent was in anticipation of an advance in the c o s t -o f - l i v i n g a llow ance that p r e s u m a b ly would b e c o m e due in J anuary 1962) and 6 cents in the second and third y e a r s . The c o s t -o f - l i v i n g e s c a la to r c la u s e s of the p re viou s co n tracts w ere continued, and the ex istin g 5 -c e n t a llow ance and the 1 -c e n t in c r e a s e in the January allow ance w ere in c o rp o ra te d into b a se r a te s . A d d ition al w a g e -r a te in c r e a s e s — up to a p o s s ib le m a x im u m of 13 cents an hour— re su lte d fro m an 0. 5 -c e n t widening of the d i f fe re n tia l b etw een job c l a s s e s . Other te r m s included 3 d ay s ' paid fu n era l leave and im p r o v e m e n ts in sep ara tio n a llo w a n ces and h osp ita l , m e d ic a l , v a c a tio n , and s ic k leave p r o v is io n s . P e n sio n benefits w e re l ib e r a l iz e d and p r o v is io n w as m ade fo r optional e a r ly r e t ir e m e n t for e lig ib le w o r k e r s w h ose e m p lo y m e n t w as t e r m i nated by unit or plant c lo s in g s .

3Letter dated Oct. 26, 1959.

4 Letter dated Oct. 21, 1959.

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C o m p a n y c o n t r i b u t i o n s to th e a u t o m a t i o n fu n d w e r e d i s c o n t i n u e d , and p r o v i s i o n m a d e f o r m o n e y r e m a i n i n g in th e fu n d . T h e p a r t i e s a l s o a g r e e d to a n e w p r o v i s i o n f o r a 9 0 - d a y a d v a n c e n o t i c e o f s h u t d o w n w i th g u a r a n t e e d e a r n i n g s d u r in g th is p e r i o d f o r a f f e c t e d e m p l o y e e s an d " t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t p a y " f o r t h o s e s u b s e q u e n t l y l a id o f f .

T h e 1959 a g r e e m e n t s h a d p r o v i d e d f o r a 6. 5 - c e n t - a n - h o u r d e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e e f f e c t i v e o n S e p t e m b e r 1, I 9 6 0 . O n J u ly 6 , I 9 6 0 , th e M C B W a g r e e d to w a i v ethe i n c r e a s e f o r th e 600 e m p l o y e e s o f th e M e m p h i s , T e n n . , p la n t . E a r l y in A u g u s t 1 9 6 2 , th e c o m p a n y s e n t th e M C B W a 9 0 - d a y n o t i c e o f i n t e n t i o n to c l o s e the M e m p h i s p la n t . W it h in 2 w e e k s , n e g o t i a t i o n s at the l o c a l l e v e l r e s u l t e d in an a g r e e m e n t th at s u b s t a n t i a l l y c h a n g e d m a n y p r o v i s i o n s o f th e m a s t e r c o n t r a c t as th e y a p p l i e d to th e M e m p h i s o p e r a t i o n s . T h i s s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d b y th e n a t i o n a l o f f i c e s o f th e u n io n and th e c o m p a n y , and w a s th e n r a t i f i e d b y th e l o c a l u n io n m e m b e r s h i p o n A u g u s t 16 .

T h e M e m p h i s a g r e e m e n t r e d u c e d h o u r l y r a t e s o f p a y , e l i m i n a t e d th e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g e s c a l a t o r p r o v i s i o n , and d i s c o n t i n u e d o r m o d i f i e d a n u m b e r o f r e l a t e d w a g e p r a c t i c e s . A r m o u r a g r e e d to w i t h d r a w the n o t i c e o f c l o s i n g and to c o n t in u e o p e r a t i o n s at th e p la n t u n t i l A u g u s t 3 1 , 1 9 6 4 , p r o v i d e d th e u n io n c o n t in u e d toc o o p e r a t e and c u r r e n t l e v e l s o f p r o d u c t i v i t y w e r e m a i n t a i n e d . I f the c o m p a n y c l o s e d the p la n t d u r i n g th e t e r m o f th e s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t , s e p a r a t i o n p a y o f the e m p l o y e e s w a s to b e c o m p u t e d o n p a y r a t e s in e f f e c t p r i o r to th e e f f e c t i v e d a te o f the A u g u s t 1 9 6 2 a g r e e m e n t .

T w o T e x a s m e a t p a c k i n g p l a n t s , o r g a n i z e d b y th e U P W A , w e r e b r o u g h t u n d e r the m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t d u r in g 1 9 6 2 — L u b b o c k in J u n e and S a n A n g e l o in O c t o b e r . T h e p a r t i e s a g r e e d to r a i s e s in h o u r l y p a y e f f e c t i v e w h e n the p la n t s c a m e u n d e r the a g r e e m e n t and to f o u r d e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e s in 1 9 6 3 and 1 9 6 4 . M o d i f i c a t i o n s o f p r o v i s i o n s in the m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t c o v e r i n g a g u a r a n t e e d w o r k w e e k , S a t u r d a y w o r k , c l o t h e s - c h a n g i n g t i m e , an d the p e n s i o n p la n w e r e m a d e f o r e m p l o y e e s o f t h e s e tw o p la n t s .

1 9 6 4 - 6 7I n t e n s i v e b a r g a i n i n g o v e r the t e r m s o f a n e w a g r e e m e n t w i t h A r m o u r and

C o . w a s c o n c l u d e d o n S e p t e m b e r 2 , 1 9 6 4 , a f t e r tw o 1 - d a y e x t e n s i o n s o f thef o r m e r c o n t r a c t . T h e m o n t h - l o n g n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h the U n i te d P a c k i n g h o u s e , F o o d an d A l l i e d W o r k e r s ( U P W A ) , an d the A m a l g a m a t e d M e a t C u t t e r s an d B u t c h e r W o r k m e n ( M C B W ) , c e n t e r e d o n d e m a n d s b y the u n io n s f o r g r e a t e r j o b s e c u r i t y , and p r o v i s i o n s f o r m i n i m i z i n g the b u r d e n o f u n e m p l o y m e n t . A s h o r t e r w o r k w e e k ; i n c r e a s e d o v e r t i m e p a y ; a n d , f o r w o r k e r s n e a r i n g r e t i r e m e n t a g e , e x t e n d e d p a i d l e a v e w e r e a m o n g the u n i o n s ' p r o p o s a l s f o r a l l e v i a t i n g u n e m p l o y m e n t .

A s u b s t a n t i a l w a g e i n c r e a s e , w i t h i n c o r p o r a t i o n o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e s in to b a s e r a t e s , an d c o n t i n u a t i o n o f a r e v i s e d a n d u p d a t e d e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e , w e r e the m a j o r m o n e t a r y i t e m s in th e u n i o n s ' p a c k a g e . A n i n c r e a s e in the s p r e a d b e t w e e n w a g e b r a c k e t s , e l i m i n a t i o n o f g e o g r a p h i c w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l s , l i b e r a l i z e d v a c a t i o n s c h e d u l e s , an d i m p r o v e d h e a l t h an d i n s u r a n c e , an d p e n s i o n b e n e f i t s w e r e a m o n g the d e m a n d s f o r i m p r o v e m e n t s in e c o n o m i c b e n e f i t s an d w o r k i n g c o n d i t i o n s . T h e u n io n s s o u g h t a l s o to i n c l u d e a l l p r o c e s s i n g p la n t s u n d e r the n a t i o n a l a g r e e m e n t s a n d to l i m i t the a g r e e m e n t s to 2 y e a r s .

A m o n g the c o m p a n y ' s p r o p o s a l d u r in g the l e n g t h y s e r i e s o f d i s c u s s i o n s w a s th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a l o w e r s t a r t i n g r a t e , c r e d i t i n g a p o r t i o n o f a n y g e n e r a l w a g e i n c r e a s e t o w a r d a n t i c i p a t e d c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t s , a n d the e x c l u s i o n o f T e x a s p la n t s f r o m a g e n e r a l w a g e i n c r e a s e . T h e c o m p a n y a l s o s o u g h t the o p t i o n o f d e s i g n a t i n g the d a y s o f the w o r k w e e k , the e l i m i n a t i o n o f p r e m i u m p a y f o r w o r k o n S a t u r d a y , a s s u c h , a n d a c h a n g e in the s e r v i c e r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r s i c k b e n e f i t s . A r b i t r a t i o n w a s p r o p o s e d to s e t t l e g r i e v a n c e s o v e r j o b l o a d s .

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T h e a g r e e m e n t r e a c h e d b y th e c o m p a n y a n d th e tw o u n i o n s , e f f e c t i v e S e p t e m b e r 7, 196 4 , p r o v i d e d g e n e r a l w a g e i n c r e a s e s a n d g a in s in o t h e r b e n e f i t s in a t o t a l p a c k a g e v a l u e d b y th e u n i o n s a t 34 c e n t s a n h o u r o v e r a 3 - y e a r t e r m . S o m e 12, 0 00 e m p l o y e e s in 4 4 o f th e c o m p a n y ' s p la n t s w e r e c o v e r e d b y th e a g r e e m e n t , i n c l u d i n g , f o r th e f i r s t t i m e , w o r k e r s in 14 p r o c e s s i n g a n d 5 s l a u g h t e r in g u n i t s .

U n d e r t e r m s o f th e s e t t l e m e n t , w a g e r a t e s w e r e t o b e i n c r e a s e d 6 c e n t s a n h o u r in e a c h o f th e 3 y e a r s ; e m p l o y e e s a t M e m p h i s r e c e i v e d a n a d d i t i o n a l 1 c e n t in th e f i r s t c o n t r a c t y e a r . O t h e r s p e c i a l a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e m a d e to (1 ) c o r r e c t r a t e i n e q u i t i e s in a b o u t 1, 100 j o b s , (2 ) r e d u c e the g e o g r a p h i c d i f f e r e n t ia l in tw o T e x a s p la n t s , a n d (3 ) e l i m i n a t e the d i f f e r e n t i a l in a n Id a h o p la n t . A n e w f e a t u r e m a i n t a i n e d h o u r l y r a t e s f o r j o b s d i r e c t l y a f f e c t e d b y th e i n s t a l l a t i o n o f n e w e q u i p m e n t . P r o v i s i o n w a s m a d e f o r n e g o t i a t i n g c h a n g e s n e c e s s a r y to m e e t th e s t a t u t o r y r e q u i r e m e n t o f e q u a l p a y f o r e q u a l w o r k .

T h e 9 - c e n t c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e a c c r u e d s i n c e J a n u a r y 196 2 w a s i n c o r p o r a t e d in to b a s e r a t e s . T h e s e m i a n n u a l c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e c h a n g e d to 1 c e n t a n h o u r f o r e a c h 0 . 4 - p o i n t , i n s t e a d o f 0 . 5 - p o i n t , c h a n g e in th e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s r e v i s e d C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x (1 9 5 7 —5 9 = 1 0 0 ) .

S h if t p r e m i u m s w e r e i n c r e a s e d 2 c e n t s a n h o u r a n d t i m e a n d o n e - h a l f w a s to b e p a id w h e n a n e m p l o y e e w a s r e c a l l e d w i t h in 12 h o u r s f o l l o w i n g th e e n d o f h i s s h i f t . A m o n g c h a n g e s in r e l a t e d w a g e b e n e f i t s w a s th e s u b s t i t u t i o n o f G o o d F r i d a y f o r W a s h i n g t o n 's B i r t h d a y a s a p a id h o l i d a y .

E m p l o y e e s ' l i f e i n s u r a n c e b e n e f i t s w e r e i n c r e a s e d , e f f e c t i v e D e c e m b e r 1, 19 6 4 . H o s p i t a l a n d m e d i c a l b e n e f i t s f o r a c t i v e e m p l o y e e s w e r e i m p r o v e d a t the s a m e t i m e ; a y e a r l a t e r , t h e s e b e n e f i t s w e r e s u p p l e m e n t e d b y c o m p a n y - f i n a n c e d m a j o r m e d i c a l e x p e n s e c o v e r a g e . R e t i r e d w o r k e r s ' p r e m i u m s f o r h e a l t h i n s u r a n c e c o v e r a g e w e r e s t a b i l i z e d , w i th the c o m p a n y a s s u m i n g l i a b i l i t y f o r th e fu l l a m o u n t o f a n y i n c r e a s e .

E f f e c t i v e J a n u a r y 1, 1 9 6 5 , n o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s w e r e r a i s e d b y75 c e n t s t o $ 3 . 25 a m o n t h p e r y e a r o f s e r v i c e , w i t h a b e n e f i t o f t w i c e th a t a m o u n t f o r t o t a l l y a n d p e r m a n e n t l y d i s a b l e d e m p l o y e e s u n t i l t h e y r e a c h a g e 65. T h e p r a c t i c e o f d e d u c t i n g a n y w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n b e n e f i t s in d e t e r m i n i n g th e a m o u n t o f p e n s i o n s w a s d i s c o n t i n u e d . S i g n i f i c a n t i m p r o v e m e n t s w e r e m a d e in the v e s t i n g p r o v i s i o n s o f the p e n s i o n p la n . A n a d d i t i o n a l in n o v a t i o n w a s a s u r v i v o r ' s b e n e f i t f o r th e w i d o w o r m i n o r c h i l d r e n o f an e m p l o y e e w h o d i e d b e f o r e r e t i r e m e n t .

T h e i m p r o v e m e n t s in w a g e s a n d r e l a t e d b e n e f i t s u n d e r the s e t t l e m e n t w e r e m a d e a p p l i c a b l e to th e M e m p h i s p la n t a n d , t o g e t h e r w i t h a l l b e n e f i t s o f the p e n s i o n a n d i n s u r a n c e p l a n s , t o th e p r o c e s s i n g p la n t s n e w l y c o v e r e d b y th e a g r e e m e n t . O t h e r s p e c i f i e d p r o v i s i o n s f o r m e r l y e l i m i n a t e d o r l i m i t e d a t the M e m p h i s p la n t w e r e r e i n s t a t e d o r l i b e r a l i z e d . T h e s t a n d a r d i z a t i o n o f e x i s t i n g b e n e f i t s in the n e w l y c o v e r e d p l a n t s , w h e r e d i f f e r e n t f r o m the p r o v i s i o n s o f the a g r e e m e n t , w a s t o b e n e g o t i a t e d w h e n th e a g r e e m e n t s e x p i r e d on A u g u s t 31, 1967 .

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T h e f i r s t s e t t l e m e n t in th e 1967 r o u n d o f b a r g a i n i n g in the m e a t p a c k i n g i n d u s t r y w a s r e a c h e d b y A r m o u r an d C o . w i t h th e A m a l g a m a t e d M e a t C u t t e r s a n d B u t c h e r W o r k m e n o f N o r t h A m e r i c a a n d th e U n i te d P a c k i n g h o u s e , F o o d an d A l l i e d W o r k e r s o n M a r c h 2, 1967 , a b o u t 6 m o n t h s b e f o r e th e s c h e d u l e d e x p i r a t i o n o f th e p r e v i o u s a g r e e m e n t s . 5 T h e c o n t r a c t s , c o v e r i n g a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 2 ,0 0 0 w o r k e r s , w e r e to h a v e 3 7 2 - y e a r t e r m s an d w e r e m a d e e f f e c t i v e o n M a r c h 13, th e d a te o n w h i c h th e y w e r e r a t i f i e d b y th e w o r k e r s . E a r l y c o n t r a c t r e n e w a l s u b s e q u e n t l y b e c a m e th e p a t t e r n in a n u m b e r o f o t h e r c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g s e t t l e m e n t s in th e i n d u s t r y .

N e g o t i a t i o n s h a d b e g u n o n F e b r u a r y 20 . T h e t a l k s c e n t e r e d o n w a g e s , p e n s i o n s , l i f e i n s u r a n c e , c o s t o f h o s p i t a l - m e d i c a l - s u r g i c a l c a r e , a n d g e o g r a p h i c a l i n e q u i t i e s .

T e r m s o f th e a g r e e m e n t s i n c l u d e d an i m m e d i a t e g e n e r a l w a g e i n c r e a s e o f 12 c e n t s an h o u r w h i c h a b s o r b e d a n y c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e w h i c h w o u l d h a v e b e e n e f f e c t i v e in J u ly 1 9 6 7 . A d d i t i o n a l i n c r e a s e s in 1967 i n c l u d e d 1 0 .5 c e n t s f o r w o r k e r s at H o u s t o n , L u b b o c k , a n d S an A n g e l o , T e x . ; 2 c e n t s at L e x i n g to n , K y . ; a n d a n u m b e r o f a d j u s t m e n t s to c o r r e c t j o b i n e q u i t i e s f o r s o m e 7 30 e m p l o y e e s . T h e a c c u m u l a t e d 1 7 - c e n t - a n - h o u r c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e w a s i n c o r p o r a t e d in to th e b a s e r a t e s in 1967 a n d th e e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e w a s c o n t i n u e d w i t h o u t m o d i f i c a t i o n . D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e s o f 11 c e n t s an h o u r w e r e p r o v i d e d in 1968 an d 1969 , a n d a d d i t i o n a l d e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e s o f u p to 8 c e n t s w e r e g r a n t e d d u r i n g th e s a m e y e a r s at s o m e p la n t s to r e d u c e o r e l i m i n a t e g e o g r a p h i c d i f f e r e n t i a l s . T h e s p r e a d b e t w e e n j o b r a t e s a l s o w a s i n c r e a s e d 0. 5 c e n t at 27 p la n t s in 196 8 .

O t h e r c h a n g e s i n c l u d e d the a d d i t i o n o f a n in th p a id h o l i d a y in 19 6 9 , an i m p r o v e d v a c a t i o n s c h e d u l e w h i c h a l l o w e d u p t o 5 w e e k s a f t e r 20 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e , a n d i n c r e a s e d a d v a n c e n o t i c e o f a p la n t , d i v i s i o n , o r m a j o r d e p a r t m e n t c l o s i n g . T h e a u t o m a t i o n fu n d w a s c o n t i n u e d . L i f e i n s u r a n c e f o r b o t h a c t i v e a n d r e t i r e d e m p l o y e e s w a s i n c r e a s e d . T h e c o m p a n y a l s o a g r e e d to g iv e th e s a m e 3 6 5 - d a y h o s p i t a l c o v e r a g e f o r m e n t a l an d n e r v o u s d i s o r d e r s a l r e a d y p r o v i d e d f o r o t h e r i l l n e s s e s . B e n e f i t s u n d e r the m a j o r m e d i c a l e x p e n s e p la n w e r e i n c r e a s e d an d th e c o m p a n y a g r e e d to p a y th e f u l l c o s t o f h o s p i t a l - m e d i c a l - s u r g i c a l i n s u r a n c e f o r e m p l o y e e s w h o r e t i r e d o n o r a f t e r F e b r u a r y 22 , 1 9 6 7 . P e n s i o n b e n e f i t i m p r o v e m e n t s i n c l u d e d an i n c r e a s e d m o n t h l y p e n s i o n o f $ 5 f o r e a c h y e a r o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e , n o r e d u c t i o n f o r e a r l y r e t i r e m e n t at a g e 6 2 , a r e d u c e d s e r v i c e r e q u i r e m e n t to 10 y e a r s , a n d e l i m i n a t i o n o f th e a g e r e q u i r e m e n t f o r a v e s t e d p e n s i o n . T h e a g e r e q u i r e m e n t f o r th e e a r l y r e t i r e m e n t o f a m a l e e m p l o y e e w a s r e d u c e d to 55 a n d a n e m p l o y e e w i t h 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e w h o w a s s e p a r a t e d b e c a u s e o f a c l o s i n g an d i n e l i g i b l e f o r an u n r e d u c e d p e n s i o n w a s e n t i t l e d to b o t h s e p a r a t i o n p a y a n d a d e f e r r e d p e n s i o n . A n u m b e r o f e x c e p t i o n s f o r s p e c i f i e d p la n t s w h i c h p r o v i d e d b e n e f i t s d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h o s e at m o s t m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t p la n t s w e r e e l i m i n a t e d ; o n l y a f e w e x c e p t i o n s s t i l l s ta n d .

T h e A r m o u r a n d C o . c o n t r a c t s w e r e s c h e d u l e d to e x p i r e o n A u g u s t 31 , 1970 , e x c e p t f o r th e i n s u r a n c e p la n s w h i c h w e r e to e x p i r e o n N o v e m b e r 30 , 19 7 0 .

During the life o f these agreem ents, in July 1968, the A m algam ated M eat Cutters and Butcher W orkm en o f North A m erica and the United Packinghouse, Food and A llie d Workers m erged, the com b in ed union being known as the A m algam ated M eat Cutters and Butcher W orkm en o f North A m erica . A ll references to union representation w hile the contracts negotiated in 1967 were in e ffe ct are to the original signatory unions even after the m erger.

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O n A p r i l 18, 1 9 7 0 , A r m o u r a n d C o . a n d th e M e a t C u t t e r s ( M C B W ) r e a c h e d a g r e e m e n t o n a 4 1 - m o n t h c o n t r a c t a b o u t 4 V2 m o n t h s b e f o r e th e s c h e d u l e d e x p i r a t i o n o f t h e i r 196 7 p a c t . T h i s f o l l o w e d an e a r l y c o n t r a c t r e n e w a l b y S w i f t & C o . w i th the M e a t C u t t e r s on A p r i l 3. 6 T h e w a g e c o n t r a c t w a s s i m i l a r to th e o n e a t S w i f t an d w a s m a d e r e t r o a c t i v e to A p r i l 6, the e f f e c t i v e d a te o f w a g e i n c r e a s e s at S w i f t . It w a s the s e c o n d t i m e in a s m a n y s e t t l e m e n t s th a t a n A r m o u r c o n t r a c t w a s r e n e w e d e a r l y . A p p r o x i m a t e l y 9 , 00 0 e m p l o y e e s w e r e c o v e r e d b y th e a g r e e m e n t w h i c h w a s r a t i f i e d b y th e w o r k e r s in e a r l y M a y .

I m m e d i a t e l y p r e c e d i n g th e s e t t l e m e n t , r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f th e c o m p a n y n e g o t i a t e d in C h i c a g o f o r 3 d a y s w i th i n t e r n a t i o n a l u n i o n o f f i c i a l s a n d m o r e th a n 100 u n i o n d e l e g a t e s f r o m A r m o u r p la n t s t h r o u g h o u t th e c o u n t r y . K e y u n i o n d e m a n d s f o c u s e d o n w a g e i n c r e a s e s a n d i n c o r p o r a t i o n o f a d d i t i o n a l A r m o u r p a c k i n g p la n t s in to th e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t . C o m p a n y o f f e r s w e r e b a s e d o n th e S w i f t a g r e e m e n t .

T h e s e t t l e m e n t p r o v i d e d f o r a g e n e r a l w a g e i n c r e a s e o f 32 c e n t s an h o u r r e t r o a c t i v e to A p r i l 6 an d c e r t a i n s k i l l e d j o b s w e r e r e c l a s s i f i e d u p w a r d o n the s a m e d a t e ; th e a d d i t i o n a l i n c r e a s e s f o r s k i l l e d w o r k e r s r a n g e d f r o m 5 t o 10 c e n t s an h o u r f o r a b o u t 520 w o r k e r s . D e f e r r e d w a g e i n c r e a s e s o f 25 c e n t s w e r e a g r e e d u p o n f o r 197 1 a n d 1 9 7 2 . T h e p r e v i o u s 3 7 - c e n t a c c u m u l a t e d c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e w a s i n c o r p o r a t e d in to b a s e r a t e s at th e t i m e o f th e f i r s t w a g e i n c r e a s e . T h e e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e w a s c o n t i n u e d a n d f o r th e t e r m o f th e n e w a g r e e m e n t w a s r e v i s e d to p r o v i d e a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t s e f f e c t i v e in S e p t e m b e r 1 9 7 1 , S e p t e m b e r 197 2, a n d A u g u s t 1973 (the l a s t a d j u s t m e n t to b e m a d e in th e m o n t h o f th e c o n t r a c t ’ s e x p i r a t i o n ) , to b e i n c o r p o r a t e d in to b a s i c w a g e r a t e s a s t h e y b e c o m e e f f e c t i v e . In a d d i t i o n , f o r w o r k e r s at s e v e n l o c a t i o n s , a s t a n d a r d w a g e b r a c k e t s y s t e m w a s e s t a b l i s h e d a s o f J u ly 1970 w i t h a 4 - c e n t - a n - h o u r s p r e a d b e t w e e n j o b r a t e s a n d w i t h 0 . 5 - c e n t i n c r e a s e s in th e s p r e a d in 1971 a n d 19 7 2 to b r i n g t h e s e p la n t s u p to s t a n d a r d s at o t h e r A r m o u r l o c a t i o n s .

S u p p l e m e n t a r y b e n e f i t c h a n g e s i n c l u d e d 3 - w e e k v a c a t i o n s f o r e m p l o y e e s w i t h 8 b u t f e w e r th a n 15 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e ; i n c r e a s e d m a x i m u m s f o r a n e s t h e s i a u n d e r th e h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n p la n a n d f o r b e n e f i t s u n d e r th e s u r g i c a l s c h e d u l e ; a n d an e x p a n d e d m a j o r m e d i c a l e x p e n s e p la n to c o v e r h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n f o r m e n t a l o r n e r v o u s d i s o r d e r s . T h e m o n t h l y p e n s i o n b e n e f i t w a s i n c r e a s e d to $ 6 in 1971 a n d to $ 6 . 5 0 in 1972 f o r e a c h y e a r o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e .

T h e A r m o u r c o n t r a c t i s s c h e d u l e d to e x p i r e o n A u g u s t 31 , 197 3. E x c e p tf o r p o s s i b l e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t s , th e f o l l o w i n g t a b l e s b r i n g th e A r m o u r a n d C o . w a g e c h r o n o l o g y u p to d a te t h r o u g h th e t e r m i n a t i o n d a te o f th e c o n t r a c t . T a b l e C h a s b e e n r e v i s e d to i n c l u d e m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n o n s p e c i f i e d p r o c e s s i n g s a l e s u n i t s th a t c a m e u n d e r the m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t s in 1 9 6 4 .

A lso ap p licab le to early renew al at A rm our, the early settlem ent as Swift & C o . was expla ined in a jo in t statem ent by that com pan y and the M eat Cutters, as fo llow s: "T h e settlem ent intends to recogn ize predicted changes in the econ om y and further im prove the standard o f liv ing o f the em ployees. It is pred icated on m eetin g norm al an ticipated changes in the cost o f liv in g in advance and also provides for subsequent adjustments if necessary to keep Swift em p loy ees ' w ages in line. "

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E f f e c t i v e d a t e P r o v i s i o n

A u g . 1 1 , 1941 ( U P W A ) .

5 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e

A u g . 1 4 , 1 9 4 3 ( M C B W ).

1 9 4 3 - 4 5 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

A p p l i c a t i o n s , e x c e p t i o n s , a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d m a t t e r s

I n c r e a s e o f 8 p e r c e n t , a v e r a g i n g a p p r o x i m a t e l y 5 c e n t s a n h o u r , g r a n t e d t o a l l w o r k e r s A p r . 2 1 , 1 9 4 1 , p r i o r t o n e g o t i a t i o n o f f i r s t m a s t e r c o n t r a c t b e t w e e n c o m p a n y a n d U P W A . M i n i m u m i n c r e a s e o f 10 c e n t s a n h o u r in c o m b i n e d A p r . 21 a n d A u g . 1 1 , 1 9 4 1 , a d j u s t m e n t s p r o v i d e d f o r w o m e n w o r k e r s .

N o g e n e r a l w a g e c h a n g e in f i r s t m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t b e t w e e n c o m p a n y a n d M C B W . W o r k e r s in p l a n t s r e p r e s e n t e d b y M C B W h a d 2 i n c r e a s e s in 1 9 4 1 s i m i l a r to t h o s e n o t e d a b o v e .

P u r s u a n t to v a r i o u s N a t i o n a l W a r L a b o r B o a r d d i r e c t i v e s , c o m p a n y a n d u n i o n s a g r e e d to t h e f o l l o w i n g i n t e r p l a n t ( a r e a o r g e o g r a p h i c a l ) a d j u s t m e n t s :

I n c r e a s e ( c e n t s p e r h o u r )

A u g . 1 1 , 1 9 4 4 ( U P W A ) ; a n d F e b . 1, 19 4 5 ( M C B W ) .

I n t r a p l a n t ( j o b ) i n e q u a l i t y w a g e a d j u s t m e n t s u p to a n a v e r a g e o f 2 c e n t s a n h o u r f o r e a c h p l a n t -

J a n . 2 6 , 1 9 4 6 16 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e ,( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

N o v . 1, 1 9 4 6 l l/z c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

P l a n t l o c a t i o n a n d e f f e c t i v e d a t e

A t l a n t a , G a . : N o v . 1 3 , 1 9 4 4 _______________B a l t i m o r e , M d . : S e p t . 1, 1 9 4 4 __________B i r m i n g h a m , A l a . : A p r . 3 0 , 1 9 4 5 _____E a s t S t . L o u i s , 111.: A u g . 1 1, 1 9 4 3 ______F o r t W o r t h , T e x . : M a r . 1 4 , 1 9 4 5 _______G r e e n B a y , W i s . : A p r . 1 9 , 1 9 4 5 ___ . __K a n s a s C i t y , K a n s . : M a y 7 , 1 9 4 5 ______L o s A n g e l e s , C a l i f . : S e p t . 1 5 , 1 9 4 4 ____M e m p h i s , T e n n . : J a n . 1, 1 9 4 5 ___________N o r t h B e r g e n , N . J . : A p r . 3 0 , 1 9 4 5 ______O k l a h o m a C i t y , O k l a . : A p r . 3 0 , 1 9 4 5 ___P o r t l a n d , O r e g . : S e p t . 1 5 , 1 9 4 4 ________P r a i r i e d u C h i e n , W i s . : A p r . 19, 1 9 4 5 __R e a d i n g , P a . : S e p t . 1 5 , 1 9 4 4 ____________S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f . : S e p t . 15 , 1 9 4 4 . .S o u t h S t . P a u l , M i n n . : S e p t . 2 9 , 1 9 4 4 ___S p o k a n e , W a s h . : S e p t . 1 5 , 1 9 4 4 _________P u r s u a n t to v a r i o u s N W L B d i r e c t i v e s , c o m p a n y a n d u n i o n s

a g r e e d to i n c r e a s e w a g e s b y v a r y i n g a m o u n t s to a d j u s t i n t r a p l a n t i n e q u a l i t i e s , the a v e r a g e i n c r e a s e in e a c h p l a n t n o t to e x c e e d 2 c e n t s a n h o u r . T h e a d j u s t m e n t s f o r U P W A p l a n t s w e r e m a d e r e t r o a c t i v e to A u g . 11 ,1 9 4 4 , o r e a r l i e r in s o m e c a s e s , a n d f o r M C B W p l a n t s , r e t r o a c t i v e to F e b . 1, 1 9 4 5 .

M e n W o m e n

5 52V2 36 22V2 3- 37z7 -2V2 37Vz 7 7 287z 8 7 2- 1_ 22 7 z 27z

15 -3 -5 52 l/2 34 7 2 4 7 z

In c a s e s o f e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v i n g m o r e t h a n e s t a b l i s h e d j o b r a t e s , a m o u n t o f " o v e r - r a t e " (n o t to e x c e e d 2V2 c e n t s ) w a s d e d u c t e d f r o m g e n e r a l w a g e i n c r e a s e w h e n a p p l i e d to i n d i v i d u a l r a t e s .

