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Wage Chronology:
Dan River Inc., and the
Textile Workers (UTW A),
1943-79
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
March 1980
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Bulletin 2048
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Wage Chronology:
Dan River Inc., and the
Textile Workers (UTW A),
1943-79
U.S. Department of Labor
Ray Marshall, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner
March 1980
Bulletin 2048
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Preface
This bulletin is one o f a series prepared by the Bu
reau o f Labor Statistics that traces changes in wage
scales and related benefits negotiated by individual em
ployers or combinations of employers with a union or
group o f unions. Benefits unilaterally introduced by an
employer generally are included. The information is
obtained largely from collective bargaining agreements
and related documents voluntarily filed with the Bu
reau. Descriptions o f the course of collective bargain
ing are derived from the news media and confirmed
and supplemented by the parties to the agreement. Wage
chronologies deal only with selected features o f collec
tive bargaining or wage determination and are intend
ed primarily as a tool for research, analysis, and wage
administration; references to job security, grievance
procedures, methods o f piece-rate adjustment, and sim
ilar matters are omitted. For a detailed explanation of
the purpose and scope o f the chronology program, see
“Wage Chronologies and Salary Trend Reports,” BLS
Handbook o f Methods, Bulletin 1910 (Bureau o f Labor
Statistics, 1976), chapter 22.
Summarized in this wage chronology are changes in
wage rates and related compensation practices negoti
ated by Dan River Inc., with the Textile Workers of
America between 1943 and 1950, and with the United
Textile Workers o f America since 1953. Also included
are changes instituted by company action. This bulletin
replaces Wage Chronology: Dan River and the Textile
Workers (UTWA), 1943-76, published as BLS Bulletin
1976. Materials previously published have been supple
mented in this bulletin by contract changes negotiated
in 1977, 1978, and 1979. The tables and earlier texts are,
with minor revisions, included as they were originally
published.
The section for the 1966-79 period was prepared in
the Division o f Trends in Employee Compensation by
Richard E. Schumann and John J. Lacombe II.
Material in this publication is in the public domain
and may be reproduced without permission o f the Fed
eral Government. Please credit the Bureau o f Labor
Statistics and cite Wage Chronology: Dan River Inc., and
the Textile Workers (UTWA), 1943-79, Bulletin 2048.
Contents
Page
Introduction.........................
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Summary of contract n egotiations........................................................................................................
May 1943—June 1965 ..................................................................................................................
November 1966—October 1969 .................................................................................................
November 1969—January 1973 .................................................................................................
January 1973— March 1973..........................................................................................................
April 1973—August 1975 ............................................................................................................
August 1975—June 1977 ........................................................... ..................................................
June 1977—July 1979....................................................................................................................
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General wage ch an ges............................................................................................................
Minimum plant wage rates...................................................................................................
Supplementary compensation practices..............................................................................
Shift premium p ay............................................................................................................
Overtime p a y ....................................................................................................................
Equal p a y ...........................................................................................................................
Individual minimum earnings.......................................................................................
Premium pay for weekend w ork...................................................................................
Holiday p a y ......................................................................................................................
Vacation p a y ....................................................................................................................
Reporting tim e..................................................................................................................
D ow n tim e...........................................................................................................................
Technological change p a y .............................................................................................
Jury-duty p a y ...........................................................................................
Bereavement pay ..............................................................................................................
Health and insurance p la n ..............................................................................................
Pension p la n ......................................................................................................................
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Introduction
Dan River Inc., began its corporate life August 20,
1909, as Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc.,
as a result o f a merger of the Riverside Cotton Mills
Company (incorporated in 1882) and the Dan River
Power and Manufacturing Company (incorporated in
1895). In August 1946, the name was changed to Dan
River Mills, Inc., and in July 1970, to its present form.
Besides the largest production facility in the Dan
ville, Virginia, area, the company currently operates 3
plants in Alabama with headquarters in Wetumpka, A l
abama; 10 plants in South Carolina with headquarters
in Greenville, South Carolina; a floor covering division
also in Greenville, South Carolina; a printing and fin
ishing plant in Chickamauga, Georgia; 2 plants in North
Carolina with headquarters in Burlington, North Car
olina; and 1 plant in White, Georgia. It manufactures a
broad line of cotton and synthetic fiber textiles, includ
ing woven and knit fabrics for apparel and industrial
applications, sheets and pillowcases, and carpeting.
Groundwork for collective bargaining was laid in
July 1942, when and Textile Workers Union o f Amer
ica (TWUA), then an affiliate o f the Congress o f In
dustrial Organizations, won the right to represent pro
duction and maintenance workers in the company’s
Danville Division. The TW UA continued to represent
these employees until July 31, 1951, when the union’s
contract was not renewed. In October o f the following
year, the National Labor Relations Board certified the
United Textile Workers of America (UTW A), then af
filiated with the American Federation o f Labor, as of
ficial bargaining agent for the Danville facilities. The
UTW A has continued in this capacity to the present
time.
This wage chronology covers only the operations in
Danville, which in 1979 employed about 9,000 workers
(about 7,500 o f these workers are affected by settle
ments with the UTWA). A large proportion o f the
workers are paid under production incentive plans, and
the contract changes relate to these employees as well
as to those paid on an hourly basis. However, speeial
provisions o f the contracts dealing with day-to-day ad
ministration o f the incentive plans are omitted. The pro
visions reported for 1943 in this chronology do not nec
essarily indicate changes from prior conditions of
employment.
Since the early 1950’s, wage changes in the southern
textile industry have been similar in size and timing
among the major firms. The changes at Dan River gen
erally have corresponded to the pattern.
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Summary of Contract
Negotiations
May 1943-June 1965
Negotiations for an agreement between Dan River
and the Textile Workers Union o f America (TWUA)
began shortly after certification o f the union by the Na
tional Labor Relations Board in July 1942, but confer
ences during July and August failed to bring the par
ties to complete agreement. By September, a number
o f issues remained, and these were referred to the Na
tional War Labor Board. The Board issued its order in
May 1943; findings and conclusions, together with the
provisions agreed upon by the parties, formed the ba
sis for the firm’s first collective bargaining agreement.
An agreement between the company and the TW UA,
signed August 5, 1950, was to run for 1 year. It pro
vided for a reopening after 6 months for negotiation of
wages and related benefits. As a result o f informal dis
cussions held in the autumn o f 1950, the company agreed
to a wage increase following the pattern which was
developing in southern textile mills.
Negotiations under a contract provision, that permit
ted wages and benefits to be reopened, began on March
6, 1951. The parties were unable to resolve their differ
ences, and a strike began at midnight of March 31. This
strike, part o f a regionwide stoppage, eventually in
volved over 40,000 textile workers in six States. The
company unilaterally granted a wage increase on April
17, and, early in May, the TW UA voted at Dan River
and many other southern mills to end the 5-week strike.
