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Wage Chronology:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
and the IUMSW,
June 1941—August 1975
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics

1975




Wage Chronology:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
[Shipbuilding Department] and
the Industrial Union of Marine
and Shipbuilding Workers of
America, June 1941— August 1975
U.S. Department of Labor
John T. Dunlop, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin, Commissioner
1975
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P reface
This bulletin is one of a series prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that traces
changes in wage scales and related benefits negotiated by individual employers or combina­
tions of employers with a union or group of unions. Benefits unilaterally introduced by an
employer generally are included. The information is obtained largely from collective bar­
gaining agreements and related documents voluntarily filed with the Bureau. Descriptions of
the course of collective bargaining are derived from the news media and confirmed and sup­
plemented by the parties to the agreement. Wage chronologies deal only with selected
features of collective bargaining or wage determination. They are intended primarily as a
tool for research, analysis, and wage administration. References to job security, grievance
procedures, methods of piece-rate adjustments, and similar matters are omitted. For a de­
tailed explanation of the purpose and scope of the chronology program, see “ Wage Chro­
nologies and Salary Trend Reports,” BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 1711 (Bureau of
Labor Statistics, 1971), pp. 209-212.
This chronology summarizes changes in wage rates and related compensation prac­
tices negotiated since June 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Shipbuilding Department)
with the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America. This bulletin
replaces Wage Chronology: Bethlehem Atlantic Shipyards, 1941-68, published as BLS Bulle­
tin 1607, and incorporates the supplement covering the 1969-72 period. Materials previously
published have been supplemented in this bulletin by contract changes negotiated for the
1972-75 period. Except for a revised introduction and other minor changes, earlier texts are
included as they were originally published.
The U.S. Census Bureau has introduced new job titles in its Occupational Classification
System to eliminate those that denote sex stereotypes. For purposes of this bulletin, how­
ever, such titles have been retained where they refer specifically to contractual definitions.
Titles used in the generic sense and not to describe a contract term have been changed to
eliminate the sex stereotype.
The analysis for the 1969-75 period was prepared in the Division of Trends in Employee
Compensation by Milfred W. Ellis and John U. Btirgan.




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Contents
Page
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 1
Summary oi contract negotiations..................................................................................................... .3
June 1941-November 1947.............................................................................................. ........... 3
November 1947-December 1951................................................................................................. 3
January 1952-June 1954.............................................................................................................. 3
July 1954-June 1956 ................................................................................................................ . 4
June 1956-July 1959 .................................................................................................................... 4
August 1959-May 1963 ............................................................................................................... 4
June 1963-July 1966 .................................................................................................................... 5
August 1966-July 1969................................................................................................................. 6
August 1969-July 1972................................................................................................................. 6
August 1972-August 1975........................................................................................................... 7
Tables:
1. General wage changes.......................................................................................................... 8
2. Basic wage rates by grade and class in
Boston, New York City, and Baltimore,
1941-74.............................................................................................................................. 11
3. Supplementary compensation practices..............................................................................13
Shift premium pay.....................................
13
Overtime p a y ..................................................................................................................13
Premium pay for weekendwork.................................................................................... 13
Holiday pay.................................................................................................................... 13
Travel pay....................................................................................................................... 14
Paid vacations.................................................................................................................14
Call-in pay.............................................
15
Premium pay for dirty w ork......................................................................................... 16
Call-back pay..................................................................................................................16
Pay for trial trip s........................................................................................................... 16
Jury-duty pay.................................................................................................................. 17
Absence due to death in the family..............................................................................17
Death and sickness benefits...........................................................................................18
Pension p la n ................................................................................................................... 23
List of wage chronologies available....................................................................................................30




Introduction

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, one of the Nation’s
largest producers of steel and steel products, is also
one of the leading shipbuilding and ship repair com­
panies. When the company was incorporated on
December 10, 1904| (effective January 1, 1905) in the
State of New Jersey, six of the companies that
merged with the Bethlehem Iron Works were either
shipbuilders or associated with the maritime industry.
Of the six, Union Iron Works, San Francisco,
Calif.; Harlan and Hollingsworth Shipbuilding and
Drydock Company, Wilmington, Del.; and Samuel
L. Moore and Sons—Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth,
N.J., remained after the first reorganization. Bath Iron
Works, Bath, Me.; Hyde Windlass, Portland, Me.,
and Eastern Shipbuilding Company, Groton, Conn.,
were sold to raise necessary capital. The three
remaining building yards on the East Coast (Beth­
lehem Iron Works, Harlan and Hollingsworth Ship­
building and Drydock Company, and Samuel L.
Moore and Sons—Crescent Shipyard) and the one
on the West Coast (Union Iron Works) employed
about 3,600 people.
With this beginning, the Bethlehem Steel Ship­
building Department (called the Shipbuilding Divi­
sion before January 1, 1965) has built about 4,000
merchant and naval vessels and repaired or converted
thousands more. The shipbuilding facilities were
streamlined and expanded when the Fore River Ship
and Engine Company was acquired in 1913, and the
Pennsylvania Steel Company, which owned the Spar­
rows Point Yard, was acquired in 1916.
For corporate reasons, Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Corporation, Ltd., was incorporated in Delaware
on October 30, 1917. With the outbreak of World
War I, Bethlehem’s Shipbuilding Division operated
three shipbuilding yards and six repair yards on the
East Coast plus two shipbuilding yards and a repair
yard on the West Coast.
After World War I, additional shipbuilding facili­
ties were acquired, including two repair yards in
Baltimore, formerly the Baltimore Drydock and
Shipbuilding Company; W & A Fletcher Company
in Hoboken; the Atlantic Iron Works in Boston; and




in 1947 the Pennsylvania Shipyard in Beaumont,
Tex., the principal builder of offshore drill rigs and
drilling vessels, as well as a repair yard.
At present, new construction activities are concen­
trated at Sparrows Point, Beaumont, and Bethlehem
Singapore (a joint venture shipyard formed in 1969
near the Indonesian oil shelf). Repair yards are
operated in Boston, Hoboken, Baltimore, Beaumont,
San Pedro, and San Francisco. About 12,000 people
are employed in shipbuilding operations today.
This chronology is limited to the East Coast
operations, now consisting of the Sparrows Point,
Boston, Hoboken, and Baltimore yards. Some other
East Coast operations also were covered before they
were closed.1
The Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding
Workers of America (IUMSW-AFL-CIO) represents
production workers at the company’s East Coast
yards. The IUMSW was organized in 1933 and its
initial collective bargaining agreement with the New
York Shipbuilding Corp. in 1934 was the first labor
agreement signed in a major shipyard after World
War I. Growth in union membership was centered
in the area from Maine to Delaware, and approxi­
mately 7,000 workers in six yards were organized
by the time the union’s first constitutional conven­
tion was held in September 1934.
In late 1936, the IUMSW became an affiliate of
the Committee for Industrial Organization, which
became the Congress of Industrial Organizations
(CIO) in November 1938. The IUMSW first won the
right to represent workers at Bethlehem Steel Corp.
in 1937, when the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) certified the union as collective bargaining
agent at the Boston yard. Workers at the Brooklyn
and Hoboken yards won representation in 1939 and
those at the Fairfield, Baltimore, Sparrows Point,
and Staten Island yards in 1941. The first master
agreement, covering approximately 80,000 workers on
the East Coast, was signed between the Shipbuilding
Division of Bethlehem Steel Corp. and the IUMSW
i See footnote 5, p.6 for locations and closing dates.

on September 18, 1942. It was not until 1945, how­
ever, that the union won an election to represent
production employees at the Company’s former yard
in Quincy, Mass.
The Company’s employment on the Atlantic Coast
has fluctuated widely during the period covered by
this chronology. From a peak of about 140,000 pro­
duction workers in World War II, the number
dropped to approximately 15,000 in 1950, and at
present the master agreement covers only about
5,000 workers.




This chronology traces the major changes in wage
rates and related wage practices starting June 23,
1941, the effective date of the Atlantic Coast Zone
Shipbuilding Stabilization Agreement.2 Inclusion of
provisions of the Zone Standards and the initial
master agreement does not necessarily indicate changes
from prior conditions of employment.

2,See p. 3 for a discussion of the stabilization policies during
World War II.

Sum m ary o f Contract Negotiations

June 1941-November 1947
Wage and related conditions of employment in the
shipbuilding industry on a nationwide basis were
stabilized before our active participation in World
War II—long before this action was taken in other
industries. In 1941, Zone Stabilization Conferences
were convened by the Shipbuilding Stabilization
Committee of the War Production Board; the Con­
ferences established a nationwide wage ra te 3 for
standard first-class mechanics and provided uniform
coastwide provisions regulating certain other work­
ing practices. Representatives of Federal procurement
agencies, labor, and management attended the con­
ferences and agreed to the resulting Zone Standards.
Separate Zone Standards were established for the
Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, and for the
Great Lakes area. The Atlantic Coast Zone Stanards became effective June 23, 1941. Later, in July
1942, the basic wage rate was increased, effective
June 29, 1942, and certain working practices were
revised at a Chicago National Shipbuilding Con­
ference. The Zone Standards were further amended
in December 1945; from that date until November
1947, the only changes were in overtime, call-in and
call-back pay, and pension provisions.
November 1947-December 1951

The contract effective November 10, 1947 was to
continue in effect until June 23, 1949; by agreement
of July 23, 1948, it was extended to June 23, 1950,
with provision for wage and insurance reopening in
June 1949. On January 31, 1950, this reopening re­
sulted in amending the company’s pension plan,
agreement on insurance benefits, and extension of
3The rate established was $1.12 an hour on the Atlantic and
Pacific Coasts and on the Great Lakes. Mechanics in Gulf
Coast yards were paid $1.07, but in 1942, when rates were
changed to $1.20, the Gulf rates were also increased to that
level. Rates below the first-class rate were not established by
the conference. Provision, however, was made in T941 to in­
crease the lower rates in the same proportion as first-class rates
and in 1942 to increase the lower rates by the same amount as
first-class rates.




the agreement to December 31, 1951. Provision was
made in this extension for a wage reopening in De­
cember 1950 and for continuation of the insurance
and pension plans to October 31, 1954, if the com­
pany did not change the pension plan before that
date.
January 1952-June 1954
Under an option provided in the contract, the
agreement due to expire December 31, 1951 was
extended to March 1, 1952. Negotiators met first
on December 18, 1951; no further discussions fol­
lowed until February 19, 1952. In the meantime,
the union had authorized a strike if no agreement
was reached by March 1.
On February 26 the union agreed to postpone
strike action until March 30 to allow for continua­
tion of bargaining. Again, on March 28, action was
postponed until April 29, and a third postponement,
until June 13, was agreed to on April 25.
Finally, on June 11, the union announced an
indefinite postponement, with the reservation that it
would give only 7 days’ notice of a strike. Such a
strike notice was served on August 18, to be effec­
tive any time after midnight of August 25. Mean­
while the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Ser­
vice (FMCS) sought to bring about a settlement.
Although no strike was officially authorized, there
were work stoppages at some yards on August 25
and 26.
Agreement by company and union negotiators was
reached on August 27. The new contract, subject to
ratification by the union membership and to review
by the Wage Stabilization Board, provided for wage
increases retroactive to April 14, 1952, and for addi­
tional holiday, vacation, and other benefits effective
August 27, 1952.
The company and the union presented a joint
petition to the WSB. Before action was taken on the
parties’ petition, the Board was re-formed as the
Wage Stabilization Committee. The Committee be­
gan consideration of the petition on December 18,
but on December 24 deferred action, at the request

of both parties, to allow for further study of the
case as rare and unusual on the basis of manpower
shortage. Again at the request of the company and
the union, deliberations were resumed on January
19, 1953.
On January 22 the Committee approved all items
of the proposed agreement except the establishment
of a consolidated wage schedule. Action on this was
deferred pending the filing of further data by the
parties. However, the Executive Order of February
6, 1953, which ended controls on wages, automatical­
ly validated contract clauses then awaiting the Com­
mittee’s approval, and the schedule was placed in
effect.
The new contract, which covered about 20,000 pro­
duction and maintenance workers, was effective
through June 23, 1954. Provision was made for a
reopening, on general and uniform wage-rate changes,
in April 1953. Negotiations were begun on May 21,
1953, and continued until June 26, when agreement
on an across-the-board increase was announced. The
increase, effective June 24, 1953, was the only con­
tract provision discussed during the reopening pro­
ceedings. A second reopening, after April 23, 1954,
could include negotiations on wages, pensions, and
insurance. Stipulation was made, however, that any
new agreement regarding pensions and insurance was
not to become effective before November 1, 1954.