In a d d i t i o n to t h e g e n e r a l w a g e i n c r e a s e th e f o l l o w i n g i n t e r p l a n t a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e m a d e :

P l a n t l o c a t i o n

A t l a n t a , G a ___________________________________B i r m i n g h a m , A l a ____________________________C o l u m b u s , O h io ____________________________D e n v e r , C o l o _______________________________F o r t W o r t h , T e x ____________________________F o r t W o r t h ( R a t l i f f e ) , T e x ________________I n d i a n a p o l i s , I n d _____________________________L e x i n g t o n , K y _______________________________L o s A n g e l e s , C a l i f _________________________M a s o n C i t y , I o w a ___________________________M e m p h i s , T e n n ______________________________O k l a h o m a C i t y , O k l a _______________________O m a h a , N e b r _________________________________P e o r i a , 111 ____________________________________R e a d i n g , P a ___________________________________S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f ______________________S i o u x C i t y , I o w a ____________________________S o u t h S t . J o s e p h , M o ______________________T i f t o n , G a _____________________________________

I n c r e a s e( c e n t s p e r h o u r )

M e n W o m e n

9 74 42 7 z 32 7 2 27z4 4

1 5 7 2 122 7 2 34 45 52 7 2 34 44 42 7 z 327z 32 7 2 3

( a v e r a g e 6 c e n t s2 7 z 32 7 2 39 7

S e e f o o t n o t e a t e n d o f t a b l e .

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E f f e c t i v e d a t e

J u n e 1 6 , 1 9 4 7 6( U P W A a n d M C B W ).

J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 4 7 „( M C B W ) .

J a n . 1 2 , 1 9 4 8 9( M C B W ) ; a n d M a y 3, 1 9 4 8 ( U P W A ) .

P r o v i s i o n

c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e

c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e

A p p l i c a t i o n s , e x c e p t i o n s , a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d m a t t e r s

G e n e r a l i n c r e a s e o f 3 7 2 c e n t s a n h o u r in S a n F r a n c i s c o p l a n t .

N o v . 1, 1 9 4 8 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

O c t . 3 1 , 1 9 4 9 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

D e c . 5 , 1 9 4 9 ( M C B W ) .

A u g . 1 1 , 1 9 5 0 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ; b y a g r e e m e n t o f s a m e d a t e ) .

F e b . 9 , 19 5 1 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ; b y a g r e e m e n t o f F e b . 8 , 1 9 5 1 ) .

D e c . 1 7 , 19 5 1 ( b y a g r e e m e n t o f D e c . 2 1 , 1 9 5 1 , M C B W , a n d F e b . 2 , 1 9 5 2 ,

4 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _______

P r e v i o u s s p r e a d o f 2 . 5 c e n t s b e t w e e n j o b r a t e s i n c r e a s e d to 3 c e n t s . I n c r e a s e s r a n g e d f r o m 0. 5 c e n t a n h o u r in j o b - c l a s s o n e s t e p a b o v e t h e b a s e o r u n s k i l l e d - l a b o r c l a s s to 15 c e n t s in h i g h e s t c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .


In a d d i t i o n t o j o b - r a t e i n c r e a s e s , t h e f o l l o w i n g i n t e r p l a n t a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e m a d e :



B i r m i n g h a m , A l a ________________________ ____F a r g o , N . D a k ______________________________F o r t W o r t h , T e x ______________________________F o r t W o r t h ( R a t l i f f e ) , T e x _________________G r a n d F o r k s , N . D a k ________________________G r e e n B a y , W i s _______________________________H u r o n , S . D a k _________________________________L e x i n g t o n , K y _________________________________M e m p h i s , T e n n _______________________________O k l a h o m a C i t y , O k l a ________________________T i f t o n , G a _____________________________________I n c r e a s e s in s o m e r a t e s , i n c l u d i n g c o m m

in S a n F r a n c i s c o p l a n t .

e n W o m e n

2 ‘/2 2 7 22 7 z 27z2 7 2 27z2 22 227z 2 7 22 7 2 2 7 z27z 27z2 7 z 2 7 z27z 2 7 z2 2- 1

L - l a b o r r a t e ,

9 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e ; p r e v i o u s s p r e a d o f 3 c e n t s in j o b r a t e s w i d e n e d to 3*/2 c e n t s . I n c r e a s e s r e s u l t i n g f r o m w i d e n e d j o b - r a t e s p r e a d r a n g e d f r o m 0. 5 c e n t a n h o u r in t h e j o b - c l a s s o n e s t e p a b o v e t h e b a s i c o r u n s k i l l e d l a b o r c l a s s to a m a x i m u m o f 15 c e n t s a n h o u r .

6 c e n t s a n h o u r g e n e r a l i n c r e a s e .

In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h O r d e r s o f W a g e S t a b i l i z a t i o n B o a r d , M a y 1 8 , 1 9 5 1 , a p p r o v i n g a n a c r o s s - t h e - b o a r d i n c r e a s e o f 9 c e n t s a n h o u r o n J u n e 2 8 , 1 9 5 1 , a p p r o v i n g an i n c r e a s e in t h e j o b - r a t e s p r e a d f r o m 3 c e n t s to 3V2 c e n t s a n h o u r . T h e j o b - r a t e i n c r e a s e s a v e r a g e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2 . 3 c e n t s a n h o u r .

A p p r o v e d b y W a g e S t a b i l i z a t i o n B o a r d J a n . 9 , 1 9 5 2 .

U P W A ) .F e b . 1 8 , 1 9 5 2

( b y a b o v e a g r e e m e n t s ).

M a r . 2 , 1 9 5 2 ( b y a b o v e a g r e e m e n t s ).

Get. 2 7 , 1 9 5 2 ( b y a g r e e m e n t s o f O c t . 2 6 , 1 9 5 2 , U P W A , a n d N o v . 1 9 , 1 9 5 2 , M C B W ) .

4 c e n t s a n h o u r g e n e r a l i n c r e a s e .

R e d u c t i o n i n t h e s e x d i f f e r e n t i a l s f r o m a r a n g e o f 5 to 1 1 V2 c e n t s a n h o u r to a r a n g e o f 5 to 9 c e n t s . 2 A p p r o v e d b y W a g e S t a b i l i z a t i o n B o a r d .

C e r t a i n i n t e r p l a n t j o b - r a t e i n e q u i t y a d j u s t m e n t s to a c h i e v e u n i f o r m r a t i n g . 3 A p p r o v e d b y W a g e S t a b i l i z a t i o n B o a r d .

F u r t h e r a d j u s t m e n t s o f j o b - r a t e i n e q u i t i e s . 4 In a d d i t i o n t o j o b - r a t e i n c r e a s e s , t h e f o l l o w i n g a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e m a d e in s p e c i f i c p l a n t s :

S e e f o o t n o t e s a t e n d o f t a b l e .

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E f f e c t i v e d a t e P r o v i s i o n A p p l i c a t i o n s ,

O c t . 2 7 , 1 9 5 2 (b y a g r e e m e n t s o f O c t . 2 6 , 1 9 5 2 ,

e x c e p t i o n s , a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d m a t t e r s


U P W A , a n d N o v . 1 9 , 1 9 5 2 , M C B W }-—C o n t i n u e d .


A t l a n t a , G a ________________B i r m i n g h a m , A l a ________F o r t W o r t h , T e x _________L e x i n g t o n , K y ____________M e m p h i s , T e r m ___________O k l a h o m a C i t y , O k l a ____T i f t o n , G a __________________

M e n W o m e n

3V2 l 7 z37z l 7 z2 7 z 2 7 z37z 1 7 237z i 7 z2 7 z 2 7 23 7 z 3 7 2

S e p t . 2 8 , 1 9 5 3 (b y m e m o r a n d u m a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 2 9 , 1 9 5 3 , M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

S e p t . 2 0 , 1 9 5 4 (b y a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 2 9 , 1 9 5 4 , U P W A , a n d S e p t . 3 0 ,1 9 5 4 , M C B W ) .

A u g . 1, 1 9 5 5 (b y m e m o r a n d u m a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d J u l y 2 9 , 1 9 5 5 , M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ) .

O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ( U P W A s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t d a t e dO c t . 2 4 , 1 9 5 6 ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 5 7 ___________J u l y 1, 1 9 5 7 ---------------S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 7 ( M C B W

a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ) .


R e d u c t i o n o f t h e s e x d i f f e r e n t i a l to a u n i f o r m 5 c e n t s . A p p r o v e d D e c . 1 1 , 1 9 5 2 , b y t h e E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r o f t h e W a g e S t a b i l i z a t i o n B o a r d .

5 c e n t s am h o u r g e n e r a l i n c r e a s e .

14 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e ________

F u r t h e r a d j u s t m e n t o f i n t e r p l a n t i n e q u i t i e s . 5 In a d d i t i o n to j o b r a t e i n c r e a s e s , t h e f o l l o w i n g a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e m a d e in s p e c i f i c p l a n t s :

I n c r e a s eP l a n t l o c a t i o n ( c e n t s p e r h o u r )

A t l a n t a , G a _________________________________________________ 2VzB i r m i n g h a m , A l a ________________________________________ Zl/zL e x i n g t o n , K y _____________________________________________ Z l/2M e m p h i s , T e n n ___________________________________________ Z l/2T i f t o n , G a _________________________________________________ 2 l/z

A d d i t i o n a l IV 2 c e n t s i n c r e a s e f o r w o m e n ' s j o b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s , t h u s r e d u c i n g s e x d i f f e r e n t i a l f r o m 5 to 3. 5 c e n t s a n h o u r .

10 c e n t s a n h o u r g e n e r a l i n c r e a s e ; p r e v i o u s s p r e a d o f 3. 5 c e n t s in j o b r a t e s i n c r e a s e d t o 4 c e n t s w i t h r e s u l t i n g i n c r e a s e s r a n g i n g u p to a n a d d i t i o n a l 1 2 . 5 c e n t s a n h o u r f o r t h e to p j o b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .

A d d i t i o n a l i n c r e a s e f o r w o m e n ' s j o b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s o f 1 c e n t e f f e c t i v e b o t h O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 , a n d S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 7 , a n d 1 . 5 c e n t s e f f e c t i v e S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 8 , to e l i m i n a t e s e x w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l ; n o r a t e s f o r w o m e n ' s j o b s to i n c r e a s e to m o r e t h a n r a t e f o r e q u i v a l e n t j o b s f o r m e n .

F u r t h e r a d j u s t m e n t o f i n t e r p l a n t j o b r a t e i n e q u i t i e s .D e f e r r e d w a g e - r a t e i n c r e a s e s o f 7 . 5 c e n t s a n h o u r

e f f e c t i v e S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 7 , a n d S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 8 .T h e n e w a g r e e m e n t s p r o v i d e d f o r s e m i a n n u a l c o s t - o f -

l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t s in w a g e r a t e s o f 1 c e n t a n h o u r f o r e a c h 0 . 5 - p o i n t c h a n g e in t h e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x a b o v e a l e v e l o f 1 1 6 . 8 ( 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 ) . N o r e d u c t i o n s in t h e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e u n l e s s t h e i n d e x d e c l i n e d 0 . 5 p o i n t b e l o w t h e l e v e l t h a t t h e i n d e x w a s r e q u i r e d to r e a c h i n o r d e r t o e a r n t h e l a s t p r e v i o u s i n c r e a s e in a l l o w a n c e . 6

0 . 5 c e n t i n c r e a s e in r a t e s a t T i f t o n , G a . , p l a n t .

2 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _______3 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _______7 . 5 c e n t s a n h o u r g e n e r a l

i n c r e a s e .

S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e . S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e . A d d i t i o n a l 1 c e n t i n c r e a s e f o r w o m e n ' s j o b c l a s s i f i

c a t i o n s , r e d u c i n g s e x w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l f r o m 2 . 5 t o 1 . 5 c e n t s p e r h o u r .


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E f f e c t i v e d a t e P r o v i s i o n A p p l i c a t i o n s , e x c e p t i o n s , a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d m a t t e r s

Tan. 1, 1 9 8 8 S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e . S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e . A d d i t i o n a l 1. 5 c e n t i n c r e a s e f o r w o m e n ' s j o b c l a s s i -

J u l y 1 , 1 9 S 8 ___________S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 8 ( M C B W 7 . 5 c e n t s a n h o u r g e n e r a l

a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ) .

i n c r e a s e . f i c a t i o n s , t h u s e l i m i n a t i n g s e x w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l .

J a n . 1, 1 9 5 9 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ) .

1 c e n t a n h o u r i n c r e a s e S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .

J u l y 1, 1 9 5 9 ___________ N o c h a n g e _______ __________________ S e m i a n n u a l r e v i e w o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 9 ( M C B W

a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 ) .

8 . S r e n t s an h o u r i n c r e a s e I n c l u d e d 2 c e n t s in a n t i c i p a t i o n o f e q u i v a l e n t c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t t h a t p r e s u m a b l y w o u l d t a k e p l a c e in J a n u a r y 1 9 6 0 . E n t i r e 8 . 5 c e n t s a s w e l l a s p r e v i o u s 1 4 - c e n t c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e i n c o r p o r a t e d in t o b a s e r a t e s , a n d e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e c o n t i n u e d . 7

In a d d i t i o n :D e f e r r e d w a g e - r a t e i n c r e a s e o f 6 . 5 c e n t s a n h o u r ,

e f f e c t i v e S e p t . 1, I 9 6 0 .F u r t h e r a d j u s t m e n t o f j o b - r a t e i n e q u i t i e s . 8 F r e e z e r r a t e p r e m i u m s i n c o r p o r a t e d in t o r e g u l a r

r a t e s . 8J a n . 1, I 9 6 0 S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .

S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .J u l y 1, 196 0 ...................... 2 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 0 ( M C B W

a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 , a n d M C B W s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t o f J u l y 6 , I 9 6 0 ) .

6 . 5 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e . N o t a p p l i c a b l e to M e m p h i s , T e n n . , p l a n t .

J a n . 1, 1961 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 ) .

2 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________ S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .

J u l y 1, 1961 ___________ N o c h a n g e __________________ _______ S e m i a n n u a l r e v i e w o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .S e p t . 4 , 19 6 1 ( M C B W 7 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e ; s p r e a d I n c l u d e d 1 c e n t in a n t i c i p a t i o n o f e q u i v a l e n t c o s t - o f -

a n d U P W A a g r e e - b e t w e e n j o b r a t e s i n c r e a s e d l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t t h a t p r e s u m a b l y w o u l d t a k e p l a c em e n t s d a t e d b y 0. 5 c e n t (to 4 . 5 c e n t s ) in J a n u a r y 1 9 6 2 . E n t i r e i n c r e a s e a s w e l l a s p r e v i o u sS e p t . 10 , 1 9 6 1 ) . 9 w i t h p o s s i b l e i n c r e a s e s

r a n g i n g u p to 13 c e n t s f o r the t o p j o b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n . T h e u n i o n s e s t i m a t e d t h a t t h e t o t a l i n c r e a s e a v e r a g e d 1 0 . 8 c e n t s a n h o u r , i n c l u d i n g a 1. 3 c e n t i n c r e a s e in i n c e n t i v e e a r n i n g s .

5 - c e n t c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e i n c o r p o r a t e d in to b a s e r a t e s , a n d e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e c o n t i n u e d . 10

In a d d i t i o n , r e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f 35 j o b c a t e g o r i e s i n c r e a s e d w a g e r a t e s a b o u t 0. 3 c e n t p e r h o u r w h e n a v e r a g e d o v e r th e e n t i r e b a r g a i n i n g u n i t . 11

D e f e r r e d w a g e - r a t e i n c r e a s e o f 6 c e n t s a n h o u r , e f f e c t i v e S e p t . 1 o f 1 9 6 2 a n d 1 9 6 3 .

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 2 ___________ 1 c e n t a n h o u r i n c r e a s e In a d d i t i o n to 1 c e n t d u e t i n d e r s e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e a n d i n c l u d e d in 7 - c e r t t i n c r e a s e e f f e c t i v e S e p t . 4 , 1 9 6 1 .

J u l y 1, 1 9 6 2 ___________ 1 c e n t a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________ S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W

s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A u g . 1 6 , 1 9 6 2 ) .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . : R e d u c e d a l l r a t e s b y 15 c e n t s a n h o u r ; e l i m i n a t e d d e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e d u e S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 3 , a n d c o s t - o f - l i v i n g e s c a l a t o r p r o v i s i o n ; a n d c o n t i n u e d 2 - c e n t - a n - h o u r c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e in e f f e c t .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 10 , 1 9 6 1 ) .

6 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e e x c e p t a t M e m p h i s .

J a n . 7 , 1 9 6 3 ___________ 2 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________ S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e , n o t a p p l i c a b l e to M e m p h i s e m p l o y e e s .

J u l y 1, 196 3 ___________ 1 c e n t a n h o u r i n c r e a s e __________ S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e — n o t a p p l i c a b l e to M e m p h i s , T e n n . , p l a n t .

S e p t . 2 , 1 9 6 3 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 1 0 , 1 9 6 1 ) .

6 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________ D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e . N o t a p p l i c a b l e t o M e m p h i s , T e n n . , p l a n t .

Tan 1 1 0 8 4

J a n . 6 , 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t o f s a m e d a t e ) .

n o t a p p l i c a b l e to M e m p h i s , T e n n . , p l a n t . M e m p h i s — 6 - c e n t - a n - h o u r g e n e r a l i n c r e a s e .

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T n ly 1 , 19 b 4 S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e — n o t a p p l i c a b l e to M e m p h i s , T e n n . , p l a n t .

S e p t . 7 , 1 9 6 4 6 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________ P r e v i o u s 9 - c e n t c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e i n c o r p o r a t e d( M C B W a n d U P W A in t o b a s e r a t e s , a n d e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e c o n t i n u e d a n dm e m o r a n d u m o f c o n v e r t e d to t h e n e w B L S C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x ( 1 9 5 7 -a g r e e m e n t d a t e d 5 9 = 1 0 0 ) , w i t h a 1 - c e n t - a n - h o u r a d j u s t m e n t f o r e a c hS e p t . 2 , 1 9 6 4 ) . 0 . 4 - p o i n t c h a n g e in t h e i n d e x . 12

I n c r e a s e m a d e e f f e c t i v e o n M a r . 1 0 , 1 9 6 5 , in H o u s t o n ( T e x . ) p l a n t ; o n A p r . 8, 1 9 6 5 , in C h a m b e r l a i n ( B o s t o n , M a s s . ) p l a n t ; a n d o n e x p i r a t i o n o f e x i s t i n g c o n t r a c t s in 14 p r o c e s s i n g p l a n t s b r o u g h t u n d e r t e r m s o f t h e a g r e e m e n t . S u b s e q u e n t w a g e a d j u s t m e n t s e f f e c t i v e in t h e n e w p l a n t s a s s p e c i f i e d b y t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t .

In a d d i t i o n :A d j u s t m e n t s to c o r r e c t j o b i n e q u i t i e s a f f e c t i n g s o m e

1, 1 0 0 e m p l o y e e s i n c r e a s e d w a g e r a t e s a p p r o x i m a t e l y 0 . 5 c e n t w h e n a v e r a g e d o v e r t h e e n t i r e b a r g a i n i n g u n i t .

N a m p a , I d a h o — 13 c e n t s a n h o u r .L u b b o c k a n d S a n A n g e l o , T e x . — 17 7 2 c e n t s a n h o u r . M e m p h i s , T e n n . ----1 - c e n t - a n - h o u r i n c r e a s e a n d r e

i n s t a t e m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e . D e f e r r e d w a g e i n c r e a s e s o f 6 c e n t s a n h o u r e f f e c t i v e

S e p t . 6 , 1 9 6 5 , a n d S e p t . 5 , 1 9 6 6 .S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e . S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .J u l y 1,’ 1 9 6 5 _________ 2 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________

S e p t . 6 , 1 9 6 5 6 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________ D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e .( M C B W a n d U P W A m e m o r a n d u m o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 2, 1 9 6 4 ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 6 ___________ 3 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e ------------ S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .J u l y 1, 1 9 6 6 ___________ 5 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________ S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .S e p t . 5 , 1 9 6 6 i 6 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e _________ D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e .

( M C B W a n d U P W A m e m o r a n d u m o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 2, 1 9 6 4 ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 1 ___________ 5 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e . S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 12 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e . T h e i n c r e a s e a b s o r b e d a n y p o s s i b l e i n c r e a s e u n d e r t h e

( M C B W a n d U P W A J u l y 1, 1 9 6 7 , s e m i a n n u a l r e v i e w o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n ga g r e e m e n t s o f a l l o w a n c e .s a m e d a t e ) . P r e v i o u s 1 7 - c e n t a c c u m u l a t e d c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e

w a s i n c o r p o r a t e d in t o b a s e r a t e s a n d t h e e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e w a s c o n t i n u e d ( b a s e w a s t o b e r e v i s e d e f f e c t i v e J a n . 1, 1 9 6 8 ) . 13

D e f e r r e d w a g e i n c r e a s e s w e r e p r o v i d e d a t L e x i n g t o n , K y . , a n d H o u s t o n , L u b b o c k , a n d S a n A n g e l o , T e x . , e f f e c t i v e S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 7 , a n d a t a l l p l a n t s e f f e c t i v e S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 8 , a n d S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 9 .

J u l y 1, 1 9 6 7 --------------- ----------------------------------- ---------- __ S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e w a s a b s o r b e d b y t h e M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 , g e n e r a l w a g e i n c r e a s e .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 7 H o u s t o n , L u b b o c k , a n d S a n D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e .( M C B W a n d U P W A A n g e l o , T e x . —1 0 . 5 c e n t s a na g r e e m e n t s d a t e d h o u r i n c r e a s e ; L e x i n g t o n ,M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) . K y . —2 c e n t s a n h o u r .

F i r s t f u l l p a y p e r i o d in D e f e r r e d a d j u s t m e n t s t o c o r r e c t j o b i n e q u i t i e s a f f e c t i n gS e p t . 1 9 6 7 ( M C B W a n d s o m e 7 30 e m p l o y e e s .U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) .

J e m . 1, 1 9 6 8 --------------- 6 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e . S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .J u l y 1, 1 9 6 8 ___________ 6 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e . S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .S e p t - 1, 1 9 6 8 11 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e . D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e .

( M C B W a n d U P W A In a d d i t i o n :a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d H o u s t o n , L u b b o c k , a n d S a n A n g e l o , T e x . —8 c e n t s a n h o u rM a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) . i n c r e a s e .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . , L o u i s v i l l e , K y . , P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a . , W i l k e s - B a r r e , P a . , C h a r l e s t o n , W . V a . , C h a r l o t t e ,N . C . , J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , M o b i l e , A l a . , N e w O r l e a n s , L a . , N o r f o l k , V a . , P a s s a i c , N . J . , a n d T u l s a , O k l a . —8 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e o n a j o b b y j o b b a s i s to e l i m i n a t e o r r e d u c e d i f f e r e n t i a l b e t w e e n l o c a l r a t e a n d t h e





S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 8 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e dM a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) ----C o n t i n u e d .

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 9 -----------J u l y 1, 1 9 6 9 -----------S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 9

( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 7 0 --------A p r . 6 , 1 9 7 0

( a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A p r . 1 8 , 1 9 7 0 ) .

J u l y 1 9 7 0 , f i r s t p a y p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g in m o n t h ( a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A p r . 1 8 , 1 9 7 0 ) .

S e p t . 1 9 7 1 , f i r s t p a y p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g in m o n t h .

S e p t . 6 , 1 9 7 1 ( a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A p r . 1 8 , 1 9 7 0 ) .

8 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e . 8 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e . 11 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e

9 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e . 3 2 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e .

b a s i c c o n t r a c t r a t e . I f t h e w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l o n a p a r t i c u l a r j o b w a s l e s s t h a n 8 c e n t s , t h e j o b w a g e r a t e w a s t o b e i n c r e a s e d o n l y b y t h e a m o u n t o f t h e d i f f e r e n t i a l ( s e e t a b l e B - l ) .

S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f . , S p o k a n e , W a s h . , G r e e n B a y ,W i s . , H u r o n , S . D a k . , P e o r i a , 111. , P i t t s b u r g h , P a . , N a m p a , I d a h o , R e a d i n g , P a . , M e m p h i s , T e n n . , L e x i n g t o n , K y . , P o r t l a n d , O r e . , S t e r l i n g , 111. , S o u t h S t . P a u l , M i n n . , M a s o n C i t y , P a . , O m a h a , N e b r . , D e n v e r , C o l o . , A r l i n g t o n , T e x . , S o u t h S t . J o s e p h ,M o . , C h i c a g o , 111. , A u r o r a , 111. , W e s t P o i n t , N e b r . , E m p o r i a , K a n s a s , W o r t h i n g t o n , M i n n . , E a u C l a i r e , W i s . , L o d i , N . J . , L u b b o c k , T e x . , a n d S a n A n g e l o , T e x . —s p r e a d b e t w e e n j o b r a t e s i n c r e a s e d 0 . 5 c e n t (to 5 c e n t s ) ; p o s s i b l e i n c r e a s e s r a n g e d u p to 13 c e n t s f o r t h e t o p c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .

S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e .In a d d i t i o n :M e m p h i s , T e n n . , L o u i s v i l l e , K y . , P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a . ,

W i l k e s - B a r r e , P a . , C h a r l e s t o n , W . V a . , C h a r l o t t e ,N . C . , J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , M o b i l e , A l a . , N e w O r l e a n s , L a . , N o r f o l k , V a . , P a s s a i c , N . J . , a n d T u l s a , O k l a . — 8 c e n t s a n h o u r o n a j o b b y j o b b a s i s t o e l i m i n a t e o r r e d u c e d i f f e r e n t i a l b e t w e e n l o c a l r a t e a n d t h e b a s i c c o n t r a c t r a t e . I f t h e w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l o n a p a r t i c u l a r j o b w a s l e s s t h a n 8 c e n t s , t h e j o b r a t e w a s t o b e i n c r e a s e d o n l y t h e a m o u n t o f t h e d i f f e r e n t i a l ( s e e t a b l e B - l ) .

S e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t o f c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e .P r e v i o u s 3 7 - c e n t a c c u m u l a t e d c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e

w a s i n c o r p o r a t e d in t o b a s e r a t e s . T h e e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e w a s r e v i s e d f o r t h e c o n t r a c t t e r m t o p r o v i d e a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t s i n t h e a l l o w a n c e e f f e c t i v e t h e f i r s t p a y p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g in S e p t . 1 9 7 1 , S e p t . 197 2 , a n d A u g . 1 9 7 3 ( t h e b a s e u s e d i n c o m p u t i n g t h e a d j u s t m e n t s w a s to b e c h a n g e d i n e a c h o f t h e 3 y e a r s a n d t h e a m o u n t s w e r e t o b e i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o b a s e r a t e s a s t h e y b e c a m e e f f e c t i v e ) . 14

In a d d i t i o n , e m p l o y e e s in 25 j o b c a t e g o r i e s in t h e m e c h a n i c a l a n d m o t i v e p o w e r d e p a r t m e n t s w e r e r e c l a s s i f i e d u p w a r d , r e s u l t i n g in a d d i t i o n a l i n c r e a s e s r a n g i n g f r o m 5 to 10 c e n t s a n h o u r ( s e e t a b l e B - 3 f o r c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s u p g r a d e d ) .

D e f e r r e d w a g e i n c r e a s e s w e r e p r o v i d e d a t s p e c i f i e d p l a n t s e f f e c t i v e t h e f i r s t p a y p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g in J u l y 1 9 7 0 , a n d a t a l l p l a n t s o n S e p t . 6 , 1 9 7 1 , a n d S e p t . 4 ,1 9 7 2 .

C h a r l o t t e , N . C . , J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , N e w O r l e a n s , L a . , T u l s a , O k l a . . , P a s s a i c , N . J . , M o b i l e , A l a . , a n d N o r f o l k , V a . — a s t a n d a r d w a g e b r a c k e t s y s t e m w a s e s t a b l i s h e d w i t h a 4 - c e n t - a n - h o u r s p r e a d b e t w e e n j o b r a t e s ; p o s s i b l e i n c r e a s e s r a n g e d u p to 13 c e n t s a n h o u r f o r t h e t o p c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .

P o s s i b l e a d j u s t m e n t i n c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e , b a s e d o n B L S C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x f o r J u l y 1 9 7 1 . 14

25 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e . D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e .In a d d i t i o n :C h a r l o t t e , N . C . , J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , N e w O r l e a n s , L a . ,

T u l s a , O k l a . , P a s s a i c , N . J . , M o b i l e , A l a . , a n d N o r f o l k , V a . , — s p r e a d b e t w e e n j o b r a t e s i n c r e a s e d 0 . 5 c e n t ( to 4 . 5 c e n t s ) ; p o s s i b l e i n c r e a s e s r a n g e d u p to 13 c e n t s a n h o u r f o r t h e t o p c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .



Table A. General Wage Changes1----Continued

E f f e c t i v e d a t e P r o v i s i o n s A p p l i c a t i o n s , e x c e p t i o n s , a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d m a t t e r s

S e p t . 1 9 7 2 ( f i r s t p a y p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g in m o n t h ) .

S e p t . 4 , 1 9 7 2a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A p r . 1 8 , 1 9 7 0 ) .

A u g . 1 97 3 ( f i r s t p a y p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g in m o n t h ) .

25 c e n t s a n h o u r i n c r e a s e .

P o s s i b l e a d j u s t m e n t in c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e , b a s e d o n B L S C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x f o r J u l y 1 9 7 1 p l u s 6 . 0 p o i n t s . 14

D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e .In a d d i t i o n :C h a r l o t t e , N . C . , J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , N e w O r l e a n s , L a . ,

T u l s a , O k l a . , P a s s a i c , N . J . , M o b i l e , A l a . , a n d N o r f o l k , V a . — s p r e a d b e t w e e n j o b r a t e s i n c r e a s e d 0 . 5 c e n t (to 5 c e n t s ) ; p o s s i b l e i n c r e a s e s r a n g e d u p t o 13 c e n t s a n h o u r f o r t h e t o p c l a s s i f i c a t i o n .

P o s s i b l e a d j u s t m e n t i n c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e , b a s e d o n B L S C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x f o r J u n e 1 9 7 2 p l u s 6 . 0 p o i n t s . 14

1 G e n e r a l w a g e c h a n g e s a r e c o n s t r u e d a s u p w a r d o r d o w n w a r d a d j u s t m e n t s a f f e c t i n g a s u b s t a n t i a l n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s a t o n e t i m e . N o t i n c l u d e d w i t h i n t h e t e r m a r e a d j u s t m e n t s i n i n d i v i d u a l r a t e s ( p r o m o t i o n s , m e r i t i n c r e a s e s , e t c . ) a n d m i n o r a d j u s t m e n t s in w a g e s t r u c t u r e ( s u c h a s c h a n g e s i n i n d i v i d u a l j o b r a t e s o r i n c e n t i v e r a t e s ) t h a t do n o t h a v e a n i m m e d i a t e a n d n o t i c e a b l e e f f e c t o n t h e a v e r a g e w a g e l e v e l .

T h e c h a n g e s l i s t e d a b o v e w e r e t h e m a j o r a d j u s t m e n t s in w a g e r a t e s m a d e d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d c o v e r e d . B e c a u s e o f f l u c t u a t i o n s in i n c e n t i v e e a r n i n g s , t h e o m i s s i o n o f n o n g e n e r a l c h a n g e s in r a t e s , a n d o t h e r f a c t o r s , t h e t o t a l o f the g e n e r a l c h a n g e s l i s t e d w i l l n o t n e c e s s a r i l y c o i n c i d e w i t h t h e c h a n g e in s t r a i g h t - t i m e a v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s o v e r the s a m e p e r i o d .

2 T h e a v e r a g e h o u r l y i n c r e a s e r e s u l t i n g f r o m t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e r e d u c t i o n in s e x d i f f e r e n t i a l s a m o u n t e d to a b o u t 2 c e n t s p e r w o m a n w o r k e r .