When the TW UA contract expired on July 31, 1951,
it was not renewed, and, until late 1952, the workers
were not represented by any union. Late in October of
that year, the United Textile Workers of America
(UTW A) was recognized as the representative o f Dan
River workers after an election and certification of the
union as bargaining agent by the National Labor Rela
tions Board. Negotiations were opened on November
21, 1952, and informal agreement was reached on April
19, 1953, on a 1-year contract substantially the same as
the firm’s former agreement with the TWUA.
Eight wage-rate increases averaging a total o f ap
proximately 55 cents an hour were negotiated by the
parties from 1953 through 1964. A number o f work and
health benefits were also instituted or changed.
In June 1965, the company, following an impasse in
bargaining, increased hourly pay rates for the 9,000member bargaining unit by 5 percent and provided an
additional paid holiday. At about the same time, vari
ous provisions o f the pension plan were liberalized (the
pension plan had not been included in the collective
bargaining agreement). Eligibility standards for partic
ipation in the plan were lowered, and employees’ con
tributions were decreased.
November 1966-October 1969
An 18-month period during which workers were not
covered by a collective bargaining contract ended on
November 25, 1966, when the UTW A and Dan River
Mills, Inc., agreed on a 3-year pact covering approxi
mately 9,000 workers. The previous agreement had ex
pired on May 31, 1965. In June 1966, the company had
unilaterally increased hourly wage rates by 4.2 percent,
raised the minimum wage, and added a third paid hol
iday. These changes were incorporated into the N o
vember agreement, which also established bereavement
pay and increased payments for hospital room and
board, maternity, and special services. The pact, rati
fied by the workers on November 25, 1966, provided
for possible reopenings on wages and benefits at 6-month
intervals.
In September 1967, under a reopening o f the 1966
agreement, hourly wage rates were increased by 5.052
percent and the minimum wage was raised to $1.63.
Union negotiators sought a 6.5-percent wage boost and
a higher minimum than the $1.60 Federal rate effective
in February 1968. Other improvements in the settlement
included increases in hospital room and board and ma
ternity benefits.
Under a second reopening of the 1966 settlement,
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April 1973-August 1975
Talks on a contract to replace the amended 1970 pact,
scheduled to expire on April 2, 1973, began in mid-Feb
ruary 1973. The union wanted a revised craft progres
sion system, liberalized vacations, paid-up life insurance
at retirement, and company checkoff o f union dues.
On March 23, Dan River and the UTW A reached
agreement on a 3-year contract, providing for a reduc
tion in the length o f time required to progress from the
minimum plant rate to the job rate for hires and rehires,
liberalized computation of holiday pay for incentive
workers, eased holiday eligibility requirements for all
workers, and an “optional vacation week” without pay
for employees with 5 years of service or more. The
pact was ratified by the union membership on April 1,
and provided for possible periodic reopenings on wages
and other benefits.
Under a reopening o f the April 1973 contract, Dan
River and the UTW A agreed on August 31, 1973, on
an 8.25-percent wage increase effective September 10,
1973, raising the minimum plant wage rate to $2.20.
The settlement was ratified shortly thereafter.
In April 1974, the UTW A notified the company that
it would exercise its option to reopen the 1973 contract.
In talks which began on April 16, the union made little
progress toward its goals o f a 16.5-percent package in
crease in wage and fringe items plus company checkoff
of union dues.
On May 22, the company made a “final” offer with
changes to be effective June 3, 1974. The offer of a 10percent general wage increase, which the company said
was the “going rate,” would have raised the minimum
plant rate to $2.42. Other southern textile workers gen
erally had received wage increases o f 8 to 10 percent.
Vacation pay would have increased for 15-year-or-more
employees, and the hospitalization room and board al
lowance for employees and dependents would have in
creased. Life insurance for employees also would have
been raised. These changes were implemented unilater
ally by the company on June 3.
The union continued its original demands, except for
the demand for dues checkoff, which was dropped. On
July 8, workers represented by the union went on strike
to back their demands, but many nonunion workers re
mained on the job. The strike continued until Septem
ber 8 when the union membership accepted further
company offers o f a N ew Year’s Day holiday, a further
increase in life insurance, and reduced employee con
tributions to the pension plan, in addition to June 3
changes.
workers twice rejected company offers because of what
the union termed “job inequities.” Following the sec
ond rejection, the workers gave the union’s negotiating
committee the authority to make the best settlement
that could be reached. The agreement, ratified July 26,
1968, covered approximately 8,000 workers, and in
creased hourly wage rates by 5.509 percent and raised
the minimum wage to $1.72 effective August 12. The
contract also increased allowances for hospital room
and board and maternity benefits, and added a fourth
paid holiday.
On July 7, 1969, the UTW A again invoked the reo
pening clause of the 1966 contract and negotiated a
6.619-percent increase in wages, which raised the min
imum plant wage to $1.83 an hour. Also provided was
an additional paid holiday—Thanksgiving Day. The
changes were effective as o f the negotiation date.
November 1969-January 1973
Although the amended 1966 agreement expired on
November 25, 1969, workers remained on the job. A
new contract was not negotiated until 4 months later,
on April 3, 1970. It incorporated the July 1969 gains
but made no significant additions. This 3-year agree
ment covered 9,500 workers and, similar to previous
pacts with the company, contained a provision for pos
sible periodic reopening.
The union exercised its reopening prerogative on N o
vember 23, 1971. On December 16, the parties agreed
to a 4.972-percent general increase in wages effective
January 3, 1972, and raised the minimum plant wage to
$1.92. Hospital-surgical-medical benefits also were im
proved, by increasing hospital room and board to a
maximum o f $30 a day for up to 70 days, and materni
ty benefits to a maximum o f $300.
January 1973-March 1973
Under a second reopening o f the 1970 contract, Dan
River and the UTW A agreed on November 16, 1972,
to a 5.5-percent wage increase effective January 8, 1973.
The increase raised the minimum plant wage rate to
$2.03. Wage increases in the rest of the southern textile
industry in late 1972 also had amounted to 5.5 percent.
This amount conformed to guidelines set under the
Government’s economic stabilization program.
Substantial health and insurance benefit improve
ments also were agreed upon. A major medical expense
plan was established for employees and dependents to
cover extraordinary expenses due to prolonged illness
or injury. The plan had a $100 deductible and paid up
to $25,000 per lifetime with a $1,000 annual restoration
clause. Maternity and obstetrical benefits were in
creased, and laboratory, X-ray, and anesthesia benefits
were added for employees and dependents. The sick
ness and accident benefit was increased for employees,
as was life insurance for dependents.