July 1954-June 1956

Extended negotiations for a new agreement
between the Bethlehem Steel Co. (Shipbuilding
Division) and the IUMSW culminated in a settle­
ment on September 18, 1954. Formal negotiations
began June 3. When agreement was not reached by
June 23, the expiration date of the existing contract,
the union agreed not to strike before July 23 and
work continued on a day-to-day basis thereafter.
The contract provided for a 3-cent-an-hour general
wage increase effective September 20, 1954. The
parties also agreed to an additional 2-cent wage in­
crease and liberalization of pension and insurance
plans effective November 1, 1954. The agreement
was made effective from September 20, 1954 through
July 31, 1956, with provision for a reopening on
general and uniform wage-rate changes in June 1955.
The insurance agreement ran to October 31, 1956,
and the pension agreement to October 31, 1957.
Under the wage reopening provision, agreement
was reached on July 23, 1955, for an hourly increase




ranging from 11.5 to 19 cents; the rate for standard
first-class mechanics was increased by 15 cents.
June 1956-July 1959

Negotiations between the IUMSW and the Ship­
building Division for a new agreement began on
July 13, 1956, after the union’s notification of its
intent to reopen the contract, which was to expire
on July 31. When agreement on new terms seemed
unlikely by the expiration date of the contract, the
union notified the company on July 16 that it would
not strike before August 26.
Work continued on a day-to-day basis after this
date, with the FMCS assisting in the negotiations,
and the parties reached agreement on a 3-year con­
tract on November 3, 1956.
The November settlement provided for wage-rate
increases averaging 16 cents an hour effective October
29, 1956 (with retroactive payment for the period
from August 1 through August 26, when the union’s
no-strike pledge had been in effect); additional in­
creases averaging 8.5 cents ah hour effective on Au­
gust 1 of both 1957 and 1958; and two cost-ofliving wage escalator reviews. Changes in supple­
mentary benefits, effective at various dates throughout
the contract period, included a seventh paid holiday
and liberalized vacation, insurance, and pension
benefits.
The contract was to be in force from November
3, 1956 through July 31, 1959.
August 1959-May 1963

Negotiations on union proposals for revisions in
the agreement began on July 7, 1959. The company
presented counterproposals the following day. With
agreement unlikely by the expiration date, the union
proposed a 30-day contract extension. The company
rejected this proposal and, on August 1, the day the
agreement expired, discontinued some union-security
contract provisions. On August 13, the company put
into effect the terms and conditions of employment it
had proposed as modifications of the previous con­
tract. Although union members authorized a strike
call, work continued and negotiations proceeded
with the assistance of the FMCS after the contract
expired.
An authorized work stoppage at two of the com­
pany’s yards began on January 22, 1960, and by the
28th of the month, the strike had spread to all eight
Bethlehem East Coast shipyards. Among the issues

were rates of pay, seniority, call-in pay, grievance
machinery, and other conditions of work.
Hearings on union charges that the company had
engaged in unfair labor practices began on February
8, 1960 before the NLRB.
In the interval between the initiation of the strike
and the final agreement, the company’s request for
an injunction against mass picketing was rejected by
the Massachusetts State courts, but a Federal dis­
trict court, on April 11, enjoined the union from re­
suming mass picketing and required the company to
bargain in good faith. After the Federal injunctions
had been issued, negotiations continued, and tenta­
tive agreement was reached on June 20, 21 weeks
after the strike started. By June 23, following ratifi­
cation of the contract by union members, work had
resumed at all eight yards.
The new 3-year contract, effective through May 31,
1963, provided for a wage package of 25 cents an
hour to be spread over the term of the agreement.
The parties also agreed to incorporate the existing
17-cent cost-of-living allowance into basic rates and
to discontinue the escalator clause. The employment
and operating provisions of the new agreement were
similar to those in the previous contract. In addition,
separate agreements provided for a number of im­
provements in the pension plan, effective January 1,
1960, and liberalized insurance benefits on June 23
of that year.
A joint Human Relations Research Committee was
established to plan and oversee studies and to recom­
mend solutions of problems relating to wage incen­
tives and such other overall problems as the parties
by agreement might refer to the committee.
On October 25, 1961, the NLRB ruled that, with
one exception relating to grievance procedures, the
company was not guilty of unfair labor practices
and evidence was insufficient to show that the com­
pany failed to bargain in good faith. Early in De­
cember 1961, the union asked the Board to recon­
sider its decision, and on December 8, the NLRB
General Counsel asked the Board for clarification of
its ruling. The company opposed the motion for
reconsideration but took no position on the request
for clarification.
The Board reconsidered the case, and in April
1962 ruled that the company had “ deprived union
representatives of certain seniority rights and declined
to process grievances as before.’’ The Board held,
however, that in totality the company had not en­
gaged in bad faith bargaining.
On appeal, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals held
that although an impasse had been reached in bar­




gaining it was not a “ legally cognizable impasse”
because the company had committed a technical
violation of the Act before the point of impasse had
been reached. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals,
therefore, remanded the case to the National Labor
Relations Board.
Thereafter, the Board issued a decision and order
finding that the “ legally cognizable impasse” had
not been reached before the company had imposed
its changes in the seniority provisions, and directed
the company to compensate eligible employees for
losses they suffered as a result of the unilateral
changes in terms and conditions of employment.
In 1965, the company and union entered into an
agreement carrying out this requirement. In July
1962, the parties amended their pension plan to con­
form to the benefits provided by the company’s
steelmaking divisions.4 The amendments liberalized
early retirement eligibility requirements for employees
whose service was broken by disability, closure of a
yard or department, or retirement by mutual agree­
ment. Benefits were made available to employees who
met these conditions and were at least 55 years old
with a minimum of 15 years’ service, when the two
totaled 75. Age and years of service for employees
under 55 had to total 80.
June 1963-July 1966
Negotiations to replace the 3-year basic contract
expiring May 31, 1963 began on May 3 of that
year. In lieu of specific wage demands, the union
proposed that the parties consider methods of assur­
ing employees a reasonable annual income. It also
proposed revisions in clauses governing incentive
pay, overtime, shift premium pay, paid holidays,
vacations, and pay for dirty work, and request estab­
lishment of supplemental unemployment benefits and
severance pay plans. The company did not make an
immediate counterproposal, but agreed to study the
union’s demands. On May 11, discussions were
recessed until June 4 for this purpose. To avoid
“ deadline bargaining,” the parties agreed to extend
the contract to August 1, with provision for an
4In a letter to the union dated June 23, 1962, the company
agreed that any changes in pension benefits at the company’s
basic steel plants before June 1, 1963, by agreement with the
United Steelworkers of America, would be made applicable
simultaneously to employees in the Atlantic Coast Shipyards
Division. The Steelworkers’ pension benefits were changed
effective July 1, 1962; for details, see “ Wage Chronology:
United States Steel Corp. and United Steelworkers of America
(AFL-CIO), March 1937-April 1974,’’ BLS Bulletin 1814, P. 61.

additional 30-day extension if agreement on a new
contract had not been reached within that period.
When settlement was not reached by August 1, the
union notified the company that it was terminating
the contract effective September 1.
Agreement on terms of a 3-year contract was
reached on August 12. Wage increases and the cost
of fringe benefit improvements were valued at 29
cents an hour by the union. Hourly rates of pay
were increased by 6 cents, retroactive to August 1,
with 5-cent increases effective August 1 of 1964 and
1965. Two additional paid holidays raised the total
to 9. Also, the agreement liberalized vacation eligi­
bility provisions and increased life insurance, weekly
sickness and accident, and hospitalization benefits.
The new contract covering about 15,000 employees
at six locations6 was to remain in effect through
July 31, 1966, with no reopening provisions.

during the negotiations and provisions covering these
benefits be incorporated into the new contract.
The company did not make an initial “ offer” as
such. Its offer evolved as negotiations progressed.
On August 1, the parties announced the successful
completion of their negotiations. The new 3-year
contract included wage increases of 5 to 7 cents an
hour effective August 1, 1966; 8 to 10 cents on
August 1, 1967; and 10 to 12 cents on August 1,
1968. Changes in supplementary benefits included
substitution of Good Friday for February 22 as a
paid holiday and a fourth week of vacation for
employees with 25 years or more of service. In
addition, the company agreed to assume full cost of
life and health insurance.
The new contract covering about 6,000 employees
was to remain in effect through July 31, 1969; there
were no reopening provisions.

August 1966-July 1969

August 1969-July 1972

Negotiations between the company6 and union
for a new contract began late in June 1966, after
union notification of its intent to reopen the existing
agreement, which was scheduled to expire on
July 31.
On June 21, the IUMSW proposed changes in the
existing contract. Wage demands included a general
upward adjustment of wage rates and the upgrading
of rates for several job classifications of employees.
Other economic proposals included double time
in addition to holiday pay for work on holidays, an
amended call-in pay provision, liberalized vacation
benefits, and two additional paid holidays. It also
demanded that the company, at its sole cost, main
tain a comprehensive insurance program for em­
ployees and dependents. The union also proposed the
pension agreement be made identical with that which
the company had granted the United Steelworkers of
America. Although the union made no specific pro­
posal on severance pay and supplemental unemploy­
ment benefits, it was requested that they be discussed

Representatives of the parties met on June 24,
1969 to initiate negotiations on an agreement to re­
place the pact scheduled to expire on July 31.
By July 23, although considerable progress had
been made, no agreement on a contract had been
reached. Shipyard workers at Sparrows Point (Balti­
more) voted to give their negotiating committee
power to take any action necessary, including calling
a strike during the remaining negotiations. When a
new contract had not materialized by August 1,
Locals 24 and 33 of the IUMSW went on strike at
the Baltimore yards (Key Highway and Sparrows
Point, respectively). Employees at the three other
facilities concerned in the negotiations—East Boston,
Mass, and Hoboken, N.J. yards, and the Staten
Island, N.Y. foundry and propeller plant—continued
to work, however.
A tentative agreement was reached on August 4,
but the walkout continued until the new contract
was ratified. This occurred at the Staten Island,
N.Y. and East Boston, Mass, yards on August 6, at
the Key Highway installation on August 9, and at
the Hoboken, N.J. yards on August 10. However,
on August 10, members of Local 33 at the Sparrows
Point yard, voted not to accept the contract. Never­
theless, since a majority of the five locals concerned
had ratified the agreement, it was accepted and all
striking employees returned to work on August 11,
ending a 10-day strike.
The new contract provided wage increases of 66cents-an-hour over a 3-year period, plus improved

5Yards were in Boston and Quincy, Mass., Hoboken, N.J.,
and Sparrows Point and Baltimore, Md., and a foundry and
propeller plant in Staten Island, N.Y.
The company’s Staten Island, N.Y. yard was closed on Oct.
31, 1960 (the foundry and propeller plant continued operation
until May 31, 1971). Other yards subsequently ^closed were the
27th Street yard in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 28, 1962; the 56th
Street yard in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 30, 1963; and the
Quincy yard in Quincy, Mass., on Dec. 31, 1963.
6The Bethlehem Steel Co. (Shipbuilding Division) changed
its name to Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Shipbuilding Department)
on Jan. 1, 1965.




benefits. Wage increases included a 25-cent-per-hour
raise retroactive to August 1, and deferred increases
of 23 cents on August 1, 1970 and 18 cents on
August 1, 1971. Benefit changes included improve­
ments in company-paid life and medical insurance,
liberalized sickness and accident benefits, an increase
in monthly pensions to $5 per service year from the
previous $3, and introduction of a bereavement pay
provision.
The contract, covering approximately 6,000 em­
ployees, was to remain in effect through July 31,
1972, with no reopening provision.