3 In t h e p l a n t s r e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e U P W A , t h e d e c i s i o n o f t h e W a g e S t a b i l i z a t i o n B o a r d a l l o w e d 1 , 6 0 0 i n e q u i t y a d j u s t m e n t s a n d in M C B W u n i t s 2 5 0 a d j u s t m e n t s . T h e o r d e r c o u n t e d e a c h i n c r e a s e in g r a d e f o r a j o b , a m o u n t i n g to a r i s e o f 3V2 c e n t s a n h o u r ( the s p r e a d b e t w e e n p a y g r a d e s ) , t o w a r d t h e t o t a l p e r m i s s i b l e i n e q u i t y a d j u s t m e n t s a n d l i m i t e d t h e i n c r e a s e in p a y f o r a n y o n e j o b t o 15 c e n t s a n h o u r . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e p a r t i e s e x a m i n i n g a g i v e n j o b in 10 p l a n t s m i g h t f i n d t h a t i n 6 o f t h e p l a n t s t h e j o b w a s c l a s s i f i e d 5 l a b o r g r a d e s a b o v e t h e c o m m o n l a b o r r a t e , in 1 i t w a s 6 a n d i n 3 i t w a s l e s s t h a n 5 g r a d e s a b o v e t h e c o m m o n l a b o r r a t e — g r a d e s 4 , 3, a n d 2. W i th t h i s d i s t r i b u t i o n i t w o u l d b e a s s u m e d t h a t g r a d e 5 w a s t h e p r o p e r c l a s s i f i c a t i o n . A c c o r d i n g l y , g r a d e 4 w o u l d r e c e i v e 3 V2 c e n t s a n h o u r o r a 1 - g r a d e i n c r e a s e ; g r a d e 3 w o u l d r e c e i v e 7 c e n t s o r a 2 - g r a d e i n c r e a s e ; a n d g r a d e 2 w o u l d r e c e i v e I 0 V2 c e n t s o r a 3 - g r a d e i n c r e a s e . T h e r e f o r e , t h e n u m b e r o f j o b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s t i m e s t h e n u m b e r o f e m p l o y e e s in e a c h j o b a d j u s t e d w o u l d h a v e to b e o f f s e t a g a i n s t t h e t o t a l p e r m i s s i b l e ( 1 , 8 5 0 ) . N o w o r k e r s w e r e to b e d o w n - g r a d e d .

4 In t h e p l a n t s r e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e U P W A t h e m a x i m u m a l l o w a n c e w a s 1 , 2 0 0 3V2 - c e n t a d j u s t m e n t s a n d in M C B W u n i t s , 3 5 0 a d j u s t m e n t s .

5 F o l l o w i n g f u r t h e r s t u d y b y c o m p a n y a n d u n i o n r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , j o b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n r a t e s f o u n d to b e b e l o w the" p a t t e r n " w a g e - r a t e b r a c k e t — t h a t i s , t h e n u m b e r o f w a g e - r a t e b r a c k e t s b y w h i c h t h e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n w a s a b o v e the u n s k i l l e d l a b o r g r a d e in t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e p l a n t s — w e r e i n c r e a s e d t o t h e p a t t e r n , r e t r o a c t i v e to S e p t . 2 0 , 1 9 5 4 . I ff e w e r t h a n a m a j o r i t y o f t h e p l a n t s p a i d t h e s a m e n u m b e r o f " b r a c k e t s " a b o v e u n s k i l l e d l a b o r , th e " p a t t e r n " w a s t h e s i m p l e a v e r a g e o f t h e n u m b e r o f " b r a c k e t s " in a l l p l a n t s w h e r e t h e j o b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n a p p e a r e d .

6 T h e n e w a g r e e m e n t s p r o v i d e d t h a t s e m i a n n u a l c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t s e f f e c t i v e in J a n u a r y a n d J u l y b e b a s e d o n t h e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x f o r t h e i n d e x m o n t h s o f N o v e m b e r a n d M a y a s f o l l o w s :

C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x C o s t - o f - l i v i n g( 1 9 4 7 - 4 9 = 1 0 0 ) a l l o w a n c e

1 1 7 . 2 o r l e s s _____________________________________________________ N o n e .1 1 7 . 3 to 1 1 7 . 7 ____________________________________________________ 1 c e n t .1 1 7 . 8 to 1 1 8 . 2 _____________ __ __ ___ ____________________________ 2 c e n t s .1 1 8 . 3 to 1 1 8 . 7 _____________ ___ _________________________________ _ 3 c e n t s .1 1 8 . 8 to 1 1 9 . 2 ____________________________________________________ 4 c e n t s .a n d s o f o r t h , w i t h a 1 - c e n t a d j u s t m e n t f o r e a c h 0 . 5 - p o i n t i n c r e a s e in t h e i n d e x .

A d e c r e a s e in t h e a l l o w a n c e w a s to o c c u r o n l y w h e n the i n d e x f e l l a t l e a s t 0. 5 p o i n t b e l o w t h e l e v e l t h a t the i n d e x w a s r e q u i r e d to r e a c h in o r d e r t o e a r n t h e l a s t p r e v i o u s i n c r e a s e in t h e a l l o w a n c e . E x a m p l e s o f a c t u a l c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e s in t h e e v e n t o f r e d u c t i o n s in t h e C P I a r e s h o w n in t h e f o l l o w i n g t a b u l a t i o n :

I n d e x A l l o w a n c e

1 1 6 . 8 ________________________________________________________________ N o n e .1 1 7 . 3 ________________________________________________________________ 1 c e n t .1 1 7 . 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 c e n t .1 1 7 . 8 ______________________________________________________________ 2 c e n t s .1 1 7 . 5 ________________________________________________________________ 2 c e n t s .

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T h e n e w a g r e e m e n t r e v i s e d the b a s e o f t h e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e to i n c o r p o r a t e in to b a s e r a t e s t h e e x i s t i n g 1 4 - c e n t a l l o w a n c e a n d 2 - c e n t i n c r e a s e e f f e c t i v e S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 9 , t h a t w a s in a n t i c i p a t i o n o f a Z - c e n t c o s t - o f -l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e p r e s u m e d to b e c o m e d u e in J a n u a r y I 9 6 0 , b u t o t h e r w i s e c o n t i n u e d t h e p r e v i o u s e s c a l a t o r p r o v i s i o n s , w i t h s e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t s to b e c o m e e f f e c t i v e in J a n u a r y a n d J u l y a n d to b e b a s e d o n t h e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x f o r th e m o n t h s o f N o v e m b e r a n d M a y a s f o l l o w s :


1 2 5 .2 o r l e s s ____________________________________________________ N on e .125. 3 to 125. 7 ___________________________________________________ 1 c e n t .125. 8 to 126. 2 ___________________________________________________ 2 c e n ts .126. 3 to 1 2 6 . 7 ____________________________________________________ 3 c e n t s .126. 8 to 127. 2 ___________________________________________________ 4 c e n ts .127. 3 to 127. 7 ___________________________________________________ 5 c e n ts .127. 8 to 128. 2 _____________________________________ _______ _______ 6 c e n ts .128. 3 to 128. 7 ___________________________________________________ 7 c e n ts .128. 8 to 129. 2 ________________________________ ______________ _ 8 c e n ts .129. 3 to 129. 7 ____________________________________________________ 9 c e n ts .129. 8 to 130. 2 ____________________________________________________ 10 c e n ts .a n d s o f o r t h , w i t h a 1 - c e n t a d j u s t m e n t f o r e a c h 0 . 5 - p o i n t i n c r e a s e in t h e i n d e x .

8 T h i s a d j u s t m e n t , p l u s t h e i n c o r p o r a t i o n o f t h e f r e e z e r r a t e p r e m i u m s , w o u l d a m o u n t to a n e s t i m a t e d 0 . 4 to 0 . 5 c e n t w h e n a v e r a g e d o v e r a l l o r g a n i z e d e m p l o y e e s .

9 T h e c o m p a n y a n d t h e U P W A a g r e e d to w a g e - r a t e i n c r e a s e s f o r w o r k e r s a t L u b b o c k a n d S a n A n g e l o , T e x . , to b e e f f e c t i v e w h e n t h e s e p l a n t s c o m e u n d e r t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t . T h e h o u r l y i n c r e a s e s o f 30 c e n t s a t L u b b o c k , e f f e c t i v e J u n e 2 5 , 1 9 6 2 , a n d 4 0 c e n t s a t S a n A n g e l o , e f f e c t i v e O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 6 2 , b r o u g h t t h e c o m m o n l a b o r r a t e a t b o t h p l a n t s to $ 1 . 8 0 a n h o u r .

N e g o t i a t e d d e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e s f o r b o t h p l a n t s w e r e :

I n c r e a s e inE f f e c t i v e d a t e h o u r l y r a t e s

M a r . 1, 1 9 6 3 ____________________________________________________ $ 0 . 11S e p t . 2 , 1 9 6 3 ____________________________________________________ . 06M a r . 2 , 1 9 6 4 ____________________________________________________ . 11A u g . 3 1 , 1 9 6 4 ____________________________________________________ . 04

10 T h e n e w a g r e e m e n t s r e v i s e d t h e b a s e o f t h e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e , b u t o t h e r w i s e c o n t i n u e d t h e e s c a l a t o r p r o v i s i o n s , w i t h s e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t s to b e c o m e e f f e c t i v e in J a n u a r y a n d J u l y a n d to b e b a s e d o n t h e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x f o r t h e m o n t h s o f N o v e m b e r a n d M a y a s f o l l o w s :

Consumer Price Index C ost-of-living(1947-49=100) allowance

128. 2 o r less _____________________________________ None.128. 3 to 128. 7 ________________________________________________ 1 cent.128. 8 to 129. 2 ________________________________________________ 2 cents.129. 3 to 1 2 9 .7 ________________________________________________ 3 cents.129. 8 to 130. 2 ________________________________________________ 4 cents.130. 3 to 1 3 0 .7 ________________________________________________ 5 cents.130. 8 to 131. 2 ______________________________________ _________ _ 6 cents.131. 3 to 131. 7 ________________________________________________ 7 cents.131. 8 to 1 3 2 .2 ______________________________________________ _ 8 cents.132. 3 to 1 3 2 .7 ________________________________________________ 9 cents.132. 8 to 133. 2 ________________________________________________ 10 cents.a n d s o f o r t h , w i t h a 1 - c e n t a d j u s t m e n t f o r e a c h 0. 5 - p o i n t i n c r e a s e in t h e i n d e x .

11 U n i o n e s t i m a t e .12 T h e n e w a g r e e m e n t s r e v i s e d t h e b a s e o f th e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e , b u t o t h e r w i s e c o n t i n u e d th e

e s c a l a t o r p r o v i s i o n s , w i t h s e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t s to b e c o m e e f f e c t i v e in J a n u a r y a n d J u l y a n d to b e b a s e d o n t h e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x f o r t h e m o n t h s o f N o v e m b e r a n d M a y a s f o l l o w s :

C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x ( 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 1 0 0 )

Cost-of-livinga l l o w a n c e

1 0 8 . 1 o r l e s s ______1 0 8 . 2 t o 1 0 8 . 5 ______1 0 8 . 6 t o 1 0 8 . 9 ______1 0 9 . 0 t o 1 0 9 . 3 ______1 0 9 . 4 t o 1 0 9 . 7 ______109- 8 t o 1 1 0 . 1 ______1 1 0 . 2 t o 1 1 0 . 5 ______no. 6 t o no. 9______1 1 1 . 0 t o 1 1 1 . 3 ______1 1 1 . 4 t o 1 1 1 . 7 ______1 1 1 . 8 t o 1 1 2 . 1 ______a n d s o f o r t h , w i t h in t h e i n d e x .

_____________________________________________ N o n e .--------------------------------------------- 1 cent._____________________________________________ 2 cents._____________________________________________ 3 cents._____________________________________________ 4 cents._____________________________________________ 5 cents._____________________________________________ 6 cents._____________________________________________ 7 cents._____________________________________________ 8 cents._____________________________________________ 9 cents._____________________________________________ 10 cents.a 1-cent a d j u s t m e n t for e a c h 0.4-point i n c r e a s e

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13 T h e n e w a g r e e m e n t s r e v i s e d t h e b a s e o f t h e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g e s c a l a t o r c l a u s e e f f e c t i v e J a n . 1, 1 9 6 8 , b u to t h e r w i s e c o n t i n u e d t h e e s c a l a t o r p r o v i s i o n s ; s e m i a n n u a l a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e t o b e c o m e e f f e c t i v e in J a n u a r y a n d J u l y a n d w e r e to b e b a s e d o n t h e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x f o r N o v e m b e r a n d M a y a s f o l l o w s :


1 1 5 . 7 o r l e s s ____________________________________________________ N o n e .1 1 5 . 8 t o 1 1 6 . 1 __________________________________________________ 1 c e n t .1 1 6 . 2 to 1 1 6 . 5 __________________________________________________ 2 c e n t s .1 1 6 . 6 t o 1 1 6 . 9 __________________________________________________ 3 c e n t s .1 1 7 . 0 t o 1 1 7 . 3 __________________________________________________ 4 c e n t s .1 1 7 . 4 to 1 1 7 . 7 __________________________________________________ 5 c e n t s .1 1 7 . 8 to 1 1 8 . 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 c e n t s .1 1 8 . 2 to 1 1 8 . 5 __________________________________________________ 7 c e n t s .1 1 8 . 6 t o 1 1 8 . 9 __________________________________________________ 8 c e n t s .1 1 9 . 0 to 1 1 9 . 3 __________________________________________________ 9 c e n t s .1 1 9 . 4 to 1 1 9 . 7 __________________________________________________ 10 c e n t s .a n d s o f o r t h , w i t h a 1 - c e n t a d j u s t m e n t f o r e a c h 0 . 4 - p o i n t i n c r e a s e i n t h e i n d e x .

A d e c r e a s e i n t h e a l l o w a n c e w a s t o o c c u r o n l y w h e n t h e i n d e x f e l l a t l e a s t 0 . 4 - p o i n t b e l o w t h e l e v e l t h e i n d e x w a s r e q u i r e d t o r e a c h t o e a r n t h e l a s t p r e v i o u s i n c r e a s e i n t h e a l l o w a n c e (w i t h a 1 - c e n t r e d u c t i o n in t h e a l l o w a n c e f o r e a c h 0 . 4 - p o i n t d r o p in t h e i n d e x b e l o w t h a t l e v e l ) .

14 T h e a n n u a l c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t s f o r 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , a n d 1 9 7 3 w e r e t o p r o v i d e a m o u n t s , to b e i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o b a s e r a t e s , b a s e d o n t h e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x f o r s p e c i f i e d m o n t h s a s f o l l o w s :

S e p t e m b e r 1 9 7 1 ( f i r s t p a y p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g in m o n t h )

C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e xf o r J u l y 1 9 7 1 C o s t - o f - l i v i n g( 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 1 0 0 ) a l l o w a n c e

1 4 2 . 3 o r l e s s ___________________________________________________ N o n e .1 4 2 . 4 to 1 4 2 . 7 __________________________________________________ 1 c e n t .1 4 2 . 8 t o 1 4 3 . 1 __________________________________________________ 2 c e n t s .1 4 3 . 2 t o 1 4 3 . 5 _____________________,_____________________________ 3 c e n t s .1 4 3 . 6 t o 1 4 3 . 9 __________________________________________________ 4 c e n t s .1 4 4 . 0 t o 1 4 4 . 3 __________________________________________________ 5 c e n t s .1 4 4 . 4 t o 1 4 4 . 7 __________________________________________________ 6 c e n t s .1 4 4 . 8 t o 1 4 5 . 1 __________________________________________________ 7 c e n t s .1 4 5 . 2 t o 1 4 5 . 5 __________________________________________________ 8 c e n t s .1 4 5 . 6 t o 1 4 5 . 9 __________________________________________________ 9 c e n t s .a n d s o f o r t h , w i t h a 1 - c e n t a d j u s t m e n t f o r e a c h 0 . 4 - p o i n t i n c r e a s e in t h e i n d e x .

S e p t e m b e r 1 9 7 2 ( f i r s t p a y p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g in m o n t h )

T h e C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x ( 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 1 0 0 ) l e v e l o f J u l y 1 9 7 1 p l u s 6 . 0 p o i n t s ( r e f e r r e d to a s t h e " r e v i s e d l e v e l " ) w a s to b e u s e d t o c o m p u t e a n a l l o w a n c e a s f o l l o w s :

A d d i t i o n a lC o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x c o s t - o f - l i v i n g

( 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 1 0 0 ) a l l o w a n c e

R e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 1 t h r o u g hr e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 4 ______________________________________ 1 c e n t .

R e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 5 t h r o u g hr e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 8 _____________________________________ 2 c e n t s .

R e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 9 t h r o u g hr e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 1 . 2 _____________________________________ 3 c e n t s .

a n d s o f o r t h , w i t h a 1 - c e n t a d j u s t m e n t f o r e a c h 0 . 4 - p o i n t i n c r e a s e in t h e i n d e x .

A u g u s t 1 9 7 3 ( f i r s t p a y p e r i o d b e g i n n i n g in m o n t h )

T h e C o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x ( 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 = 1 0 0 ) l e v e l o f J u n e 1 9 7 2 p l u s 6 . 0 p o i n t s ( r e f e r r e d to a s t h e " s e c o n d r e v i s e d l e v e l " ) w a s t o b e u s e d t o c o m p u t e a n a l l o w a n c e a s f o l l o w s :

A d d i t i o n a lC o n s u m e r P r i c e I n d e x c o s t - o f - l i v i n g

( 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 - 1 0 0 ) a l l o w a n c e

S e c o n d r e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 1 t h r o u g h s e c o n d r e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 4 --------------------------------------- 1 c e n t .

S e c o n d r e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 5 t h r o u g h s e c o n d r e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 8 --------------------------------------- 2 c e n t s .

S e c o n d r e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 0 . 9 t h r o u g h s e c o n d r e v i s e d l e v e l p l u s 1. 2 --------------------------------------- 3 c e n t s .

a n d s o f o r t h , w i t h a 1 - c e n t a d j u s t m e n t f o r e a c h 0 . 4 - p o i n t i n c r e a s e in t h e i n d e x .


Table B-l. Common Labor (Labor Grade 0) Hourly Wage Rates, 1941—701

E ff< : c t i v e d a t e

P l a n t l o c a t i o n U n i o n 2 A u g . 11 ,

19 4 1

A u g .1 4 ,

1 9 4 3

S e p t .1 5 ,

1 9 4 4

M a y —J u n e1 9 4 5

J a n . 2 6 ,

1 9 4 6

N o v .1 ,

1 9 4 6

J u n e1 6 ,

1 9 4 7

J a n .1 2 ,

1 9 4 8

M a y3 ,

1 9 4 8

N o v . 1 ,

1 9 4 8

O c t .3 1 ,

1 9 4 9

A u g . 11 ,

1 9 5 0

F e b .9 ,

1 9 5 1

A t l a n t a , G a ------------- U P W A _ $ 0 . 5 0 0 $ 0 . 5 50 $ 0 . 7 1 0 $ 0 . 8 7 5 $ 0 . 9 3 5 $ 0 , 9 3 5 $ 1 , 0 2 5 $ 1 . 0 6 5 $ 1 . 0 9 0 $ 1 . 2 0 0 $ 1 . 2 9 0B a l t i m o r e , M d -------- M C B W ( 3 ) $ 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 1 1 0 1. 110 1. 1 5 0 1. 1 50 1. 2 60 1. 3 5 0B i r m i n g h a m , A l a ---- U P W A $0. 5 40 . 5 40 . 5 4 0 . 6 0 0 . 7 6 0 . 8 7 5 . 9 3 5 . 9 3 5 1 . 0 2 5 1 . 0 6 5 1 . 0 9 0 1. 2 0 0 1. 2 9 0C h i c a g o , 111 ------------- U P W A . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 1. 1 1 0 1. 1 5 0 1. 1 50 1 . 2 6 0 1. 3 5 0C o l u m b u s , O h i o ------ M C B W (3 ) . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 1 1 0 i . n o 1. 1 50 1. 1 50 1. 2 60 1. 3 5 0D e n v e r , C o l o ----------- U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 i . n o 1. 1 50 1. 15 0 1. 2 60 1. 3 5 0

E a s t S t . L o u i s , 111 — U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 1 1 0 1. 1 50 1. 1 50 1. 2 6 0 1. 3 5 0E a u C l a i r e , W i s ------ U P W A - - - - - - 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 l . n o 1. 1 50 1. 150 1. 2 60 1. 35 0F o r t W o r t h , T e x ---- U P W A . 6 4 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 4 0 . 6 4 0 . 8 0 0 . 9 1 5 . 9 7 5 . 9 7 5 1 . 0 6 5 1. 1 0 5 1 . 1 2 5 1. 2 3 5 1. 3 2 5F o r t W o r t h

( R a t l i f f e ) , T e x ------ U P W A . . . . 6 8 5 . 9 1 5 . 9 7 5 . 9 7 5 1 . 0 6 5 1. 1 0 5 1. 12 5 1. 2 3 5 1 . 3 2 5G r a n d F o r k s ,

N . D a k -------------------- M C B W (3 ) . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 3 5 . 9 9 5 1 . 0 8 5 1 . 0 8 5 1. 1 25 1. 1 50 1. 2 6 0 1. 350

G r e e n B a y , W is ------- M C B W (3 ) . 6 3 0 . 6 3 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 3 5 . 9 9 5 1 . 0 8 5 1 . 0 8 5 1. 1 2 5 1. 1 50 1. 2 6 0 1. 3 50H u r o n , S . D a k -------- M C B W (3 ) . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 3 5 . 9 9 5 1 . 0 8 5 1 . 0 8 5 1. 12 5 1. 150 1. 2 6 0 1. 3 50I n d i a n a p o l i s , Ind ------ U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 1. n o 1. 150 1. 150 1. 2 6 0 1. 3 50J e r s e y C i t y , N . J ------ U P W A . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 i . n o 1. 150 1. 150 1. 2 6 0 1. 3 5 0K a n s a s C i t y , K a n s ---- U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 i . n o 1. 150 1. 150 1. 2 6 0 1. 350L e x i n g t o n , K y --------- M C B W - - - - - - . 9 1 5 1 . 0 0 5 1 . 0 0 5 1 . 0 4 5 1 . 0 7 0 1. 180 1. 2 7 0

L o d i , N . J 4 ---------------- U P W A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -L o s A n g e l e s ,C a l i f — U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 7 5 . 7 7 5 . 9 3 5 1 . 0 60 1. 1 20 1. 1 20 1. 2 1 0 1. 25 0 1. 25 0 1. 360 1. 4 5 0L u b b o c k , T e x --------- U P W A - - - - - - - - - - - - -M a s o n C i t y , I o w a ---- U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 i . n o 1. 150 1. 150 1. 2b0 1. 350M e m p h i s , T e n n ------- M C B W (3 ) . 49 5 . 4 9 5 . 5 8 5 . 7 4 0 . 8 5 5 . 9 1 5 1 . 0 0 5 1 . 0 0 5 1 . 0 4 5 1 . 0 7 0 1. 180 1. 2 7 0M i l w a u k e e , W i s ------- U P W A . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 1 1 0 1 . 1 5 0 1. 1 50 1. 2 6 0 1. 35 0

N a m p a , I d a h o ----------- M C B W _ _ - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _N e w Y o r k , N . Y ------- U P W A . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 i . n o 1 . 1 5 0 1. 1 50 1. 260 1. 350N o r t h B e r g e n , N . J — U P W A . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 1 1 0 1. 150 l . 1 50 1. 2 60 1. 3 50N o r t h P l a t t e , N e b r — U P W A - - - - - - - - - - - - -O k l a h o m a C i ty ,

O k l a ------------- ------- - U P W A . 6 4 0 . 6 40 . 6 4 0 . 6 4 0 . 8 0 0 . 9 1 5 . 9 7 5 . 9 7 5 1 . 0 6 5 1 . 1 0 5 1 . 1 2 5 1. 2 3 5 1. 3 2 5O m a h a , N e b r 5----------- U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 1 1 0 1. 150 1 . 1 5 0 1. 2 60 1. 3 5 0

P e o r i a , 111---------------- M C B W (3 ) . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 1 1 0 1 . 1 1 0 1. 15 0 1. 1 50 1. 2 6 0 1. 3 5 0P i t t s b u r g h , P a -------- M C B W l 3 ) . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 1 1 0 i . n o 1. 150 1 . 1 5 0 1. 2 6 0 1. 3 5 0P o r t l a n d , O r e g -------- M C B W l 3 ) . 7 50 . 7 7 5 . 7 7 5 . 9 3 5 1 . 0 1 0 1 . 0 7 0 1. 160 1. 160 1. 2 00 1. 2 00 1. 310 1 . 4 0 0R e a d i n g , P a ------------- M C B W l 3 ) . 6 70 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 1 1 0 1 . 1 1 0 1. 150 1. 150 1. 2 60 1. 3 50S a n A n g e l o , T e x ------ U P W A - - - - - - - - - - - - -S i o u x C i ty , I o w a ------- U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 20 i . n o 1. 150 1 . 1 5 0 1. 2 60 1. 3 50

S o u t h S t . J o s e p h ,M o -------------------------- U P W A . 7 0 0 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 l . n o 1 . 1 5 0 1. 150 1. 2 6 0 1. 350

S o u t h S t . P a u l ,M i n n ----------------------- U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 2 5 . 7 2 5 . 8 8 5 . 9 6 0 1 . 0 2 0 1 . 0 2 0 i . n o 1. 150 1. 150 1. 2 6 0 1. 3 5 0

S o u t h S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f 6 --------------------- M C B W ( 3 ) . 7 2 5 . 7 7 5 . 7 7 5 . 9 3 5 1 . 0 3 5 7 1. 130 1 . 2 2 0 1. 2 20 1 . 2 6 0 81 . 2 9 0 1 . 4 0 0 1 . 4 9 0

S p o k a n e , W a s h -------- M C B W (3 ) . 7 30 . 7 7 5 . 7 7 5 . 9 3 5 1 . 0 1 0 1 . 0 7 0 1 . 1 6 0 1. 16 0 1. 2 00 1. 2 00 1. 310 1 . 4 0 0T i l t o n , G a ---------------- U P W A - - - - - . 8 4 5 . 9 0 5 . 9 0 5 . 9 9 5 1 . 0 3 5 1 . 0 3 5 1. 1 45 1. 2 3 5W e s t F a r g o ,

N . D a k 9 ----------------- U P W A . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 7 0 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 3 5 . 9 9 5 . 9 9 5 1 . 0 8 5 1. 125 1. 150 1. 2 6 0 1. 350

S e e f o o t n o t e s a t en d o f t a b l e .


Table B-l. Common Labor (Labor Grade 0) Hourly Wage Rates, 1941—701— Continued


P l a n t l o c a t i o n U n i o n 2 D e c .1 7 ,

19 5 1

O c t .2 7 ,

1 9 5 2

S e p t .2 8 ,

1 9 5 3

S e p t .2 0 ,

1 9 5 4

A u g . 1 ,

1 9 5 5

O c t .1,

1 9 5 6

S e p t . 1,

1 9 5 7

S e p t .1 ,

1 9 5 8

S e p t .1 ,

1 9 5 9

S e p t . 1,

1 9 6 0

S e p t .4 ,

1961

S e p t . 1,

1 9 6 2

A t l a n t a , G a ------------- U P W A $ 1 . 3 50 $ 1 . 4 2 5 $ 1 . 4 7 5 $ 1 . 55 $ 1 . 69 $ 1 . 7 9 $ 1 . 8 6 5 $ 1 . 9 4 (10)B a l t i m o r e , M d ------- M C B W 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 ( i ° ) - - - -B i r m i n g h a m , A l a — U P W A 1. 3 50 1 . 4 2 5 1 . 4 7 5 1 . 5 5 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 $ 2 . 1 6 5 $ 2 . 23 $ 2 . 35 rC h i c a g o , 111 ------------ U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 ( “ ) - -C o l u m b u s , O h i o ------ M C B W 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 (10) - _ _D e n v e r , C o l o ---------- U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1. 79 1. 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 6 5 2 . 23 2. 35 $ 2 . 41

E a s t S t . L o u i s , 111 — U P W A 1. 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 5 5 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1. 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 ( l° ) .E a u C l a i r e , W is ---- U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1. 79 1. 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 6 5 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41F o r t W o r t h , T e x — F o r t W o r t h

U P W A 1. 3 8 5 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1 . 5 5 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1. 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 2. 23 2. 35 (U )

( R a t l i f f e ) , T e x ------G r a n d F o r k s ,

U P W A 1. 3 8 5 1 . 4 5 0 ( . 0 ) - - - - - - - - -

N . D a k ------------------- M C B W 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1 . 5 5 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1. 8 6 5 ( i ° )- - - -

G r e e n B a y , W i s ------ M C B W 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1 . 5 5 1 . 6 9 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41H u r o n , S . D a k -------- M C B W 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 6 5 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41I n d i a n a p o l i s , I n d ---- U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 ( i ° ) - - - - - - - _J e r s e y C i t y , N . J ---- U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 (1 0 ) - - - - -K a n s a s C i t y , K a n s — U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1 . 5 5 1 . 6 9 1. 79 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 6 5 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41L e x i n g t o n , K y --------- M C B W 1. 330 1 . 4 0 5 1 . 4 5 5 1. 53 1. 67 1. 77 1. 8 4 5 1 . 9 2 2. 14 5 2. 21 2. 33 2. 39

L o d i , N . J 4 ------------- U P W A _ _ _ _ _ 1 . 9 4 2. 16 5 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41L o s A n g e l e s , C a l i f — U P W A 1. 5 10 1 . 5 5 0 1 . 6 0 1 . 6 5 1. 79 1 . 8 9 D - - - _ -L u b b o c k , T e x ---------- U P W A - - - - - - - - - - 13 1. 80M a s o n C i t y , I o w a — U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1 . 5 5 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 6 5 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41M e m p h i s , T e n n ------ M C B W 1. 330 1 . 4 0 5 1 . 4 5 5 1. 5 3 1. 67 1. 77 1 . 8 4 5 1 . 9 2 2. 1 45 l42 . 1 4 5 2. 2 6 5 15 2 . 1 35M i l w a u k e e , W i s ------ U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1. 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 6 5 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41

N a m p a , I d a h o --------- M C B W - _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 . 9 5 i62. 0 35 2. 10 2. 22 2. 28N e w Y o r k , N . Y ------- U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1. 79 ( .0 ) - - - - -N o r t h B e r g e n , N . J — U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 ( i ° ) - - - - -N o r t h P l a t t e , N e b r — O k l a h o m a C i t y ,

U P W A " - " 1 . 5 5 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41

O k l a ---------------------- U P W A 1. 3 85 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1. 79 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 ( 10) - _O m a h a , N e b r 5 -------- U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1. 79 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 2. 23 2. 35 2 . 41

P e o r i a , 111--------------- M C B W 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1. 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 2. 23 2. 35 2 . 41P i t t s b u r g h , P a ------- M C B W 1. 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1. 79 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41P o r t l a n d , O r e g ------- M C B W 1 . 4 6 0 1. 5 00 1. 55 1. 60 1. 7 4 1. 8 4 1 . 9 1 5 1 . 9 9 2. 2 1 5 2. 28 2. 40 2. 46R e a d i n g , P a ------------ M C B W 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1. 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41S a n A n g e l o , T e x ---- U P W A - - - - - - - - - - - -S i o u x C i t y , I o w a ----

S o u t h S t . J o s e p h ,

U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41

M o -------------------------S o u t h S t . P a u l ,

U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 65 2. 23 2. 35 2. 41

M i n n ---------------------S o u t h S a n F r a n c i s c o

U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1. 69 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 2. 1 6 5 2. 23 2. 35 2 . 41

C a l i f 6 -------------------- M C B W 1 . 5 5 0 1 . 5 9 0 1. 64 1 . 6 9 1 . 8 3 1 . 9 3 2. 0 0 5 2 . 0 8 2. 3 0 5 2. 37 2. 49 2. 55S p o k a n e , W a s h ------- M C B W 1 . 4 6 0 1 . 5 0 0 1. 55 1. 60 1 . 7 4 1 . 8 4 1 . 9 1 5 1 . 9 9 2. 2 1 5 2. 28 2. 40 2. 46T i f t o n , G a ---------------W e s t F a r g o ,