August 1975-June 1977
In August 1975, the UTW A exercised its option to
reopen the April 1973 contract to discuss wages. Talks
concluded on August 15, 1975, with agreement on a
7-percent general wage increase effective September
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serve a written termination notice on the other within
60 days prior to the end of the 1-year term. The con
tract was subject to reopening at any time on wages
and benefits, with any resulting changes to be effective
at not less than 6-month intervals.
Notice to terminate the 1977 agreement was not giv
en by either party prior to May 22, 1978, and the pact
was automatically extended by 1 year, to May 22, 1979.
On June 27, 1978, however, the UTW A served a con
tract reopening notice on the company to bargain on
wages. During May, a number o f major textile firms in
the South had announced wage increases, reportedly
averaging about 9 percent, for their employees. The
UTW A sought an 8.5-percent wage increase at Dan
River.
An agreement was reached between the UTW A and
Dan River providing for an 8.5-percent increase in
hourly rates and incentive base rates effective July 17,
1978, the date the settlement was reached. The increase
brought the minimum plant pay rate to $3.36. Workers
ratified the pact on July 16, 1976. About 7,500 workers
were affected by the agreement.
Notice to terminate the 1977 agreement was not giv
en by either party prior to May 22, 1979, and the con
tract was again automatically extented by 1 year, to
May 22, 1980. On March 21, 1979, the union served a
contract reopening notice on the company to bargain
on wages and benefits. This occurred while a number
of the southern textile firms were announcing wage in
creases, usually effective in July. Negotiations began
on April 24, with the union seeking a 50-cent-an-hour
wage increase. A tentative settlement was reached for
the 7,500 workers on July 11 and ratified by the union
members on July 15, 1979.
The settlement provided for an 8.5-percent increase
in all hourly rates and incentive base rates, effective
July 16. This brought the plant minimum rate to $3.65
an hour. There also were changes in insurance cover
age for employees and dependents, including $50,000
major medical coverage for each person (was $25,000)
and coverage o f the entire cost o f a semiprivate hospi
tal room (the plan previously paid the full cost up to
$30 a day, plus 80 percent o f any balance).
The following tables bring the chronology up to date
through July 16, 1979; the effective date o f the last
wage increase under the reopening provisions.
15, 1975, which was ratified by the union members on
August 17, 1975. The plant minimum wage rate was
increased to $2.59 an hour, from $2.42. Wage increases
in most nonunion southern textile mills in August and
September o f 1975 also averaged about 7 percent.
Negotiations to replace the 3-year contract due to
expire on April 3, 1976, began on March 5, 1976. Agree
ment was reached on a 1-year contract on April 2, 1976,
and ratified by the union on April 4. The contract, ef
fective April 3, provided for a seventh paid holiday,
Christmas Eve, improved maternity benefits, a second
week of optional unpaid vacation for employees with
15 years of service or more, improved reporting pay
and bereavement pay, and possible periodic reopenings
on wages and benefits.
Under a reopening o f the April 1976 contract on May
21, 1976, the company and the union agreed to a wage
increase o f 9.5 percent, effective June 21, 1976. The
settlement, which raised the plant minimum to $2.84,
was ratified on May 24. The increase was similar to
those announced in June by most nonunion mills in the
southern textile industry.
The agreement, covering 7,500 workers and sched
uled to expire April 3, 1977, was subject to reopening
at any time on wages and benefits, with any resulting
changes to be effective at not less than 6-month intervals.
June 1977-July 1979
In January 1977, the UTW A notified Dan River of
its intent to terminate the 1976 agreement. Negotiations
began on March 4, 1977, with the union seeking a wage
increase, a union security clause, and improvements in
various benefits. On May 22, the parties reached an
agreement which provided for a 9-percent increase in
hourly rates and incentive base rates effective June 20.
This raised the plant minimum wage to $3.10 per hour.
In April, similar pay increases had been announced by
a number o f nonunion mills in the southern textile in
dustry. The Dan River agreement also provided that
the existing levels o f group insurance benefits be main
tained and that the company pay 60 percent of plan
costs and the employee pay 40 percent. Union members
ratified that pact on May 22, 1977.
The agreement, which covered about 7,000 workers,
was scheduled to remain in effect until May 22, 1978,
subject to automatic extensions if either party did not
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Table 1.
General wage changes’
Effective date
June 25, 1943 (TWUA
a g re e m e n t of same
date)
Nov. 8, 1 9 4 3 (TWUA
agreement dated Oct.
30, 1943)
Nov. 13, 1944 (TWUA
agreement)
May 7, 1945 (Directive
Order of NWLB, May 7,
1945)
Mar. 4, 1 9 4 6 (TWUA
agreement dated Feb.
28, 1946)
Sept. 30 1946 (TWUA
ag re e m e n t of same
date)
Feb. 10, 1947 (TWUA
a g re e m e n t of same
date)
Nov. 10, 1947 (TWUA
agreement)
Aug. 2, 1 9 4 8 (TWUA
agreement dated July
3 1 ,1 9 4 8 )
O ct. 9, 1 9 5 0 (TWUA
a g re e m e n t of same
date)
Apr. 2, 1951
Apr. 30 , 1 9 5 3 (UTWA
ag re e m e n t of sam e
date)
Aug. 29, 19 55 (agree
ment of same date)
Oct. 2 2 ,1 9 5 6 (agreement
of same date)
Mar. 9, 1959 (agreement
dated Mar. 1 1 ,1 9 5 9 )
Mar. 2 1 ,1 9 6 0 (agreement
dated Mar. 16, 1960)
Apr. 2, 1962 (agreement
dated Apr. 26, 1962)
Nov. 11, 1963 (agree
ment dated Nov. 12,
1963)
Sept. 14, 1964 (agree
ment of same date)
June 2 1 ,1 9 6 5
June 6, 1966
Sept. 4, 1967 (agreement
of same date)
Aug. 12, 1968 (agree
ment dated July 26,
1968)
July 7, 1969 (agreement
of same date)
Jan. 3, 1972 (agreement
of Dec. 16, 1971)
Jan. 8, 1973 (agreement
dated Jan. 4, 1973)
Sept. 10, 1973 (agree
ment dated Apr. 3,
1973)
June 3, 1974 (agreement
dated Sept. 9, 1974)
Sept. 15, 1975 (agree
ment of same date)
June 21, 1976 (agree
ment dated May 21,
1976)
June 20, 1977 (agree
ment dated May 22,
1977)
Applications, exceptions, and other
related matters
Increase per hour
No general wage change.