August 1972-August 1975

Union and management representatives met on
June 28, 1972 to initiate bargaining on an agreement
to replace the pact scheduled to expire July 31,
1972. Initial union demands included a substantial
and uniform wage increase; a guaranteed annual
wage; reestablishment of a cost-of-living escalator
clause; improvements in health and welfare and pen­
sion plans; double time for all overtime; an increase
in the night shift bonus to 10 from 7 percent; im­
proved vacations: and 2 additional floating holidays.
Two months of negotiations failed to produce a new
agreement and on August 1, workers struck the four
shipbuilding facilities—the Sparrows Point and Balti­
more yards located in the Baltimore, Md. area,
and those in Hoboken, N .J., and Boston, Mass.




A tentative agreement had been reached on August
1, but was rejected overwhelmingly by the 3,700
workers at the two Baltimore yards. Workers at the
smaller Hoboken and Boston yards had voted heavily
in favor of accepting the pact. The settlement was
rejected largely because the union members con­
sidered the vacation and pension provisions to be
inadequate. A second proposed agreement was
reached on August 10 in Washington, D.C., with
the assistance of the FMCS. The contract was rati­
fied on August 13, 1972, and the strikers returned
to work the next day.
The contract provided for hourly wage increases
of 25 cents effective August 14; 20 cents on August
14, 1973; and 30 cents on August 14, 1974. Benefit
changes included improvements in company-paid
life and medical insurance, liberalized sickness and
accident benefits, improved vacations, and an in­
crease in pensions to $7.50 a month per year of cre­
dited service, from $5. The contract also established
a cost-of-living escalator clause, providing for quar­
terly adjustments from August 1, 1973 through May
1, 1974 of 1 cent an hour for each 0.5-point increase
in the BLS-CPI (1967=100) over 1.5 points above
the June 1973 Index; and for quarterly adjustments
between August 1, 1974 and May 1, 1975 of 1 cent
for each 0.5-point increase over 1.5 points above
the March 1974 Index.
The contract, covering about 5,000 employees, was
to remain in effect through midnight August 13,
1975, with no reopening provisions. The following
tables bring the wage chronology up to date through
the termination date of the agreement.

Effective date

Provision

June 23, 1941 (by Atlantic Coast Zone
Stabilization Agreement).

Increases averaging approxi­
mately 10 cents an hour.

June 23, 1942 (by Atlantic Coast Zone
Stabilization Agreement).
Mar. 3, 1943 (by Directive Order of Na­
tional War Labor Board, July 6, 1943).

8-cents-an-hour increase.

June 23, 1943 (by Directive Order of Na­
tional War Labor Board, Apr. 13, 1944).

Dec. 4, 1945 (by agreement of National
Shipbuilding Conference, approved by
National Wage Stabilization Board, Feb.
27, 1946).
Nov. 10, 1947 (agreement of Nov. 10,
1947).
July 24, 1948 (agreement of July 23, 1948).
Jan. 1, 1951 (agreement of Feb. 18, 1951).
Apr. 14, 1952 (agreement of Aug. 27, 1952).
June 24, 1953 (agreement of June 26,
Sept. 20, 1954 (agreement of same
Nov. 1, 1954 (agreement of Sept. 20,
July 23, 1955 (agreement of same

1953).
date).
1954).
date).

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Agreement established rate of $1.12 an hour for
standard first-class mechanics and provided for
corresponding increases to employees in other
grades and classes.

..................................................... . 10 occupations increased to standard first-class rate
of $1.20 an hour. Intermediate classifications
increased accordingly.
Increases averaging approxi- Result of zone-wide review by Shipbuilding Commately 2 cents an hour.
mission of the NWLB, which established approvable job rates to eliminate gross intraplant in­
equities and to adjust specific wage rates to the
minimum of the going wage rate bracket.
18-cents-an-hour increase.

12-cents-an-hour increase.
7-cents-an-hour increase.
I8V2- to 31-cent increase, aver­
aging 22V2 cents an hour.
Increases ranging from 12V2 to
24 cents, and averaging 18
cents an hour.
7-cents-an-hour increase.
3-cents-an-hour increase.
2-cents-an-hour increase.
11.5- to 19-cents-an-hour in­
crease.

Approved by Wage Stabilization Board, June 7,
1951.
Approved by Wage Stabilization Committee, Jan.
22, 1953.

15-cent increase for first-class mechanics, applicable
to a majority of the covered employees. Special­
ists’ rates were increased by amounts up to 19
cents an hour.

9- to 22-cents-an-hour increase,
averaging 16 cents.

18-cents-an-hour increase for first-class mechanics,
applicable to a majority of the covered employees.
Specialists’ rates were increased by amounts up to
22 cents an hour.
Retroactive for the period Aug. 1, through Aug.
26, 1956.
Deferred increases ranging from 7 to 10 cents an
hour effective Aug. 1 of 1957 and 1958.
New agreement provided for cost-of-living adjust­
ments, effective July 1958 and Jan. 1959, of 1
cent an hour, added to straight-time hourly earn­
ings, for each alternating 0.4- and 0.5-point
change in the BLS-CPI above a level of 116.2
(1947-49=100). No reduction in cost-of-living
allowance unless decline in the index warranted
wage decrease of at least 2 cents.2

Aug. 1, 1957 (agreement dated Nov. 3,
1956).
*

7- to 10-cents-an-hour increase,
averaging 8.5 cents.

July 1958 (first pay period beginning in
month).
Aug. 1, 1958 (agreement dated Nov. 3,
1956).

16-cents-an-hour increase.

Deferred increase.
9-cents-an-hour increase for first-class mechanics.
Specialists’ rates increased by amounts up to 10
cents an hour.
First semiannual adjustment of cost-of-living allow­
ance.
Deferred increase.
9-cents-an-hour increase for first-class mechanics.
Specialists’ rates increased by amounts up to 10
cents an hour.
Second semiannual adjustment of cost-of-living
allowance.

Oct. 29, 1956 (agreement dated Nov. 3,
1956).

January 1959 (first pay period beginning
in month).




7- to 10-cents-an-hour increase,
averaging 8.5 cents.
1-cent-an-hour increase.

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

June 23, 1960 (agreement of same date).

4-cents-an-hour increase.

Aug. 1,
1960).
Aug. 1,
1960).
Aug. 1,
1960).
Aug. 1,

1960 (agreement dated June 23,

5-cents-an-hour increase.

Deferred increases of 5, 11, and 5 cents an hour
effective Aug. 1 of 1960, 1961, and 1962, respec­
tively.
Previous 17-cent cost-of-living allowance incorpo­
rated into basic hourly rates and escalator clause
discontinued.
Deferred increase.

1961 (agreement dated June 23,

11-cents-an-hour increase.

Deferred increase.

1962 (agreement dated June 23,

5-cents-an-hour increase.

Deferred increase.

1963 (agreement of same date).

6-cents-an-hour increase.

Aug. 1, 1964 (agreement dated Aug. 1,
1963).
Aug. 1, 1965 (agreement dated Aug. 1,
1963).
Aug. 1, 1966 (agreement of same date).

5-cents-an-hour increase.

Deferred increases effective Aug. 1 of 1964 and
1965.
Additional inequity adjustments for certain
occupations.
Deferred increase.

5-cents-an-hour increase.

Deferred increase.

5- to 7-cents-an-hour increases,
averaging 6 cents.

Aug. 1, 1967 (agreement dated Aug. 1,
1966).
Aug. 1, 1968 (agreement dated Aug. 1,
1966).
Aug. 1, 1969 (agreement of same date).

8- to 10-cents-an-hour increases,
averaging 9 cents.
10- to 12-cents-an-hour in­
creases, averaging 11 cents.
25-cents-an-hour increase.

Agreement also provided for deferred increases of
8 to 10 cents on Aug. 1, 1967, and 10 to 12
cents on Aug. 1, 1968.
Deferred increase.

Aug. 1,1970 (agreement dated Aug. 1,
1969).

23-cents-an-hour increase.

Deferred increase.

Aug. 1, 1971 (agreement dated Aug. 1,
1969).

18-cents-an-hour increase.

Deferred increase.

Aug. 14,1972 (agreement o f same date).

25-cents-an-hour increase.

Agreement also provided for deferred increases on
Aug. 14, 1973 and Aug. 14, 1974, and for the
reestablishment of a cost-of-living escalator clause
to provide quarterly adjustments from Aug. 1,
1973 through May 1, 1974 of 1 cent for each
0.5-point increase in the BLS-CPI (1967=100)
over 1.5 points above the June 1973 index, and
quarterly adjustments between Aug. 1, 1974 and
May 1, 1975 of 1 cent for each 0.5-point increase
over 1.5 points above the March 1974 index.3

Aug. 1, 1973
Aug. 14, 1973 (agreement dated Aug. 14,
1972).
Nov. 1, 1973
Feb. 1, 1974
May 1, 1974
Aug. 1, 1974
Aug. 14, 1974 (agreement dated Aug. 14,
1972).
Nov. 1, 1974
Feb. 1, 1975
May 1, 1975

No change.
20-cents-an-hour increase.

First review under cost-of-living escalator clause.
Deferred increase.

3-cents-an-hour increase.
6-cents-an-hour increase.
9-cents-an-hour increase.
5-cents-an-hour increase.
30-cents an hour increase.

Quarterly review of cost-of-living allowance.
Quarterly review of cost-of-living allowance.
Quarterly review of cost-of-living allowance.
Quarterly review of cost-of-living allowance.
Deferred increase.

9-cents-an-hour increase.
6-cents-an-hour increase.
5-cents-an-hour increase............

Quarterly review of cost-of-living allowance.
Quarterly review of cost-of-living allowance.
Quarterly review of cost-of-living allowance.

See footnotes at end of table.




Deferred increase.
Agreement also provided for deferred increases
on Aug. 1, 1970 and Aug. i, 1971.

^General w age changes are upward or downward adjustments affecting an entire establishm ent, bargaining unit or
plant at one tim e. T hey do not include adjustm ents in individual rates (promotions, m erit increases, etc.) and minor
adjustm ents in w age structure (such as changes in individual job rates or incentive ra tes) that do not im m ediately or
noticeably affect the average w age level.
Wage changes listed above were the major adjustm ents in the general w age lev el m ade during the period covered.
B ecause of fluctuations in w orkers’ incentive earnings, changes in type of v e sse ls constructed, the om ission of non­
general changes in rates of pay, and other factors, the sum of the general changes will not necessarily coincide with
the amount of changes in average hourly earnings over the sam e period.
2The new agreem ent provided th at cost-of-living adjustm ents be b ased on the BLS-CPI for M ay and N ovem ber
1958 to be effective in July 1958 and January 1959, respectively, as follows:
,
Costrof-living
Consumer Price Index
allowance
(1 9 4 7 -4 9 = 1 0 0 )
(cen ts per hour)
116.5 or l e s s ............................................................................ N one.
116.6 to 1 1 7 .0 ...................................................................... 1
117.1 to 1 1 7 .4 ....................... .............................................. 2
117.5 to 1 1 7 .9 .................................................................... 3
118.0 to 1 1 8 .3 ................................................................... 4
and so forth, with 1-cent adjustm ents in straignt-cime hourly
earnings for alternating 0.4- and 0.5-point changes in the in­
dex and with downward adjustm ents occurring only when the
index declines sufficiently to warrant a 2-cent decrease.
3 Cost of living adjustm ents were determ ined according to the following table:
E x cess of applicable CPI over
applicable CPI b a se
(CPI points)

Cost-of-living
allowance
(cents per hour)

1.9 or le s s .................................................................................. 0
2.0 to 2 . 4 .................................................................................... 1
2.5 to 2 . 9 .................................................................................... 2
3.0 to 3 . 4 ................................................................................... 3
3.5 to 3 . 9 ................................................................................... 4
4 .0 to 4 . 4 ..................................................
e tc .......................................................................................... etc.

5

Cost of living allowance w as an "add-on” and not part of the em p loyee’s hourly b a se rate of pay. Such adjust­
m ents w ere payable only for hours actually worked and for call-in and minimum pay and included in the calculation of
overtim e premium, but not in the calculation of any other pay, allowance, or benefit.