U P W A 1. 2 9 5 1. 3 70 1. 4 2 1 . 4 9 5 1 . 6 3 5 1 . 7 4 1. 8 1 5 1 . 8 9 (,0) - - -

N . D a k 9 ----------------- U P W A 1 . 4 1 0 1 . 4 5 0 1. 50 1. 55 1 . 6 9 1 . 7 9 1 . 8 6 5 1 . 9 4 ( i ° ) " “ “



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U n i o n 2


S e p t . 2 1 9 6 3

' S e p t . 7, 1 9 6 4 17

S e p t . 6 , 1 9 6 5

S e p t . 5 , 1 9 6 6

M a r . 13 , 1 9 6 7

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 8

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 9

A p r . 6 , 1 9 7 0

A r l i n g t o n , T e x . ( p ) ------------------------------ U P W A 18$ 2 . 4 7 $ 2 . 6 2 $ 2 . 68 $ 2 . 74 $ 3 . 0 3 $ 3 . 14 $ 3 . 25 $ 3 . 9 4C h a m b e r l a i n ( B o s t o n ) , M a s s , ( p ) ------ U P W A - 19 2 . 62 2 . 68 2 . 7 4 3. 0 3 3. 14 3. 25 3 . 9 4C h a r l e s t o n , W. V a . (p ) ------------ ------- U P W A - 19 2 . 36 2 . 4 2 2 . 48 2. 77 2. 96 3. 15 3 . 8 4C h a r l o t t e , N . C . (p ) ----------------------------- U P W A - 19 2 . 34 2 . 4 0 2 . 4 6 2 . 75 2. 9 4 3. 13 3 . 8 2C l e v e l a n d , O h i o ( p ) ------------------------------ M C B W - 19 2 . 6 3 5 2 . 6 9 5 2 . 7 5 5 3. 0 4 5 3. 155 3. 2 6 5

D e n v e r , C o l o , ( s - p ) _____________________ U P W A 2 . 4 7 2 . 62 2 . 68 2 . 74 3. 0 3 3. 14 3. 25 10 -E a u C l a i r e , W i s . ( p ) ---------------------------- U P W A 2. 47 2 . 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 74 3. 0 3 3 . 14 3. 25 3 . 9 4E m p o r i a , K a n s . ( s ) _____________________ U P W A - 19 2 . 62 2 . 68 2 . 7 4 3. 0 3 10 - - -G r e e n B a y , W i s . ( s ) _____________________ M C B W 2. 4 7 2. 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 74 3 . 0 3 3 . 14 3. 25 3 . 9 4H o u s t o n , T e x . ( s - p ) ----------------- -------- M C B W - 19 2 . 4 3 5 2. 4 9 5 2 . 5 5 5 Z02 . 8 4 5 3. 14 3 . 25 3 . 9 4

H u r o n , S . D a k . ( s ) ------------------------------ M C B W 2. 4 7 2 . 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 7 4 3. 0 3 3 . 14 3 . 25 3 . 9 4J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . (p ) ------------------------- U P W A - 19 2 . 4 2 2 . 4 8 2 . 54 2. 8 3 3 . 0 2 3 . 21 3 . 90K a n s a s C i t y , K a n s . ( s ) __________________ U P W A 2 . 4 7 2 . 62 2 . 68 2 . 74 3. 0 3 - -L e x i n g t o n , K y . ( s ) ------------------------------- M C B W 2 . 4 5 2 . 60 2 . 66 2 . 72 20 3 . 01 3. 14 3 . 25 3 . 9 4L o u i s v i l l e , K y . (p ) ------------------------------ M C B W - 19 2 . 4 3 5 2 . 4 9 5 2 . 5 5 5 2. 8 4 5 3. 0 3 5 3. 2 2 5 3 . 9 1 5

L u b b o c k , T e x . ( s ) ------------------------------- U P W A 1. 97 2 . 4 3 5 2 . 4 9 5 2 . 5 5 5 20 2 . 8 4 5 10 - - _M a s o n C i t y , I o w a ( s - p ) ----------------------- U P W A 2. 4 7 2 . 6 2 2. 68 2 . 7 4 3. 0 3 3. 14 3. 25 3 . 9 4M e m p h i s , T e n n . ( s - p ) __________________ M C B W 15 2 . 13 21 2 . 2 6 5 21 2 . 3 2 5 21 2 . 3 8 5 222 . 6 7 5 2 2 . 8 6 5 22 3 . 0 5 5 22 3 . 7 4 5M i l w a u k e e , W i s . ( s ) ____________________ U P W A 2. 4 7 2 . 6 2 2. 68 2 . 74 3. 0 3 - -M o b i l e , A l a . ( p ) ----------------------------------- U P W A 19 2 . 31 2 . 37 2 . 4 3 2. 7 2 2. 91 3. 10 3 . 79

N a m p a , I d a h o ( s - p ) ______________________ M C B W 2 . 4 9 2 . 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 74 3 . 0 3 3. 14 3. 25 3 . 9 4N e w O r l e a n s , L a . ( p ) ___________________ U P W A 19 2 . 3 9 5 2 . 4 5 5 2. 5 1 5 2. 8 0 5 2. 9 9 5 -N o r f o l k , V a . ( p ) __________________________ U P W A 19 2 . 0 3 5 2 . 0 9 5 2 . 155 2. 4 4 5 2. 6 3 5 2. 8 2 5 3 . 5 1 5N o r t h P l a t t e , N e b r . ( s ) ---------------------- U P W A 2. 4 7 2 . 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 74 3. 0 3 - -O m a h a , N e b r . ( s - p ) 2 3 ------------------------- U P W A 2 . 4 7 2 . 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 74 3. 0 3 3. 14 3. 25 3. 9 4P a s s a i c , N . J . ( p ) -------------------------------- U P W A 19 2 . 56 2 . 62 2 . 68 2. 97 3. 14 3 . 25 3. 9 4

P e o r i a , 111. ( s - p ) ________________________ M C B W 2 . 4 7 2 . 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 74 3. 0 3 10 _ - -

P e o r i a , 111. (p ) ------------------------------------ M C B W 19 2 . 56 2 . 6 2 2. 68 3 . 0 3 3. 14 3. 25 3. 9 4P i t t s b u r g h , P a . ( s - p ) -------------------------- M C B W 2. 4 7 2 . 62 2 . 68 2 . 7 4 3 . 0 3 3 . 14 3 . 25 3. 9 4P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a . (p ) ___________________ M C B W 19 2 . 56 2 . 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 97 3. 14 -P o r t l a n d , O r e g . (p ) ----------------------------- M C B W 2. 5 2 2 . 6 7 2 . 7 3 2 . 79 3 . 08 3. 19 3 . 30 3 . 99R e a d i n g , P a . ( s - p ) ___ — ______________ _ M C B W 2. 4 7 2 . 6 2 2 . 6 8 2. 74 3 . 0 3 3 . 14 3 . 25 3 . 9 4

S a n A n g e l o , T e x . ( s ) --------------------------- U P W A 24 1. 97 2 . 4 3 5 2 . 4 9 5 2 . 5 5 5 20 2 . 8 4 5 3 . 14 3 . 25 3 . 9 4S i o u x C i t y , I o w a ( s ) ____________________ U P W A 2 . 4 7 2 . 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 74 3 . 0 3 10 - - -S i o u x C i t y , I o w a ( s ) 2 5 ___________________ M C B W _ - - - 3 . 27 3 . 5 2 3 . 9 4S o u t h S t . J o s e p h , M o . ( s - p ) _____________ U P W A 2 . 4 7 2 . 62 2 . 68 2 . 74 3 . 0 3 3 . 14 3 . 25 3 . 9 4S o u t h S t . P a u l , M i n n , ( s - p ) ----------------- U P W A 2 . 4 7 2. 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 74 3 . 0 3 3 . 14 3 . 25 3 . 9 4S o u t h S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f , (p ) _______ M C B W 2 . 6 1 2 . 76 2 . 8 2 2 . 88 3 . 17 3 . 28 3 . 39 4 . 0 8

S p o k a n e , W a s h , ( s - p ) ------------------------ - M C B W 2 . 52 2 . 6 7 2 . 7 3 2 . 79 3 . 0 8 3 . 19 3 . 30 3 . 9 9S t e r l i n g , 111. ( s ) ---------------------------------- M C B W 26 2 . 4 7 2 . 62 2 . 68 2 . 74 3 . 0 3 3 . 14 3 . 25 3 . 9 4T u l s a , O k l a . ( p ) ---------------------------------- U P W A 19 2 . 22 2 . 28 2 . 34 2 . 6 3 2 . 8 2 3 . 0 1 3 . 70W e s t P o i n t , N e b r . ( s ) ------------------------ U P W A 19 2 . 6 2 2 . 68 2 . 74 3 . 0 3 10 - - -W i l k e s - B a r r e , P a . ( p ) ------------------------ M C B W 19 2 . 2 0 5 2. 2 6 5 2 . 3 2 5 2 . 6 1 5 2 . 8 0 5 2 . 9 9 5 1° _

W o r t h i n g t o n , M i n n , ( s ) ________________ U P W A - 19 2 . 62 2. 6 8 2 . 74 3 . 0 3 3 . 14 3 . 25 3 . 9 4

1 R a t e s d o n o t i n c l u d e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e s , e x c e p t w h e n a c c u m u l a t e d a l l o w a n c e s h a v e b e e n i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o t h e b a s e r a t e s , a s i n d i c a t e d i n t a b l e A . B e f o r e 1 9 6 4 , t h e d a t a r e l a t e t o m a l e c o m m o n l a b o r . A l t h o u g h w o r k e r s w e r e to r e c e i v e d e f e r r e d w a g e i n c r e a s e s o f 25 c e n t s a n h o u r i n b o t h 1 9 7 1 a n d 1 9 7 2 , s u c h a m o u n t s a r e n o t r e f l e c t e d in t h i s t a b l e s i n c e p o s s i b l e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e t o b e i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o b a s e r a t e s in b o t h y e a r s a n d in 1 9 7 3 .

2 U n i o n r e p r e s e n t a t i o n in 1 9 6 4 , o r w h e n p l a n t w a s c l o s e d . In J u l y 1 9 6 8 , t h e A m a l g a m a t e d M e a t C u t t e r s a n d B u t c h e r W o r k m e n o f N o r t h A m e r i c a ( M C B W ) a n d t h e U n i t e d P a c k i n g h o u s e , F o o d a n d A l l i e d W o r k e r s ( U P W A ) m e r g e d t o b e c o m e t h e A m a l g a m a t e d M e a t C u t t e r s a n d B u t c h e r W o r k m e n o f N o r t h A m e r i c a .

3 N o t c o v e r e d b y a m a s t e r c o n t r a c t u n t i l A u g . 1 4 , 1 9 4 3 .4 F o r m e r l y N o r t h B e r g e n , N . J .5 P l a n t l o c a t i o n d e s i g n a t e d a s S o u t h O m a h a b e f o r e 1 9 5 3 , a s O m a h a s i n c e t h e n .6 P l a n t l o c a t i o n a t S a n F r a n c i s c o b e f o r e 1 9 5 3 , a t S o u t h S a n F r a n c i s c o s i n c e t h e n .7 E f f e c t i v e J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 4 7 .8 E f f e c t i v e D e c . 5 , 1 9 4 9 .9 P l a n t l o c a t i o n d e s i g n a t e d a s F a r g o b e f o r e 1 9 5 3 , a s W e s t F a r g o u n t i l c l o s e d in 1 9 5 8 .10 P l a n t c l o s e d b e f o r e t h i s d a t e .11 P l a n t c l o s e d J u l y 1 0 , 1 9 5 9 , a l t h o u g h s o m e o p e r a t i o n s c o v e r e d b y t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t c o n t i n u e d b e y o n d t h a t

d a t e .12 P l a n t c l o s e d J u n e 9 , 1 9 6 2 , a l t h o u g h s o m e o p e r a t i o n s c o v e r e d b y t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t c o n t i n u e d b e y o n d

t h a t d a t e .


F o o t n o t e s ----C o n t i n u e d

13 N o t c o v e r e d b y m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t u n t i l J u n e 2 5 , 1 9 6 2 . S e e f o o t n o t e 9 , t a b l e A .14 D e f e r r e d i n c r e a s e o f 6 . 5 c e n t s a n h o u r , p r o v i d e d b y t h e O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 , a g r e e m e n t w a i v e d b y u n i o n .15 E f f e c t i v e A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 6 2 , i n c l u d e d 1 - c e n t - a n - h o u r c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e p r o v i d e d b y J a n . 1, a n d J u l y 1,

1 9 6 2 , r e v i e w s . ( S e e t a b l e A . ) T h e A u g u s t 1 9 6 2 s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t a l s o p e r m i t t e d t h e c o m p a n y to e s t a b l i s h a 6 0 - d a y h i r i n g r a t e o f $ 1. 25 a n h o u r .

16 N e w p l a n t ; f o r m e r c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e n o t i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o b a s e r a t e s .17 T h e c o m m o n l a b o r r a t e in t h e p r o c e s s i n g a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n p l a n t s n e w l y c o v e r e d b y t h e 1 9 6 4 a g r e e m e n t d i f f e r

f r o m t h e s t a n d a r d c o m m o n l a b o r r a t e ( l a b o r g r a d e 0 ) . M o s t o f t h e o c c u p a t i o n s i n t h e l a b o r g r a d e s y s t e m u n d e r t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t a r e n o t f o u n d i n p r o c e s s i n g a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n o p e r a t i o n s ; n o e q u i v a l e n t , f o r m a l i z e d l a b o r g r a d e s t r u c t u r e w a s i n e f f e c t i n t h o s e p l a n t s .

18 P l a n t c o v e r e d b y m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t o n S e p t . 3 , 1 9 6 2 .19 N e w p l a n t s b r o u g h t u n d e r t e r m s o f t h e 1 9 6 4 m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t , w i t h f i r s t g e n e r a l w a g e i n c r e a s e e f f e c t i v e

a s s p e c i f i e d b y t h e a g r e e m e n t , e x c e p t a s i n d i c a t e d f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g p l a n t s : C h a r l e s t o n , W . V a . — O c t . 5 , 1 9 6 4 ; C h a r l o t t e , N . C . — N o v . 1 6 , 1 9 6 4 ; H o u s t o n , T e x . — M a r . 1 0 , 1 9 6 5 ; J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . , a n d M o b i l e , A l a . — A p r . 5 , 1 9 6 5 ; L o u i s v i l l e , K y . — O c t . 2 7 , 1 9 6 4 ; N e w O r l e a n s , L a . — J a n . 1, 1 9 6 5 ; N o r f o l k , Y a . — O c t . 2 6 , 1 9 6 4 ; P e o r i a ,111.— N o v . 3 0 , 1 9 6 4 ; P h i l a d e l p h i a P a . — D e c . 1 9 , 1 9 6 4 ; T u l s a , O k l a . — A p r . 2 6 , 1 9 6 5 ; a n d W i l k e s - B a r r e , P a . — A p r . 1 0 , 1 9 6 5 .

20 E f f e c t i v e S e p t . 1 , 1 9 6 7 , w o r k e r s a t H o u s t o n , L u b b o c k , a n d S a n A n g e l o , T e x . r e c e i v e d a n i n c r e a s e o f 1 0 . 5 c e n t s a n d w o r k e r s in L e x i n g t o n , K y . r e c e i v e d 2 c e n t s a n h o u r .

21 B y s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t , t h e S e p t . 2 , 1 9 6 3 r a t e w a s i n c r e a s e d 6 c e n t s a n h o u r e f f e c t i v e J a n . 6 , 1 9 6 4 . T h e s u b s e q u e n t S e p t . 1 4 , 1 9 6 4 l e t t e r o f a g r e e m e n t e s t a b l i s h e d a p r o g r e s s i o n s c h e d u l e f o r l a b o r g r a d e 0 ( c o m m o n l a b o r ) a s f o l l o w s : T h e h i r i n g r a t e w a s $ 1 . 6 3 in 1 9 6 4 , $ 1 . 6 9 in 1 9 6 5 , a n d $ 1 . 7 5 in 1 9 6 6 ; i t a d v a n c e d 1 0 . 5 c e n t s a n h o u r a t 3 0 - d a y i n t e r v a l s u n t i l t h e l a b o r g r a d e 0 r a t e s h o w n w a s r e a c h e d a f t e r 1 8 0 d a y s .

22 A t M e m p h i s , T e n n . , t h e h i r i n g r a t e w a s $ 0 , 6 3 5 l e s s t h a n a p p l i c a b l e b r a c k e t r a t e ; a f t e r 30 d a y s a n d t h r o u g h 6 0 d a y s , $ 0 , 2 1 5 l e s s t h a n a p p l i c a b l e b r a c k e t r a t e .

23 T h e p r o c e s s i n g o p e r a t i o n i n O m a h a , N e b . w a s d i s c o n t i n u e d e f f e c t i v e J u l y 2 9 , 1 9 6 8 .24 N o t c o v e r e d b y m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t u n t i l O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 6 2 . S e e f o o t n o t e 9 , t a b l e A .25 In 1 9 6 7 , A r m o u r a n d C o . a c q u i r e d S i o u x Q u a l i t y P o r k w h i c h w a s i n c o r p o r a t e d in t o t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t .26 P l a n t c o v e r e d b y m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t i n S e p t e m b e r 1 9 6 3 .

p = p r o c e s s i n g .s = s l a u g h t e r i n g .s - p = s l a u g h t e r i n g - p r o c e s s i n g .

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Table B-2. Basic Hourly Rates by Labor Grade, Selected Plants, 1960—70

E f f e c t i v e d a t e —

L a b o r g r a d e b r a c k e t 2S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 0 S e p t . 4 . 19 6 1 3 S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 2 S e p t . 2 , 1963 S e p t . 7 , 1 9 6 4 S e p t . 6 , 1965 S e p t . 5 , 1 9 6 6

0 . ................ .................................. $ 2 . 23 $ 2 . 35 $ 2 . 4 1 $ 2 . 4 7 $ 2 . 6 2 $ 2 . 68 $ 2 . 7 41 .............. - .................................... 2. 27 2. 3 95 2. 4 5 5 2. 5 1 5 2. 6 6 5 2. 7 2 5 2. 7 8 52 ......................................... ........... 2 . 31 2. 44 2. 5 0 2 . 56 2. 71 2. 77 2 . 8 33 - .................. ............... ............... 2 . 35 2. 4 8 5 2. 545 2 . 6 0 5 2 . 7 5 5 2. 8 1 5 2. 8 7 54 ____ _____ ______________ 2. 39 2 . 53 2. 59 2 . 65 2. 8 0 2. 86 2. 9 25 - ............................. - .............- 2. 43 2. 5 7 5 2. 6 3 5 2 . 6 9 5 2. 8 4 5 2. 9 0 5 2. 9 6 5

6 ..................-____ ______ ____ 2. 47 2 . 62 2. 68 2 . 74 2 . 8 9 2 . 95 3. 017 ................................. .................. 2. 51 2 . 6 6 5 2. 7 2 5 2 . 7 8 5 2. 9 3 5 2. 9 9 5 3. 0 5 58 - ............ — - -------------------- 2. 55 2. 71 2 . 77 2. 83 2. 98 3. 04 3. 109 ----------------------------------- 2 . 59 2. 7 5 5 2. 8 1 5 2 . 8 7 5 3. 02 5 3. 085 3. 1451 0 ______ ________ _____ — - 2. 63 2. 80 2. 8 6 2 . 92 3. 07 3. 13 3. 19

1 1 ................................................ 2. 67 2. 8 4 5 2. 9 0 5 2 . 9 6 5 3. 115 3. 175 3. 2 3 512 ...........................................— 2. 71 2 . 89 2. 95 3. 01 3. 16 3. 22 3. 281 3 .............. - .............— -........... 2 . 75 2. 9 3 5 2. 9 9 5 3. 0 5 5 3. 2 0 5 3. 2 6 5 3. 3 2 51 4 ________________________ 2. 79 2 . 98 3. 04 3. 10 3. 25 3. 31 3. 371 5 ________________ — ......... 2 . 83 3. 0 2 5 3. 08 5 3. 145 3. 2 9 5 3. 355 3. 4 1 5

1 6 .................... — - .................... 2 . 87 3. 07 3. 13 3. 19 3. 34 3. 4 0 3. 4 617 _____________ _____ ____ 2 . 91 3. 115 3. 175 3. 2 3 5 3. 3 85 3. 4 4 5 3. 5 0 51 8 ........ .............- ------- -------- 2 . 95 3. 16 3. 22 3. 28 3. 4 3 3. 49 3. 551 9 ---------------------------— - 2. 99 3. 2 0 5 3. 26 5 3. 3 25 3 . 4 7 5 3. 5 35 3. 5 9 52 0 -------------------------------- 3. 03 3. 25 3. 31 3. 37 3. 52 3. 58 3. 64

2 1 ____ ______________ _____ 3. 07 3. 2 9 5 3. 355 3 . 4 1 5 3. 5 65 3. 6 2 5 3. 6 8 52 2 .............. .................................. 3. 11 3. 34 3. 4 0 3. 46 3. 61 3. 67 3. 732 3 .................. .............................. 3. 15 3. 385 3. 4 4 5 3. 5 05 3. 6 5 5 3. 7 1 5 3. 7 7 524 ________________________ 3. 19 3. 43 3. 4 9 3. 55 3 . 7 0 3. 76 3. 8 225 — ____________ ______ 3. 23 3. 4 7 5 3. 5 3 5 3. 5 9 5 3. 7 4 5 3. 8 0 5 3. 8 6 52 6 ------------------- ------------ 3. 27 3. 52 3. 58 3. 64 3. 79 3. 85 3. 91


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Table B-2. Basic Hourly Rates by Labor Grade, Selected Plants, 1960—70*---- Continued


Labor grade bracket 2 M ar. 13, 1967

Sept. 1, 1968

Sept. 1,1969

Apr. 6, 1970

0................................................................................................ $3 . 03 $ 3 . 14 $ 3 . 25 $ 3 . 941_____________________________________________________ 3. 075 3. 19 3. 30 3. 992................................................................................................ 3. 12 3. 24 3. 35 4. 043 3. 165 3. 29 3. 40 4. 094_____________________________________________________ 3. 21 3. 34 3. 45 4. 145_____________________________________________________ 3. 255 3. 39 3. 50 4. 196__________ __________ _______________ _______________ 3. 30 3. 44 3. 55 4. 24

3. 345 3. 49 3. 60 4. 298 .. _ 3. 39 3. 54 3. 65 4. 349................................................................................................ 3. 435 3. 59 3. 70 4. 3910 ............................................................................................ 3. 48 3. 64 3. 75 4. 441 1 3. 525 3. 69 3. 80 4. 4912 ........................ .................... ........................... 3. 57 3. 74 3. 85 4 .5 413 ...................................... 3. 615 3. 79 3. 90 4. 5914 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 .66 3. 84 3. 95 4. 64

3. 705 3. 89 4. 00 4. 6916 ......................................................................................... 3 .75 3. 94 4 .05 4. 7417 ___________________________________________________ 3. 795 3. 99 4. 10 4. 7918 ___________________________________________________ 3. 84 4. 04 4. 15 4. 841 9 3. 885 4. 09 4. 20 4. 892 0 ___________________________________________________ 3. 93 4. 14 4. 25 4. 942 1 _____ _________________ 3. 975 4. 19 4. 30 4. 992 2 _______________________________________________________ 4 .0 2 4. 24 4. 35 5. 0423 — 4. 065 4. 29 4. 40 5. 092 4 .................... ...................................... ................................. 4. 11 4. 34 4. 45 5. 142 5 ___________________________________________________ 4. 155 4. 39 4. 50 5. 192 6 ............................................................................................. 4. 20 4 . 44 4 .55 5. 24

1 T h e s e r a t e s a p p l y t o t h e p l a n t s t h a t h a v e t h e s a m e r a t e s f o r l a b o r g r a d e 0 i n t a b l e B - l . In p l a n t s w i t h d i f f e r e n t l a b o r g r a d e 0 r a t e s , r a t e s f o r h i g h e r l a b o r g r a d e s c a n b e c a l c u l a t e d b y a d d i n g t o t h e a p p r o p r i a t e l a b o r g r a d e 0 r a t e t h e d i f f e r e n c e s h o w n i n t h i s t a b l e b e t w e e n t h e r a t e f o r t h a t l a b o r g r a d e a n d t h e h i g h e r l a b o r g r a d e i n q u e s t i o n .

R a t e s e x c l u d e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e s , e x c e p t t h o s e i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o b a s e r a t e s o n S e p t . 7 , 1 9 6 4 , M a r . 13 , 1 9 6 7 , a n d A p r . 6 , 1 9 7 0 . A l t h o u g h w o r k e r s w e r e to r e c e i v e d e f e r r e d w a g e i n c r e a s e s o f 25 c e n t s a n h o u r i n b o t h1 9 7 1 a n d 1 9 7 2 , s u c h a m o u n t s a r e n o t r e f l e c t e d i n t h i s t a b l e s i n c e p o s s i b l e c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a d j u s t m e n t s w e r e t o b e i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o b a s e r a t e s i n b o t h y e a r s a n d i n 1 9 7 3 .

2 S e l e c t e d o p e r a t i o n s i n e a c h l a b o r g r a d e b r a c k e t a r e s h o w n i n t a b l e B - 3 .3 T h e r a t e s e f f e c t i v e o n t h i s d a t e , a s p r e v i o u s l y p u b l i s h e d i n t h e M o n t h l y L a b o r R e v i e w ( A p r i l 1 9 6 3 ) a n d

B L S R e p o r t 187 ( R e v i s e d 1 9 6 3 ) , f a i l e d t o i n c l u d e t h e 7 2 - c e n t - a n - h o u r i n c r e a s e in s p r e a d b e t w e e n j o b r a t e s a s n o w c o r r e c t l y s h o w n .


Table B-3. Selected Operations or Occupations in Each Labor Grade in Selected Departments,1 1962, 1964, 1967, and 1970

L a b o rg r a d e

b r a c k e tD a t e

M a c h i n e a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n B e e f k i l l H o g d r e s s S h e e p d r e s sd e p a r t m e n t d e p a r t m e n t d e p a r t m e n t d e p a r t m e n t

n 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , 196 7 a n d1 9 7 0 .

i 1 98 ? P o l e h o g s ; s i n g e h o g s ; s c r a p e l e a f

W a s h s h e e p ; m o u t h s h e e p ; c r o s s a n db l a d d e r s ; w a s h

b e e f . l a r d . t i e l e g s .i l 9 8 4 P o l e h o g s ; s c r a p e

l e a f l a r d .S a m e .

l 1967 a n d 1 9 7 0 .

S a m e .b l a d d e r s .

? 1 9 6 2 _____ S a w h o r n s ; d r o p f l a n k s ; c u t o f f

S c a l e h o t h o g s — g r o u p s ; r e m o v e

S k i n j a w s ; c u t o f f p e l t s ; r e t a i n i n g

t a i l s . r o s i n ; d r o p f l a n k s . r o o m b u t c h e r s .? l 964 S c a l e h o t h o g s —

g r o u p s ; r e m o v eS k i n j a w s ; c u t o f f

p e l t s .r o s i n ; d r o p f l a n k s ; s i n g e h o g s .

2 . ___ 1967 a n d 1 9 7 0 .

CJ P S a w h o r n s ; d r o p f l a n k s ; c u t o f f

S c a l e h o t h o g s — g r o u p s ; r e m o v e

S a m e .

t a i l s ; w a s h b e e f . r o s i n ; d r o p f l a n k s ; s i n g e h o g s ; s c r a p e l e a f l a r d .

3 1 9 6 2 a n d H e l p e r s : B l a c k s m i t h s , b o i l e r m a k e r s , S h a c k l e c a t t l e ; S c a l e ho t h o g s ---- S c a l p s h e e p ; r i p o p e n1 9 6 4 . c a r p e n t e r s , e l e c t r i c i a n s , m a c h i n - r e t a i n i n g r o o m s i n g l e ; h a n g o n p e l t s ; s c a l e h o t

i s t s , m i l l w r i g h t s , p a i n t e r s , b u t c h e r s ; s c r i b - r a i l ; t r i m s t e r - s h e e p .s c a l e r e p a i r m e n , s t e a m f i t t e r s , in g — h a n d o r i l i z e d n e c k s .t i n n e r s , w e l d e r s . p o w e r s a w .

3 __ 1967 a n d S a m e _____________________________________ S h a c k l e c a t t l e ; s c r i b - S c a l e h o t h o g s ---- S a m e .1 9 7 0 . in g — h a n d o r s i n g l e ; h a n g o n

p o w e r s a w . r a i l s .4 1 96? A p p r e n t i c e s : B o i l e r m a k e r s ,

c a r p e n t e r s , e l e c t r i c i a n s , m a -K n o c k c a t t l e ; r i p

o p e n h i d e s ; s c a l eS t i c k e r s ; p u n c h

s h o u l d e r s ; s p l i to p e r a t i o n s ; o v e r -c h i n i s t s , m i l l w r i g h t s , p a i n t e r s , h o t b e e f a n d / o r s h a v e h o g s ; s c r i b e b r e a s t s .s c a l e r e p a i r m e n , s t e a m f i t t e r s , t i n n e r s , w e l d e r s .

g r a d e . b a c k s f o r s p l i t t e r s .

4 ______ 1 9 6 4 _____ S a m e _____________________________________ S a m e ___________________ S a m e ___________________ S t i c k e r s ; p u n c hs h o u l d e r s ; s p l i t b r e a s t ; r e t a i n i n g r o o m b u t c h e r s .

4 ............ 19 6 7 a n d S a m e __ ___________________ _______________ K n o c k c a t t l e ; r i p S h a v e h o g s — a l l S t i c k e r s ; p u n c h1 9 7 0 . o p e n h i d e s ; s c a l e o p e r a t i o n s ; o v e r - s h o u l d e r s ; s p l i t

ho t b e e f a n d / o r s h a v e h o g s ; s c r i b e b r e a s t s ; r e t a i n i n gg r a d e ; r e t a i n i n g b a c k s f o r s p l i t t e r s ; r o o m b u t c h e r s .r o o m b u t c h e r s . t r i m s t e r i l i z e d

n e c k s .s 1 9 6 ? W a t e r p r o o f r o o f s a n d / o r s p r e a d

a s p h a l t .S k i n a n d c u t o f f

h i n d l e g s ; s a wH a n g s t u n n e d h o g s ;

r e t a i n e d r o o mr u m p s ; s a w b u t c h e r s — no s p l i t -c h u c k s . t i n g ; f i n a l b u t c h e r ----

r a i l .s 1 9 8 4 -pp ^ S k i n a n d c u t o f f h in d

l e g s .H a n g s t u n n e d h o g s ;

f i n a l b u t c h e r ---- r a i l .5 ______ 19 6 7 a n d

1 9 7 0 .q a m H a n g s t u n n e d h o g s —

6 ______ 1 9 6 2 ___ C r a f t s m e n , j u n i o r : B o i l e r m a k e r s , c a r p e n t e r s , e l e c t r i c i a n s , m a -

R u m p i n g ; p u l l b a c k s ; g r a d e h o t s h e e p .

c h i n i s t s , m i l l w r i g h t s , p a i n t e r s , s c a l e r e p a i r m e n , s t e a m f i t t e r s , t i n n e r s , w e l d e r s .

6 „ . 1 9 6 4 _____ 3 a m p S a m e .c h u c k s . b u t c h e r s — no

s p l i t t i n g .6 ............... 1967 a n d

1 9 7 0 .S a m e .

b u t c h e r s ----nos p l i t t i n g ; f i n a l b u t c h e r ----r a i l .

7 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , 19 6 7 an d

S h a c k l e h o g s ; f a c e h a m s .

S k i n f i r s t a n d / o r s e c o n d h in d l e g s ;b l a c k s m i t h s .

1 9 7 0 .C u t f e l l s ; g u t a n d / o r

f o r e q u a r t e r l e g g e r s .8 ________ 1 9 6 2 a n d C r a f t s m e n , s e c o n d c l a s s ---- O p e n h o g s ; d r o p P u l l b r e a s t s .