Minimum wage rate for 1,200 workers increased 5 cents an
hour, by order of National War Labor Board (NWLB) dated
Oct. 30, 1943. This increase amounted to 1.6 cents an
hour when averaged over all employees in the bargaining
unit.
Minimum wage rate increased 2.5 cents an hour.
5 cents an hour.
In addition, increases of 5 percent for hours worked be
tween Mar. 3 and Apr. 3 0 ,1 9 4 6 , were provided in accor
dance with a NWLB order dated Apr. 25, 1945.
Applicable to hourly rated jobs and average hourly earnings
of piece rate workers. Base rates of piece rate workers
increased 7 cents an hour.
10 cents an hour.
8 cents an hour.
10 percent, averaging approximately 9 cents an hour.
9 percent, averaging approximately 10 cents an hour.
8 percent, averaging approximately 10 cents an hour.
8 percent, averaging approximately 10.5 cents an hour.
2 percent, averaging approximately 2.5 cents an hour.
No change.
3.75 percent, averaging approximately 5 cents an hour.
7 percent, averaging approximately 10 cents an hour.
5 percent, averaging approximately 7.5 cents an hour.
4.53 percent, averaging approximately 7 cents an hour.
2.5 percent, averaging approximately 4 cents an hour.
5 percent, averaging approximately 8 cents an hour.
4.7 percent for most employees, 7.5 percent for craft workers
and other skilled workers, averaging 5 percent or approx
imately 8 cents an hour.
5 percent, averaging 9.1 cents an hour.
4.2 percent, averaging approximately 8 cents an hour.
5.052 percent, averaging approximately 10 cents an hour.
Unilateral company action.
Unilateral company action.
5.509 percent, averaging approximately 11.5 cents an hour.
6.619 percent, averaging approximately 14 cents an hour.
4.974 percent, averaging approximately 12 cents an hour.
5.5 percent, averaging approximately 15 cents an hour.
8.25 percent, averaging approximately 23 cents an hour.
10 percent, averaging approximately 30 cents an hour.
7 percent, averaging approximately 22 cents an hour.
9.5 percent, averaging approximately 33 cents an hour.
9 percent, averaging approximately 33 cents an hour.
See footnote at end of table.
Unilateral company action.
United Textile Workers of America, South Virginia Joint
Board, certified as collective bargaining agent for the
company's employees. The first agreement did not pro
vide a general wage change.
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Negotiated under reopening of Apr. 1973-A p r. 1976
agreement.
Negotiated under reopening of Apr. 1976-A p r. 1977
agreement.
Table 1.
General wage changes^— Continued
July
of
July
of
1 7 ,1 9 7 8 (agreement
same date)
1 6 ,1 9 7 9 (agreement
same date)
Applications, exceptions, and other
related matters
Increase per hour
Effective date
8.5 percent, averaging approximately 35 cents an hour.
8.5 percent, averaging approximately 37 cents an hour.
The wage changes listed were the major adjustments during the period
covered. Because of fluctuations in incentive earnings, changes in pro
ducts and employment practices, omission of nongeneral changes in
rates, and other factors, the sum of the general changes listed will not
necessarily coincide with the amount of changes in average hourly earn
ings over the same period.
'General wage changes are upward or downward adjustments affect
ing an entire establishment, bargaining unit, or plant at one time. They do
not include adjustments in individual rates (promotions, merit increases,
etc.) and minor adjustments in wage structure (such as changes in in
dividual job rates or incentive rates) that do not immediately or noticea
bly affect the average wage level.
Table 2.
Negotiated under reopening of May 1977—May 1979
agreement as extended.
Negotiated under reopening of May 1977—May 1980
agreement as extended.
Minimum plant wage rates1
Effective date
June 2 5 ,1 9 4 3 .....................................
Minimum hourly rate
Effective date
Minimum hourly rate
$0,425
.475
.50
55
65
November 1 1 ,1 9 6 3 ...........................
1.32
November 8, 1943 .............................
November 13, 1 9 4 3 ...........................
May 7, 1 9 4 5 .........................................
March 4, 1 9 4 6 .....................................
September 14, 1964 .........................
June 2 1 ,1 9 6 5 .....................................
June 6, 1966 .......................................
1.38
1.45
1.51
September 3 0 ,1 9 4 6 .........................
February 10, 1947 .............................
November 10, 1 9 4 7 ...........................
August 2, 1948 ...................................
October 9, 1 9 5 0 .................................
.73
.80
.87
.94
1.015
September 4, 1 9 67.............................
August 12, 1 9 6 8 .................................
July 7, 1 9 6 9 .........................................
January 3, 1 9 7 2 ...................................
January 8, 1 9 7 3 ...................................
1.63
1.72
1.83
1.92
2.03
April 2, 1951 .......................................
August 29, 1 9 5 5 .................................
October 22, 1 9 5 6 ...............................
March 9, 1 9 5 9 ................... .................
March 21, 1 9 6 0 ...................................
April 2, 1962 .......................................
1.035
1.075
1.12
1.175
1.23
1.26
September 10, 1973 .........................
June 3, 1974 .......................................
September 15, 1975 .........................
June 21, 1976 .....................................
June 20, 1977 .....................................
July 17, 1978 .....................................
July 16, 1 9 7 9 ......................... .............
2.20
2.42
2.59
2.84
3.10
3.36
3.65
progression increase to be effective after the first week of employment
and after each succeeding week. In the Sept. 4, 1967, agreement the
progression rate was raised to 2 cents. The progression rate was raised to
4 cents in the Apr. 1, 1973 agreement.
’Minimum plant wage rates did not apply to learners until 1963. The
Sept. 6 ,1 9 6 3 , agreement provided that new workers and rehired workers
on hourly rated jobs would be hired at the minimum plant rate and would re
main at this level for 8 and 4 weeks, respectively, and then receive an in
crease of 1 cent an hour for each additional week worked until they
reached the job rate. The 1966 settlement provided for the 1 -cent
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Table 3.
Supplementary compensation practices
Applications, exceptions, and other
related matters
Provision
Effective date
S h ift prem ium pay
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
Sept. 30, 1946 (agree
ment of same date)
No provision.
Added: 5 cents an hour on third shift; no premium on second
shift.
Overtime pay
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
Sept. 30, 1946 (agree
ment of same date)
Time and one-half for work in excess of 8 hours a day or 40
hours a week.
Added: Time and one-half for hours worked outside regular
shift at employer's request when scheduled shift was dis
rupted.
Equal pay
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
Women to receive same basic hourly rates as men and, in the
case of incentive workers, same guarantees for performing
same work.
Individual minimum earnings1
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
Sept. 30, 1946 (agree
ment of same date)
May 3 1 ,1 9 5 6 (agreement
of same date)
No provision.