Job classificaLtion 2
Effective date
and area

C lass l 4 Class 25 C lass 3
June 23, 1941:
B o sto n .......................
New York..................
B altim ore9 ...............
June 23, 1942:
B o sto n .......................
New York..................
Baltim ore 9................
June 23, 1943:
B o sto n .......................
New York..................
Baltim ore..................
Dec. 4, 1945:
B o sto n .......................
New York..................
Baltim ore..................
Nov. 10, 1947:
B o sto n .......................
New York..................
Baltim ore..................
July 24, 1948:
B o sto n ......................
New York..................
Baltim ore..................
Jan. 1, 1951:
B o sto n .......................
New York..................
Baltim ore..................
All areas:
Apr. 14, 1 9 5 2 ..........
June 24, 1953..........
Sept. 20, 1 9 5 4 .........
Nov. 1, 19 5 4 ............
July 23, 1955...........
Oct. 29, 1 9 5 6 ...........
Aug. 1, 1 9 5 7 ............
Aug. 1, 19 5 8 1 0 .......
June 23, 1960 11.....
Aug. 1, 1 9 6 0 ............
Aug. 1, 1961 ............
Aug. 1, 1 9 6 2 ............
Aug. 1, 196 3 ............
Aug. 1, 196 4 ............
Aug. 1, 1965............
Aug. 1, 1 9 6 6 ............
Aug. 1, 1 9 6 7 ............
Aug. 1, 1 9 6 8 ............
Aug. 1, 1 9 6 9 ............
Aug. 1, 1 9 7 0 ............
Aug. 1, 1 9 7 1 ............
Aug. 14, 1972..........
Aug. 14, 1 9 7 3 ..........
Aug. 14, 1 9 7 4 12 .....

First 30
First 60
First 90
d a y s6 Thereafter 7 days 6 Thereafter 7 d a y s 6 Thereafter 7

$0.80

$0.80
.84
.85

$0,725
.74
.725

$0.75
.78
.75

-

$0.75
.725
.725

.95
.96
1.08

.
.88

.88
.92
.93

.805
.82
.805

.83
.86
.83

■

.83
.805
.805

1.12
1.12
1.14

1.04
1.04
1.04

.92
.92
.93

.98
.98
.98

.84
.84
.805

.88
.88
.84

$0.78
.78

.83
.805
.805

1.38
1.38
1.38

1.30
1.30
1.30

1.22
1.22
1.22

1.10
1.10
1.10

1.16
1.16
1.16

1.02
1.02
.985

1.06
1.06
1.02

.96
.96

.01
.985
.985

1.50
1.50
1.50

1.42
1.42
1.42

1.34
1.34
1.34

1.22
1.22
1.22

1.28
1.28
1.28

1.14
1.14
1.105

1.18
1.18
1.14

1.08
1.08

1.13
1.105
1.105

1.57
1.57
1.57

1.49
1.49
1.49

1.41
1.41
1.41

1.29
1.29
1.29

1.35
1.35
1.35

1.21
1.21
1.175

1.25
1.25
1.21

1.15
1.15

1.20
1.175
1.175

1.80
1.80
1.80

1.72
1.72
1.72

1.64
1.64
1.64

1.48
1.48
1.48

1.56
1.56
1.56

1.395
1.395
1.36

1.44
1.44
1.395

1.31
1.31
1.31

1.385
1.36
1.36

2.00
2.07
2.10
2.12
2.27
2.45
2.54
2.63
2.84
2.89
3.00
3.05
3.11
3.16
3.21
3.27
3.36
3.47
3.72
3.95
4.13
4.38
4.58
4.88

1.91
1.98
2.01
2.03
2.17
2.33
2.42
2.51
2.72
2.77
2.88
2.93
2.99
3.04
3.09
3.15
3.24
3 .35
3.60
3.83
4.01
4 .2 6
4.46
4.76

1.82
1.89
1.92
1.94
2.07
2.21
2.29
2.37
2.58
2.63
2.74
2.79
2.85
2.90
2.95
3.01
3.10
3.21
3.46
3.69
3.87
4.12
4.32
4.62

1.63
1.70
1.73
1.75
1.87
1.98
2.05
2.12
2.33
2.38
2.49
2.54
2.60
2.65
2.70
2 .76
2.85
2.96
3.21
3.44
3.62
3.87
4 .07
4 .3 7

1.72
1.79
1.82
1.84
1.97
2.09
2.17
2.25
2.46
2.51
2.62
2.67
2.73
2.78
2.83
2.89
2.98
3.09
3.34
3.57
3.75
4.00
4.20
4.50

1.535
1.605
1.635
1.655
1.775
1.865
1.935
2.005
2.215
2 .2 6 5
2.375
2.425
2.485
2.535
2.5 8 5
2.635
2 .715
2.8 1 5
3.065
3.295
3.475
3.725
3.925
4 .225

1.59
1.66
1.69
1.71
1.83
1.94
2.01
2.08
2.29
2.34
2.45
2.50
2.56
2.61
2.66
2.71
2.79
2.89
3.14
3.37
3.55
3.80
4.00
4 .3 0

1.435
1.505
1.535
1.555
1.67
1.82
1.89
1.96
2.17
2.22
2.33
2.38
2.44
2.49
2.54
2.59
2.67
2.77
3.02
3.25
3.43
3.68
3.88
4.18

1.49
1.56
1.59
1.61
1.73
-

$1.12
1.12
1.12

$0.93
1.01
1.05

$0.87
.88
1.00

1.20
1.20
1.20

1.01
1.09
1.13

1.20
1.20
1.20

See footnotes on next page.




Laborers

Helpers

Handym en

Standard m echanics 3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

I E ight shipyards were operating during m ost of the period from 1941 to the early 1960’s. R ates shown for those
years w ere paid to workers in 2 yards in the Boston harbor area (from 1941 through 1945, 1 of th ese—the Quincy
yard—w as not covered by the E ast C oast Master A greem ent); 4 yards in the N ew York harbor area; and 2 in the
Baltim ore harbor area. The company closed the following yards: Staten Island, N.Y. on Oct. 31, 1960 (the foundry
and propeller plants continued operating until May 31, 1971);, the 27th Street yard in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Feb. 28,
1962; the 56 Street yard in Brooklyn, N.Y. on June 30, 1963; and Quincy, M ass, on Dec. 31, 1963.
Certain groups of em ployees at the Sparrows Point yard who are paid under existin g group incentive or piecework
plans generally earn more than the basic hourly rate. The basic hourly rate, however, serves as a guaranteed mini­
mum to those workers.
^Generally, the occupational structure at th ese shipyards has five major grades, four presented here. Within the
standard m echanic grade are three cla sses which, in effect, are for different d egrees of skill. Occupations, which at
their highest level require le ss skill than m echanics but more than handym en, are paid either class 2 or class 3 rates,
while skilled m echanics are paid class 1 rates. Handym en and helpers h ave two rates—a starting rate and a final
rate, which is effective after a designated period of satisfactory service.
This table does not include premium rates paid to em ployees engaged in scaling or wire brushing or working on
ground blown glass or other hazardous typ es of insulation, sand blasting, etc.
Higher rates were paid to em ployees in premium classifications which are not shown in this table, including anglesm iths (h eavy fire), blacksm iths (h eavy fire), coppersm iths, crane operators (sp ecial), power engineers, layout men,
loftsm en, patternm akers, rivet testers, sheet-m etal sketchers, sign painters, tool and die m akers and toolsm iths, as
well as specialists in all m echanics’ trades (corem akers and molders were included in premium classifications before
1972).
3Occupations varied among the yards. The following occupations were classified in the standard m echanic grade at
all of the yards: A nglesm iths (light fire), blacksm iths (light fire), boilerm akers, burners, carpenters, caulkers (wood),
chippers and caulkers, com pressor men, dockhands, drillers, electricians, joiners, launch operators, layout men, loco­
m otive engineers, m achinists, markers (welding), m asons, outside m achinists, painters, pipe coverers, pipefitters, press­
m en and Tollmen, riggers, riveters, sheet-m etal workers, shipfitters, tool repairmen, and w elders. Erectors were classi­
fied in the standard mechanic grade excep t in the New York harbor yards, when th ey were in operation, and auto
m echanics classified in this grade excep t at the Quincy yard, when it w as in operation.
4In 1941 and 1942, the Boston yards also had a class lb with a rate of $1.02 in 1941 and $1.10 in 1942.
5In 1943, the Baltimore yards also had a class 2b with a rate of $1.09.
6 Before 1945, class 2.
7Before 1951, class 1.
8 Before 1952, there w as a class 2 grade at Boston; which had the sam e rates as class 1 at N ew York and B alti­
more. A single rate for laborers, regardless of service, was established on Oct. 29, 1956.
9 R ates are for the Baltim ore (K ey H ighway) yard only. At the Sparrows Point and Fairfield yards, rates for stand­
ard m echanics ranged from $0.90 to $1.12 in 1941 and $0.98 to $1.20 in 1942.
10 R ates do not include the 16-cent cost-of-living adjustment then in effect.
II R ates include the 17-cent cost-of-living allowance, which w as incorporated into b asic hourly rates on June 23,
1960.
12 R ates do not include the 23-cent cost-of-living allowance in effect on this date.




Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Shift premium pay
June 23, 1941.............................

In accordance with Atlantic Coast Zone Standards.
Applicable to piecework or incentive payments but
not to overtime.
Night premium in addition to overtime paid day
shift employees who worked beyond regular shift
on premium days or holidays.

7 percent of established base rate for work
on 2d or 3d shift.

Dec. 15, 1943 ............................

Overtime pay
June 23, 1941..............................

Time and one-half for work over 8 hours
a day or 40 hours a week.

Sept. 18, 1942............................

Dec. 15 1943 ............................
May 6, 1946...............................

In accordance with company practice and Atlantic
Coast Zone Standards.
Premium rate also paid for work performed during
hours outside employee’s regular shift, provided
employee was not transferred from one regular
shift to another.
Time and one-half for 8 hours paid employees
transferred from 1 shift to another during regular
work-week unless 48 hours’ notice was given.
Premium rate paid for work during regularly sched­
uled lunch hour.

Premium pay for weekend work
June 23, 1941..............................
July 19, 19421............................
Oct. 6, 1945 ...............................

Time and one-half for work on Saturday as
such, double time on Sunday.
Changed in new construction yards to: Time
and one-half for work on 6th consecutive
day, double time on 7th consecutive day.
Changed back to: Time and one-half for
work on Saturday as such, double time
on Sunday.

In accordance with company practice and Atlantic
Coast Zone Standards.
In accordance with 1942 Chicago amendments to
Zone Standards.
In accordance with amendments to 1942 Chicago
agreement.

Holiday pay
June 23, 1941..............................

Double time for work on specified holidays.
No pay for holidays not worked.

In accordance with company practice and Atlantic
Coast Zone Standards, which did not specify the
holidays for which the premium would be paid.
Holidays previously recognized by company prac­
tice continued to be those for which premium
was paid. Holidays differed from yard to yard.

July 19, 19421............................

Changed: Time and one-half for work on
specified holidays.
Changed back to: Double time for work on
specified holidays. No pay for holidays
not worked.
Six paid holidays established for which
worker received 8 hours’ straight-time
pay. Double time (total) for holidays
worked.

In accordance with 1942 Chicago amendments to
Zone Standards.
In accordance with amendments to 1942 Chicago
Agreement.

Added: 7th paid holiday

Holiday was Washington’s Birthday.

Oct. 6, 1945 ...............................
Aug. 27, 1952 ............................

Nov. 3, 1956 (agreement of
same date).
July 1, 1957 (agreement dated
Nov. 3, 1956)
July 1, 1958 (agreement dated
Nov. 3, 1956).




Increased: Double time and one-tenth (to­
tal) for all work performed on 7 specified
holidays.
Increased: Double time and one-fourth (to­
tal) for all work performed on 7 specified
holidays.

Holidays were: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day,
Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas. Holiday pay allowed in addition to
vacation pay if a holiday fell within a vacation.

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Holiday pay—Continued
Aug. 1, 1963 (agreement of
same date).

Added: 2 paid holidays (total 9).

Changed: Good Friday substituted for February 22
as a paid holiday.

Aug. 1, 1966 (agreement of
same date).
Aug. 1, 1969 (agreement of
same date).

Columbus Day and Veterans’ Day.
Continued:
Holidays falling on Sunday to be observed on
Monday. To receive holiday pay, employee must
have (1) worked 240 hours or more within any
period of 90 days after the date of employment;
(2) been entitled to minimum pay for any day in
either the calendar week in which holiday was
observed or the preceding week; and (3) worked
all hours required or been entitled to minimum
pay on first scheduled workday both following
and preceding the holiday, unless he failed to
work for good cause.