1 9 6 4 . p a i n t e r s . C r a f t s m e n , j u n i o r ---- p l u c k . b u n g s ; p u l l l e a fm a c h i n i s t s w i th 12 m o n t h s ' e x p e r i e n c e a s j u n i o r c r a f t s m e n .

l a r d .

R 19 6 7 a n d 1 9 7 0 .

O p e n h o g s ; d r o p b u n g s .

S a m e .

q 1 9 6 2 . S t i c k e r s ; s p l i t c h u c k s w i t h c l e a v e r .

S p l i t r e t a i n e d h o g s . —

9- 1 9 6 4 _______ S a m e - _________ _____ - __________________ S a m e ____________________ _________________________________

See footnote at end of table.24


Table B-3. Selected Operations or Occupations in Each Labor Grade in Selected Departments,1 1962, 1964, 1967, and 1970---- Continued

L a b o rg r a d e

b r a c k e tD a t e M a c h i n e a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n

d e p a r t m e n tB e e f k i l l

d e p a r t m e n tH o g d r e s s d e p a r t m e n t

S h e e p d r e s s d e p a r t m e n t

9 1967 a n d 1 9 7 0 .

1 9 6 2 ___

s

10 H e a d e r s ; t u r n s h a n k s a n d / o r c l e a n o u t ; d r o p h i d e s .

1 0 ____ 1 9 6 4 . . . . H e a d e r s ; s p l i t r e t a i n e d h o g s .

1 0 ____

11 . „

19 6 7 a n d 1 9 7 0 .

1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 ,

H e a d e r s ; t u r n s h a n k s a n d / o r c l e a n o u t ; d r o p h i d e s ; gu t a n d / o r p l u c k .

S t i c k h o g s ----p r o n e ;s c a l d h o g s ; m a r k a n d c l e a r o u t b a c k b o n e .

S p l i t h o g s — c l e a v e r o r p o w e r s a w .

1 7

1 9 6 7 , a n d 1 9 7 0 .

1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , a n d 1 967 .

19 7 0 _____

s m i t h s , b o i l e r m a k e r s , c a r p e n t e r s , e l e c t r i c i a n s , m i l l w r i g h t s , s c a l e r e p a i r m e n , s t e a m f i t t e r s , t i n n e r s , a n d w e l d e r s .

C r a f t s m e n , f i r s t c l a s s ----p a i n t e r s _ F a c i n g .

S a m e .1 2 . .13 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 ,

a n d 19 6 7 . 19 7 0 .13 B r u s h m a k e r s a n d c r a f t s m e n f i r s t

c l a s s ----p a i n t e r s .C r a f t s m e n , s e c o n d c l a s s

m a c h i n i s t s .14____ 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 ,

1 9 6 7 , a n d 1 9 7 0 .

1 9 6 2 a n d 1 9 6 4 .

1 9 6 7 , a n d 1 9 7 0 .

15__

15

1 6 . . .

1 6 ____

1 6 . . .

1 9 6 4 .

1967 . . . .

s m i t h s , b o i l e r m a k e r s , c a r p e n t e r s , m i l l w r i g h t s , s c a l e r e p a i r m e n , s t e a m f i t t e r s , a n d t i n n e r s .

C r a f t s m e n , f i r s t c l a s s : B l a c k s m i t h s , b o i l e r m a k e r s , c a r p e n t e r s , m i l l w r i g h t s , s c a l e r e p a i r m e n , s t e a m f i t t e r s , t i n n e r s , a n d t r a c t o r r e p a i r m e n .

1 9 7 0 __ .17____ 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 ,

a n d 1 9 6 7 . 1970

C r a f t s m e n , f i r s t c l a s s : E l e c t r i c i a n s a n d w e l d e r s .

C r a f t s m e n , f i r s t c l a s s : B l a c k s m i t h s , b o i l e r m a k e r s , c a r p e n t e r s , m i l l w r i g h t s , s c a l e r e p a i r m e n , s t e a m f i t t e r s , t i n n e r s , a n d t r a c t o r r e p a i r m e n .

C r a f t s m e n , f i r s t c l a s s ----m a c h i n i s t s .

17

1 8 ____ 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , a n d 1967 .

1 9 7 0 __ .1 8 ____

1 9-----

19____

1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 ' a n d 1967 .

1 9 7 0 _____1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 ,

a n d 1 9 6 7 . 1970

c i a n s a n d w e l d e r s .

C r a f t s m e n , f i r s t c l a s s : M a c h i n i s t s . M a c h i n i s t s — m o t i v e p o w e r

s p e c i a l i s t s .20 ,

20____21 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 ,

a n d 1967 . 197021- . . M a c h i n i s t s — m o t i v e p o w e r

s p e c i a l i s t s .7.7 ... _ 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , 1 9 6 7 , a n d 1 9 7 0 .

1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , 1 9 6 7 , a n d 1 9 7 0 .

F l o o r m e n ; s a w b a c k e r s — 13 th t h r o u g h 1 s t t h o r a c i c v e r t i b r a e ; s p l i t b a c k s w i th c l e a v e r .

2 3 - 2 6 .

See footnote at end of table.25


Table B-3. Selected Operations or Occupations in Each Labor Grade in Selected Departments, 1962, 1964, 1967, and 1970— Continued

L a b o r H i d e s , p e l t s , F r e s h s a u s a g e C a n n e dg r a d e D a t e d e p a r t m e n t a n d s k i n s m a n u f a c t u r i n g m e a t

b r a c k e t d e p a r t m e n t d e p a r t m e n t d e p a r t m e n t

n 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , 1967 a n d1 9 7 0 .1 1P6 7 F e e d d r e s s i n g c h a i n ;

r o d w e a s a n d ; c u t o u tS w e e p c u r e d h i d e s ;

t r i m s h e a r i n g p e l t s ;O p e n , f i l l , a n d c l o s e

s t u f f e r s ; d i c e p r o d u c tS c a l e m e a t o r i n g r e d i e n t s to

e x a c t w e i g h t ; c h e c k s c a l e -a n d t r i m g l a n d s — o p e r a t e m e c h a n i c a l b y h a n d ; p i c k b o n e s s t u f f e d c a n s a n d j a r s ; g e ts c i s s o r s . h i d e - t y i n g m a c h i n e . f r o m t o n g u e s a n d c u t . s a m p l e c a n s f o r i n c u b a t i o n .

] 1 0 6 4 ........ F e e d d r e s s i n g c h a i n ; r o d w e a s a n d .

G e t s a m p l e c a n s f o r i n c u b a t i o n .

1____ 19 6 7 a n d S a m e ______________________ S a m e ______________________ D i c e p r o d u c t b y h a n d ; S a m e .1 9 7 0 . p i c k b o n e s f r o m

t o n g u e s a n d c u t .2______ 1 9 6 2 _____ S a w o r c h o p h o r n s ; S p r e a d a n d / o r s a l t R e t r i m c u t s ; o p e r a t e O p e r a t e f r o z e n m e a t c h o p p e r ;

r e t a i n i n g r o o m h i d e s ; t r i m a n d g r a d e f r o z e n m e a t c u t t e r s ; s p i c e m i x e r a s s i s t a n t s ;b u t c h e r s ; t r i m s k i n n e d s l u n k s k i n s ; g r a d e c u t a n d t i e c a s i n g s . i n s p e c t c a n s in i n c u b a t i o nc a l v e s . p e l t s — k e e p l o t s . r o o m .

2______ 1 9 6 4 _____ S a w o r c h o p h o r n s ; t r i m s k i n n e d c a l v e s ; c u t o u t

S p r e a d a n d / o r s a l t h i d e s ; t r i m a n d g r a d e

O p e r a t e f r o z e n m e a t c h o p p e r ; s p i c e m i x e r a s s i s t a n t s ;

a n d t r i m g l a n d s ---- s l u n k s k i n s . s c a l e m e a t o r i n g r e d i e n t ss c i s s o r s . to e x a c t w e i g h t ; c h e c k

s c a l e - s t u f f e d c a n s a n dj a r s .

7 19 6 7 a n d 1 9 7 0 .

R e t r i m c u t s ; o p e r a t e f r o z e n m e a t c u t t e r s ;

S a m e .

c u t a n d t i e c a s i n g s ; o p e n , f i l l , a n d c l o s e s t u f f e r s .

3____ 1 9 6 2 _____ K n o c k c a l v e s ; g u t ; s c a l e G r a d e h i d e s ; t r i m S p i c e m i x e r s a n d O p e r a t e m i x e r s , i n c l u d i n gh o t c a l v e s . f l e s h e d h i d e s ; t r i m s c a l e r s ; l i n k , t i e , a n d v a c u u m m i x e r s ; f o r m u l a t e

g r e e n h i d e s . h a n g ; o p e r a t e b a s i c a n d m i x s p i c e ; t e n d a n df o o d m a c h i n e . o p e r a t e j a r - o r c a n

c l o s i n g m a c h i n e .3______ 1 9 6 4 , 1 9 6 7 ,

a n d 19 7 0 .O p e r a t e m i x e r s , i n c l u d i n g

v a c u u m m i x e r s ; f o r m u -t r i m g r e e n h i d e s ;g r a d e p e l t s — k e e p l o t s . l a t e a n d m i x s p i c e ; t e n d

a n d o p e r a t e j a r - o r c a n c l o s i n g m a c h i n e ; i n s p e c t c a n s in i n c u b a t i o n r o o m .

4 1 96? I n s p e c t h i d e s f o r c u t s a n d s c o r e s on k i l l ;

C o o k e r s , i n c l u d i n g s p e c i a l t y ; b a k e r s ;g r a d e r s . c a n n i n g ; t e n d a n d o p e r a t e

c u r r e d h i d e i n s p e c t o r s ; o p e r a t e m i n c e m a s t e r . a u t o m a t i c f i l l i n g m a c h i n e ;c u r e d c a l f s k i n i n s p e c t s m a l l h a m s a n d

p i c n i c s a f t e r b o n i n g .4______ 1 9 6 4 , 1 9 6 7 , S t i c k e r s ; s k i n f r o n t I n s p e c t h i d e s f o r c u t s B a k e r s ; o p e r a t e m i n c e T e n d a n d o p e r a t e a u t o m a t i c

a n d 1 9 7 0 . f e e t ; g r a d e r s ; r e t a i n - a n d s c o r e s on k i l l ; m a s t e r . f i l l i n g m a c h i n e ; i n s p e c ti n g r o o m b u t c h e r s . c u r e d h i d e i n s p e c t o r s ; ; s m a l l h a m s a n d p i c n i c s

c u r e d c a l f s k i n i n s p e c t o r s ) .

a f t e r b o n i n g .

R 1 0 6 ? S k i n h i n d l e g s ; r i p o p e n h i d e s a n d / o r b e l l i e s .

F e e d a n d o p e r a t e h i d e f l e s h i n g m a c h i n e .

T e n d d i s i n t e g r a t o r .

5______ 1 0 6 4 q * i~n C o o k e r s , i n c l u d i n g s p e c i a l t y .

T e n d d i s i n t e g r a t o r ; c o o k e r s — c o o k p r o d u c tf o r c a n n i n g .

R 1967 a n d 1 9 7 0 .

S a m e T e n d d i s i n t e g r a t o r .

k 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , 1 9 6 7 , a n d

S k i n h o t c a l v e s — m a c h i n e .

1 9 7 0 .7 1 0 6 ? T e n d a n d o p e r a t e e l e c t r o n i c

s m o k i n g e q u i p m e n t ; b o n ec a n n i n g p i c n i c s ----c y l i n d e rs t y l e .

7 1 9 6 4 ___7______ 1,967 a n d

1 9 7 0 .F e e d a n d o p e r a t e h i d e

f l e s h i n g m a c h i n e .T e n d a n d o p e r a t e e l e c t r o n i c

s m o k i n g e q u i p m e n t ; b o n ec o o k e r s ; i n c l u d i n gs p e c i a l t y . c a n n i n g p i c n i c s ----c y l i n d e r

s t y l e ; c o o k e r s — c o o k p r o d u c t f o r c a n n i n g .

ft 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , 1 9 6 7 , a n d

q1 9 7 0 .

1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , 1 9 6 7 , a n d1 9 7 0 .

1 0 1 9 6 2 , 1 9 6 4 , 1 9 6 7 , a n d

S k i n h o t c a l v e s — h a n d —c y l i n d e r s t y l e .

1 1 - 2 6 .1 9 7 0 .

1 O p e r a t i o n s , o c c u p a t i o n s , a n d d e p a r t m e n t s s h o w n a r e o n ly a s m a l l p r o p o r t i o n o f t h e t o t a l in t h e p l a n t s c o v e r e d b y t h i s c h r o n o l o g y . E a c h p l a n t d o e s n o t h a v e a l l o f t h e o p e r a t i o n s , o c c u p a t i o n s , a n d d e p a r t m e n t s s h o w n h e r e .


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G u a r a n t e e d T i m e

A u g . 1 1 , 1941 ( U P W A ) .

M i n i m u m o f 32 h o u r s ' p a y p e r w e e k g u a r a n t e e d to a l l r e g u l a r e m p l o y e e s .

A u g . 11 , 1 9 4 2 ( U P W A ) .

A u g . 14 , 1 9 4 3 ( M C B W ) .

F e b . 2 0 , 1 9 4 5 ( U P W A ) ; a n d M a y 1, 1 9 4 5 ( M C B W ) .

N o v . 2 3 , 1 9 4 9 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

O c t . 2 7 , 19 5 2 ( M C B W a n d U P W A ) .


G u a r a n t e e d t i m e i n c r e a s e d to 36 h o u r s .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 9 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 ) .

A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A u g . 16 , 1 9 6 2 ) . 1

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s o f s a m e d a t e , a n d l e t t e r o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 1 4 ,1 9 6 4 ) .

E m p l o y e e s l a i d o f f o n f i r s t w o r k d a y o f t h e w e e k n o t c o v e r e d b y g u a r a n t e e a n d p a i d o n l y f o r h o u r s w o r k e d . L a i d - o f f e m p l o y e e s r e c a l l e d to w o r k in r e g u l a r s e n i o r i t y t u r n (n o t r e p l a c e m e n t ) in s a m e w o r k w e e k c o v e r e d b y 3 2 - h o u r w e e k l y g u a r a n t e e .

3 2 - h o u r w e e k l y g u a r a n t e e r e d u c e d b y n u m b e r o f w o r k h o u r s m i s s e d b y e m p l o y e e b e c a u s e o f t a r d i n e s s o r p e r s o n a l r e a s o n s . E m p l o y e e s h i r e d o r e m p l o y e d a f t e r s t a r t o f p a y r o l l w e e k (not r e p l a c e m e n t ) g u a r a n t e e d o n l y t h a t p o r t i o n o f 32 h o u r s n o t a l r e a d y w o r k e d b y g r o u p to w h i c h a s s i g n e d .

S i m i l a r p r o v i s i o n s in f i r s t m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t .

In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h N W L B d i r e c t i v e s o f D e c . 7 , 1 9 4 4 , a n d F e b . 2 0 , 1 9 4 5 .

36 h o u r s ' p a y g u a r a n t e e a p p l i c a b l e to f i r s t 5 d a y s w o r k e d b y e m p l o y e e in w e e k i n s t e a d o f e n t i r e w e e k a s b e f o r e .

4 h o u r s o f n o n w o r k e d h o l i d a y to b e c r e d i t e d a g a i n s t 3 6 - h o u r g u a r a n t e e . P r e v i o u s l y , e n t i r e 8 h o u r s w e r e c h a r g e d .

R e v i s e d t o : G u a r a n t e e a p p l i e d to w o r k o n M o n d a y t h r o u g h F r i d a y . R e g u l a r f u l l - t i m e h o u r l y e m p l o y e e e l i g i b l e i f n o t l a i d o f f b y e n d o f l a s t s c h e d u l e d w o r k d a y o f p r e c e d i n g w e e k .

F o r e m p l o y e e s o n s h i f t o p e r a t i o n s o r o n 6 - o r 7 - d a y s c h e d u l e , g u a r a n t e e a p p l i e d to f i r s t 5 s c h e d u l e d w o r k d a y s d u r i n g t h e w e e k .

R e v i s e d t o : E m p l o y e e r e c a l l e d a n d a s s i g n e d to g a n g o n T u e s d a y g u a r a n t e e d 36 h o u r s m i n u s t h e t i m e g a n g w o r k e d o n M o n d a y .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :C h a n g e d : 36 h o u r s ' p a y g u a r a n t e e d ( f o r w o r k d u r i n g

f i r s t 5 r e g u l a r l y s c h e d u l e d w o r k d a y s ) e m p l o y e e (1 ) n o t l a i d o f f b y 2 d w o r k d a y o f s c h e d u l e d w o r k w e e k o r (2 ) r e c a l l e d in r e g u l a r s e n i o r i t y o r d e r p r i o r to 3d s c h e d u l e d w o r k d a y .

A d d e d : 4 0 h o u r s ' p a y g u a r a n t e e d (1 ) e m p l o y e e s in s h i p p i n g , c a r c a s s c o o l e r s , c i t y c o o l e r s , a n d f a b r i c a t i n g d e p a r t m e n t s f o r w o r k d u r i n g f i r s t 5 d a y s o f s c h e d u l e d w o r k w e e k w i t h d a i l y o v e r t i m e . t o a p p l y a f t e r 10 h o u r s ' w o r k , (2) a l l r e g u l a r f u l l - t i m e e m p l o y e e s in h o l i d a y w e e k a s f o l l o w s : ( a ) f o r w o r kd i v i d e d o v e r 4 d a y s in s c h e d u l e d w o r k w e e k s i n c l u d i n g N e w Y e a r ' s D a y , F o u r t h o f J u l y , L a b o r D a y ,T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y , o r C h r i s t m a s D a y , w i th d a i l y o v e r t i m e to a p p l y a f t e r 10 h o u r s ' w o r k ; a n d (b) f o r w o r k d i v i d e d o v e r 5 d a y s in s c h e d u l e d w o r k w e e k s i n c l u d i n g W a s h i n g t o n ' s B i r t h d a y , M e m o r i a l D a y , o r V e t e r a n s D a y , w i t h d a i l y o v e r t i m e to a p p l y a f t e r 8 h o u r s ' w o r k .

A d d e d : B a s i c h o u r l y r a t e o f j o b to b e m a i n t a i n e d w h e nn e w e q u i p m e n t i s i n s t a l l e d .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :A d d e d : M i n i m u m o f 2 8 h o u r s ' p a y g u a r a n t e e d in s c h e d u l e d

w o r k w e e k in w h i c h b o t h C h r i s t m a s E v e a n d C h r i s t m a s D a y a n d N e w Y e a r ' s E v e a n d N e w Y e a r ' s D a y a r e o b s e r v e d .

C h a n g e d : D a i l y o v e r t i m e to a p p l y a f t e r 9 h o u r s ' w o r k f o r e m p l o y e e s in s h i p p i n g , c a r c a s s c o o l e r s , c i t y c o o l e r s , a n d f a b r i c a t i n g d e p a r t m e n t s .

Jacksonville, 2 N o r f o l k -(sausage a n d sliced b a c o n e m ployees), 2 a n d M o b i l e 2— e m p l o y e e r e c a l l e d o n T u e s d a y o r W e d n e s d a y for a n o r m a l M o n d a y t h r o u g h F r i d a y o p e r a t i o n g u a r a n t e e d 36 h o u r s m i n u s h o u r s w o r k e d o n M o n d a y o r M o n d a y a n d T u e s d a y , w h i c h e v e r w a s applicable.



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Effective date P r o v i s i o n A p p l i c a t i o n s , exceptions, and other related matters

Guaranteed Time— Continued

Sept. 1, 1964 (MCBW and UPWA agreements of same date, and letter of agreement dated Sept. 14,1964)— Continued

M ar. 13, 1967 ---------------------------------------------------------(MCBW and UPWA agreements ofsame date).______________________________________________________

Guaranteed Minimum Earning

New Orleans 2— 36 hours' guarantee applied to work on Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, except for engineers, and assem bly and loading gangs which were guaranteed first 5 scheduled days in week. Employee recalled and assigned to gang on second scheduled workday of normal workweek operation guaranteed 36 hours minus the time group worked on first scheduled workday.

Changed: Lubbock, Memphis, and San Angelo-provisions as at m ost plants.

s for Piece-W ork Em ployees3

Aug. 11, 1941

Feb. 20, 1945 (UPWA); and M ayl, 1945 (MCBW).

Basic hourly rates for piece-rate jobs guaranteed for all hours on piecework, computed on weekly basis.

Piece-rate earnings computed on daily basis in applying guarantee.

In accordance with NWLB directives of Dec. 7, and Feb. 20, 1945.

1944,

G u a r a n t e e d H o u r l y R a t e

Sept. 1, 1961 (MCBW and UPWA agreements dated Sept. 10, 1961).

Aug. 20, 1962 (MCBW supplemental a g r e e m e n t dated Aug. 16, 1962).

M ar. 13, 1967

In e f f e c t : H i g h e s t h o u r l y r a t e to w h i c h e n t i t l e d b y s e n i o r i t y p a i d e m p l o y e e f o r a l l w o r k in p a y r o l l w e e k .

E x c e p t i o n s : (1 ) L o w e r r a t e p a i d w h e n e m p l o y e e ( a ) i n i t i a t e d r e q u e s t f o r t r a n s f e r to l o w e r p a i d j o b , (b ) w a s a s s i g n e d to l o w e r p a i d j o b b y o p e r a t i o n o f s e n i o r i t y r u l e s d u r i n g p e r i o d o f d e c l i n i n g p l a n t e m p l o y m e n t , o r ( c ) w a i v e d h i g h e r p a i d j o b ( e x c e p t b e c a u s e o f p h y s i c a l n a t u r e o f j o b ) ; (2 ) h i g h e r t h a n b e s t s e n i o r i t y r a t e p a i d w h e n e m p l o y e e w a s ( a ) a s s i g n e d to h i g h e r p a i d j o b b y o p e r a t i o n o f s e n i o r i t y r u l e s d u r i n g p e r i o d o f e x p a n d i n g p l a n t e m p l o y m e n t , (b ) p r o m o t e d to f i l l p e r m a n e n t v a c a n c y ( f r o m d a t e o f p r o m o t i o n ) , o r ( c ) a s s i g n e d to p e r f o r m w o r k in 2 s e n i o r i t y d e p a r t m e n t s a s o t h e r t h a n a r e p l a c e m e n t o r f o r e m e r g e n c y w o r k .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :R a t e o f h i g h e r r a t e d j o b , f o r h o u r s a c t u a l l y w o r k e d ,

p a i d e m p l o y e e a s s i g n e d to s t a g g e r e d g a n g to s u b s t i t u t e o n a n o t h e r w o r k e r ' s r e g u l a r d a y o f f .

Changed: Memphis— provisions as at all plants.(MCBW agreement of same date).

S h i f t P r e m i u m P a y

A u g . 11 , 1941 ( U P W A ) .

N o v . 1, 1 9 4 2 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

N o v . 1, 1 9 4 6 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

O c t . 2 7 , 1 9 5 2 ( M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ( M C B W a n d UPWA agreements dated Oct. 1,

N o p r o v i s i o n f o r s h i f t p r e m i u m p a y .

5 c e n t s a n h o u r p r e m i u m p a y f o r w o r k p e r f o r m e d b e t w e e n 6 p . m . a n d 6 a . m .

P r e m i u m p a y i n c r e a s e d to 7 c e n t s a n h o u r .

E x c e p t w h e n r e g u l a r s t a r t i n g t i m e a f t e r 7 a . m . , in w h i c h c a s e p r e m i u m p a i d f o r h o u r s w o r k e d b e t w e e n 7 p . m . a n d 7 a . m .

I n c r e a s e d to 9 c e n t s a n h o u r

I n c r e a s e d to 9 . 5 c e n t s a n - h o u r

1956).Sept. 1, 1957

(above agreements).Increased to 10 cents an hour


2 8Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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S h i f t P r e m i u m P a y — C o n t i n u e d

S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 9 I n c r e a s e d to 12 c e n t s a n h o u r ___( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 ) .

A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 6 2 - - __ ___ - ____ ___________________ M e m p h i s , T e n n . :( M C B W E l i m i n a t e d : N i g h t - s h i f t p r e m i u m .s u p p l e m e n t a la g r e e m e n td a t e dA u g . 16 , 1 9 6 2 ) .

J a n . 6 , 1 9 6 4 --------------- -------------------- ---------------- M e m p h i s , T e n n . :( M C B W R e i n s t a t e d : N i g h t - s h i f t p r e m i u m , 6 c e n t s a n h o u r .s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t o f s a m e date).

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 I n c r e a s e d to 14 c e n t s a n h o u r ___ M e m p h i s , T e n n . :( M C B W a n d I n c r e a s e d : N i g h t - s h i f t p r e m i u m to 8 c e n t s a n h o u r .U P W A a g r e e - N e w l y c o v e r e d p r o c e s s i n g p l a n t s — e x i s t i n g n i g h t - s h i f tm e n t s o f p r e m i u m s i n c r e a s e d 2 c e n t s to 14 c e n t s a n h o u r , e x -s a m e d a t e ) .

M e m p h i s — i n c r e a s e d t o 14 c e n t s

c e p t a t L o u i s v i l l e , P e o r i a , W i l k e s - B a r r e , w h e r e p r e m i u m i s 1 2 , 9 , a n d 12 c e n t s , r e s p e c t i v e l y .

M a r . 13 , 19 6 7 —

( M C B W a g r e e m e n t a n h o u r .o f s a m e d a t e ) .

L o u i s v i l l e , P e o r i a ( p r o c e s s i n g ) ,S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 7 ( M C B Wa g r e e m e n t d a t e d a n d W i l k e s - B a r r e — i n c r e a s e dM a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) . t o 14 c e n t s a n h o u r .

O v e r t i m e P a y

A u g . 11 , 1941 N o g e n e r a l p r o v i s i o n c o v e r i n g F i r s t m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t p r o v i d e d t h a t p r e v i o u s p r e v a i l i n g( U P W A ) . o v e r t i m e p a y . b a s i s o f d a i l y a n d w e e k l y o v e r t i m e p a y m e n t s a t e a c h

p l a n t r e m a i n in e f f e c t .A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 4 2 T i m e a n d o n e - h a l f f o r w o r k in I n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h N W L B d i r e c t i v e o f F e b . 8 , 1 9 4 3 .

( U P W A a n d e x c e s s o f 8 h o u r s p e r d a y o rM C B W ) . 4 0 h o u r s p e r w e e k .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 C h a r l e s t o n ( t r u c k d r i v e r s ) 2— n o d a i l y o v e r t i m e .( U P W A a g r e e m e n t N e w O r l e a n s ( c h a u f f e u r s ) 2— no^ d a i l y o v e r t i m e .o f s a m e d a t e ) . M o b i l e ( c h a u f f e u r s ) 2— n o d a i l y o v e r t i m e .

J a c k s o n v i l l e ( c h a u f f e u r s a n d n i g h t s h i p p i n g g a n g s ) 2— n o d a i l y o v e r t i m e .

T u l s a ( n i g h t s m o k e r s a n d e n g i n e e r s ) 2— n o d a i l y o v e r t i m e .C h a r l o t t e 2 a n d N o r f o l k 2— n o d a i l y o v e r t i m e f o r t r u c k

d r i v e r s , o r d e r p a c k e r s , l u g g e r s , f o r k l i f t o p e r a t o r s , a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s ( a n d b e e f b o n e r s a t N o r f o l k ) .

P r e m i u m P a y f o r S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y W o r k

A u g . 1 1 , 19 4 1 5 D o u b l e t i m e f o r w o r k o n E x c e p t w o r k e r s w h o s e w o r k r e g u l a r l y f e l l o n S u n d a y .( U P W A ) . S u n d a y . S u c h w o r k e r s p r o v i d e d a n o t h e r d a y o f r e s t ; a n y w o r k

p e r f o r m e d o n t h a t d a y p a i d f o r a t d o u b l e t i m e .A u g . 14 , 1 9 4 3 5 T . S i m i l a r p r o v i s i o n s in f i r s t m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t .

( M C B W ) .J a n . 3, 1 9 5 3 T i m e a n d o n e - h a l f p a i d f o r w o r k N o t a p p l i c a b l e to c o n t i n u o u s s h i f t o p e r a t i o n s .

( M C B W a n d o n S a t u r d a y a s s u c h .U P W A ) .

S e p t . 3 0 , 1 9 5 4 A n e m p l o y e e e x c u s e d f o r n o t m o r e t h a n 1 f u l l d a y d u r i n g( M C B W a n d t h e w o r k w e e k p a i d p r e m i u m p a y f o r S a t u r d a y w o r k .U P W A ) . P r e v i o u s l y p a i d o n l y a f t e r e x c u s e d a b s e n c e o f l e s s

t h a n a d a y .


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P r e m i u m P a y f o r S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y W o r k — C o n t i n u e d


A d d e d : 5 a n d 10 p e r c e n t p r e m i u m s f o r S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y w o r k , r e s p e c t i v e l y , o n c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 7 ( a b o v e a g r e e m e n t s ).

S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 8 ( a b o v e a g r e e m e n t s ).


S e p t . 2 6 , 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A u g . 16 , 1 96 2 ) . 1

I n c r e a s e d t o : 10 p e r c e n t f o r S a t u r d a y w o r k a n d 2 0 p e r c e n t f o r S u n d a y w o r k o n c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s .

I n c r e a s e d t o : 15 p e r c e n tf o r S a t u r d a y w o r k a n d 30 p e r c e n t f o r S u n d a y w o r k o n c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s .

I n c r e a s e d t o : 2 5 p e r c e n t f o r S a t u r d a y w o r k a n d 50 p e r c e n t f o r S u n d a y w o r k o n c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 ( M C B Wa n d U P W A l e t t e r o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 1 4 , 1 9 6 4 ) .

M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s o f s a m e d a t e ) .

A p p l i c a b l e o n l y w h e n t i m e a n d o n e - h a l f o r d o u b l e t i m e d i d n o t a p p l y .

E l i m i n a t e d , in c a s e o f w o r k e r s n o t o n c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s , r e q u i r e m e n t t h a t a b s e n c e s b e e x c u s e d to p r e s e r v e e l i g i b i l i t y f o r t i m e a n d o n e - h a l f p a y f o r w o r k o n S a t u r d a y a s s u c h .

D o u b l e t i m e f o r S u n d a y w o r k e x t e n d e d to t h o s e n o t on c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s b u t r e g u l a r l y w o r k i n g o n S u n d a y .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :E l i m i n a t e d : S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y p r e m i u m s f o r e m p l o y

e e s o n c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s .C h a n g e d : F o r a l l e m p l o y e e s — t i m e a n d o n e - h a l f f o r w o r k

o n 6 t h d a y in r e g u l a r l y s c h e d u l e d w o r k w e e k ; d o u b l e t i m e f o r w o r k o n 7 th d a y .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :R e i n s t a t e d : S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y p r e m i u m s f o r e m p l o y e e s

o n c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s . T i m e a n d o n e - h a l f a n d d o u b l e t i m e f o r w o r k o n S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y , a s s u c h , r e s p e c t i v e l y , f o r w o r k e r s n o t o n c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s , a n d f o r t h e d e s i g n a t e d d a y s o f f f o r w o r k e r s o n c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s .

C h a n g e d : L u b b o c k , M e m p h i s , a n d S a n A n g e l o - p r o v i s i o n s a s a t a l l p l a n t s .

H o l i d a y P a y

A u g . 11 , 19 4 1 ( U P W A ) .

D o u b l e t i m e f o r w o r k o n 8 s p e c i f i e d h o l i d a y s . N o p a y f o r h o l i d a y s n o t w o r k e d .

A u g . 1 4 , 1 9 4 3 5 ( M C B W ) .

D e c . 1 9 , 1 9 4 6 ( U P W A ) a n d D e c . 2 3 , 1 9 4 6 ( M C B W ) .