Added:
Higher of 90 percent of daily straight-time average hourly
earnings or plant minimum guaranteed piece rate workers.
Higher of base rate or plant minimum guaranteed other incen
tive workers daily.
Eliminated: Piece rate work.
To qualify, employee must have earned 90 percent of
straight-time average hourly earnings— or, in the case of
occupations not on piece rates, the base rate—for any 2
consecutive weeks.
Premium pay for weekend work
June 25, 19432 (agree
ment of same date)
Sept. 30, 1946 (agree
ment of same date)
Double time for work on 7th consecutive day.
Added: Time and one-half for work on 6th consecutive day.
Days when work was not available to be included in deter
mining eligibility for 6th and 7th day premium.
Holiday pay
June 25, 19432 (agree
ment of same date)
Sept. 30, 1946 (agree
ment of same date)
Time and one-half for work on 6 holidays. No pay for holidays
not worked.
Added: 1 holiday, Christmas, for which employee received 8
hours’ straight-time pay when not worked or double time
when worked.
Holidays were: New Year’s Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter Monday.
To be eligible for holiday pay, employee must have worked
day before and day after Christmas.
July 3 1 ,1 9 4 8 (agreement
of same date)
To be eligible for holiday premium pay, employee must
work 3 days or more during holiday week.
Aug. 5, 1950 (agreement
of same date)
June 1, 1965
June 6, 1966
Nov. 25, 1966 (agree
ment of same date)
July 2 6 ,1 9 6 8 (agreement
of same date)
July 7, 1969 (agreement
of same date)
Apr. 3, 1973 (agreement
of same date)
Eliminated: 3-day requirement.
Jan. 1, 1975 (agreement
dated Sept. 9, 1974)
Unilateral company action.
Unilateral company action.
Added: 2nd paid holiday, July 4.
Added: 3rd paid holiday, Labor Day.
Added: When holiday fell on Sunday, succeeding Monday
considered holiday.
Added: 4th paid holiday, Easter Monday.
Added: 5th paid holiday, Thanksgiving Day.
Added: Employee provided holiday pay if unable to work on
last scheduled day before or 1st scheduled day after holi
day (a) because of hospitalization, jury duty, death in im
mediate family, or injury on job on such days provided he
worked at least 1 day in the 7-day period before holiday;
or (b) because holiday fell during 2d week of vacation
("optional vacation week") provided last scheduled day
before and 1st scheduled day after such vacation was
worked.
Added: No holiday pay provided for any day for which
bereavement pay was received.
Changed: Holiday pay for incentive workers to be based on
average earnings instead of on base rate.
Added: 6th paid holiday, New Year’s Day.
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3.
Supplementary compensation practices— Continued
Applications, exceptions, and other
related matters
Provision
Effective date
H o lid a y p a y —C o n tin u e d
Apr. 3, 1976 (agreement
of same date)
Changed: Provision which provided holiday pay for a holi
day falling during the week of unpaid vacation ("optional
vacation w eek”) extended to cover holidays falling in the
second week of such vacation established for 15-year
em ployees— see entry ("optional vacation w eek")
below.
Added: 7th paid holiday, Christmas Eve.
V a c a tio n pay
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
July 3, 1944 (agreement
of same date)
One week's vacation with 40 hours’ pay at average hourly
earnings (including premium paym ents), provided
employee with 1 year or more of service.
Changed to: In lieu of vacation, 2 percent of earnings in pre
vious year provided employee with 12 months but less than
5 years of continuous service; 4 percent provided
employee with 5 years or more of service.
June 1, 1945 (agreement
dated June 3, 1944)
Sept. 3 ,1 9 4 5 (agreement
of same date)
Sept. 30, 1946 (agree
ment of same date)
Changed to: Vacations with pay, from pay in lieu of vacation.
Aug. 5, 1950 (agreement
of same date)
May 3 0 ,1 9 6 2 (agreement
of same date)
Apr. 3, 1973 (agreement
of same date)
June 3, 1974 (agreement
dated Sept. 9, 1974)
Employee required to be on payroll the week ending July 2,
1944, and at time of payment of allowance. Allowance
paid employee otherwise qualified, but not on payroll
July 2, 1944, who:
1. 90 days or less before that date had been excused
for illness or entered military service, or
2. 60 days or less before that date had excused leave or
absence or had been laid off.
Employee with 5 or more years of service could qualify for
vacation pay with up to 6 months’ sick leave in each of
first 4 of 5 years.
Changed: Employee with 5 years or more of service could
qualify for vacation pay with up to 6 months’ sick leave in
each of first 3 of 5 years.
Changed: Grace period during which employee remained
eligible to receive vacation pay extended:
1. Additional 90 days in case of illness;
2. To 90 days while on layoff.
Eliminated: Grace period during which employee could re
tain eligibility for vacation pay although ill, in military ser
vice, on personal leave of absence, or layoff during
qualifying period.
Added: Employee inducted into or discharged from military
service and reemployed by company before vacation
period to receive vacation pay.
Added: Vacation pay provided employee retired under
company plan prior to vacation qualifying date.
Added: Vacation pay provided surviving spouse or depen
dent of deceased eligible employee.
Added: 1 week of vacation without pay ("optional vacation
week”) for employees with 5 years or more of continuous
service.
Increased: Vacation pay for the 1 week of vacation to 6 per
cent of earnings in previous year for employee with 15
years or more of continuous service.3
Added: A 2d week of vacation without pay (“optional vaca
tion week”) for employees with 15 years or more of con
tinuous service. After this change, the schedule was 1
week paid vacation (pay equal to 2 percent of annual
earnings) for employees with 12 months but less than 5
years' service, 1 week with 4 percent pay plus an op
tional unpaid week for employees with 5 but less than 15
years’ service, and 1 week with 6 percent pay plus 2 op
tional unpaid weeks for employees with 15 years’ ser
vice.
Changed: Vacation pay paid to surviving beneficiary if no
surviving spouse, or to estate if no surviving beneficiary.
Apr. 3, 1 9 7 6 (agreem ent
of same date)
Reporting time
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
Minimum of 2 hours' pay at regular rate guaranteed
employees not notified of lack of work.
July 3, 1944 (agreement
of same date)
Sept. 6 ,1 9 4 5 (agreement
of same date)
Changed: Employee guaranteed 2 hours at higher of regular
rate or rate of job assigned.
Apr. 3, 1976 (agreement
of same date)
Changed: Employee guaranteed 3 hours at higher of regular
rate or rate of job assigned.
Company, in lieu of paying guarantee, could assign
employee any available work for minimum of 4 hours at
higher of regular rate or rate of assigned job.
See footnotes at end of table.