Changed: Whenever State or Federal stat­
ute required any holiday to be observed
on a day or date other than that pre­
viously observed by the company, the holi­
day would be observed on the day or
date prescribed by State or Federal stat­
ute.
Travel pay

June 23, 1941

Allowance to cover travel time and expenses
paid employee required to travel between
yard or home and an outside job before
or after regular working hours.

Sept. 18, 1942

In accordance with company practice. Provision
generally applied to company’s repair yards.
Travel pay to be at overtime rate if travel occurred
during periods employee was entitled to premium
rate

Paid vacations
June 23, 1941..............................
'T

1 week vacation after 3 years’ service, 2
weeks after 15 years.

May 1, 1943 ...............................

Changed: 1 week vacation after 1 year of
service, 2 weeks after 5 years.

Jan. 1, 1948................................

Added: 3 weeks’ vacation after 25 years’
service.

Jan. 1, 1952................................

Changed: 3 weeks’ vacation after 15 years’
service.




In accordance with company practice. Rate of pay
to equal average of earnings and hours during
10 weeks immediately preceding vacation period
with minimum allowance of 40 hours and maxi­
mum of 48 hours.
In accordance with Directive Order of National
War Labor Board dated Sept. 14, 1943, which
provided the 1-week provision was to become
effective in 1943 and the 2-week provision in
1944.
Pay for each vacation week to equal 2 percent of
earnings during 12 consecutive months preceding
Jan. 1. Proportionate pay given employee laid off.
Period for computing vacation pay increased by 1
month (through Dec. 1 of any year).

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Paid vacations—Continued
Jan. 1, 1957 (agreement dated
Nov. 3, 1956).

Added: Minimum of 40 hours’ base rate
vacation pay for each week of vacation
after 1,000 hours’ work in preceding
calendar year.

Jan. 1, 1958 (agreement dated
Nov. 3, 1956).

Added: Additional half week’s vacation pay
(1 percent of earnings) for 3 but fewer
than 5, 10 but fewer than 15, and 25
or more years’ service.2
Changed: Minimum work requirement in
preceding calendar year reduced to 950
hours.
Added: 4 weeks’ vacation after 25 years
or more of service. Additional half week’s
vacation pay for 20 but fewer than 25
years’ service. 3
Changed: 2 weeks’vacation after 3 years of
continuous service, 3 weeks after 10, 4
weeks after 20, and a 5th week after 30
years.4 Extra vacation pay amounted to
3/4 week’s pay after 1 but fewer than 3
years of continuous service, 5 but fewer
than 10 years, and 15 but fewer than 20
years; V* week’s pay after 3 but fewer
than 5 years, and 10 but fewer than 15
years; and Vi week’s pay after 25 but
fewer than 30 years.

Aug. 1, 1963 (agreement of
same date).
Aug. 1, 1966 (agreement of
same date).
Jan. 1, 1973 (agreement dated
Aug. 14, 1972).

No change in length of vacation period.
In effect and continued: Eligible employee laid off
or granted leave of absence after January 1 of
any calendar year and before taking vacation to
receive allowance equal to vacation pay computed
as if vacation had begun on date of layoff or
leave of absence. Amount of allowance to be de­
ducted from pay for any subsequent vacation
taken in that year.
For purposes of computing vacation pay, earnings
to include (a) temporary total disability pay­
ments under workmen’s compensation law and
(b) sickness and accident insurance benefits, in
addition to compensation for work performed.
Added: Minimum of 20 hours’ base rate pay for
each half week of vacation pay.

Vacation pay continued to be calculated at rate of
2 percent of earnings for the 12 consecutive
months preceding January 1 of vacation year for
each week of vacation, with a minimum for those
who worked at least 750 hours in the preceding
calendar year of 40 times employee’s regular
hourly base rate plus any fraction of a week of
extra pay to which he was entitled. Each em­
ployee entitled to extra vacation pay could take
an additional 3 days off without pay instead of
the extra vacation pay of 3A week’s salary, 2
days off instead of V2 week’s pay, and 1 day off
instead of lA week’s pay. Such time off had to
be taken in connection with and immediately
before employee’s regular vacation. If 2 or 3
days were taken they had to be_consecutive.

Call-in pay
June 23, 1941..................
Sept. 18, 1942.................

Dec. 15, 1943 .................

Employee notified to report but not put to
work guaranteed 2 hours’ pay at regular
rate.
Added: Employee put to work guaranteed
4 hours’ pay at regular rate.
Added: 2-hour guarantee extended to em­
ployees reporting to work without con­
trary notification by company and not
put to work.

May 6, 1946...................
Aug. 27, 1952 .................
Nov. 3, 1956 (agreement of
same date).




Added: 4 hours’ pay guarantee extended to
employees called in or reporting to work
without contrary notification by company.

In accordance with company practice at some yards.
Not applicable if employee quit before the end of
the 4-hour period or was laid off because of bad
weather, machinery breakdowns;or other causes
beyond the control of the company.

Employee laid off because of weather, etc., guaran­
teed 2 hours’ pay.
Employee entitled to call-in pay received holiday
pay in addition if called on a holiday.
Not applicable if employee did not (1) report for
work or (2) complete 4 hours’ work because of
(a) a labor dispute, (b) utility failure beyond the
control of management, (c) an act of God (other
than bad weather), or (d) personal reasons.

Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Provision
Premium pay for dirty work

June 23, 1941..............................

Time and one-half the regular rate paid
employees required to perform unusually
dirty work.

Dec. 15, 1943 ............................

Aug 27 1952............................

Aug. 1, 1963 (agreement of
same date).
Aug. ;1, 1969 (agreement of
same date).

•
In accordance with company practice at repair
yards. Dirty work defined as work in uncleaned
oil tanks and Diesel crank pits and similar work.
Dirty work redefined as (1) working in oil tanks,
Diesel crank pits, tank tops under engine and
boiler room floors, bilges, fore and aft wells,
forepeak and afterpeak tanks, and double bot­
toms, (2) arranging chain in chain lockers when
chain or locker has been coated with oil or simi­
lar substances, and (3) work in applying hot
Bitumastic Enamel manually within confined tanks
where adequate ventilation is not provided.
Dirty work definition expanded to include working
in grease. Nine shipboard areas and one shop
area added to the list of locations where pre­
mium pay applied.
Added: Dirty work definition expanded to include
work inside sanitary sewage dumps at Quincy yard.
Changed: “ Dirty-work” definition expanded to
include work which required the employee to get
inside lower boiler drums or inside oiled sump
tanks under the main engine.

Call-back pay
June 23, 1941..............................

May 6, 1946...............................

Employee returning to work less than 6
hours after quitting time to be paid time
and one-half for all hours worked until
a 6-hour break occurs.
Period increased to 8 hours.

In accordance with company practice.

Pay for trial trips
Aug. 27, 1952

June 23, 1960 (agreement of
same date).




Standardized payment for trial trips of
more than 24 hours, formerly in effect in
Quincy Yard, extended to cover all yards.

Pay for each day5 to be as follows: (1) on non­
premium days, flat payment of 12 times regular
hourly rate of pay or straight time for 8 hours
and double time thereafter; or (2) on Saturday,
12 times regular hourly rate of pay and double
time for work in excess of 8 hours; or (3) on
Sunday or a holiday, either (a) 16 times regular
hourly rate of pay or (b) double time for hours
worked, whichever was greater.
Changed to: Pay for a holiday to be the greater
of (a) 16 hours at regular hourly rate, (b) 2
times regular hourly rate on holiday other than
1 of 7 specified holidays, or (c) 2 lA times regular
hourly rate on 1 of 7 specified holidays.

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Pay for trial trips—Continued
Aug. 14, 1972 (agreement of
same date).

Changed: Payment for employee assigned to a trial
trip of more than 24 hours: For each day of
such trial trips he would be paid (1) 12 times
his regular hourly rate of pay, or (2) on any day
except Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, 12 times
his regular hourly rate of pay plus IV2 times his
regular hourly rate of pay for all hours worked
over 8 hours on such day, or (3) on a Saturday,
14 times his regular hourly rate of pay plus 2
times his regular hourly rate of pay for all hours
worked over 8 hours on such Saturday, or (4) on
a Sunday or a holiday (a) 18 times his regular
hourly rate of pay or (b) 18 times his regular
hourly rate of pay plus 2 times his regular hourly
rate of pay for all hours worked over 8 hours on
such Sunday or holiday other than one of the
holidays specified in the contract, or (c) 22
times his regular hourly rate of pay plus 2Vi
times his regular hourly rate of pay for all hours
worked over 8 hours on one of the holidays
specified in the contract, whichever was greatest;
provided, however, that work on the last day of
a trial trip would be paid for as if performed at
the shipyard.
Jury-duty pay

Nov. 3, 1956 (agreement of
same date).

June 23, 1960 (agreement of
same date).

Aug. 1, 1969 (agreement of
same date).

Employee to receive difference between 8
hours’ average straight-time earnings and
payment for jury service for each day of
service on which he otherwise would have
worked.
Changed: Employee to receive difference
between 8 times regular hourly base rate
of pay and payment for jury service for
each day of service on which he other­
wise would have worked.
Added: Employee to receive holiday pay
in addition to jury pay for each day of
jury service on which he would have been
entitled to holiday pay.
Changed: Definition of jury duty expanded
to include employees who were subpoe­
naed as witnesses.

Employee to present proof of service and amount
of pay received.

Employees eligible for jury-duty pay whether or not
they were used as jurors or witnesses.

Absence due to death in the family
Aug. 1, 1971 (agreement of
Aug. 1, 1969).




Established: When death occurred in em­
ployee’s immediate family, employee could
be excused for up to 3 consecutive sched­
uled days of work which include the day
of the funeral.

Employee could be required to furnish reasonable
proof of relationship and of attendance at the
funeral.
Employee paid for any such excused scheduled
day at eight times average straight-time hourly
earnings (including applicable incentive earnings
but excluding night shift bonus and overtime
premium).

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Death and sickness benefit*
June 23, 1941

Feb. 1, 1950

Sept. 1, 1951 (by agreement of
1951).

Nov. 1, 1954 (by agreement
dated Sept. 20, 1954).




Employees with 90 days’ continuous service
could participate in plan providing:
Life insurance: $500 to $1,500, depending
on hourly rate.
Sickness benefits: $10 to $12 a week for
13 to 208 weeks, depending on length of
service. Cost to employee ranged from $1
to $2 a month, depending on earnings,
Administrative costs borne by company.
New plan established providing participat­
ing employees with:
Life insurance: $1,750 to $4,500, depend­
ing on hourly rate.
Sickness benefits: $24 and $26 a week for
’ 26 weeks. Sickness benefits start on 8th
day; accident benefits on first day.
Hospitalization: Blue Cross plan providing
hospital care for 70 days and related bene­
fits. Available to employees’ dependents.
Employee contributions range from $2.70
to $4.40 monthly for single employees
and from $3.95 to $5.65 for married em­
ployees. Company paid 2Vi cents a man­
hour toward benefits, including adminis­
trative costs.
Life insurance: Revised schedule of group
term insurance based on higher wage
scales—minfrnum insurance changed from
$1,750 to $2,000; maximum remained
$4,500.
Sickness benefits: Changed to $26 for 26
weeks for all employees.
Surgical benefits: Added: Blue Shild sur­
gical benefits for employees and depend­
ents, with a maximum benefit of $200.
Minimum employee contribution changed
from $2.70 to $2.90 for single employees
and from $3.95 to $4.15 for married em­
ployees. All other contributions remained
the same.
Life insurance: Revised schedule of group
term insurance based on higher wage
scales had effect of increasing each em­
ployee’s life insurance at least $1,000.
Minimum insurance increased from $2,000
to $3,000; maximum from $4,500 to
$5,500.
Sickness benefits: Increased by $14 a week,
to $40.
Added: Benefits to apply to occupational
disability. Employees to receive difference
between workmen’s compensation pay­
ments and the $40 weekly accident and
sickness benefit.
Hospitalization: Blue Cross plan maximum
increased by 50 days, to 120. Allowance
for private room and board increased by
$4 a day, to $10.