A u g . 1 1 , 1 9 4 8 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

8 p a i d h o l i d a y s e s t a b l i s h e d f o r w h i c h r e g u l a r r a t e w a s p a i d . W o r k o n a p a i d h o l i d a y p a i d f o r a t r e g u l a r r a t e in a d d i t i o n to h o l i d a y p a y .

P a y f o r w o r k p e r f o r m e d o n t h e 8 p a i d h o l i d a y s i n c r e a s e d f r o m r e g u l a r r a t e t o d o u b l e r a t e in a d d i t i o n to h o l i d a y p a y .

H o l i d a y s s p e c i f i e d : N e w Y e a r ' s D a y , D e c o r a t i o n D a y ,F o u r t h o f J u l y , L a b o r D a y , A r m i s t i c e D a y , T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y , C h r i s t m a s D a y , a n d W a s h i n g t o n ' s B i r t h d a y .

S i m i l a r p r o v i s i o n s in f i r s t m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t .

S a m e h o l i d a y s a s a b o v e . R e g u l a r p a r t - t i m e e m p l o y e e s p a i d f o r n u m b e r o f h o u r s n o r m a l l y w o r k e d . C a s u a l o r p r o b a t i o n a r y e m p l o y e e s n o t c o m p e n s a t e d f o r h o l i d a y s n o t w o r k e d , b u t p a i d d o u b l e r a t e f o r t i m e w o r k e d .

S e p t . 3 0 , 1 9 5 4 ( M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

O c t . 1 , 1 9 5 6 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ) .

A d d e d : E m p l o y e e s l a i d o f f d u r i n g t h e w e e k p r e c e d i n g a h o l i d a y b u t c a l l e d b a c k a n d w o r k e d d u r i n g t h e h o l i d a y w e e k o n t h e d a y o r d a y s f o l l o w i n g t h e h o l i d a y t o r e c e i v e h o l i d a y p a y .

E l i g i b i l i t y f o r p r o b a t i o n a r y e m p l o y e e s c h a n g e d to 15 d a y s w o r k e d o u t o f 30 c o n s e c u t i v e c a l e n d a r d a y s i m m e d i a t e l y p r e c e d i n g h o l i d a y . 6


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Holiday Pay^—Continued

S e p t . 1. 1 9 5 9 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 . 1 9 5 9 ) .

S e p t . 1 , 19 61 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 1 0 , 1 9 6 1 ) .

A u g . 2 0 . 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A u g . 1 6 , 1 9 6 2 ) .

J a n . 6 . 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t o f s a m e d a t e ) .

Sept. 1, 1964 (MCBW and UPWA agreements of same date and letter of agreement dated Sept. 14, 1964)J

M ar. 13, 1967 (MCBW and UPWA agreements of same date).

E l i g i b i l i t y - f o r - h o l i d a y - p a y r e q u i r e m e n t t h a t e m p l o y e e m u s t w o r k h o u r s a s o r d e r e d (1 ) o n h o l i d a y s , (2) o n l a s t d a y b e f o r e h o l i d a y , a n d (3) o n S a t u r d a y i f h o l i d a y f a l l s o n M o n d a y a n d S u n d a y w a s n o t a w o r k d a y , c h a n g e d b y s u b s t i t u t i n g " o n l a s t s c h e d u l e d w o r k d a y b e f o r e h o l i d a y " f o r (2 ) a n d ( 3 ) .

C h a n g e d : H o l i d a y p a y p r o v i d e d e m p l o y e e l a i d o f fd u r i n g t h e w e e k o f o r p r e c e d i n g t h e h o l i d a y a n d r e c a l l e d t h e w e e k o f o r f o l l o w i n g the h o l i d a y .

A d d e d : E m p l o y e e s l a i d o f f d u r i n g t h e w e e k b e f o r eC h r i s t m a s a n d r e c a l l e d d u r i n g w e e k f o l l o w i n g N e w Y e a r ' s to r e c e i v e p a y f o r b o t h h o l i d a y s .

C h a n g e d : L o c a l m a n a g e m e n t a u t h o r i z e d to s u b s t i t u t e( a ) l o c a l h o l i d a y c e l e b r a t e d in l i e u o f M e m o r i a l D a y a n d (b) M o n d a y o r F r i d a y ( o r o t h e r d a y a g r e e d to w i t h u n io n ) in w e e k c o n t a i n i n g o r f o l l o w i n g W a s h i n g t o n ' s B i r t h d a y a n d V e t e r a n s D a y f o r t h e s e h o l i d a y s .

C h a n g e d : H o l i d a y p a y p r o v i d e d e m p l o y e e s w h o w o r k e da t l e a s t 1 d a y d u r i n g t h e h o l i d a y w e e k i r r e s p e c t i v e o f w h e n l a i d o f f ; r e p l a c e m e n t e m p l o y e e s m u s t w o r k a t l e a s t 2 d a y s d u r i n g t h e h o l i d a y w e e k .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :E l i m i n a t e d : P a y f o r h o l i d a y s n o t w o r k e d .C h a n g e d : D o u b l e t i m e ( t o t a l ) f o r h o l i d a y s w o r k e d . S e e

" G u a r a n t e e d T i m e " f o r g u a r a n t e e d p a y in h o l i d a y w e e k .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :R e i n s t a t e d : 3 p a i d h o l i d a y s ----I n d e p e n d e n c e D a y ,

T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y , a n d C h r i s t m a s D a y .C h a n g e d : G o o d F r i d a y s u b s t i t u t e d f o r W a s h i n g t o n ' s

B i r t h d a y a s a p a i d h o l i d a y .M e m p h i s , T e n n . :R e i n s t a t e d : 3 a d d i t i o n a l p a i d h o l i d a y s ( t o t a l 6)— L a b o r

D a y , N e w Y e a r ' s D a y , a n d V 2 d a y o n C h r i s t m a s E v e a n d N e w Y e a r ' s E v e .

Holiday pay was reduced by sick leave pay and workmen' s compensation when they were for the same day.

Charlotte, 2 Norfolk, 2 and Philadelphia2 — Washington's Birthday and Easter Monday were substituted for Good Friday and Veterans' Day, respectively.

M obile2 — Mardi Gras Day was substituted for Good F riday.

New O rleans2 - Mardi Gras Day was substituted for Veterans Day.

Louisville2— wage rates were adjusted in lieu of pay for Washington's Birthday and Veterans' Day and a local holiday could be substituted by local agreement for any one of 6 specified m aster agreement holidays.

W ilk es-B arre2 — Easter Monday was substituted for Good Friday and a local holiday could be substituted for one other holiday by local agreement.

Added: Employee paid for full holiday when holiday fell on a Saturday in a week in which he received sick pay for the full week.

Sept. 1, 1967 (MCBW and UPWA agreements dated M ar. 13, 1967).

Sept. 1, 1969 (MCBW and UPWA

Added:

agreements dated M ar. 13, 1967).

Changed: Memphis— provisions as at m ost plants. Changed: Charlotte, Mobile, New Orleans, Norfolk, and

Louisville— provisions as at m ost plants.

1 paid holiday (total 9). Holiday to be Washington' s Birthday at m ost plants. Determined locally.





P a i d V a c a t i o n s

A u g . 1 1 , 1941 ( U P W A ) .

A f t e r 1 y e a r ' s s e r v i c e , e m p l o y e e s w e r e e l i g i b l e f o r p a i d v a c a t i o n s , a s f o l l o w s :1 w e e k — 1 to 5 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e ,

m e n a n d w o m e n ;2 w e e k s — 5 to 20 y e a r s '

s e r v i c e , m e n ; 5 to 15 y e a r s , w o m e n ;

3 w e e k s — 20 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e a n d o v e r , m e n ; 15 y e a r s a n d o v e r , w o m e n .

V a c a t i o n p a y f o r e a c h w e e k w a s a v e r a g e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s m a d e b e t w e e n e n d o f p r e v i o u s c a l e n d a r y e a r a n d d a t e o f v a c a t i o n . W e e k s in w h i c h h o l i d a y s o c c u r r e d o r e m p l o y e e l o s t t i m e n o t i n c l u d e d in t h i s c o m p u t a t i o n .

A u g . 1 4 , 1 9 4 3 ( M C B W ) .

N o v . 2 8 , 1 9 4 9 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 5 5 ( b y a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 3 0 , 1 9 5 4 , M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

L e n g t h - o f - s e r v i c e r e q u i r e m e n t f o r 3 - w e e k v a c a t i o n r e d u c e d t o 15 y e a r s f o r m e n a n d c o n t i n u e d a t 15 y e a r s f o r w o m e n .

A d d e d : 4 w e e k s ' v a c a t i o n a f t e r 25 y e a r s o r m o r e o f s e r v i c e .

S i m i l a r p r o v i s i o n s i n c o r p o r a t e d in f i r s t m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t .

E m p l o y e e s w i t h m o r e t h a n 2 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e a l l o w e d t o t a k e t h e i r v a c a t i o n s 9 0 d a y s in a d v a n c e o f t h e i r s e r v i c e a n n i v e r s a r y d a t e . P r e v i o u s l y e m p l o y e e s w i t h m o r e t h a n 15 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e a l l o w e d t o t a k e t h e i r v a c a t i o n s w i t h i n a r e a s o n a b l e p e r i o d in a d v a n c e o f a n n i v e r s a r y d a t e .


J a n . 1, I 9 6 0 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 ) .

L e n g t h - o f - s e r v i c e r e q u i r e m e n t f o r 2 w e e k s ' v a c a t i o n r e d u c e d t o 3 y e a r s .

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 1 ( a b o v e a g r e e m e n t s ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 1 0 , 1 9 6 1 ) .

C h a n g e d : R e q u i r e m e n t f o r3 w e e k s ' v a c a t i o n r e d u c e d t o 12 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e .

C h a n g e d : R e q u i r e m e n t r e d u c e d t o 10 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e f o r 3 w e e k s ' v a c a t i o n a n d t o 2 0 y e a r s f o r 4 w e e k s .

L e t t e r s o f i n t e n t d a t e d S e p t . 1 0 , 1 9 6 1 .

J a n . 1 , 1 9 6 3 ( M C B W s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A u g . 1 6 , 1 9 6 2 ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W a n d U P W A l e t t e r o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 1 4 , 1 9 6 4 ) .

C h a n g e d : E m p l o y e e w i t h a t l e a s t 1 y e a r ' s c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e p e r m i t t e d t o t a k e v a c a t i o n a n y t i m e d u r i n g c a l e n d a r y e a r i n s t e a d o f a f t e r a n n i v e r s a r y d a t e o f s e r v i c e . W o r k e r s w i t h l e s s t h a n 1 y e a r ' s s e r v i c e o n J a n u a r y 1 t o b e c o m e e l i g i b l e o n f i r s t a n n i v e r s a r y d a t e .

A d d e d : V a c a t i o n s g r a n t e d o n l y t o e m p l o y e e sw o r k i n g m i n i m u m o f 150 d a y s d u r i n g p r e c e d i n g c a l e n d a r y e a r i n c l u d i n g ( i n a d d i t i o n t o d a y s w o r k e d ) h o l i d a y s p a i d f o r b u t n o t w o r k e d , d a y s a b s e n t b e c a u s e o f c o m p e n s a b l e i n j u r y o r i l l n e s s , s p e c i f i e d n u m b e r o f d a y s o f p a i d v a c a t i o n , m a x i m u m o f 3 0 d a y s ' p a i d s i c k l e a v e a n d d a y s o f e x c u s e d a b s e n c e f o r u n i o n b u s i n e s s .

F o r m e r r e q u i r e m e n t o f 1 80 d a y s ' w o r k a p p l i c a b l e t o t h o s e a b s e n t m o r e t h a n 60 c o n s e c u t i v e w o r k d a y s in a n n i v e r s a r y y e a r a n d o f 1 8 5 d a y s ' w o r k f o r n e w e m p l o y e e s c a n c e l e d .

A d d e d : E m p l o y e e s r e t i r i n g u n d e r p e n s i o n p l a n( e x c e p t e m p l o y e e s a p p l y i n g f o r e a r l y r e t i r e m e n t ) p r o v i d e d V* o f r e g u l a r v a c a t i o n p a y f o r e a c h 3 - c o n s e c u t i v e - m o n t h p e r i o d in w h i c h t h e y w o r k e d 38 d a y s o r m o r e , in a d d i t i o n t o v a c a t i o n p a y e a r n e d in p r e v i o u s y e a r .

C o m p a n y e i t h e r to t r y t o a s s i g n w o r k i n o r d e r t o p e r m i t e m p l o y e e s w i t h 5 y e a r s ' s e n i o r i t y w h o h a d n e v e r c o m p l e t e d t h e n u m b e r o f d a y s o n p a y r o l l r e q u i r e d f o r v a c a t i o n t o m e e t e l i g i b i l i t y r e q u i r e m e n t s o r t o g i v e s u c h e m p l o y e e s v a c a t i o n a f t e r 1 5 0 d a y s ' a c c u m u l a t e d s e r v i c e .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :R e d u c e d : 1 w e e k ' s v a c a t i o n w i t h p a y a f t e r 2 b u t l e s s

t h a n 8 y e a r s ' c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e , 2 w e e k s a f t e r 8 b u t l e s s t h a n 2 0 y e a r s , 3 w e e k s a f t e r 2 0 y e a r s .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :R e i n s t a t e d : V a c a t i o n p l a n o f m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t .





P a i d V a c a t i o n s — C o n t i n u e d

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 8 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 7 1 ( a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A p r . 1 8 , 1 9 7 0 ) .

C h a n g e d : 3 w e e k s o f v a c a t i o n f o r 10 b u t f e w e r t h a n 15 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e ; 4 w e e k s f o r 15 b u t f e w e r t h a n 20 y e a r s ; a n d a f i f t h w e e k w a s a d d e d f o r 20 y e a r s o r m o r e .

C h a n g e d : 3 w e e k s o f v a c a t i o n f o r 8 b u t f e w e r t h a n 15 y e a r s o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e .

R e p o r t i n g T i m e

A u g . 11, 1941 ( U P W A ) .

A u g . 11 . 1942 ( U P W A ) .

A u g . 14 , 1943 ( M C B W ) .

E m p l o y e e s c a l l e d to w o r k p r o v i d e d w i t h 3 h o u r s 1 w o r k o r p a y in l i e u o f w o r k .

M i n i m u m r e p o r t i n g t i m e i n c r e a s e d to 4 h o u r s .


R e c a l l P a y

A u g . 1 1 , 1941 ( U P W A ) .

A u g . 1 1 , 1 9 4 2 ( U P W A ) .

A u g . 1 4 , 194 3 ( M C B W ) .

O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s o f s a m e d a t e ) .

E m p l o y e e s r e c a l l e d to w o r k on s a m e d a y a f t e r g o i n g h o m e p a i d t i m e a n d o n e - h a l f f o r a l l t i m e w o r k e d a n d g u a r a n t e e d m i n i m u m o f 3 h o u r s ' w o r k .

M i n i m u m r e c a l l t i m e i n c r e a s e d to 4 h o u r s .


C h a n g e d : P r e m i u m p a i d e m p l o y e e s r e c a l l e d to t h e p l a n t f o r w o r k w i th in 24 h o u r s f r o m t h e s t a r t o f t h e s h i f t j u s t c o m p l e t e d . N o t a p p l i c a b l e w h e n s h i f t o r s t a r t i n g t i m e w a s b e i n g c h a n g e d o r to w o r k p e r f o r m e d a f t e r t h e s t a r t o f a n e w s c h e d u l e d w o r k d a y .

C a l l B a c k P a y

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s o f s a m e d a t e ) .

E s t a b l i s h e d :E m p l o y e e s c a l l e d b a c k to w o r k ,

a s p r e a r r a n g e d , w i t h i n 1 2 - h o u r p e r i o d a f t e r c o m p l e t i n g a s h i f t p a i d t i m e a n d o n e - h a l f f o r h o u r s w o r k e d w i t h in t h a t p e r i o d .

N o t a p p l i c a b l e w h e n s h i f t s w e r e b e i n g c h a n g e d o r w h e n c a l l b a c k on S a t u r d a y w a s o f f e r e d a t o v e r t i m e r a t e s f o r a n e q u a l d i s t r i b u t i o n o f h o u r s o f w o r k .


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D e l a y T i m e

N o v . 2 3 , 1 9 4 9 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

P i e c e w o r k e m p l o y e e s c o m p e n s a t e d a t b a s e r a t e f o r l o s t t i m e in e x c e s s o f 15 m i n u t e s a d a y r e s u l t i n g f r o m d e l a y s c a u s e d b y m e c h a n i c a l b r e a k d o w n , w a i t i n g f o r m a t e r i a l , e t c .

D e l a y s o f l e s s t h a n -4 m i n u t e s ' d u r a t i o n n o t c o u n t e d in d a y ' s t o t a l .

P a i d R e s t P e r i o d s

S e p t . 1, 19 61 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 10 . 1 9 6 1 ) .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W a n d U P W A l e t t e r o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 14 , 1 9 6 4 ) .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 6 ( M C B W a n d U P W A l e t t e r o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 14 , 1 9 6 4 ) .

In e f f e c t : W o r k e r s r e q u i r e d to w o r k 3V2 h o u r s b e f o r e o r a f t e r lu n c h p r o v i d e d 1 0 - m i n u t e r e s t f o r e a c h p e r i o d o f w o r k .

E m p l o y e e r e q u i r e d to w o r k 8 h o u r s in a n y 1 d a y , to r e c e i v e 2 1 0 - m i n u t e r e s t p e r i o d s , e v e n t h o u g h t h e r e w a s 1 c o n t i n u o u s p e r i o d o f l e s s t h a n 3V2 h o u r s .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :E l i m i n a t e d : A f t e r n o o n r e s t p e r i o d .C h a n g e d : 2 r e s t p e r i o d s p r o v i d e d e m p l o y e e s r e q u i r e d

to w o r k 10 h o u r s o r m o r e in a n y 1 d a y .M e m p h i s , T e n n . :R e i n s t a t e d : A f t e r n o o n r e s t p e r i o d o n c h a i n o p e r a t i o n s

w h e n e m p l o y e e i s s c h e d u l e d to w o r k m o r e t h a n 8 h o u r s in a n y 1 d a y i f c u r r e n t p r o d u c t i o n l e v e l s w e r e m a i n t a i n e d .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :R e i n s t a t e d : F u l l p r o v i s i o n o f m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t .

M e a l s a n d M e a l t i m e

A u g . 1 1 , 1941 ( U P W A ) .

A u g . 11 , 1 9 4 2 ( U P W A ) .

N o p r o v i s i o n f o r p a i d m e a l t i m e .

E m p l o y e e s r e q u i r e d to w o r k m o r e t h a n 5 c o n s e c u t i v e h o u r s w i t h o u t m e a l p e r i o d p a i d t i m e a n d o n e - h a l f f o r t i m e w o r k e d in e x c e s s o f 5 h o u r s a n d u n t i l m e a l p e r i o d w a s p r o v i d e d .

N o t a p p l i c a b l e to e m p l o y e e s e n g a g e d in c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s a n d e n t i t l e d to e a t lu n c h o n c o m p a n y t i m e , o r w h e n 5Vz h o u r s c o m p l e t e d the d a y ' s w o r k , o r in c a s e o f m e c h a n i c a l b r e a k d o w n .

A u g . 1 4 , 1 9 4 3 ( M C B W ).

D e c . 14 , 1 9 4 3 ( U P W A ) ; a n d M a y 1, 1 9 4 5 ( M C B W ) .

D e c . 2 3 , 1 9 4 6 ( M C B W ) .



A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W

A d d e d : E m p l o y e e s r e q u i r e d to w o r k m o r e t h a n 10 h o u r s ( U P W A ) o r 1 0V2 h o u r s ( M C B W ) in 1 d a y f u r n i s h e d a 2d m e a l b y c o m p a n y a n d a l l o w e d 2 0 m i n u t e s e a t i n g t i m e w i t h p a y .

W o r k i n g t i m e b e f o r e 2 d m e a l r e d u c e d to 10 h o u r s .

C o m p a n y g i v e n o p t i o n o f f u r n i s h i n g m e a l v a l u e d a t $ 1 . 2 5 , o r a m e a l t i c k e t e q u i v a l e n t to $ 1. 2 5 f o r e a c h 5 h o u r s w o r k e d b e y o n d 1 s t m e a l p e r i o d .

I n c r e a s e d : V a l u e o f m e a l o r m e a l t i c k e t t o $ 1. 5 0 .

s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A u g . 1 6 , 1 9 6 2 ) .


N o t a p p l i c a b l e to e m p l o y e e s w h o s e d u t i e s r e q u i r e d lo n g h o u r s o u t s i d e o f p l a n t , s u c h a s c o u n t r y t r u c k d r i v e r s . 2 0 - m i n u t e p a i d l u n c h p e r i o d n o t p r o v i d e d to e m p l o y e e s e n g a g e d in c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n s a n d a l l o w e d t o e a t m e a l s o n c o m p a n y t i m e .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :E l i m i n a t e d : M e a l t i m e p a y .R e d u c e d : M e a l p e r i o d a f t e r 10 h o u r s ' w o r k t o l O m i n u t e s .


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M e t i l s a n d M e a l t i m e — C o n t i n u e d

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 , ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s o f s a m e d a t e ) .

C h a r l e s t o n , C h a r l o t t e , 2 J a c k s o n v i l l e , 2 M o b i l e , 2 N e w O r l e a n s , 2 N o r f o l k , 2 P a s s a i c , 2 a n d T u l s a 2— v a l u e o f m e a l t i c k e t w a s $ 1 . 2 5 .


S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 7 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) .

L o u i s v i l l e 2— n o t a p p l i c a b l e .P e o r i a ( p r o c e s s i n g ) a n d P h i l a d e l p h i a 2 — p r o v i s i o n s

f o r w o r k o v e r 10 h o u r s n o t a p p l i c a b l e . W i l k e s - B a r r e 2— o n e - h a l f h o u r p a i d m e a l p e r i o d a f t e r

5 c o n s e c u t i v e h o u r s o f w o r k . P r o v i s i o n s f o r w o r k o v e r 10 h o u r s n o t a p p l i c a b l e .

C h a n g e d : M e m p h i s — p r o v i s i o n s a s a t m o s t p l a n t s .

C h a n g e d : C h a r l e s t o n , C h a r l o t t e , J a c k s o n v i l l e , M o b i l e , N e w O r l e a n s , N o r f o l k , P a s s a i c , T u l s a , P e o r i a ( p r o c e s s i n g ) , P h i l a d e l p h i a , a n d W i l k e s - B a r r e — p r o v i s i o n s a s a t a l l p l a n t s .

P a i d S i c k L e a v e

A u g . 1 1 , 1941 ( U P W A ) .

D e c . 1 9 , 1946 ( U P W A ) ; a n d D e c . 2 3 , 1 9 4 6 ( M C B W ) .

O c t . 3 1 , 1 9 4 9 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .


N o p r o v i s i o n f o r s i c k l e a v e in c o n t r a c t .

1 to 10 y e a r s o f c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e — o n e - h a l f w a g e s t a r t i n g o n 8 t h d a y o f a b s e n c e ; 10 o r m o r e y e a r so f c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e ----o n e -h a l f w a g e s t a r t i n g o n 1 s t d a y o f a b s e n c e . M a x i m u m y e a r l y p a y m e n t s — 2 w e e k s a t h a l f w a g e s f o r e a c h y e a r o f c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e .

L e n g t h - o f - s e r v i c e r e q u i r e m e n t f o r i m m e d i a t e s i c k b e n e f i t s r e d u c e d . T h u s : 1to 5 y e a r s o f c o n t i n u o u s o r a c c u m u l a t e d s e r v i c e — o n e - h a l f w a g e s t a r t i n g o n 8 th d a y o f a b s e n c e ; 5 o r m o r e y e a r s — o n e - h a l f w a g e s t a r t i n g o n 1 s t d a y o f a b s e n c e .

I n c r e a s e d t o : 55 p e r c e n t o f e m p l o y e e ' s w e e k l y p a y f o r 2d c o m p e n s a b l e w e e k o f d i s a b i l i t y , 6 0 p e r c e n t f o r 3d a n d 4 t h w e e k , a n d 6 5 p e r c e n t f o r 5th a n d s u b s e q u e n t w e e k s . M a x i m u m y e a r l y b e n e f i t p a y m e n t i n c r e a s e d to 1 3 w e e k s f o r e m p l o y e e s w i t h l e s s t h a n 7 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e .

A p p l i c a b l e o n l y to r e g u l a r (n o t c a s u a l o r p a r t - t i m e ) e m p l o y e e s o n a c t i v e p a y r o l l a t b e g i n n i n g o f a b s e n c e a n d w i t h d i s a b i l i t y c a u s e d b y s i c k n e s s o r n o n c o m p e n s a b l e a c c i d e n t . H a l f w a g e s c o m p u t e d on b a s i c w o r k w e e k o f 4 0 h o u r s ( b a s i c w e e k l y h o u r s in c a s e o f w e e k l y p a i d e m p l o y e e s ) ; p a y m e n t l i m i t e d to 2 w e e k s f o r e a c h y e a r o f c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e , r e d u c e d b y n u m b e r o f w e e k s f o r w h i c h s i c k - l e a v e p a y m e n t s w e r e m a d e in p r e c e d i n g 1 2 - m o n t h p e r i o d . S i c k - l e a v e p a y m e n t s r e d u c e d b y a m o u n t s p a i d , i f a n y , a s r e q u i r e d b y l a w f o r s i c k n e s s o r n o n c o m p e n s a b l e a c c i d e n t s .

S i c k - l e a v e p r o v i s i o n s a m e n d e d to i n c l u d e b e n e f i t s f o r d i s a b i l i t y d u e to p r e g n a n c y up to m a x i m u m o f 8 w e e k s .

N o c h a n g e in m a x i m u m 8 w e e k s ' b e n e f i t s in c a s e o f n o r m a l p r e g n a n c y .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 1 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 1 0 , 1 9 6 1 ) .

C h a n g e d :B e n e f i t s p r o v i d e d l a i d - o f f e m p l o y e e i f d i s a b l e d a t t i m e o f

r e c a l l to w o r k ; w a i t i n g p e r i o d to s t a r t f r o m d a t e o f r e c a l l a n d b e n e f i t s to s t a r t n o e a r l i e r t h a n d a y w o r k w o u l d h a v e b e e n r e s u m e d . ( P r e v i o u s l y , e m p l o y e e s w e r e e l i g i b l e f o r b e n e f i t s o n l y i f d i s a b i l i t y o c c u r r e d w i t h in 2 d a y s a f t e r l a y o f f . )

E l i g i b i l i t y e x t e n d e d to e m p l o y e e s d i s a b l e d (1 ) p r i o r to l a y o f f w i t h b e n e f i t s p r o v i d e d f o r p e r i o d e m p l o y e e w a s o t h e r w i s e e l i g i b l e ; (2) p r i o r t o o r d u r i n g s t r i k e w i t h b e n e f i t s p r o v i d e d f o r p e r i o d b e f o r e o r a f t e r s t r i k e ; (3) w i t h i n 2 d a y s o f b e g i n n i n g o f l e a v e o f a b s e n c e f o r j u r y d u t y , u n i o n b u s i n e s s ( e x c e p t f u l l - t i m e p o s i t i o n ) , o r p e r s o n a l l e a v e , w i t h b e n e f i t s p r o v i d e d f o r p e r i o d o f d i s a b i l i t y c o n t i n u i n g a f t e r t e r m i n a t i o n o f a b s e n c e .

B e n e f i t s n o t p r o v i d e d d u r i n g p e r i o d o f v a c a t i o n p a y .


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P a i d S i c k L e a v e ----C o n t i n u e d

A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W M e m p h i s , T e n n . :s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e - C h a n g e d : 4 - d a y w a i t i n g p e r i o d f o r e m p l o y e e s w i t h 5 y e a r sm e n t d a t e d o f s e r v i c e o r m o r e .A u g . 1 6 , 1 9 6 2 ) . A d d e d : M a x i m u m w e e k l y b e n e f i t o f $ 5 0 .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W M e m p h i s , T e n n . :a n d U P W A l e t t e r R e d u c e d t o : 3 - d a y w a i t i n g p e r i o d f o r e m p l o y e e s w i t ho f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d 5 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e o r m o r e ; b e n e f i t p a i d f r o m f i r s t d a yS e p t . 1 4 , 1 9 6 4 ) . o f i l l n e s s o f m o r e t h a n 2 w e e k s o r in c a s e o f

a c c i d e n t a l i n j u r y .D e c . 1, 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W I n c r e a s e d — b y $ 1 1 , w e e k l y S e e " I n s u r a n c e P l a n . "

a n d U P W A l e t t e r o f s i c k - l e a v e p a y .a g r e e m e n t d a t e dS e p t . 1 4 , 1 9 6 4 ) .

M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ( M C B W C h a n g e d : M e m p h i s — p r o v i s i o n s a s a t a l l p l a n t s .a g r e e m e n t o fs a m e d a t e ) .

F u n e r a l L e a v e

S e p t . 1, 1961 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 10 , 1 9 6 1 ) .

E s t a b l i s h e d : U p to 3 d a y s ' p a i d l e a v e a t r e g u l a r w a g e r a t e f o r a r r a n g i n g o r a t t e n d i n g f u n e r a l o f m e m b e r o f i m m e d i a t e f a m i l y .

I m m e d i a t e f a m i l y i n c l u d e d s p o u s e , c h i l d , m o t h e r , f a t h e r , s i s t e r , b r o t h e r , m o t h e r - i n - l a w , a n d f a t h e r - i n - l a w .

T o q u a l i f y f o r a l l o w a n c e , e m p l o y e e m u s t h a v e b e e n s c h e d u l e d to w o r k .

J u r y - D u t y P a y

F e b . 2 , 1 9 5 2 ( M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

E m p l o y e e s w i t h 6 m o n t h s ' s e r v i c e o r m o r e p a i d d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n j u r y - s e r v i c e p a y a n d a m o u n t t h a t w o u l d h a v e b e e n e a r n e d o n t h e j o b .


P a y m e n t l i m i t e d to 15 d a y s in e a c h c a l e n d a r y e a r . M a x i m u m n o t a p p l i c a b l e to e m p l o y e e s (1 ) r e c e i v i n g g r e a t e r p a y f o r j u r y s e r v i c e t h a n w o u l d h a v e b e e n e a r n e d a t w o r k , (2 ) a b s e n t b e c a u s e o f l a y o f f s , v a c a t i o n , s i c k n e s s , o r i n j u r y o r o t h e r e x c u s e d l e a v e o f a b s e n c e , o r (3) w i th a n u n e x c u s e d a b s e n c e o n the l a s t s c h e d u l e d w o r k d a y p r i o r to s e r v i c e , o r (4) f a i l i n g to r e p o r t f o r w o r k on d a y s w h e n s e r v i c e o n j u r y w a s n o t r e q u i r e d .

E l i m i n a t e d : 1 5 - d a y l i m i t o n s u p p l e m e n t a l j u r y - d u t y p a y .

C l o t h e s - C h a n g i n g T i m e

A u g . 11 , 1941 N o p r o v i s i o n c o v e r i n g t i m e( U P W A ) . s p e n t in c h a n g i n g c l o t h e s .

A u g . 1 1, 1 9 4 3 ( U P W A E m p l o y e e s p a i d a t r e g u l a ra n d M C B W ) . r a t e s f o r 12 m i n u t e s w o r k -

A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W ^ s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e -

i n g t i m e p e r d a y s p e n t in c h a n g i n g c l o t h e s .

m e n t d a t e d A u g . 16 , 196 2 ) . 1

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s o f s a m e d a t e ) .

M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7( M C B W a n d U P W Aa g r e e m e n t o f

s a m e d a t e ) .