Not applicable if failure to furnish work was due to cause
beyond control of company.
Applicable to extra employee who had worked for 3 con
secutive weeks preceeding occurrence.
8
Table 3.
Supplementary compensation practices— Continued
Effective date
Applications, exceptions, and other
related matters
Provision
Downtime
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
July 3, 1944 (agreement
of same date)
No provision.
June 16, 1947 (agree
ment of same date)
Changed to: 90 percent of straight-time average hourly earn
ings paid piece rate workers. Stipulated guarantees for in
centive workers.
Eliminated: Piece rate work.
May 3 1 ,1 9 6 6 (agreement
of same date)
Added: Hourly rate paid day workers, base rate paid piece
workers, during stoppages exceeding 15 minutes.
Applied to all stoppages for which employee was not
responsible that substantially affected earnings.
Employer permitted to require employee to punch out for
day without liability for remaining downtime.
Applied to stoppages of 5 minutes or more on single
machine assignments, and 15 minutes or more on assign
ments of more than 1 machine.
Technological change pay
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
Aug. 25, 1944 (by order
of NWLB dated June
29, 1944)
No provision.
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
Sept. 6 ,1 9 4 3 (agreement
of same date)
No provision.
Average hourly earnings for previous 4- to 6-week period
guaranteed employee assigned to work on new technical
process.
Jury-duty pay
Difference between jury-service fee and average straighttime earnings paid employee for each day he otherwise
would have worked.
No limit on number of days for which company would pay.
Bereavement pay
Nov. 25, 1966 (agree
ment of same date)
Established: Up to 3 days' paid leave provided employee at
tending funeral of member of immediate family.
Apr. 3, 1976 (agreement
of same date)
Immediate member of family included mother, father, hus
band, wife, daughter, son, brother, sister, or relative
residing with employee. Limited to employees having 1
year or more of continuous service.
Changed: Definition of immediate family to include fatherin-law and mother-in-law.
Health and insurance plan
June 25, 1946 (agree
ment of same date)
Oct. 1, 1946 (agreement
of June 30, 1946)
No provision.
Noncontributory plan established4 for employees with 3
months or more of service and their dependents, providing:
Not available to workers regularly scheduled to work less
than 32 hours a week.
Dependent defined as wife and unmarried children from 3
months to 19 years of age.
M edical benefits: Doctors’ visits—the lesser of $3 for each
day's hospitalization or $150.
Available for hospitalization for surgery or emergency care
of 6 hours or more, or nonoccupational illness or injury of
18 hours or more.
Not available for treatment covered by surgical benefits,
pregnancy, or related conditions, eye refractions; and in
case of dependents, while confined in mental institution
or, if in hospital, on date plan became effective.
Available only for nonoccupational disabilities.
Surgical benefits: Surgical schedule— up to $150.
O bstetrical schedule:
Normal delivery—$50, other conditions— $25 to $100.
Apr. 30, 1955 (agreement
dated Feb. 26, 1955)
Added: Life insurance— $1,000.
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Coverage after termination of plan extended:
1. Up to 3 months for employee continuously disabled;
2. Up to 9 months for employee or dependent requiring
obstetrical care.
Employee to contribute 12 cents a week, company to pay
remainder.
Extended coverage:
On termination of employment— 31 days from last day
worked.
While on layoff, approved personal leave, sick leave, or
maternity leave— 3 months without cost to employee.
While on sick or maternity leave— coverage could be ex
tended additional 12 months with advance payment of
premium by employee.
While totally and permanently disabled:
1. Before age 6 0 — for duration of disability without cost
to employee.
Table 3.
Supplementary compensation practices— Continued
Applications, exceptions, and other
related matters
Provision
Effective date
Health and insurance plan—Continued
2.
A pr. 3 0 , 1955 —
Continued
July 1, 1962 (agreement
of same date)
Changed: To contributory plan providing following benefits
for employees and dependents:
Employees only:
Life insurance—$2,000.
A ccidentia! death or dismemberment—up to $1,000.
Sickness and accide nt benefits—$20 a week for max
imum of 13 weeks; payable from 1st day of accident
or 8th day of illness. Maternity benefits, up to 6
weeks.
Dependents only:
Life insurance—$500 for spouse, $100 to $500 for
children, depending on age.
Employees and dependents:
Hospitalization:
Room and board—up to $10 a day for maximum of 70
days.
S pecial services—up to $100.
Emergency care—standard maximum for emergency
care and treatment within 24 hours of accident.
Maternity—up to $100.
July 1. 1964
Nov. 25, 1966 (agreement of same date)
Sept. 1 ,1 9 6 7 (agreement
dated Sept. 4, 1967)
Aug. 1, 1968 (agreement
dated July 26, 1968)
Jan. 1, 1972 (agreement
of Dec. 16, 1971)
Mar. 1, 1973 (agreement
dated Jan. 4, 1973)
Surgical benefits:
Surgical schedule—up to $300.
O bstetrical benefits:
Up to $75 normal delivery, $25 to $1 80 for other
procedures.
M edical benefits:
Doctor's services—the lesser of $4 for each hospital
visit or $150.
Increased: Employees and dependents:
Hospitalization:
S pecial services—up to $100 plus 75 percent of next
$400.
Increased: Employees and dependents:
Hospitalization:
Room and board—up to $14 a day for maximum of 70
days.
M aternity—up to $140.
S pecial services—up to $400.
Increased: Employees and dependents:
Hospitalization:
Room and board—up to $18 a day for maximum of 70
days.
Maternity—up to $180.
Increased: Employees and dependents:
Hospitalization:
Room and board—up to $24 a day for maximum of 70
days.
M aternity—up to $180.
Increased: Employees and dependents.
Hospitaiiza tion:
Room and board—up to $30 a day for maximum of 70
days.
Maternity—up to $300.
Established: Employees and dependents:
M ajor m edical expense benefits with $100 deductible
and $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 maximum per lifetim e subject to
reinstatement of $1,000 per year which provided for—
Hospitalization:
Room and board—semiprivate room rate plus $5
Miscellaneous expenses—80 percent of covered
expenses.
Outpatient psychiatric care:
50 percent o f expenses with maximum $10 per visit
(maximum 50 visits per calendar year).
See footnotes at end of table.
10
After age 6 0 —for 3 months without cost to employee,
thereafter up to 12 additional months with advance
payment by employee.
Voluntary Employee Benefit Association dissolved.4
Employee to contribute $3.50 a month for individual
coverage, $5.38 for self and dependents. Dependents
defined as spouse and unmarried children under 19, or, if
attending accredited school full time, under 23.
Coverage extended during period of total disability occurring prior to age 60 without cost to employee.