In accordance with company practice. The plan,
which was inaugurated in 1926, became available
to shipyard employees at time of inauguration or
as the yards were acquired or established by the
company. Death benefits were limited to $200
if participant had subscribed to the plan less than
90 days before death. Not included in union
agreement.
Effective date and provisions modified by provision
of New York and New Jersey State disability
laws for employees working in thosejurisdictions.

If current contributions were insufficient to pay for
additional benefits, surgical benefits for depen­
dents were continued only if employee paid an
additional sum.

In case of layoff, life insurance continued for 6
months (instead of 3 months) if employee paid
monthly premium of 60 cents per $1,000.

Provision

Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Death and sickness benefits—Continued
Nov. 1, 1954—Continued

Nov. 1, 1956 (agreement dated
Nov. 3', 1956).




Surgical benefits: Increased for a number
of surgical procedures; $200 maximum
retained.
Employee contributions increased to range
from $6.25 to $7.75 monthly for single
ployees and $7.50 to $9 for married em­
ployees.
Company contributions increased to 4V2
cents a man-hour, plus administrative
costs.
C h an g ed : C o n trib u tio n s —E m ployee
monthly contributions increased to $7.50$9 for employees without dependents and
$9.50-$ 11 for employees with dependents.
Company to match employee contribu­
tions6 instead of limiting payment to 4.5
cents per man-hour, plus administrative
costs.

Life insurance: New schedule of group term
insurance based on higher wage scalesminimum insurance increased from $3,000
to $3,500 and maximum from $5,500 to
$6,000.7

Accident and sickness benefits: Changed
from a flat benefit of $40 a week to
graduated benefits ranging from $42 to
$57 a week.7
Hospitalization (room and board): Benefits
under Blue Cross plan improved and
allowance for private room and board
increased to $12 a day. Benefits up to
30 days during any 12-month period for
mental or nervous disorders or pulmonary
tuberculosis. Benefits up to $25 for the
first day and $10 for up to 119 additional
days’ hospitalization in non-member hos­
pitals not covered under Blue Cross
arrangement.

Benefits applicable to participating employees ac­
tively at work on or after Nov. 1, 1956. Bene­
fits of the plan in effect before that date were
continued for participating employees not ac­
tively at work on Nov. 1, 1956, until their return
to active employment.
Any increase in cost of insurance program during
period of agreement to be shared equally by em­
ployees and employer.
All insurance continued for employees disabled be­
cause of (a) nonoccupational disability (excluding
pregnancy)—up to 6 months following month last
worked; (b) occupational sickness or injury—up to
1 month following end of month in which stat­
utory compensation payments terminated, except
sickness and accident coverage, which continued
up to 6 months following month last worked.
Face value of policy (a) reduced to $1,300-$ 1,550
for employees retiring at or after age 65, and
continued without cost to employee; (b) continued
to age 65 for employees retiring between ages of
60 and 65; (c) continued to age 65 with no em­
ployee contribution, for employees totally dis­
abled more than 6 months if disability began
before age 60.
Same benefits to be provided for employees insured
under New Jersey and New York temporary dis­
ability insurance laws.
Added: Hospital benefits for (a) dental care if hos­
pitalization certified as necessary; and (b) inpa­
tient diagnostic study when directed toward diag­
nosis of definite condition of disease or injury,
and the following diagnostic services when pro­
vided by outpatient department of hospital: radia­
tion therapy, diagnostic X-ray examinations with
films, basal metabolism tests, electrocardiograms
and electro-encephalograms, when directed toward
a definite condition of disease or injury.
Changed: Hospital benefits for emergency out­
patient treatment as a result of nonoccupational
accident, within 48 hours (was 24); maximum of
$25 (was $18) in non-member hospital.
Benefits not available for sickness or injury covered
by workmen’s compensation or other liability
law, convalescent or rest cures, ambulance ser­
vice, doctor’s or special nurse’s charges, blood
or blood plasma, services not furnished by hos­
pital, or hospitalization primarily for diagnostic
study or dental processes, not specifically pro­
vided for in the plan.

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Death and sickness benefits—Contiinued
Nov. 1, 1956—Continued

June 23, 1960 (agreement of
same date).




Surgical benefits: Benefits under Blue Shield
plan increased to a maximum of $300
during any one period of hospitalization.

Maternity benefits: Added: Hospital bene­
fits up to 120 days for complications aris­
ing out of pregnancy. Changed: Obstetri­
cal benefits, maximum $150 (was $100).
Sickness benefits: In effect and continued:
6 weeks at regular rate.
Hospital room and board: Maximum 10
days for normal delivery.
Changed: Revised plan providing benefits
previously in effect plus the following
changes, at no additional cost to em­
ployee:

Life insurance: Increased by $500, raising
minimum from $3,500 to $4,000 and
maximum from $6,000 to $6,500.10
Accident and sickness benefits: Increased
$11 a week—minimum from $42 to $53
and maximum from $57 to $68 a week.10

Added: Oral surgery and doctor’s charges, as fol­
lows: (a) anesthesia services—minimum $15,
maximum 20 percent of payment for surgical
procedures; (b) radiation therapy benefits—up to
$7.50 per treatment, maximum $200; (c) diag­
nostic X-ray services, in or out of hospital, re­
quired in diagnosis of disease or injury—up to
$40 per treatment, maximum $75 in any 12month period; and (d) certain diagnostic exami­
nations, in or out of hospital, made or ordered
by licensed doctor—maximum $75 for all exami­
nations during any 12-month period.
Benefits not available for doctor’s services covered
by workmen’s compensation or other liability
law; hospital or laboratory services; plastic sur­
gery for cosmetic or beautifying purposes except
as a result of injury or accident sustained while
coverage was in effect; payment to assistants;
and nonsurgical or dental treatment or X-ray
services not specifically mentioned.
Radiation therapy, diagnostic X-ray, and examina­
tion benefits not available for examinations
covered by hospitalization benefits and those for
pregnancy, dental care, research studies, screen­
ing, routine physical examinations or checkups,
pre-marital examinations, hospital admission pro­
cedures, and fluoroscopy without films.
In effect: Retiree could authorize deduction of pre­
miums for converted policy from policy check.

Revised benefits applicable upon return to work, to
employees actively at work, or absent because of
layoff, leave of absence, or disability, on day be­
fore beginning of strike at their respective yards.
Benefits and contributions of prior plan continued
until return to work for employees absent on
June 23, 1960, because of layoff, leave of ab­
sence, or disability.
Employees to pay contributions advanced for in­
surance coverage while on strike in 1960.8
For strike after May 31, 1963, insurance, except
sickness and accident benefits to continue for 30
days at employees’ expense and parties to discuss
arrangement for further continuation.9
Existing optional benefits continued at expense of
employees.
Insurance upon retirement remained at $1,300 to
$1,550.
Same benefits to be provided for employees insured
under New Jersey and New York temporary
disability insurance laws.
Increased: Anesthesia services—minimum to $20;
radiation therapy benefits—to $10 a treatment.

Death and sickness benefits—Continued
Sept. 1, 1963 (agreement of
same date).

Aug. 1, 1966 (agreement of
same date).
Nov. 1, 1969 (agreement of
Aug. I, 1969).

Aug. 1, 1970 (agreement of
Aug. 1, 1969).

Aug. 1, 1971 (agreement of
Aug. 1, 1969).




Increased:
Life insurance: By $500, raising minimum
to $4,500 and maximum to $7,000.11
Accident and sickness benefits: By $10 a
week, raising minimum to $63 and maxi­
mum to $78 a week.11
Hospitalization (room and board): Maxi­
mum by 245 days, to 365.
Maternity benefits: Maximum number of
days of hospital benefits for complica­
tions arising out of pregnancy—to 365
days.
Changed: Company to pay full cost of life,
accident and sickness, hospital, medical,
and surgical insurance.
Hospitalization (room and board): In­
creased maximum by 365 days, to 730,
for employees with 10 or more years of
service. Private room from $12 a day to
hospital’s most common charge for semi­
private accommodations.
Surgical benefits: Changed fee schedules re­
lating to surgical, obstetrical, anesthesia,
and radiation therapy services, to a pay­
ment system which provides for full pay­
ment on a prevailing fee basis of physi­
cians’ charges for covered services, in­
cluding in-hospital medical care, all as
determined by Blue Shield.
Maternity benefits: Increased maximum
number of days of hospital benefits for
complications arising out of pregnancy to
730 for employees with 10 or more years
of service.
Surgical benefits: Added services of li­
censed physician assisting the operating
surgeon. Services which would be covered
if performed by a licensed physician also
would be covered if performed by a li­
censed podiatrist.
Surgical services for recurrent or related
operations for the same disease or injury
when performed in the home, physician’s
office, or outpatient department of a hos­
pital, up to a maximum for each di­
sease or injury of $150 during any 12month period.
Major medical expense benefits: Added pro­
viding reimbursement of 80 percent of
covered medical expenses, subject to a
calendar year deductible of $100 per indi­
vidual and a maximum benefit for an
individual of $5,000 for any 1 calendar
year and $10,000 for a lifetime.
Life insurance: Increased by $1,000, rais­
ing minimum to $5,500 and maximum to

Same benefits as provided employees under New
Jersey and New York temporary disability in­
surance laws.

Nonduplication provision incorporated in the hos­
pitalization and surgical benefit coverages elimi­
nating the payment of hospitalization and surgi­
cal benefits both under the Program and under
another group plan under certain circumstances.
Changed: Hospitalization and surgical benefits pro­
vided for certain dependent children 19 or more
years of age, including full-time students, pro­
vided such children were covered before age 19.

The maximum benefit for expenses incurred for
treatment of mental and nervous conditions is
$1,000 in any 1 calendar year.

Insurance at retirement remained at $1,300 to
$1,550.

$8,0 0 0 .'2

Accident and sickness benefits: Increased
by $7 a week, raising minimum to $70
and maximum to $85 a week.12

Employees insured under the New Jersey and New
York temporary disability insurance laws would
receive the same benefits.

Death and sickness benefits—Continued
Aug. 14, 1972 (agreement of
same date).

Accident and sickness benefits: Increased
by $10 a week, raising minimum to $80
and maximum to $95 a week.13

Dec. 1, 1972 (agreement dated
Aug. 14, 1972).

Life insurance: Increased by $2,500, rais­
ing minimum to $8,000 and maximum
to $10,500.13

Jan. 1, 1973 (agreement dated
Aug. 14, 1972).

Major medical expense: Increased maxi­
mum for an individual to $15,000 for a
calendar year and $25,000 lifetime.

Aug. 14, 1973 (agreement dated
Aug. 14, 1972).

Aug. 14, 1974 (agreement dated Accident and sickness benefits: Increased
by $10 a week, raising minimum to $90
Aug. 14, 1972).
and maximum to $105 a week.13




Benefits for employees in New Jersey to be reduced
by amount received, or that could have been re­
ceived upon application, under the New Jersey
Temporary Disability Benefits Law.
Insurance minimum at retirement raised to $1,600
and maximum to $1,850.13
Added: Benefits for outpatients preadmission test­
ing.
Increased: Duration of benefits for mental or ner­
vous conditions or for pulmonary tuberculosis—
to 60 days during any 12-month period.
Increased: Maximum on diagnostic X-ray services
and diagnostic examinations to $150 each during
any 12-month period.
Added: Hospital, medical, and surgical benefits for
sterilization procedures.
Added: Maternity and obstetrical benefits for elec­
tive abortions where permitted by law.
Added: Accident and sickness benefits as well as
hospital medical and surgical benefits provided for
transplant donors or recipients of human organs
or tissue.
Added: Benefits for emergency accident treatment if
performed by a licensed physician (except that if
performed in the outpatient department of a hos­
pital payment would be made only to a physi­
cian who was not an employee of the hospital),
if treatment began within 48 hours after accident.
On any January 1, the remaining lifetime maximum
amount available increased by any excess of
$1,000 over the amount of major medical ex­
pense benefits paid for expenses incurred in the
preceding calendar year.
The remaining lifetime maximum on any January 1
to be not less than $1,000.
At any time major medical expense benefits of
$2,000 or more were paid under the plan, the
$25,000 lifetime maximum would be reinstated
on submission of evidence of good health.
Added: Life insurance (in addition to hospital,
medical, and major medical benefits previously in
effect) continued at company cost for employees
laid-off on or after Aug. 14, 1973 through end
of month following month of layoff.
Changed: Hospital, medical, and major medical
benefits continued at company cost for employees
laid-off on or after Aug. 14, 1974 through end
of second month after month of layoff.