F o r p a y r o l l p u r p o s e s c l o t h e s - c h a n g i n g t i m e w i t h i n w e e k c o m p u t e d a s f o l l o w s :

1 d a y , XU h o u r ; 2 d a y s , */z h o u r ; 3 o r 4 d a y s , V4 h o u r ; 5 d a y s , 1 h o u r ; 6 d a y s , 1 V4 h o u r s ; 7 d a y s , 1V2 h o u r s .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :E l i m i n a t e d : P a i d t i m e f o r c h a n g i n g c l o t h e s .

C h a r l e s t o n , 2 C h a r l o t t e , 2 J a c k s o n v i l l e , 2 M o b i l e , 2 N e w O r l e a n s , 2 N o r f o l k , 2 P a s s a i c , 2 T u l s a , 2 C l e v e l a n d , 2 L o u i s v i l l e , 2 P e o r i a ( p r o c e s s i n g ) , 2 P h i l a d e l p h i a , 2 a n d W i l k e s - B a r r e 2 — p r o v i s i o n s n o t a p p l i c a b l e ( w a g e s r a t e s w e r e a d j u s t e d in l i e u o f c l o t h e s - c h a n g i n g t i m e a t C l e v e l a n d ) .

C h a n g e d : L u b b o c k , M e m p h i s , a n d S a n A n g e l o — p r o v i s i o n s a s a t m o s t p l a n t s .


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C l o t h e s 1A l l o w a n c e

A u g . 1 1 , 1941 ( U P W A ) .

A u g . 1 1, 1 9 4 3 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) .

D e c . 19, 19 4 6 ( U P W A ) .

D e c . 2 3 , 1946 ( M C B W ) .

A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A u g . 16 , 1 9 6 2 ) .


M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ( M C B W a g r e e m e n t o f s a m e d a t e ) .

N o p r o v i s i o n c o v e r i n g a l l o w a n c e f o r w o r k c l o t h e s .

E m p l o y e e s a l l o w e d 5 0 c e n t s p e r w e e k f o r f u r n i s h i n g w o r k c l o t h e s .


U P W A — W e e k l y c l o t h e s a l l o w a n c e a p p l i e d to a l l r e g u l a r (n o t c a s u a l ) e m p l o y e e s w h o q u a l i f y f o r 4 - h o u r r e p o r t i n g g u a r a n t e e a n d t h o s e w h o , a f t e r r e p o r t i n g f o r w o r k , a r e s e n t h o m e b e c a u s e o f i l l n e s s o r i n j u r y .

M C B W — W e e k l y c l o t h e s a l l o w a n c e a p p l i e d to e m p l o y e e s w o r k i n g 4 h o u r s o r m o r e in the w e e k .

A m e n d e d to p r o v i d e f u l l w e e k l y a l l o w a n c e to r e g u l a r e m p l o y e e s a n d a l l o w a n c e o f 8 c e n t s p e r d a y f o r e a c h d a y w o r k e d to p a r t - t i m e e m p l o y e e s .

A m e n d e d to p r o v i d e w e e k l y a l l o w a n c e to a n y e m p l o y e e ( e x c e p t p a r t - t i m e ) w h o q u a l i f i e s f o r 4 - h o u r r e p o r t i n g g u a r a n t e e o r w h o , a f t e r r e p o r t i n g f o r w o r k , i s e x c u s e d b e c a u s e o f i l l n e s s o r i n j u r y .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :E l i m i n a t e d : W o r k c l o t h i n g a l l o w a n c e .

C h a r l e s t o n , 2 C h a r l o t t e , 2 J a c k s o n v i l l e , 2 M o b i l e , 2 N e w O r l e a n s , 2 N o r f o l k , 2 P a s s a i c , 2 T u l s a , 2 C l e v e l a n d , 2 L o u i s v i l l e , 2 P e o r i a ( p r o c e s s i n g ) , 2 P h i l a d e l p h i a , 2 a n d W i l k e s - B a r r e 2— p r o v i s i o n s n o t a p p l i c a b l e ( w a g e r a t e s w e r e a d j u s t e d i n l i e u o f a c l o t h e s a l l o w a n c e a t C l e v e l a n d ) .

C h a n g e d : M e m p h i s — p r o v i s i o n s a s a t m o s t p l a n t s .

T o o l s a n d E q u i p m e n t

A u g . 11 , 1941 ( U P W A ) .

M a y 1, 1 9 4 5 ( M C B W ) ; a n d J u n e 4 , 19 4 5 ( U P W A ) .

D e c . 19 , 1946 ( U P W A ) ; a n d D e c . 2 3 , 1946 ( M C B W ) .

S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W a g r e e m e n t o f s a m e d a t e ) .

N o p r o v i s i o n c o v e r i n g t o o l s a n d e q u i p m e n t .

C o m p a n y r e q u i r e d to f u r n i s h k n i v e s , s t e e l s , w h e t s t o n e s , a n d m e a t h o o k s . C o m p a n y to p r e p a r e t o o l s f o r u s e o r p e r m i t e m p l o y e e s to p r e p a r e t h e m a s a w o r k a s s i g n m e n t .


P i e c e - r a t e e m p l o y e e s p a i d b a s i c h o u r l y j o b r a t e w h e n e n g a g e d in t o o l a n d e q u i p m e n t p r e p a r a t i o n .

C l e v e l a n d 2— w a g e r a t e s w e r e a d j u s t e d in l i e u o f p r o v i s i o n o f t o o l s a n d e q u i p m e n t b y c o m p a n y .

N o t i c e o f C l o s i n g

S e p t . 1, 1961 ( M C B W E s t a b l i s h e d : C o m p a n y to g i v e N o t a p p l i c a b l e to t e m p o r a r y r e p l a c e m e n t s o r n e w l y

a n d U P W A a g r e e - 9 0 - d a y a d v a n c e n o t i c e o f c l o s i n g h i r e d e m p l o y e e s .

m e n t s d a t e d p l a n t , d i v i s i o n , o r m a j o rS e p t . 10 , 1 9 6 1 ) . d e p a r t m e n t . E m p l o y e e p e r

m a n e n t l y s e p a r a t e d b e f o r e e x p i r a t i o n o f s u c h 9 0 - d a y n o t i c e to r e c e i v e 8 h o u r s ' p a y a t r e g u l a r r a t e f o r e a c h w o r k d a y ( b a s e d o n a 5 - d a y w e e k ) b e f o r e e x p i r a t i o n o f t h e 90 d a y s a n d n o t f a l l i n g w i t h i n p e r i o d f o r w h i c h h e r e c e i v e d w e e k l y g u a r a n t e e .

B e n e f i t s a l s o p r o v i d e d w o r k e r s p e r m a n e n t l y s e p a r a t e db y s h u t d o w n o f p l a n t , d i v i s i o n , o r m a j o r d e p a r t m e n t

( M C B W ) , a n d J a n . 3 1 , 1 9 6 2

b u t l o c a t e d in o t h e r t h a n c l o s e d u n i t .

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N o t i c e o f C l o s i n g ----C o n t i n u e d

M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 C h a n g e d : C o m p a n y to g i v e( M C B W a n d U P W A 6- m o n t h s ' a d v a n c e n o t i c e o fa g r e e m e n t s o f c l o s i n g o f p l a n t , d i v i s i o n , o rs a m e d a t e ) . m a j o r d e p a r t m e n t . E m p l o y e e

p e r m a n e n t l y s e p a r a t e d b e f o r e e x p i r a t i o n o f s u c h 6- m o n t h s ' n o t i c e t o r e c e i v e 8- h o u r s ' p a y a t r e g u l a r r a t e f o r e a c h w o r k d a y ( b a s e d o n a 5 - d a y w e e k ) b e f o r e e x p i r a t i o n o f t h e 6 m o n t h s a n d n o t f a l l i n g w i t h i n p e r i o d f o r w h i c h h e r e c e i v e d w e e k l y g u a r a n t e e .

S e p a r a t i o n A l l o w a n c e

N o v . 2 3 , 1 9 4 9 ( U P W A a n d M C B W ) . 7

E m p l o y e e s p e r m a n e n t l y s e p a r a t e d a s r e s u l t o f f o r c e r e d u c t i o n a r i s i n g o u t o f d e p a r t m e n t o r u n i t c l o s i n g e l i g i b l e f o r f o l l o w i n g a l l o w a n c e :

N o t a p p l i c a b l e t o e m p l o y e e s s e p a r a t e d t h r o u g h g a n g r e d u c t i o n s , o r t h o s e r e f u s i n g o t h e r e m p l o y m e n t .

S e p t . 3 0 , 1 9 5 4 ( M C B W a n d U P W A ) .



S e p t . 1, 19 6 1 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 10 , 1 9 6 1 ) .

W e e k sC o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e o f p a y1 y e a r _______________ 12 y e a r s ______________ l * / 23 y e a r s ______________ 24 y e a r s ______________ 2V25 y e a r s ______________ 36 y e a r s ______________ 3V27 y e a r s ______________ 4V28 y e a r s ______________ 5V29 y e a r s ______________ 6V210 y e a r s _____________ 7V2O v e r 10 y e a r s _____ 7V2 p l u s

1V2 w e e k s f o r e a c h y e a r a b o v e 10.

B e n e f i t s e x t e n d e d to e m p l o y e e s p e r m a n e n t l y s e p a r a t e d b e c a u s e o f t e c h n o l o g i c a l c h a n g e s .

A d d e d : E m p l o y e e s o f f e r e d n e w w o r k a t r a t e s 15 c e n t so r m o r e b e l o w p r i o r r a t e s g i v e n o p t i o n o f t a k i n g the j o b o r s e p a r a t i o n a l l o w a n c e .

A d d e d : B e n e f i t s f o r a l l e m p l o y e e s h a v i n g 1 o r m o r e y e a r s ' s e r v i c e l o s i n g s e n i o r i t y b y r e a s o n o f l a y o f f e x c e e d i n g 2 y e a r s .

I n c r e a s e d : 1 w e e k ' s p a y f o r e a c hy e a r o f c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e t h r o u g h 10, p l u s 1% w e e k s ' p a y f o r e a c h y e a r f r o m 11 t h r o u g h 20, p l u s 2 w e e k s ' p a y f o r e a c h y e a r o v e r 20.

S e p a r a t i o n p a y b a s e d o n e m p l o y e e ' s w a g e r a t e a n d y e a r s o f c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e a t t i m e o f l a y o f f .

S e p a r a t i o n p a y f o r e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v i n g t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s to b e c o m p u t e d in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h s c h e d u l e in a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 .

A u t o m a t i o n F u n d

S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 9 ( M C B W C o m p a n y - f i n a n c e d f u n d , m a x i - C o m p a n y c o n t r i b u t i o n to b e 1 c e n t p e r h u n d r e d - w e i g h ta n d U P W A a g r e e - m u m $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to b e u s e d s h i p p e d f r o m s l a u g h t e r i n g a n d m e a t p a c k i n g p l a n t sm e n t s d a t e d t o f i n a n c e s t u d y a n d s o l u - c o v e r e d b y a g r e e m e n t s .O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 ) . t i o n s f o r p r o b l e m s r e s u l t

i n g f r o m m o d e r n i z a t i o n p r o g r a m s .

C o m m i t t e e to c o n s i s t o f 4 r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f m a n a g e m e n t , 2 r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s s e l e c t e d b y e a c h u n i o n , a n d an i m p a r t i a l c h a i r m a n s e l e c t e d b y m u t u a l a g r e e m e n t . 8


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A u t o m a t i o n F u n d — C o n t i n u e d

S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 9 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 ) —C o n t i n u e d

S e p t . 1. 1961 (M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 10, 196 1).

C o m m i t t e e t o b e e s t a b l i s h e d to s t u d y p r o b l e m s r e s u l t i n g f r o m m o d e r n i z a t i o n p r o g r a m s a n d m a k e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f o r t h e i r s o l u t i o n , i n c l u d i n g t r a i n i n g o f e m p l o y e e s a n d p r o m o t i n g e m p l o y m e n t o p p o r t u n i t i e s w i t h i n the c o m p a n y f o r w o r k e r s a f f e c t e d b y m o d e r n i z a t i o n p r o g r a m s . C o m m i t t e e s t u d i e s to b e f i n a n c e d f r o m the fu n d . C o m m i t t e e c o u l d a u t h o r i z e u s e o f f u n d s f o r a t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m .

R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s o f c o m m i t t e e to b e m a d e to c o m p a n y a n d u n i o n s f o r f u r t h e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n , w i t h f i n a l r e p o r t a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s to b e m a d e b y M a r . 1, 1 9 6 1 .

C h a n g e d : C o m p a n y c o n t r i b u t i o n sto fu n d d i s c o n t i n u e d . A u t o m a t i o n C o m m i t t e e a l l o c a t e d $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 e a c h y e a r f o r e x p e n s e s ; r e s t o f fu n d to b e a v a i l a b l e f o r e m p l o y e e r e l o c a t i o n a n d r e t r a i n i n g c o s t s . 9

C o m m i t t e e to c o n s i d e r p r o b l e m s s u c h a s t r a n s f e r r i g h t s to p l a n t s c o v e r e d b y m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t s a n d a n y o t h e r m e t h o d s t o p r o m o t e c o n t i n u e d e m p l o y m e n t o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r t h o s e a f f e c t e d .

F u n d n o t to b e u s e d to i n c r e a s e p r e s e n t s e v e r a n c e p a y b e n e f i t s .

C o m p a n y to p a y r e l o c a t i o n c o s t s i f fu n d d e p l e t e d . O b l i g a t i o n s o f a u t o m a t i o n fu n d a n d c o m p a n y r e d u c e d b y a m o u n t o f a n y F e d e r a l o r S t a t e r e l o c a t i o n o r r e t r a i n i n g b e n e f i t s f o r w h i c h e m p l o y e e s w e r e e l i g i b l e .


A d d e d : R e l o c a t i o n a l l o w a n c e , s u b j e c t t o p r e v i o u s m a x i m u m s , w a s p r o v i d e d f o r a n e m p l o y e e w h o e l e c t e d n o t t o m o v e h i s p o s s e s s i o n s o r w h o m o v e d t h e m h i m s e l f , b a s e d o n w h a t i t w o u l d h a v e c o s t h i m t o m o v e p o s s e s s i o n s a s e s t i m a t e d b y a r e l i a b l e m o v e r in t h e f o r m e r c a s e a n d a r e a s o n a b l e c o s t in t h e l a t t e r c a s e .

T e c h n o l o g i c a l A d j u s t m e n t P l a n

S e p t . 1, 1961 (M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 10 , 1 9 6 1 ) .

E s t a b l i s h e d :C o m p a n y - f i n a n c e d p l a n to p r o

v i d e i m m e d i a t e b e n e f i t s f o r e m p l o y e e s p e r m a n e n t l y s e p a r a t e d f r o m s e r v i c e b y c l o s i n g o f p l a n t , d i v i s i o n , o r m a j o r d e p a r t m e n t .

B e n e f i t s — $ 6 5 p e r w e e k l e s s u n e m p l o y m e n t i n s u r a n c e o r o t h e r e a r n i n g s f o r 26 to 39 w e e k s , d e p e n d i n g o n y e a r s o f c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e , p l u s f o r e m p l o y e e s w h o h a d e x h a u s t e d t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s a n d u n e m p l o y m e n t i n s u r a n c e ,10 s e p a r a t i o n p a y b a s e d o n s c h e d u l e in 1 9 5 9 c o n t r a c t .

U n e m p l o y m e n t i n s u r a n c e b e n e f i t s w e r e d e d u c t e d f r o m t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s o n l y i f b o t h w e r e r e c e i v e d in s a m e w e e k .

E m p l o y e e s e l i g i b l e f o r t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s a l s o e l i g i b l e f o r h o s p i t a l , m e d i c a l , a n d s u r g i c a l i n s u r a n c e a t c o m p a n y e x p e n s e . I f e m p l o y e e r e f u s e d o f f e r o f o r w i t h d r e w r e q u e s t f o r t r a n s f e r , a l l t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s a n d h o s p i t a l p r e m i u m s p a i d f o r e m p l o y e e to b e d e d u c t e d f r o m s e p a r a t i o n a l l o w a n c e c o m p u t e d u n d e r 1 9 6 1 s c h e d u l e .

E m p l o y e e w h o w a s n o t t r a n s f e r r e d , b u t e x h a u s t e d t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s a n d u n e m p l o y m e n t i n s u r a n c e , ( 1 ) to r e c e i v e b a l a n c e o f s e p a r a t i o n p a y w i t h o u t o b l i g a t i o n to r e p a y t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s o r i n s u r a n c e p r e m i u m s i f h e r e t a i n e d t r a n s f e r r i g h t s f o r 2 y e a r s a n d (2) to r e c e i v e s e p a r a t i o n p a y u n d e r 1 9 5 9 s e p a r a t i o n s c h e d u l e l e s s p r e v i o u s l y p a i d t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s , s e p a r a t i o n p a y , a n d i n s u r a n c e p r e m i u m s i f he l o s t t r a n s f e r r i g h t s b e f o r e e x p i r a t i o n o f 2 y e a r s b y r e f u s a l to a c c e p t t r a n s f e r .

E m p l o y e e w h o t r a n s f e r r e d a n d w a s s u b s e q u e n t l y l a i d o f f to r e c e i v e u p to m a x i m u m o f t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s to w h i c h o r i g i n a l l y e n t i t l e d a n d n o t r e c e i v e d .

E m p l o y e e w h o e l e c t e d to r e t i r e b e f o r e t r a n s f e r to r e p a y a l l t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s a n d h o s p i t a l p r e m i u m s p a i d p r i o r to b e c o m i n g e l i g i b l e f o r p e n s i o n .


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T e c h n o l o g i c a l A d j u s t m e n t P l a n — C o n t i n u e d

S e p t . 1, 19 6 1 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 10, 1 9 6 1 ) — C o n t i n u e d


S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 7 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) .

E l i g i b i l i t y — B e n e f i t s a v a i l a b l e to e m p l o y e e s u n d e r a g e 6 0 w i t h 5 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e o r m o r e , o n s e n i o r i t y l i s t a t t i m e o f s e p a r a t i o n n o t i c e , w h o h a d r e g i s t e r e d f o r t r a n s f e r a n d m e t t h e a c t i v e s e a r c h f o r e m p l o y m e n t r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e a p p l i c a b l e u n e m p l o y m e n t c o m p e n s a t i o n l a w .

E m p l o y e e w h o d i d n o t r e g i s t e r f o r t r a n s f e r to a n o t h e r p l a n t a n d w e r e e l i g i b l e f o r t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s to r e c e i v e b e n e f i t s f o r 30 to 9 0 d a y s d e p e n d in g o n p e r i o d e s t a b l i s h e d b y A u t o m a t i o n C o m m i t t e e f o r t r a n s f e r . B e n e f i t s to b e d e d u c t e d f r o m s e p a r a t i o n p a y m e n t s u n d e r 1 9 6 2 s c h e d u l e o f b e n e f i t s .

C h a r l e s t o n , 2 C h a r l o t t e , 2 J a c k s o n v i l l e , 2 M o b i l e , 2 N e w O r l e a n s , 2 N o r f o l k , 2 P a s s a i c , 2 T u l s a , 2 C l e v e l a n d , 2 L o u i s v i l l e , 2 P e o r i a ( p r o c e s s i n g ) , 2 P h i l a d e l p h i a 2 a n d W i l k e s - B a r r e 2— p r o v i s i o n s n o t a p p l i c a b l e .

C h a n g e d : C h a r l e s t o n , C h a r l o t t e , J a c k s o n v i l l e , M o b i l e , N e w O r l e a n s , N o r f o l k , P a s s a i c , T u l s a , C l e v e l a n d , L o u i s v i l l e , P e o r i a ( p r o c e s s i n g ) , P h i l a d e l p h i a , a n d W i l k e s - B a r r e — p r o v i s i o n s a s a t a l l p l a n t s .

I n s u r a n c e P l a n

O c t . 2 7 , 1 9 5 2 ( M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

D e c . 1, 1 9 5 3 ( b y m e m o r a n d u m a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 2 9 , 1 9 5 3 , a n d s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d N o v . 3, 1 9 5 3 , M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

C o m p a n y - p a i d p l a n e s t a b l i s h e d , p r o v i d i n g :

S i c k n e s s b e n e f i t s — F o r m e n ,$ 12 a w e e k f o r 13 w e e k s ; f o r w o m e n , $9 a w e e k f o r 1 3 w e e k s ;

L i f e i n s u r a n c e ----F o r m e n ,$ 2 , 2 0 0 ; f o r w o m e n , $ 1 , 9 0 0 .

C o m p a n y - p a i d h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n , s u r g i c a l , m e d i c a l , a n d p o l i o m y e l i t i s p l a n i n s t i t u t e d f o r e m p l o y e e s w i t h 6 m o n t h s ' c o n t i n u o u s s e r v i c e a n d t h e i r d e p e n d e n t s .

H o s p i t a l i z a t i o n — F u l l c o s t o f s e m i p r i v a t e r o o m a n d s e r v i c e f o r a m a x i m u m o f 7 0 d a y s , i n c l u d i n g m a t e r n i t y b e n e f i t s ; $ 10—a - d a y m a x i m u m f o r a p r i v a t e r o o m .

S u r g i c a l b e n e f i t s — A s t a n d a r d s u r g i c a l a n d o b s t e t r i c a l s c h e d u l e w i t h a m a x i m u m b e n e f i t o f $ 3 0 0 .

M e d i c a l b e n e f i t s — I n - h o s p i t a l m e d i c a l f e e s ( n o n s u r g i c a l ) o f up to $ 10 f o r t h e f i r s t v i s i t o f a t t e n d i n g p h y s i c i a n a n d u p to $ 3 e a c h f o r n e x t 6 9 v i s i t s , n o t to e x c e e d 1 v i s i t a d a y .

A c c i d e n t b e n e f i t s — F u l l c o s t o f e m e r g e n c y c a r e a n d t r e a t m e n t r e n d e r e d w i t h i n 24 h o u r s o f a n a c c i d e n t .

P o l i o m y e l i t i s — M a x i m u m o f $ 5 , 0 0 0 f o r a l l c h a r g e s f o r h o s p i t a l c o n f i n e m e n t a n d o t h e r s e r v i c e s i n c u r r e d w i t h in 3 y e a r s o f c o n t r a c t i o n o f p o l i o m y e l i t i s .

R e p l a c e d f o r m e r p l a n , n o t i n c l u d e d in c o n t r a c t s , u n d e r w h i c h e m p l o y e e s p a i d 3 5 c e n t s a w e e k ( m e n ) a n d 2 5 c e n t s a w e e k ( w o m e n ) .

F o r m e r l i f e i n s u r a n c e p o l i c i e s p a i d $ 1 , 2 0 0 f o r m e n a n d $ 9 0 0 f o r w o m e n .

N o t a p p l i c a b l e in a n y c a s e r e s u l t i n g f r o m i n j u r y o r i l l n e s s c o m p e n s a b l e u n d e r a n y w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n o r o c c u p a t i o n a l d i s e a s e s a c t .

E m p l o y e e s a l l o w e d t o c a r r y i n s u r a n c e f o r 6 m o n t h s a f t e r l a y o f f b y p a y i n g p r e m i u m s in a d v a n c e .

A l l o w a n c e in a d d i t i o n to h o s p i t a l a n d m e d i c a l b e n e f i t s f o r a m a x i m u m o f 7 0 d a y s .



Table C. Related Wage Practices— Continued


I n s u r a n c e P l a n — C o n t i n u e d

D e c . 1, 1 9 5 4 (by a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 3 0 , 1 9 5 4 , M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

H o s p i t a l i z a t i o n b e n e f i t s — A d d e d : P a y m e n t f o r a n e s t h e s i a w h e n n o t a v a i l a b l e a s a r e g u l a r h o s p i t a l s e r v i c e , up to 15 p e r c e n t o f s u r g i c a l i n d e m n i t y o r $ 1 5 , w h i c h e v e r i s g r e a t e r .

E m p l o y e e s a l l o w e d to c a r r y c o v e r a g e a t t h e i r o w n e x p e n s e f o r 12 m o n t h s a f t e r c o m p a n y l i a b i l i t y c e a s e s .

N o t a p p l i c a b l e to the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f a n e s t h e t i c s in v a g i n a l d e l i v e r i e s .

I f c o v e r a g e i s c o n t i n u e d a t e m p l o y e e ' s e x p e n s e , o b s t e t r i c a l b e n e f i t s p r o v i d e d f o r a d m i s s i o n to a h o s p i t a l w i t h in 2 7 0 d a y s a f t e r t e r m i n a t i o n o f c o v e r a g e .

E m p l o y e e s r e t u r n i n g to w o r k w i t h i n 12 m o n t h s a f t e r a l a y o f f n o t r e q u i r e d to r e q u a l i f y f o r m a t e r n i t y b e n e f i t s p r o v i d e d a t c o m p a n y e x p e n s e .

O c t . 1, 19 5 6 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 ) .

D e c . 1, 1 9 5 6 ( a b o v e a g r e e m e n t s ).

S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 9 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 ) . 11

J a n . 1, I 9 6 0 ( a b o v e a g r e e m e n t s ). 11

D e c . 1, 1961 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 10 , 1 9 6 1 ) .

S u r g i c a l b e n e f i t s — A d d e d : S u r g e o n s ' f e e s p a i d f o r s u r g e r y p e r f o r m e d in t h e h o s p i t a l b u t f o r w h i c h h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n w a s n o t r e q u i r e d . W h e n 2 o r m o r e s u r g i c a l p r o c e d u r e s w e r e p e r f o r m e d in 2 o r m o r e i n c i s i o n s u n d e r 1 a n e s t h e t i c , s u r g i c a l f e e s p a i d f o r e a c h o f t h e p r o c e d u r e s in t h e a m o u n t s p r o v i d e d in t h e s c h e d u l e , w i t h a m a x i m u m o f $ 3 0 0 .

L i f e i n s u r a n c e ----I n c r e a s e d to$ 2 , 2 0 0 f o r w o m e n .

I n c r e a s e n o t a p p l i c a b l e to i n s u r e d w o m e n e m p l o y e e s n o t a c t i v e l y a t w o r k o n O c t . 1, 1 9 5 6 , b u t a p p l i e d w h e n t h e y r e t u r n to w o r k .

H o s p i t a l i z a t i o n b e n e f i t s — M a x i m u m p a y m e n t f o r a n e s t h e s i a w h e n n o t a v a i l a b l e a s r e g u l a r h o s p i t a l s e r v i c e i n c r e a s e d to 2 0 p e r c e n t o f s u r g i c a l i n d e m n i t y o r $ 2 0 , w h i c h e v e r w a s g r e a t e r .

A d d e d : D i a g n o s t i c l a b o r a t o r ya n d X - r a y b e n e f i t s — m a x i m u m $ 5 0 f o r a l l s i c k n e s s d u r i n g 6 c o n s e c u t i v e m o n t h s a n d f o r e a c h a c c i d e n t .

E m p l o y e e s a l l o w e d to c a r r y c o v e r a g e a t o w n e x p e n s e f o r 12 a d d i t i o n a l m o n t h s ( t o t a l 2 4 ) a f t e r t e r m i n a t i o n o f c o m p a n y l i a b i l i t y . D u r i n g s e c o n d 1 2 - m o n t h p e r i o d , h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n b e n e f i t r e d u c e d b y $ 2 . 5 0 a d a y a n d m a x i m u m b e n e f i t f o r m a t e r n i t y c a s e s r e d u c e d to $ 5 0 f o r h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n a n d $ 5 0 f o r o b s t e t r i c a l p r o c e d u r e s .

H o s p i t a l i z a t i o n b e n e f i t s e x t e n d e d to c o v e r n e r v o u s a n d m e n t a l d i s o r d e r s f o r m a x i m u m o f 30 d a y s .

A p p l i c a b l e to a n y e x a m i n a t i o n m a d e o r r e c o m m e n d e d b y p h y s i c i a n , in h o s p i t a l o r n o t , in d i a g n o s i s o f a c c i d e n t a l i n j u r y o r s i c k n e s s . E x c l u d e d b e n e f i t s r e l a t e d to p r e g n a n c y o r i n j u r y o r s i c k n e s s c o v e r e d b y w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n a n d o c c u p a t i o n a l d i s e a s e l a w s , d e n t a l X - r a y u n l e s s r e s u l t o f a c c i d e n t a l i n j u r y , a n d c h a r g e s b y a g o v e r n m e n t h o s p i t a l .

R e t i r e e s p e r m i t t e d to c o n t i n u e h o s p i t a l , m e d i c a l , a n d s u r g i c a l i n s u r a n c e a t o w n e x p e n s e a n d to h a v e p r e m i u m s d e d u c t e d f r o m p e n s i o n s . R e t i r e e s to p a y no m o r e t h a n c o s t p e r a c t i v e e m p l o y e e .

I n c r e a s e d : P e r i o d o f c o v e r a g e a t c o m p a n y e x p e n s e a f t e rl a y o f f to 6 m o n t h s ( w a s 30 d a y s ) .

A u g . 2 0 , 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W s u p p l e m e n t a l a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A u g . 1 6 , 1 9 6 2 ) .

A d d e d :H o s p i t a l r o o m a n d b o a r d — W h ile

in h o s p i t a l f o r d i a g n o s t i c p r o c e d u r e s r e c o m m e n d e d b y p h y s i c i a n .

X - r a y , r a d i u m , o r r a d i o a c t i v e i s o t o p e t h e r a p y — U p to $ 3 0 0 d u r i n g a n y 1 c a l e n d a r y e a r .

N o t a p p l i c a b l e to g o v e r n m e n t h o s p i t a l s .

A p p l i c a b l e to a n y s u c h t r e a t m e n t m a d e o r r e c o m m e n d e d b y p h y s i c i a n . E x c l u d e d d i a g n o s i s , c h a r g e s b y a g o v e r n m e n t h o s p i t a l , a n d i n j u r y o r s i c k n e s s c o v e r e d b y w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n .

R e t i r e e s c o n t i n u e d to p a y e x i s t i n g p r e m i u m s . % o f a n y i n c r e a s e in c o s t to b e p a i d b y r e t i r e e ; V3 , b y c o m p a n y .

I f r e t i r e e b e c a m e e l i g i b l e f o r b e n e f i t s u n d e r a n y F e d e r a l p r o g r a m o f h o s p i t a l , m e d i c a l , a n d s u r g i c a l c a r e f o r t h e a g e d , c o m p a n y n o t to s h a r e in a n y i n c r e a s e s in p r e m i u m , b u t to p r o v i d e $ 5 0 0 a d d i t i o n a l l i f e i n s u r a n c e .

M e m p h i s , T e n n . :E l i m i n a t e d : S i c k n e s s b e n e f i t s .



Table C. Related Wage Practices---Continued


I n s u r a n c e P l a n — C o n t i n u e d

D e c . 1, 1 9 6 4 ( M C B W a n d U P W A m e m o r a n d u m o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 2 , 1 9 6 4 ) .

I n c r e a s e d t o :L i f e i n s u r a n c e — $ 2 , 7 00 f o r

a c t i v e e m p l o y e e s ( $ 1 , 3 5 0 f o r e m p l o y e e s h i r e d a t o r a f t e r a g e 5 5 ) ; $ 6 7 5 f o r r e -

A d d e d : E l i g i b l e d e p e n d e n t c h i l d r e n to i n c l u d e s t u d e n t u n d e r a g e 2 3 , i f u n m a r r i e d a n d r e c e i v i n g m o r e t h a n h a l f o f s u p p o r t f r o m i n s u r e d .

D e c . 1, 1 9 6 5 ( M C B W a n d U P W A m e m o r a n d u m o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 2 , 1 9 6 4 ) .

D e c . 1, 1 9 6 7 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) .

O c t . 1, 1 9 6 8 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t d a t e d M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) .

D e c . 1, 1 9 6 8 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) .

t i r e d w o r k e r s .F o r e m p l o y e e s a n d d e p e n d e n t sI n c r e a s e d to :H o s p i t a l b e n e f i t s — R o o m a n d

b o a r d , 3 6 5 d a y s d u r i n g a c o n t i n u o u s d i s a b i l i t y .