Coverage extended 3 months for employees totally disabled by accidental injury or illness occurring prior to
termination of coverage.
Added: Plan for retired employees and their dependents,
formerly members of Employee Benefit Association, providing same hospitalization (other than maternity)
benefits available to employees. Retirees to contribute
$2.17 a month for individual coverage, $4.34 for self and
dependents.
Surgical and medical coverage extended 3 months under
same terms as hospitalization.
Retirees' maximum increased to same level.
Table 3.
Supplementary compensation practices— Continued
Applications, exceptions, and other
related matters
Provision
Effective date
Health and insurance plan— Continued
Mar. 1, 1 9 7 3 ---Continued
June 3, 1974 (agreement
dated Sept. 9, 1974)
Increased: Employees and dependents:
Hospitalization:
M aternity—op to $400 (maximum 10 days).
Added: Employees and dependents:
Laboratory and X-ray benefits:
Up to $50.
Surgical benefits:
Anesthesia expense—20 percent of surgical schedule
(maximum $60.
Changed: Employees and dependents:
O bstetrical benefits:
Up to $75 for normal pregnancy, $37.50 to $150 for other
procedures.
Increased: Employees only:
Sickness and accident benefits:
To $30 per week.
Increased: Dependents only:
Life insurance:
To $1,000 for spouse; $100 to $1,000 for children, depending on age.
Increased: Employees and dependents:
Hospitalization:
Room and board—to $30 a day plus 80 percent of re
maining semiprivate room rate.
Increased: Employees only:
Life insurance:
Previously $3,200 for lead workers.
To 3,000 ($4,20 0fo r lead workers).
Sept. 9, 1974s (agreement of same date)
Apr. 3, 1976 (agreement
of same date)
June 21,
ment of
June 20,
ment of
1976 (agreesame date)
1977 (agreeMay 22, 1977)
July 1 6 ,1 9 7 9 (agreement
of same date)
Children’s life insurance also applicable for unmarried
children age 19 to 25 attending school on full-time basis.
Increased: Employees only:
Life insurance:
To $4,000.
Increased: Employees and dependents:
O bsterical benefits:
$200 for normal delivery and $150 to $250 for other pro
cedures, with hospital coverage for maximum 70 days.
Employer was to pay entire amount of any increase in costs of
contributory group insurance plan.
Changed: Existing level of benefits for employees and their
dependents was to be maintained and the cost of such
benefits was to be on a contributory basis with the com
pany paying 60 percent of the premium cost and the
employee paying 40 percent.
Increased: Employees and dependents:
Hospitalization:
Room and board—semiprivate room rate paid in full.
Laboratory and X-ray benefits:
Up to $100 per year.
M ajor m e dical expense benefits:
Maximum to $50,000 per lifetime.
Increased: Employees only:
Sickness and accident benefits—maternity benefits, up to
13 weeks.
Added: Coverage ($250) for extra-uterine pregnancy.
Added: Maternity medical expenses for employees and dependents under major medical benefits.
Pension plan
June 25, 1943 (agree
ment of same date)
May 1, 1948
No provision.
Contributory plan providing benefits, in addition to Federal
old-age and survivors' benefits, based on earnings and
length of service available to employees age 30 but less
than 65 with 5 years or more of continuous service.
Normal benefits: Annual annuity at age 65 to equal years of
service multiplied by (1) for service from May 1, 1948—
3 /4 of 1 percent of first $1,800 annual earnings, 1 per
cent of next $1,200, 1 '/2 percent of remainder; plus (2)
for service before May 1 ,1 9 4 8 —6 /1 0 of 1 percent of first
$1,800, 8 /1 0 of 1 percent of next $1,200, and 1.2 per
cent of remainder.
Early retirem ent benefits: Immediate reduced annuity pro
vided employees retiring within 10 years of normal
retirement date with consent of company._____________
See footnotes at end of table.
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Plan not covered by union agreement. Employee con
tributed 2V4 percent of first $1,800 annual earnings, 3
percent of next $1,200, and 4'/2 percent of remainder.
Company to contribute as necessary to finance past ser
vice and to make fund actuarially sound.
Benefits to be paid on reaching age 65, even though
employee continued working.
Employee could elect survivor's option or, if eligible, defer
red annuity.
Table 3.
Supplementary compensation practices— Continued
Effective date
Applications, exceptions, and other
related matters
Provision
Pension plan— Continued
May 1, 1 9 48—
Continued
Oct. 1, 1953
D eath b e n e fits : B eneficiary to receive excess of
employee’s contributions plus 2-percent compound in
terest over retirement benefits paid before employee s
death.
Vested benefits: On termination after 15 years in plan or
after age 50 with 20 years of continuous service,
employee (1) could receive, at age 65, normal annuity
based on past and future service credits' or (2) could
elect reduced annuity starting up to 10 years before nor
mal retirement age.
O ptional benefits: Employee could elect (1) reduced an
nuity during retirement with continuance of such pay
ment, or a specified fraction thereof, to designated sur
vivor; or (2)-if retiring before Federal old age and sur
vivors’ benefits were payable, to have annuity adjusted to
provide approximately the same total amount before and
after Federal benefit was payable.
Eliminated: Normal benefits— credit for service before May 1,
1948.
May 1, 1960
June 1, 1965
Reduced: Requirement for participation in plan, to age 25
with 2 years of continuous service.
Jan. 1, 1975 (agreement
dated Sept. 9, 1974)
Increased: Interest paid beneficiary of deceased employee
or terminated employee not eligible for vested benefit, to
3 percent.
Reduced: Employee contribution, to 1 'fr percent of 1st
$4,800 annual earnings and 4V2 percent of earnings in ex
cess of $4,800. Company assumed remaining cost of
plan.
Changed: No employee pension contribution required for
1st $4,800 of annual earnings. Employee to contribute 3
percent of earnings over $4,800 annually.
Increased: Interest on employees pension contribution to 5
percent (was 3 percent).
4A voluntary contributions plan sponsored by an Employee Benefit
Association had been available since 1938. Plan provided: Life insurance,
employee $800, dependents $ 1 00 -$500; accidental death or dismember
ment, employee $200-$ 400 ; accident and sickness insurance, employee
$7.25 a week for up to 13 weeks, from 1 st day for accident, 8th day for ill
ness; pregnancy, employee $7.25 a week for up to 6 weeks; funeral
benefits, dependents $12.50 -$1 00.
’’Effective upon employees return to work on or after Sept. 9, 1974
’This guarantee did not apply to learners on piecework.
2During the period covered by Executive Order No. 9240 (Oct. 1,
1942, to Aug. 21, 1945), these provisions were modified in practice to
conform to that order.