Pension plan
June 23, 1941 (established
1923).

May 1, 1947..
Mar. 1, 1950

Nov. 1, 1954 (by agreement of
Sept. 20, 1954).




Noncontributory pension providing annu ities to employees at 65 after 25 years
continuous service. Disability benefits pro­
vided employee wholly incapacitated for
work through any unavoidable cause at
any age after 15 years’ continuous ser­
vice. Annuity or disability benefits to
equal 1 percent of average monthly earn­
ings during 120 months preceding re­
tirement multiplied by years of service,
but not less than $180 a year including
public benefits. Entire cost borne by
company.
Minimum annual pension increased to $600.
Amendments to pension plan negotiated to
provide pensions to employees at 65 or
older after 15 years of continuous service.
Minimum pension—$100 a month, in­
cluding Federal Old Age Benefits and
other public pensions, to employees retir­
ing at age 65 or older with 25 or more
years of service. Employees with 15 or
more years’continuous service to receive
proportionately reduced payments.
Disability benefits provided employees whol­
ly incapacitated for work through any
unavoidable cause at any age after 15
years’continuous service. Minimum bene­
fits $600 a year. Entire cost borne by
company.
Minimum monthly pension at age 65 in­
creased to company payment of $55 plus
primary social security benefits (a total of
at least $140)1d after 30 years’ service in
place of a total of $100, including pri­
mary social security benefits, after 25
years’ service; for each year’s service less
than 30, new minimum company pension
reduced by $2 a month to $25 for 15
years’ service (or a total of at least $110
including social security benefits). Com­
pany pension benefits as computed by
the basic 1-percent formula reduced by a
flat $85 a month (the maximum payable
under Federal Old Age and Survivors
Insurance at time of agreement) rather
than actual OASI benefit. A worker aged
65 after 30 years’ service receiving the
minimum company pension might have a
total retirement income in excess of $140
since OASI primary benefits could exceed
$85.15
Minimum monthly pension for permanent
incapacity increased to $75 until age 65,
after which regular minimum applies.
Amount of pension calculated under 1percent formula no longer reduced be­
cause of absence from work in last 6
months preceding retirement on disability.

Not included in union agreements; established by
company.

Annuity formula of previous plan retained for com­
puting pensions above minimum and disability
benefits. Included in union agreement.

Revised plan not applicable to employees pensioned
before Nov. 1, 1954.
Added: Optional forms of pensions; reduced bene­
fits payable until employee’s death with continued
specified benefits, until joint annuitant’s death.

Dropped: Deduction of workmen’s compensation
payments from disability pensions before age 65.

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Pension plan—Continued
Nov. 1, 1957 (agreement dated
Nov. 3, 1956).

Jan. 1, 1960 (agreement dated
June 23, I960)17




Minimum monthly pension at age 65 in­
creased to company payment of $2.40 a
month for each year of service before
Nov. 1, 1957, and $2.50 a month for
each year of service thereafter, up to 30
years—plus social security benefits.
Monthly pension before age 65 for perma­
nent incapacity changed to the larger of
(1) $90 a month less any social security
disability benefits payable: (2) minimum
pension specified in preceding entry; or
(3) amount under basic 1-percent formula
less flat $85 offset for social security or,
in workmen’s compensation cases, actual
social security if less than $85. Normal
minimum after age 65.
Early retirement: Added—Employees aged
60 but less than 65 with 15 years’ con­
tinuous service permitted to retire at own
option; could elect (1) deferred normal
pension starting at age 65 or (2) an
immediate pension, actuarially reduced.
Deferred vested rights: Added—Employees
who were laid off for more than 2 years
or terminated as a result of a permanent
shutdown of a plant, department, or a
subdivision and who at the end of such
2 years or upon such termination had
reached age 40 with at least 15 years’
continuous service to receive deferred
monthly pension at age 65 based on
years of continuous service and on aver­
age monthly compensation during the 120
months before the expiration of such 2
years or such termination.
Minimum monthly pension at age 65
increased to company payment of $2.50
a month for each year of service before
Jan. 1, 1960, and $2.60 a month for each
year of service thereafter, up to 35 years—
plus social security benefits.18
Amount deducted for social security bene­
fits from pension benefits as computed
by basic 1-percent formula, reduced to
$80.
Minimum monthly pension before age 65
for permanent incapacity increased to
$100 less any social security disability
benefits payable. Alternatives of mini­
mum normal pension or amount under
1-percent formula continued.

Minimum monthly pension of employees who retired
before Feb. 29, 1948, changed to $1.75 for each
year of service up to 30; for those retired under
the 1949 p lan,15 changed to $2 for each year of
service up to 30; for those under the 1954 plan,
changed to $2.25 a month per year of service up
to 30 (plus social security benefits).
Minimum monthly pension for pensioners already
retired for disability as follows: Those entitled
to social security disability benefits to receive
minimum pensions specified in preceding entry;
those ineligible for social security disability bene­
fits, $50 a month if retired before Feb. 29, 1948,
$60 a month if retired under the 1949 plan, 16
and $80 a month if retired under the 1954 plan.

Company increased pensions for retired employees
by amounts up to $5 a m onth.19

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Pension plan—Continued
Jan. 1, 1960 (agreement dated
June 23, I960)—Continued

July 1, 1962 (pension agree­
ment dated June 23, 1962,
amended July 1, 1962)

Aug. 1, 1966.




Early retirement: Added—full pension based
on continuous service to date of retire­
ment for (1) employees aged 60 but less
than 65 with 15 years’ continuous serv­
ice. retired under mutually satisfactory
conditions, and (2) employees aged 55
with 20 or more years’ service, termi­
nated because of permanent shutdown,
layoff, or sickness resulting in break in
service.18 Amount of pension either mini­
mum normal pension or amount under
1-percent formula.
Special retirement benefit: Added—provid­
ing lump-sum payment equal to 13 weeks’
vacation pay reduced by pay for vaca­
tion previously taken in calendar year in
which retirement occurred or, if employee
was not eligible for vacation in the year
of retirement, by pay for vacation in
last year in which he was eligible.
Early retirement21: Changed—full pension
based on continuous service to date of
retirement for employee with 15 years or .
more of service, either (a) age 55 whose
combined age and years of service equaled
75 or (b) younger, whose combined age
and years of service equaled 80, and (1)
whose continuous service was broken by
permanent shutdown of a yard, depart­
ment, or subdivision thereof, layoff, or
disability, or (2) whose continuous ser­
vice was not broken but who was not at
work because of (a) election of layoff
status under contract terms relating to
permanent shutdown or (b) physical dis­
ability or nonelective layoff and whose
return to work was considered unlikely
by employer, or (3) who retired under
mutually satisfactory conditions.

Increased: Minimum monthly pension at
age 65—to $3 a month for each year of
credited service.
Amount deductible for social security bene­
fits as computed by basic 1-percent for­
mula, reduced to $60.

For pensions based on 1-percent formula, $80 to
be deducted as for normal retirement.
Employee must have reached age 53 with 18 years’
continuous service on date of shutdown, layoff, or
disability.20 Company could at its option grant a
pension before the date absence due to layoff, or
physical disability would otherwise result in break
in service if in its judgment there was little like­
lihood that employee would be recalled to work.
Not* applicable to those receiving disability or de­
ferred vested pensions.
Regular monthly pension payments to commence
after 3 months. Employee who has not taken
vacation in calendar year not required to take
vacation and not entitled to vacation pay in that
year. 20

Benefits payable for disability—no earlier than
month after which employee was eligible for
company sickness and accident benefits or statu­
tory nonoccupational disability benefits.
For employee whose employment would have been
terminated because of yard closure but for elec­
tion to be placed on layoff status—provision not
applicable until the later of (a) date at which age
and years of service equaled 75 or 80, or (b) 1
year after closure. Employee terminated by clo­
sure at age 53 with 18 years or more of service
considered to have elected layoff status and pro­
vided pension under (a) unless employed at an­
other company yard within 2 years.22
Changed: Regular pension not reduced by eligibility
for or receipt of actuarially reduced public pen­
sion. When employee reached age at which public
pension was not actuarially reduced, company
pension to be reduced by amount of public pen­
sion.
Changed: $80 deduction from early retirement pen­
sion based on 1-percent formula eliminated until
age 65 for employee age 55 with 20 years or
more of service, whose employment was termi­
nated by permanent shutdown, layoff, or sickness
resulting in break in service.
Deferred vested rights—Continuous service after
reemployment not to be included in calculation
of pension for employee who was eligible, but
had not applied, for deferred vested pension.
Applicable to employees retiring on or after July
31, 1966.

Effective date

Provision

Applications, exceptions, and other related matters

Pension plan—Continued
Dec. 31, 1969 (agreement of
Aug. 1, 1969).

Increased: Minimum monthly pension at
age 65—to $5 times number of years
(and fractions of years calculated to the
nearest month) of continuous service, sub­
ject to a maximum of 35 years.
Changed: Eligibility requirements for per­
manent incapacity pension—incapacity re­
sulting from habitual drunkenness or
addiction to narcotics, and incapacity re­
sulting from an intentionally self-inflicted
injury, to be deemed to have resulted
from an unavoidable cause, shall entitle
an employee to a pension.
Changed: Eligibility for early retirementemployee must have at least 15 years of
continuous service, be at least age 55,
and have a sum of years of service and
age equaling 70 or more.
Changed: The last installment of any regu­
lar pension to be payable for the month
in which the death of the pensioner
occurred.

Applicable to employees retiring on or after Dec.
31, 1969.

Incapacity resulting from engaging in a criminal
enterprise not to be deemed to have resulted
from an unavoidable cause.

Formerly, last installment was payable for the
month following the month in which the death
of the pensioner occurred.
Employees who applied for a pension on or after
July 31, 1969, and before Dec. 31, 1969, under
a prior agreement, eligible for a regular pension
computed under the provisions of the agreement
of Aug. 1, 1969.

July 31, 1973 (agreement dated
Aug. 14, 1972).




Changed: Formula for determining regular
pension to provide a monthly amount
equal to the greater of (1) employee’s
average monthly earnings during last 10
years of employment multiplied by (a) for
an employee with 30 or more years of
continuous service—33 percent plus a per­
cent determined by multiplying 1.2 percent
by the number of years (and fractions
thereof calculated to the nearest month)
of his continuous service over 30 years,
and (b) for an employee with less than
30 years of continuous service—1.1 per­
cent multiplied by the number of years
(and fractions thereof calculated to the
nearest month) of his continuous service;
or (2) a monthly amount equal to $7.50
multiplied by the number of years (and
fractions thereof calculated to the nearest
mon(h) of his continuous service,
x Added: Employees age 55 to 65 with 30
years or more of continuous service eligi­
ble for unreduced immediate normal re­
tirement benefits.

Applicable to employees retiring on or after July
31, 1973.

Applicable to employees retiring on or after July
31, 1973.

1Since the Zone Standards were substantially identical to the provisions of E xecutive Order 9240, the industry was
exem pt from the term s of the order.
2 V acation provisions effective Jan. 1, 1958, were as follows:
Years of service
1 but less than 3 ...............
3 but le ss than 5 ...........
5 but less than 1 0 ............
10 but le ss than 1 5..........
15 but le ss than 2 5 ..........
25 or m o r e ..........................

Duration of
vacation
1 week
1 week
2 w eeks
2 w eeks
3 w eeks
3 w eeks

Extra vacation
pay
None.
y2 w eek.
None.
% w eek.
N one.
x/ 2 week.

3 Vacation provisions effective Aug. 1, 1966, were as follows:
Years of continuous
service
1 but le ss than 3 ...............
3 but le ss than 5 ...............
5 but le ss than 1 0 ............
10 but less than 1 5 ..........
15 but le ss than 2 0 ..........
20 but le ss than 2 5 ..........
25 or m ore..........................
4

Duration of
vacation
1 week
1 week
2 w eeks
2 weeks
3 weeks
3 w eeks
4 w eeks

Extra vacation
pay
0

y2

o

y2

o

%

0

V acation provisions effective Jan . 1, 1973 were as follows:
Years of continuous
service
1 but less than 3 ...............
3 but less than 5 ...............
5 but le ss than 1 0 ............
10 but le ss than 1 5 ..........
15 but less than 2 0 ..........
20 but less than 2 5 ..........
25 but le ss than 3 0 ..........
30 or m o r e ..........................