M e d i c a l b e n e f i t s — D o c t o r ' s s e r v i c e s in h o s p i t a l , m a x i m u m o f 3 6 5 d a y s .

E l i m i n a t e d :W e e k l y " s i c k n e s s b e n e f i t s . "A d d e d :M a j o r m e d i c a l e x p e n s e p l a n ,

c o m p a n y - f i n a n c e d — 75 p e r c e n t o f e x p e n s e in e x c e s s o f $ 5 0 0 i n c u r r e d d u r i n g 1 p e r i o d o f d i s a b i l i t y , i n c l u d i n g b e n e f i t s p a i d u n d e r b a s i c p l a n , to a m a x i m u m o f $ 5, 0 0 0 f o r e a c h d i s a b i l i t y .

I n c r e a s e d : L i f e i n s u r a n c e — to$ 5 , 0 0 0 f o r a c t i v e e m p l o y e e s h i r e d b e f o r e a g e 5 5 ; $ 2 , 5 0 0 f o r t h o s e h i r e d a t a g e 5 5 o r a f t e r ; a n d $ 1, 0 0 0 f o r r e t i r e d w o r k e r s .

R e d u c e d : M a j o r m e d i c a l e x p e n s e p l a n d e d u c t i b l e — t o $ 3 0 0 .

C h a n g e d : R e t i r e d w o r k e r s ' b e n e f i t s to b e e l i m i n a t e d i fd u p l i c a t e d b y a n y F e d e r a l m e d i c a r e p r o g r a m ; c o m p a n y a n d r e t i r e e p r e m i u m s to b e r e d u c e d p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y .

S e e " P a i d S i c k L e a v e . "B e n e f i t s a v a i l a b l e to a c t i v e e m p l o y e e s w i t h 6 m o n t h s '

s e r v i c e o r m o r e , a n d d e p e n d e n t s . C o v e r a g e c o u l d b e c o n t i n u e d a t e m p l o y e e ' s e x p e n s e f o r 12 m o n t h s a f t e r c o m p a n y ' s l i a b i l i t y c e a s e d .

P l a n c o v e r e d s a m e s e r v i c e s a s p r o v i d e d b y b a s i c p l a n , p l u s a m b u l a n c e c h a r g e s , d r u g s , d o c t o r ' s s e r v i c e s in h o m e o r o f f i c e , p r a c t i c a l n u r s i n g w h e n p r e s c r i b e d , a n d t h e r e n t a l o r p u r c h a s e o f m e d i c a l a p p l i a n c e s , b u t e x c l u d e d h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n f o r m e n t a l a n d n e r v o u s d i s o r d e r s .

$ 1 , 0 0 0 l i f e i n s u r a n c e f o r r e t i r e d w o r k e r s a p p l i e d t o t h o s e w h o r e t i r e d o n o r a f t e r F e b . 2 2 ,1 9 6 7 .

C h a n g e d : M e m p h i s — p r o v i s i o n s a s a t a l lp l a n t s .

C o m p a n y a g r e e d t o p a y f u l l c o s t o f h o s p i t a l - m e d i c a l - s u r g i c a l p l a n f o r t h o s e w h o r e t i r e d o n o r

; a f t e r F e b . 2 2 , 1 9 6 7 ( d i d n o t a p p l y t o r e t i r e e w h oe l e c t e d t o t a k e a d e f e r r e d v e s t e d p e n s i o n u n l e s s h e h a d b e e n e l i g i b l e f o r s e p a r a t i o n p a y a n d e l e c t e d a v e s t e d p e n s i o n i n s t e a d ) .

I n c r e a s e d : M a j o r m e d i c a l e x p e n s e p l a n — 8 0 p e r c e n t o f e x p e n s e s o v e r $ 3 0 0 .

A p r . 1, 1 9 7 0 ( a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A p r . 1 8 , 1 9 7 0 ) .

I n c r e a s e d : H o s p i t a l i z a t i o n b e n e f i t s — m a x i m u m p a y m e n t f o r a n e s t h e s i a w h e n n o t a v a i l a b l e a s r e g u l a r h o s p i t a l s e r v i c e t o 30 p e r c e n t o f s u r g i c a l i n d e m n i t y o r $ 3 0 , w h i c h e v e r g r e a t e r ( m a x i m u m , $ 1 5 0 ) .

I n c r e a s e d : S u r g i c a l b e n e f i t s — t o m a x i m u m o f $ 5 0 0 f o r b e n e f i t s u n d e r s u r g i c a l s c h e d u l e .

I n c r e a s e d : S u r g i c a l b e n e f i t s ----w h e n 2 o r m o r e s u r g i c a l p r o c e d u r e s w e r e p e r f o r m e d in 2 o r m o r e i n c i s i o n s u n d e r 1 a n e s t h e t i c , s u r g i c a l f e e s p a i d f o r e a c h o f t h e p r o c e d u r e s i n t h e a m o u n t s p r o v i d e d in t h e s c h e d u l e , w i t h a m a x i m u m o f $ 5 0 0 .

T h e h o s p i t a l b e n e f i t p e r i o d f o r m e n t a l a n d n e r v o u s d i s o r d e r s w a s i n c r e a s e d t o 3 6 5 d a y s .

M a j o r m e d i c a l e x p e n s e p l a n w a s e x p a n d e d t o c o v e r h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n f o r m e n t a l o r n e r v o u s d i s o r d e r s .



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A u g . 1, 1 9 5 2 ( M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 5 7 (b y i n t e r i m a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 2 6 , 1 9 5 6 , a n d a g r e e m e n t o f D e c . 2 1 , 1 9 5 6 , M C B W a n d U P W A ) .

J a n . 1, I 9 6 0 (M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d O c t . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 ) .

C o m p a n y - p a i d p l a n e s t a b l i s h e d , p r o v i d i n g :

M i n i m u m p a y m e n t — $ 1 0 5 a m o n t h , i n c l u d i n g s o c i a l s e c u r i t y , f o r e m p l o y e e s r e t i r i n g a t a g e 6 5 w i t h 2 5 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e .

C h a n g e d t o : N o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s i n c r e a s e d to $ 1 . 5 0 a m o n t h f o r e a c h y e a r o f s e r v i c e u p to 3 0 , s u p p l e m e n t e d b y F e d e r a l s o c i a l s e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s .

A d d e d : E a r l y r e t i r e m e n t a t a g e 6 0 a f t e r 10 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e .

C h a n g e d t o : T o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n t d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s — $ 3 a m o n t h f o r e a c h y e a r o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e up t o 30 ( m i n i m u m $ 5 0 a m o n t h ) l e s s a n y s t a t u t o r y b e n e f i t s , f o r e m p l o y e e s o f a n y a g e p r i o r t o 6 5 w i t h a t l e a s t 15 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e a n d n o t e l i g i b l e f o r s o c i a l s e c u r i t y d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s ; 12 u p o n b e c o m i n g e l i g i b l e f o r s o c i a l s e c u r i t y d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s , to r e c e i v e n o r m a l b e n e f i t s .

A d d e d : D e f e r r e d v e s t i n g r i g h t s — E m p l o y e e s e p a r a t e d f r o m e m p l o y m e n t (w h o i s o t h e r w i s e e l i g i b l e f o r s e p a r a t i o n a l l o w a n c e ) a t o r a f t e r a g e 5 5 w i t h a t l e a s t 25 y e a r s ' c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e g i v e n o p t i o n t o c h o o s e , i n l i e u o f s e p a r a t i o n a l l o w a n c e , d e f e r r e d m o n t h l y b e n e f i t s a t a g e 6 5 o f $ 1 . 5 0 f o r e a c h y e a r o f s e r v i c e u p t o 3 0 .

I n c r e a s e d : N o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s — u p t o $ 2 a m o n t h f o r e a c h y e a r ' s s e r v i c e u p to 3 0 , s u p p l e m e n t e d b y F e d e r a l s o c i a l s e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s .

E a r l y r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s — e l i g i b i l i t y e x t e n d e d to w o m e n a t a g e 5 5 .

A d d e d : D i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s — l i k e t h o s e f o r t o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n t d i s a b i l i t y f o r e m p l o y e e s a g e 6 0 o r o v e r w i th a t l e a s t 10 y e a r s ' c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e r e t i r e d a t c o m p a n y ' s o r e m p l o y e e ' s o p t i o n w h e n u n a b l e to p e r f o r m d u t i e s o f aniy p o s i t i o n to w h i c h e n t i t l e d b u t n o t e l i g i b l e f o r t o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n t d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s a n d n o t y e t e l i g i b l e f o r s o c i a l s e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s .

I n c r e a s e d : T o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n t d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s — p r i o r to e l i g i b i l i t y f o r s o c i a l s e c u r i t y d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s , to $ 4 f o r e a c h y e a r o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e up to 30 . $ 5 0 m i n i m u me l i m i n a t e d .

I n c r e a s e d : D e f e r r e d v e s t e d r i g h t s — to $ 2 a m o n t h f o r e a c h y e a r o f s e r v i c e .

R e t i r e m e n t a t a g e 6 5 to b e v o l u n t a r y ; e m p l o y e e s c o u l d w o r k l o n g e r i f t h e y w i s h e d .

N e w b e n e f i t s a p p l i c a b l e to e m p l o y e e s r e t i r e d p r i o r to J a n . 1, 1 9 5 7 , w h o m e t p r e v i o u s a g e r e q u i r e m e n t .

B e n e f i t s r e d u c e d b y 0 . 6 p e r c e n t f o r e a c h c a l e n d a r m o n t h b y w h i c h e m p l o y e e w a s u n d e r a g e 6 5 .

E m p l o y e e c o u l d e l e c t to r e c e i v e e a r l y r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s a t a g e 6 0 o r o v e r , a s p r e v i o u s l y d e s c r i b e d .

$ 1. 7 5 t o e m p l o y e e s a l r e a d y r e t i r e d .

F o r m e r p r o v i s i o n t h a t e m p l o y e e l o s t c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e f o r p e n s i o n b e n e f i t s i f a b s e n t f r o m w o r k f o r 2 y e a r s a f t e r A u g . 1, 1 9 5 2 , e x c e p t f o r a b s e n c e s r e s u l t i n g f r o m w o r k - c o n n e c t e d d i s a b i l i t i e s o r l e a v e s o f a b s e n c e g r a n t e d u n i o n m e m b e r s to t a k e f u l l - t i m e p o s i t i o n w i th th e u n i o n , m o d i f i e d b y a d d i n g e x c e p t i o n f o r a b s e n c e o n a p p r o v e d s i c k l e a v e . A p p l i c a b l e o n l y to e m p l o y e e s w h o h a d n o t l o s t c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e a s o f S e p t . 1, 1 9 5 9 .

$ 3. 5 0 to e m p l o y e e s a l r e a d y r e t i r e d .





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J a n . 1, 1 9 6 1 ( a b o v e a g r e e m e n t s ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 1 0 , 1 9 6 1 ) . 1

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 2 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d S e p t . 10 , 196 1 )* — C o n t i n u e d

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 5 ( M C B W a n d U P W A m e m o r a n d u m o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 2 , 1 9 6 4 ) .

I n c r e a s e d :N o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s —

to $ 2 . 50 a m o n t h f o r e a c h y e a r o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e , s u p p l e m e n t e d b y F e d e r a l s o c i a l s e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s .

T o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n t d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s a n d d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s — p r i o r to e l i g i b i l i t y f o r s o c i a l s e c u r i t y d i s a b i l i t y o r r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s , c o n t i n u e d to b e t w i c e n o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s .

D e f e r r e d v e s t i n g r i g h t s — c o n t i n u e d to b e s a m e a s n o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s .

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a c t u a r i a l l y r e d u c e d b e n e f i t s to e m p l o y e e a n d s p o u s e .

O p t i o n a l e a r l y r e t i r e m e n t — e m p l o y e e 55 y e a r s o r o v e r w i t h 2 0 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e o r m o r e t e r m i n a t e d b y u n i t o r p l a n t s h u t d o w n , o r t e c h n o l o g i c a l l y d i s p l a c e d to r e c e i v e I 72 t i m e s n o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s u n t i l a g e 6 2 o r u n t i l e l i g i b l e f o r s o c i a l s e c u r i t y r e t i r e m e n t o r d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s , a t w h i c h t i m e p e n s i o n w o u l d r e v e r t to n o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s .

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I n c r e a s e d :N o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t --- to

$ 3. 2 5 a m o n t h f o r e a c h y e a r o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e , in a d d i t i o n to F e d e r a l s o c i a l s e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s .

T o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n t d i s a b i l i t y — b e n e f i t s p r i o r to e l i g i b i l i t y f o r F e d e r a l s o c i a l s e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s , c o n t i n u e d a t t w i c e th e n o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t f o r e m p l o y e e s w i t h 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e o r m o r e .

C h a n g e d :D e f e r r e d v e s t e d r i g h t s — a t

a g e 4 0 , w i t h 15 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e , o n v o l u n t a r y o r i n v o l u n t a r y t e r m i n a t i o n o f s e r v i c e ; w i t h n o l o s s o f a n y s e p a r a t i o n p a y to w h i c h e m p l o y e e m a y b e e n t i t l e d i f n o t e l i g i b l e f o r i m m e d i a t e p e n s i o n .

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p a i d w i d o w o f e m p l o y e e w h o h a d 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e o r m o r e a n d w h o d i e d b e f o r e r e t i r e m e n t , to e q u a l a m o u n t

A d d e d : C o m p u l s o r y r e t i r e m e n t a t a g e 6 8 f o r t h o s e a g e 60 o r o v e r o n J a n . 1 , I 9 6 0 , a n d a t a g e 6 5 f o r t h o s e u n d e r 60 a t t h a t t i m e .

I n c r e a s e a p p l i c a b l e o n l y t o e m p l o y e e s r e t i r i n g a f t e r S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 1 .

I n c r e a s e a p p l i c a b l e o n l y t o e m p l o y e e s w h o s e p e r i o d o f p e r m a n e n t a n d t o t a l d i s a b i l i t y c o m m e n c e d o n o r a f t e r M a r . 1, 1 9 6 1 .

E m p l o y e e c o u l d p r o v i d e s p o u s e w i t h b e n e f i t s e q u a l to o r o n e - h a l f h i s b e n e f i t s .

E a r l y r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t s to b e in l i e u o f a n y s e p a r a t i o n p a y o r t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s .

C h a n g e d : B e n e f i t s r e d u c e d b y 0 . 5 p e r c e n t f o r e a c hc a l e n d a r m o n t h b y w h i c h e m p l o y e e w a s u n d e r 6 5 .

A d d e d : E l i g i b i l i t y e x t e n d e d to e m p l o y e e s t e r m i n a t e d a f t e r 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e a n d r e a c h i n g a g e 6 0 (55 f o r w o m e n ) d u r i n g p e r i o d o f e l i g i b i l i t y f o r t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d j u s t m e n t b e n e f i t s .

A p p l i c a b l e to e m p l o y e e s w h o r e t i r e d a f t e r S e p t . 1, 1 9 6 4 .

B e n e f i t s r e d u c e d to $ 3 . 2 5 a m o n t h f o r e m p l o y e e s e n t i t l e d to a s t a t u t o r y p e n s i o n b e f o r e a g e 6 5 .

E l i m i n a t e d : D e d u c t i o n o f w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n b e n e f i t s in c o m p u t i n g p e n s i o n p a y m e n t s .

E l i g i b l e s u r v i v o r o f m a l e e m p l o y e e l i m i t e d to w i f e o r m i n o r d e p e n d e n t c h i l d r e n ; o r f e m a l e e m p l o y e e , to m i n o r d e p e n d e n t c h i l d r e n .





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J a n . 1, 1 9 6 5 ( M C B W a n d U P W A m e m o r a n d u m o f a g r e e m e n t d a t e d S e p t . 2 , 1 9 6 4 ) . ----C o n t i n u e d .

J a n . 1, 1 9 6 8 ( M C B W a n d U P W A a g r e e m e n t s d a t e d M a r . 1 3 , 1 9 6 7 ) .

a v a i l a b l e f r o m e l e c t i o n o f j o i n t a n d o n e - h a l f a n n u i t y o p t i o n ; o r p h a n ' s m o n t h l y b e n e f i t to e q u a l 4 2 . 5 p e r c e n t o f t h e n o r m a l m o n t h l y p e n s i o n .

I n c r e a s e d : N o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t — t o $ 5 . 0 0 a m o n t h f o r e a c h y e a r o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e .

A p p l i c a b l e t o e m p l o y e e s r e t i r e d a f t e r D e c . u n l e s s e m p l o y e e r e t i r e d , e l e c t e d a v e s t e d d i e d o n o r a f t e r F e b . 2 2 , 1 9 6 7 ( A u g . 2 2 , t h o s e w h o s e t o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n t d i s a b i l i t y

3 1 , 1 9 6 7 , p e n s i o n , o r 1 9 6 6 f o r w a s d e f i n e d

J a n . 1, 1 9 7 1( a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A p r . 1 8 , 1 9 7 0 ) .

J a n . 1, 1 9 7 2 ( a g r e e m e n t d a t e d A p r . 18 , 1 9 7 0 ) .

R e d u c e d : E a r l y r e t i r e m e n t a g e r e q u i r e m e n t — t o a g e 5 5 f o r a m a l e e m p l o y e e .

C h a n g e d : T o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n td i s a b i l i t y — e l i g i b i l i t y to t h o s e w i t h 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e a n d u n a b l e t o w o r k a t A r m o u r ( p r e v i o u s l y h a d t o p r e v e n t a n y e m p l o y m e n t ) .

C h a n g e d : D e f e r r e d v e s t e d r i g h t s - e l i g i b i l i t y r e q u i r e m e n t t o 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e ( t h e a g e r e q u i r e m e n t w a s e l i m i n a t e d ) .

I n c r e a s e d : N o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t — t o $ 6 a m o n t h f o r e a c h y e a r o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e , i n a d d i t i o n t o F e d e r a l s o c i a l s e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s .

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I n c r e a s e d : N o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t b e n e f i t — to $ 6 . 5 0 a m o n t h f o r e a c h y e a r o f c r e d i t e d s e r v i c e , i n a d d i t i o n t o F e d e r a l s o c i a l s e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s .

u n d e r t h e p l a n i n e f f e c t o n J a n . 1, 1 9 6 5 ) . H e o r h i s s u r v i v o r s w e r e e n t i t l e d t o b e n e f i t s u n d e r t h e p l a n i n e f f e c t o n J a n . 1, 1 9 6 8 i f t h e y m e t v a r i o u s r e q u i r e m e n t s .

C h a n g e d : M o n t h l y p a y m e n t r e d u c e d b y 0 . 5 p e r c e n t o f n o r m a l b e n e f i t f o r e a c h m o n t h e m p l o y e e w a s u n d e r a g e 6 2 a t t i m e o f v o l u n t a r y e a r l y r e t i r e m e n t .

T h e p r e v i o u s b e n e f i t f o r t h o s e d i s a b l e d b u t u n a b l e to q u a l i f y f o r t o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n t d i s a b i l i t y w a s e l i m i n a t e d .

E m p l o y e e w i t h 10 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e a n d s e p a r a t e d b e c a u s e o f a p l a n t o r d e p a r t m e n t c l o s i n g a n d i n e l i g i b l e f o r a n u n r e d u c e d p e n s i o n w a s e n t i t l e d t o b o t h s e p a r a t i o n p a y a n d a d e f e r r e d v e s t e d p e n s i o n .

C h a n g e d : L u b b o c k a n d S a n A n g e l o - p r o v i s i o n s a s a t a l l p l a n t s .

A p p l i c a b l e t o e m p l o y e e s w h o r e t i r e d a f t e r D e c . 3 1 , 1 9 7 0 , u n l e s s e m p l o y e e r e t i r e d , e l e c t e d a v e s t e d p e n s i o n , o r d i e d o n o r a f t e r A p r . 1, 1 9 7 0 . H e o r h i s s u r v i v o r sw e r e e n t i t l e d t o b e n e f i t s in e f f e c t o n J a n . 1, 1 9 7 1 , i fv a r i o u s r e q u i r e m e n t s w e r e m e t .

C h a n g e d : E l i g i b l e s u r v i v o r o f e m p l o y e e i n c l u d e d s p o u s e a n d m i n o r d e p e n d e n t c h i l d r e n ( p r e v i o u s l y d e f i n i t i o n d i d n o t i n c l u d e s p o u s e o f a f e m a l e e m p l o y e e ) .

A p p l i c a b l e t o e m p l o y e e s r e t i r e d a f t e r D e c . 3 1 , 1 9 7 1 .

1 T h e p a r t i e s m o d i f i e d m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t p r o v i s i o n s c o v e r i n g g u a r a n t e e d t i m e , S a t u r d a y w o r k , c l o t h e s - c h a n g i n g t i m e , a n d t h e p e n s i o n p l a n f o r w o r k e r s a t th e L u b b o c k a n d S a n A n g e l o p l a n t s .

2 P r o v i s i o n s r e l a t i n g t o u n i o n i z e d m e a t p a c k i n g p l a n t s a n d p r o c e s s i n g s a l e s u n i t s a r e n o t c o v e r e d b y t h e w a g e c h r o n o l o g y u n t i l s u c h p l a n t s o r u n i t s c o m e u n d e r t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t s . ( P r o c e s s i n g s a l e s u n i t s w e r e f i r s t c o v e r e d b y t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t s i n 1 9 6 4 . ) F i r s t r e p o r t i n g o f s u c h p r o v i s i o n s do n o t r e p r e s e n t a c h a n g e u n l e s s i t i s s o s t a t e d . ( T h e y c o u l d b e c o n t i n u e d f r o m l o c a l a g r e e m e n t s . ) P r o v i s i o n s o f t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t w e r e a d o p t e d b y t h e n e w l y - c o v e r e d p l a n t s o r u n i t s u n l e s s a n e x c e p t i o n i s n o t e d .

T h e f o l l o w i n g p l a n t s o r u n i t s c a m e u n d e r t h e m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t s o n S e p t . 2 , 1 9 6 4 :

C h a m b e r l a i n , M a s s . ( U P W A ) N e w O r l e a n s , L a . ( U P W A )C h a r l e s t o n , W. V a . ( U P W A ) N o r f o l k , V a . ( U P W A )C h a r l o t t e , N . C . ( U P W A ) P a s s a i c , N . J . ( U P W A )C l e v e l a n d , O h i o ( M C B W ) P e o r i a , 111. ( p r o c e s s i n g ) ( M C B W )E m p o r i a , K a n s . ( U P W A ) P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a . ( M C B W )H o u s t o n , T e x . ( M C B W ) T u l s a , O k l a . ( U P W A )J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . ( U P W A ) W e s t P o i n t , N e b . ( U P W A )L o u i s v i l l e , K y . ( M C B W ) W i l k e s - B a r r e , P a . ( M C B W )M o b i l e , A l a . ( U P W A ) W o r t h i n g t o n , M i n n . ( U P W A )

3 N o t a p p l i c a b l e to l e a r n e r s .4 C o m p a n y p r a c t i c e n o t c o v e r e d b y e a r l y m a s t e r a g r e e m e n t s .5 D u r i n g t h e p e r i o d c o v e r e d b y E x e c u t i v e O r d e r N o . 9 2 4 0 ( O c t . 1, 1 9 4 2 , to A u g . 2 1 , 1 9 4 5 ) t h i s p r o v i s i o n w a s

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12 U n d e r t h e A u g u s t 1 9 5 2 a g r e e m e n t , w o r k e r s a t a g e 55 w i t h 2 5 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e w e r e e l i g i b l e f o r t o t a l a n d p e r m a n e n t d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s o f $ 5 0 a m o n t h l e s s s t a t u t o r y b e n e f i t s .

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T h e f o l lo w in g l i s t c o n s t i t u t e s a l l w a g e c h r o n o l o g i e s p u b l i s h e d to d a t e . B u l l e t i n s o r r e p o r t s f o r w h ic h a p r i c e i s i n d i c a t e d a r e a v a i l a b l e f r o m th e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f D o c u m e n t s , U .S . G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t i n g O ff ic e , W a s h in g t o n , D. C . , 20402 , o r f r o m th e D e p a r t m e n t ofL a b o r ' s B u r e a u of L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s R e g i o n a l S a l e s O f f i c e s w h ic h a r e l i s t e d on th e i n s i d e b a c k c o v e r . ( O r d e r by c h e c k o r m o n e y o r d e r ; do n o t s e n d c a s h o r s t a m p s . ) T h o s e p u b l i c a t i o n s f o r w h ic h no p r i c e i s i n d i c a t e d a r e n o t a v a i l a b l e f r o m th e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of D o c u m e n t s , b u t m a y b e o b t a i n e d w i th o u t c h a r g e , a s lo n g a s a s u p p ly i s a v a i l a b l e , f r o m th e B u r e a u of L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s , W a s h in g to n , D . C . , 20212 , o r f r o m th e B u r e a u ' s r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s . I t e m s i n d i c a t e d a s o u t of p r i n t m a y b e a v a i l a b l e f o r r e f e r e n c e in l e a d in g p u b l ic , c o l l e g e , o r u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i e s , o r th e B u r e a u ' s r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s .

B e f o r e J u l y 1965, b a s i c w a g e c h r o n o l o g i e s a n d t h e i r s u p p l e m e n t s w e r e p u b l i s h e d in th e M o n th ly L a b o r R e v ie w a n d r e l e a s e d a s B u r e a u r e p o r t s . W age c h r o n o l o g i e s p u b l i s h e d l a t e r a r e a v a i l a b l e o n ly in b u l l e t i n s ( a n d t h e i r s u p p l e m e n t s ) . A s u m m a r y of g e n e r a l w a g e c h a n g e s a n d new o r c h a n g e d w o r k i n g p r a c t i c e s w i l l b e a d d e d to th e b u l l e t i n s a s new c o n t r a c t s a r e n e g o t i a t e d .

A lu m i n u m C o m p a n y of A m e r i c a , 1939—67 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1559 (30 c e n t s ) .A m e r i c a n V i s c o s e (a d i v i s i o n of F M C C o r p . ), 1945—6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1560 (20 c e n t s ) .T h e A n a c o n d a C o . , 1941—58 . B L S R e p o r t 197 ( f r e e ) .A n t h r a c i t e M in in g I n d u s t r y , 1930—66 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1494 (20 c e n t s ) .A. T . fk T . — L o n g L i n e s D e p a r t m e n t —

1 9 4 0 - 6 4 , B L S B u l l e t i n 1443 (40 c e n t s ) .1965— 70, S u p p le m e n t to B L S B u l l e t i n 1443 ( f r e e ) .

B e r k s h i r e H a th a w a y In c . , 1943—69 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1541 (25 c e n t s ) .B e t h l e h e m A t l a n t i c S h i p y a r d s , 1941—68 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1607 (35 c e n t s ) .B i t u m i n o u s C o a l M in e s —

1933—68, B L S B u l l e t i n 1558 (25 c e n t s ) .1968—70, S u p p le m e n t to B L S B u l l e t i n 1558 ( f r e e ) .

T h e B o e in g C o . ( W a s h in g to n P l a n t s ) , 1936—6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1565 (25 c e n t s ) .C a r o l i n a C o a c h C o . , 1947—63 . B L S R e p o r t 259 ( f r e e ) .C h r y s l e r C o r p o r a t i o n , 1939—66 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1515 (30 c e n t s ) .C o m m o n w e a l t h E d i s o n C o . of C h ic a g o —

1945—63 , B L S R e p o r t 205 (20 c e n t s ) .1964—69, S u p p le m e n t to B L S R e p o r t 205 ( f r e e ) .

D a n R i v e r M i l l s —1943—65 , B L S B u l l e t i n 1495 (15 c e n t s ) .1966— 68, S u p p le m e n t to B L S B u l l e t i n 1495 ( f r e e ) .

F e d e r a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n A c t E m p l o y e e s , 1924—6 8 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1604 (70 c e n t s ) .Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and B. F . Goodrich Co. (Akron Plants)----

1937—66 , B L S B u l l e t i n 1484 (30 c e n t s ) .1967— 69, S u p p le m e n t to B L S B u l l e t i n 1484 ( f r e e ) .

F o r d M o to r C o m p a n y ----1941— 64 , B L S R e p o r t 99 (30 c e n t s ) . 1 1964—69, S u p p le m e n t to B L S R e p o r t 99 ( f r e e ) .

G e n e r a l M o t o r s C o r p . , 1939—66. B L S B u l l e t i n 1532 (30 c e n t s ) . 1

I n t e r n a t i o n a l H a r v e s t e r C o m p a n y , 1946—61 . B L S R e p o r t 202 ( f r e e ) .I n t e r n a t i o n a l P a p e r C o . ( S o u th e r n K r a f t D iv . )----

1937—67, B L S B u l l e t i n 1534 (25 c e n t s ) .1967—69, S u p p le m e n t to B L S B u l l e t i n 1534 ( f r e e ) .

I n t e r n a t i o n a l S hoe C o . (a d i v i s i o n of I n t e r c o , In c . )----1945—66 , B L S B u l l e t i n 1479 (20 c e n t s ) . 1 1967—69 , S u p p le m e n t to B L S B u l l e t i n 1479 ( f r e e ) .

L o c k h e e d — C a l i f o r n i a C o m p a n y (a d i v i s i o n of L o c k h e e d A i r c r a f t C o r p . ),1937—6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1522 (35 c e n t s ) .

1 O ut o f p rin t. S e e D ire c to ry o f W ag e C h ro n o lo g ie s , 1948—Ju n e 19 6 9 . fo r M on th ly Labor R e v ie w issu e in w h ich rep o rts and su p p lem en ts issu ed b e fo re Ju ly 1965 a p p e a re d .


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M a r t i n - M a r i e t t a C o r p . —1944— 6 4 , B L S B u l l e t i n 1449 (25 c e n t s ) .1965—6 8 , S u p p le m e n t to B B S B u l l e t i n 1449 ( f r e e ) .

M a s s a c h u s e t t s S hoe M a n u f a c t u r i n g —1 9 4 5 - 66 , B L S B u l l e t i n 1471 (15 c e n t s ) . 1 1967—68 , S u p p l e m e n t to B L S B u l l e t i n 1471 ( f r e e ) .

N ew Y o r k C i ty L a u n d r i e s , 1945—6 4 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1453 (20 c e n t s ) . 1 N o r t h A m e r i c a n R o c k w e l l C o r p . —

1 9 4 1 - 6 7 , B L S B u l l e t i n 1564 (25 c e n t s ) .1967—70, S u p p l e m e n t to B L S B u l l e t i n 1564 ( f r e e ) .

N o r t h A t l a n t i c L o n g s h o r i n g , 19 3 4 r-6 l . B L S R e p o r t 234 ( f r e e ) . 1

P a c i f i c C o a s t S h ip b u i ld in g , 1941—6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1605 (35 c e n t s ) .P a c i f i c G a s a n d E l e c t r i c C o . , 1943—66 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1499 (30 c e n t s ) . 1 P a c i f i c L o n g s h o r e I n d u s t r y , 1934—70 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1568 (35 c e n t s ) . R a i l r o a d s — N o n o p e r a t i n g E m p l o y e e s , 1920—6 2 . B L S R e p o r t 208 (25 c e n t s ) . 1 S i n c l a i r O i l C o m p a n i e s —

1 9 4 1 - 6 5 , B L S B u l l e t i n 1447 (25 c e n t s ) . 1 1965—70, S u p p l e m e n t to B L S B u l l e t i n 1447 ( f r e e ) .

S w if t & C o . , 1942—6 3 . B L S R e p o r t 260 (25 c e n t s ) . 1U n i te d S t a t e s S t e e l C o r p o r a t i o n , 1937—6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1603 (40 c e n t s ) . W e s t e r n G r e y h o u n d L i n e s , 1945—6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1595 (45 c e n t s ) .W e s t e r n U n io n T e l e g r a p h C o . , 1943—6 7 . B L S B u l l e t i n 1545 (35 c e n t s ) .

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