3Since Sept. 3 0 ,1 9 4 6 , the practice has been to provide 1 week vaca
tion with pay of 2 percent of earnings in previous year for employees with
12 months, but less than 5 years, of continuous service, and 4 percent of
earnings for employees with 5 years or more of continuous service.
Contributions plus 2-percent compound interest returned
to employees who did not meet service or age requirements, or both.
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Wage Chronologies Available
reference in leading public, college, or university libr
aries.
Before July 1965, basic wage chronologies and their
supplements were publ ished 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.
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, Wash
ington, D.C. 20212, or from the Bureau’s regional
offices. Out-of-print items also may be available for
Aluminum Company of America with United Steel
workers of America and Aluminum Workers Inter
national Union—
November 1939—January 1974, BLS Bulletin
1815.
February 1974— May 1977, Supplement to BLS
Bulletin 1815.
The Anaconda Co. (Montana Mining Division) and the
Steelworkers—
1 9 4 1 -7 7 , BLS Bulletin 1953.
1 9 7 7 -8 0 , Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1953.
Armour and Company—
1 9 4 1 -7 2 , BLS Bulletin 1682.
197379, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1682.
A.T.&T.— Long Lines Department and Communica
tions Workers of America (A F L -C IO )—
October 1940— July 1974, BLS Bulletin 1812.
July 1974— August 1977, Supplement to BLS
Bulletin 1812.
Atlantic Richfield and the Oil Workers (former
Sinclair Oil Facilities)—
1 9 4 1 -7 7 , BLS Bulletin 1915.
1 9 7 7 -7 9 , Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1915.
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., and the Textile Workers—
June 1943—April 1975, BLS Bulletin 1849.
1 9 7 5 -7 8 , Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1849.
Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Shipbuilding Department) and
the IUMSW—
June 1941—August 1975, BLS Bulletin 1866.
1 9 7 5 -7 8 , Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1866.
Bituminous Coal Mine Operators and United Mine
Workers of America—
October 1933— November 1974, BLS Bulletin
1799.
1 9 7 4 - 77, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1799.
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The Boeing Co. (Washington Plants) and the Interna
tional Association of Machinists—
June 1936—September 1977, BLS Bulletin 1895.
1977-80, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1895.
Commonwealth Edison Co. and the Electrical Workers
(IBEW)—
October 1945—March 1974, BLS Bulletin 1808.
197479, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1808.
Dan River Inc., and the Textile Workers (UTWA)—
1943-79, BLS Bulletin 2048.
FMC Corp., Chemical Group—Fiber Division and the
TWUA—
1945-77, BLS Bulletin 1924.
1977—80, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1924.
Federal Employees under the General Schedule Pay
System—
July 1924—October 1974, BLS Bulletin 1870.
197577, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1870.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and B.F. Goodrich Co.
(Akron Plants)—
1937-79, BLS Bulletin 2011.
Ford Motor Co. and the Auto Workers—
Volume I, June 1941—September 1973, BLS
Bulletin 1787.
Volume II, 1973-79, BLS Bulletin 1994.
International Harvester Co. and the Auto Workers—
February 1946—September 1976, BLS Bulletin
1887.
197679, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1887.
International Paper Co., Southern Kraft Division—
December 1937—May 1973, BLS Bulletin 1788.
June 1973—May 1977, Supplement to BLS
Bulletin 1788.
International Shoe Co., the Shoe Workers, and the
Boot and Shoe Workers—
1 9 4 5 -7 8 , BLS Bulletin 2010.
Lockheed— California Company (a D ivision of
Lockheed Aircraft Corp.) and Machinists’ Union—
March 1937—October 1977, BLS Bulletin 1904.
1 9 7 7 -8 0 , Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1904.
Martin Marietta Aerospace and the Auto Workers—
March 1944— November 1975, BLS Bulletin
1884.
1975—78, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1884.
M assachusetts Shoe Manufacturers and the Shoe
Workers—
1 9 4 5 -7 9 , BLS Bulletin 1993.
New York City Laundries and the Clothing Workers—
November 1945—November 1975, BLS Bulletin
1845.
1 9 7 5 -7 8 , Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1845.
North Atlantic Shipping Associations and the Inter
national Longshoremen’s Association
1 9 3 4 -8 0 , BLS Bulletin 2048Pacific Coast Shipbuilders and Various Unions—
1 9 4 1 -7 7 , BLS Bulletin 1982.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.—
1 9 4 3 -7 2 , BLS Bulletin 1761.
1 9 7 2 -7 9 , Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1761.
Pacific Maritime Association and the ILWU—
1 9 3 4 -7 8 , BLS Bulletin 1960.
Railroads—Nonoperating Employees—
1920 -7 7 , BLS Bulletin 2041.
Rockwell International (Electronics, North American
Aircraft/Space Operations) and the Auto Workers—
May 1941—September 1977, BLS Bulletin 1893.
United States Steel Corporation and United Steel
workers of America.
March 1937—April 1974, BLS Bulletin 1814.
May 1974—July 1977, Supplement to BLS
Bulletin 1814.
Western Greyhound Lines—
1 9 4 5 -6 7 , BLS Bulletin 1595.1
1 9 6 8 -7 7 , Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1595.
Western Union Telegraph Co. and the Telegraph
Workers and the Communications Workers—
1 9 4 3 -7 6 , BLS Bulletin 1927.
1 9 7 6 -7 9 , Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1927.
'Out of print. See Directory o f Wage Chronologies, 1 9 4 8 - June
1977 for Monthly Labor Review issue in which reports and supple
ments published before July 1965 appeared.
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States that involve six workers or more
and continue for the equivalent of a full
day or shift or longer.
Please send------------------- copies of Analysis of Work Stoppages, 1977, Bulletin 2032,
Stock No. 029-001-02392-8 at $3.50 a copy (25 percent discount applies on
orders of 100 or more sent to one address).
□ Remittance is enclosed.
Name
□ Charge to GPO deposit account no. ____________
_____________________________________________________________________
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Regional Offices
Region I
1603 JFK Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phone: (617) 223-6761
Region IV
1371 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Ga. 30309
Phone: (404) 881-4418
Region V
Region II
Suite 3400
1515 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10036
Phone: (212) 944-3121
Region III
3535 Market Street
P.O. Box 13309
Philadelphia, Pa. 19101
Phone: (215) 596-1154
9th Floor
Federal Office Building
230 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, III. 60604
Phone: (312) 353-1880
Region VI
Second Floor
555 Griffin Square Building
Dallas, Tex. 75202
Phone: (214) 767-6971
Regions VII and VIII
911 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Mo. 64106
Phone: (816) 374-2481
Regions IX and X
450 Golden Gate Avenue
Box 36017
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Phone: (415) 556-4678
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