Paid
vacation
1 week
2 w eeks
2 w eeks
3 w eeks
3 w eeks
4 w eeks
4 weeks
5 w eeks

Extra vacai
pay
% week
lA week
% week
y4 week
% week
0
y2 week
0

5 A "day” , for trial trip purposes, w as considered to be from midnight to midnight.
6 Excluded amount of em p loyee’s contribution toward cost of additional benefits under the N ew York State Disabili­
ty Benefits Law and the New J ersey Temporary D isability Benefits Law for em ployees working in those jurisdictions.
7Schedule of benefits—in addition to the national Blue Cross 120-day hospitalization plan and national Blue Shield
surgical plan—and em ployee contributions revised as follows:
E m ployee’s
m onthly contriLife insurance
W eekly
butions * *
----------------------------------accident
------------------------------------------------------E m ployee’s hourly b ase rate*
Before
After
and
With
No
retire­
sickness
retire­
depend­
depend­
ment
m ent
benefit
ents
ents
L ess than $ 1 .9 4 ...................................
$1.94 but less than $ 2 .3 2 .................
$2.32 but less than $ 2 .7 0 .................
$2.70 but less than .$ 3 .1 4 .................
$3.14 but less than $ 3 .5 2 .................
$3.52 and o v e r .....................................

$3,500
4,0 0 0
4,500
5,000
5,500
6,000

$1,300
1,350
1,400
1.450
1,500
1,550

$42
45
48
51
54
57

$7.50
7.80
8.10
8.40
8.70
9.00

$9.50
9.80
10.10
10.40
10.70
11.00

* On basis of N ov. 1, 1956 w age scale, excluding incentive earnings.
** Contributions of em ployees in N ew York and New J ersey included am ounts required by State laws,
resulting in m onthly contributions higher by 30 cents in New York and 15 cents in N ew J ersey than
those paid by em ployees in other States. The company assum ed approxim ately one-half of the cost of the
accident and sickness coverage for th ese em ployees.
8 In accordance with letter of understanding betw een the parties dated Feb. 13, 1960.
9 This provision w as included in an insurance agreem ent dated June 23, 1960.




10
Schedule of benefits—in addition to the national Blue Cross 120-day hospitalization plan and national Blue Shield
surgical plan—revised as follows:

Life insurance

Weekly

E m ployee’s
m onthly contributions * *

C X C 'C 'lU w ll v

E m ployee’s hourly b ase rate* *

L ess than $ 2 .2 9 ...................................
$2.29 but less than $ 2 .7 1 .................
$2.71 but less than $ 3 .1 1 .................
$3.11 but less than $ 3 .5 5 .................
$3.55 but less than $ 3 .9 3 .................
$3.93 and o v e r .....................................

Before
retire­
ment

After
retire­
ment

and
sickness
benefit

No
depend­
ents

With
depend­
ents

$4,000
4,500
5,000
5,500
6,000
6,500

$1,300
1,350
1,400
1,450
1,500
1,550

$53
56
59
62
65
68

$7.50
7.80
8.10
8.40
8.70
9.00

$9.50
9.80
10.10
10.40
10.70
1 1 .0 0

* On basis of July 1, 1960 w age scale, excluding incentive earnings.
**For contributions of em ployees in New J ersey and New York, see footnote ** under
footnote 7.
11
Schedule of benefits—in addition to the national Blue Cross 365-day hospitalization plan and national Blue Shield
surgical plan—revised as follows:

Em ployee’s hourly b ase rate*

L ess than $ 2 .5 6 ...................................
$2.56 but less than $ 2 .9 8 .................
$2.98 but less than $ 3 .3 8 .................
$3.38 but le ss than $ 3 .8 2 .................
$3.82 but le ss than $ 4 .2 0 .................
$4.20 and o v e r .....................................

Life insurance
-----------------------------After
Before
retire­
retire­
m ent
m ent
$4,500
5,000
5,500
6,000
6,500
7,000

$1,300
1,350
1,400
1,450
1,500
1,550

W eekly
accident
and
sickness
benefit
$63
66
69
72
75
78

E m ployee’s
m onthly contributtons**
--------------------------------With
No
depend­
depend­
ents
ents
$9.50
9.80
10.10
10.40
10.70
11.00

$7.$0
7.80
8.10
8.40
8.70
9.00

* On b asis of Sept. 1, 1963 w age scale, excluding incentive earnings.
**Em ployees contributed 30 cents more in New York and 15 cents more in New J ersey
in accordance with State tem porary disability law s. The company assum ed approxim ately
one-half the cost of accident and sickness coverage for th ese em ployees.
12Schedule of benefits, in addition to the N ational Blue Cross 365-day or 730-day (whichever was applicable)
hospitalization plan and N ational Blue Shield surgical plan— revised as follows:

E m ployee’s hourly b ase rate*
L ess than $ 3 .1 4 ............................
$3.14 but less than $ 3 .5 9 ..........
$ 3 .5 9 but less than $ 4 .0 2 ..........
$4.02 but le ss than $ 4 .4 6 ..........
$4.46 but less than $ 4 .8 4 ..........
$4.84 or m o re................................

Life insurance
Weekly
--------------------------------------- accident
After
Before
and sickness
retirem ent
retirem ent
benefits
$5,500
6,000
6,500
7,000
7,500
8,000

$1,300
1,350
1,400
1,450
1,500
1,550

$70
73
76
79
82
85

*On b asis of N ov. 1, 1969 w age scale, excluding incentive earnings.
Em ployees in New York and New J ersey contributed 30 cents and 15 cents, respectively, per month in accordance
with those sta te s’ tem porary disability benefits laws.




Footnotes to table 3—Continued
13 Schedule of benefits w as as follows:
E m ployee’s hourly b a se rate
on Dec. 1, 1972
L ess than $ 3 .8 0 ............ ..................
$3.80 but less than $ 4 .2 5 ............
$4.25 but less than $ 4 .6 8 ............
$4.68 but less than $ 5 .1 2 ............
$5.12 but less than $ 5 .5 0 ............
$5.50 or m o re..................................

Life insurance
Before
After
retirem ent
retirem ent
$8,000
8,500
9,000
9,500
10,000
10,500

Weekly accident and sickness benefit
D isabilities com m encing
Aug. 14, 1972

Aug. 14, 1974

$80
83
86
89
92
95

$90
93
96
99
102
105

$1,600
1,650
1,700
1,750
1,800
1,850

14A t tim e of agreem ent a small number of em ployees m ight h ave been eligible for OASI benefits of le ss than $85
and thus would have received total monthly retirem ent income of le ss than $140.
15 Under 1954 am endm ents to the law, maximum OASI benefits had increased to $98 .5 0 by N ov. 1, 1954, and
were to rise further, to $108.50, by July 1, 1956.
^ A m endm ents becam e effective Mar. 1, 1950.
17 In a letter to the union from the company dated June 23, 1960, it was agreed th at if pension benefits at the
com pany’s basic steel plants were changed before June 1, 1963 pursuant to agreem ent b etw een the com pany and the
U nited Steelworkers of America, the sam e changes in benefits would apply sim ultaneously to em ployees in the com­
p any’s A tlantic coast shipyards division.
18 Definition of continuous service w as changed to extend the period which could elap se before a break in service
up to 5 years (w as 2 yea rs) after layoff, depending on length of service. Previous practice of crediting up to 2 years
of layoff as years of service for purposes of computing retirem ent benefits continued.
^Included in a letter to the union from the company dated June 23, 1960. The $5 increase was provided for all
pensioners except those electing to receive a reduced amount under a pension option, for whom the increase w as pro­
rated accordingly.
20Included in a letter to the union from the company dated June 23, 1960.
2 E ffe c tiv e N ov. 1, 1957, im m ediate pension payable to em ployee who voluntarily retired at age 60 or after with
at le a st 15 years of continuous service was b ased on—

A ge at retirem ent

Percent
of
pension

6 0 .............................................................................$67.18
6 1 ...................................................... ...................... 72.36
6 2 ............................................................................. 78.14

A ge at retirem ent

6 3 .................................................... ........................ $ 8 4.60
6 4 .................................................. ..................... 91.84
6 5 .................................................... .......................100.00

22 Included in a letter to union fronmeompany dated Ju ly 1, 1962.




Percent
of
pension

W age chronologies available
The following wage chronologies are available from the Superintendent of Documents^
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, or from the regional offices
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics listed on the inside back cover. Some publications are
out of print and not available from the Superintendent of Documents but may be obtained,
as long as supplies are available, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C.
20212, or from the Bureau’s regional offices. Out-of-print items also may be available for
reference in leading public, college, or university libraries.
Before July 1965, basic wage chronologies and their supplements were published in the
Monthly Labor Review and released as Bureau reports. Wage chronologies published later
are available only as bulletins (and their supplements). Summaries of general wage changes
and new or changed working practices are added to bulletins as new contracts are
negotiated.
Aluminum Company of America with United Steelworkers of America and
Aluminum Workers International Union—
November 1939-May 1974, BLS Bulletin 1815
American Viscose (a division of FMC Corp.)—
1945-67, BLS Bulletin 1560.1
June 1968-June 1974, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1560
The Anaconda Co.—
1941-58, BLS Report 197 J
Armour and Company—
1941-72, BLS Bulletin 1682
September 1973-August 1976, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1682
American Telephone and Telegraph Co.—Long Lines Department, and Communications
Workers of America
October 1940-July 1974, BLS Bulletin 1812
Atlantic Richfield Co- (former Sinclair Oil Companies’ facilities)—
1941-72, BLS Bulletin 1771
January 1973-January 1975, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1771
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and the Textile Workers—
June 1943-April 1975, BLS Bulletin 1849
Bituminous Coal Mine Operators and United Mine Workers of America—
October 1933-November 1974, BLS Bulletin 1799
The Boeing Co. (Washington Plants)—
1936-67, BLS Bulletin 1565.1
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago and International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers—
October 1945-March 1974, BLS Bulletin 1808
Dan River Inc.—
May 1943-January 1972, BLS Bulletin 1767
January 1973-June 1974, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1767
Federal Employees Under the General Schedule Pay System, July 1924— October 1974,
BLS Bulletin 1870




Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and B.F. Goodrich Co. (Akron Plants)—
1937-73, BLS Bulletin 1762
April 1973—Anril 1976, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1762
Ford Motor Company—
June 1941-September 1973, BLS Bulletin 1787
October 1973-September 1976, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1787
International Harvester Company—
1946-70, BLS Bulletin 1678
1970-73, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1678
International Paper Co., Southern Kraft Division—
December 1937-May 1973, BLS Bulletin 1788
International Shoe Co. (a division of Interco, Inc.)—
1945-74, BLS Bulletin 1718
Lockheed-California Company (a division of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.)—
1937-67, BLS Bulletin 1522.1
Martin-Marietta Corp.—
1944- 64, BLS Bulletin 1449.1
1965-68, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1449
Massachusetts Shoe Manufacturers and United Shoe Workers of America
January 1945-January 1975, BLS Bulletin 1800
New York City Laundries and Clothing Workers
November 1945-November 1975, BLS Bulletin 1845
North American Aviation, Inc.
1941-67, BLS Bulletin 1564.1
196770, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1564
North Atlantic Longshoremen—
1934-71, BLS Bulletin 1736
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding194167, BLS Bulletin 1605.1
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.—
1943-73, BLS Bulletin 1761
Pacific Longshore Industry—
1934-70, BLS Bulletin 1568.1
August 1969-July 1975, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1568
Railroads—Nonoperating Employees—
1920-62, BLS Report 208.1
Swift & Co.—
1942- 73, BLS Bulletin 1773.1
United States Steel Corporation and United Steelworkers of America
March 1937-April 1974,'BLS Bulletin 1814
Western Greyhound Lines—
1945- 67, BLS Bulletin 1595.1
196872, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1595
Western Union Telegraph Co.—
1943- 67, BLS Bulletin 1545.'
1968-71, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1545
10 u t of print. See Directory of Wage Chronologies, 1948-72, for Monthly Labor Re­
view in which reports and supplem ents issued before July 1965 appeared.




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