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Wage Chronology: FMC Corp.,
Chemical Group— Fiber Division
and the TWUA, 1945-77
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
1976
Bulletin 1924




Wage Chronology: FMC Corp.,
Chemical Group — Fiber Division
and the TWUA, 1945-77
U.S. Department of Labor
W. J. Usery, Jr., Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin, Commissioner
1976
Bulletin 1924




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Preface
This bulletin is prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as part of a series that traces changes
in wage scales and related benefits negotiated by individual employers or combinations 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 bargaining 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 supplemented by the parties to the agreement.
Wage chronologies, dealing only with selected features of collective bargaining or wage determina­
tion, are intended primarily as a tool for research, analysis, and wage administration. References to
job security, grievance procedure, methods of piece-rate adjustments, and similar matters are
omitted. For a detailed explanation of the purpose and scope of the chronology program, see “Wage
Chronologies and Salary Trend Reports,” BLS Handbook o f Methods, Bulletin 1910 (Bureau of
Labor Statistics, 1976), Chapter 22.
This chronology summarizes changes in wage rates and related compensation practices negotiated
by FMC Corporation, Chemical Group-Fiber Division (formerly American Viscose Corp.), and the
Textile Workers Union of America since November 1945. This bulletin replaces Wage Chronology:
American Viscose, 1945-67, published as BLS Bulletin 1560, and the supplement to Bulletin 1560
which covered the 1968-74 period. Materials previously published have been supplemented in this
bulletin by contract changes negotiated for the 1974-77 period. Except for a revised introduction
and other minor changes, earlier texts are included as they were originally published.
On June 3, 1976, the Textile Workers Union of America merged with the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America to become the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. On August
2, 1976, FMC Corporation’s Chemical Group, Fiber Division was sold to Avtex Fibers Inc. These
developments occurred after this chronology was prepared, and, hence, the parties are identified as
those which negotiated the most recent collective bargaining agreement.
The Bureau has introduced new job titles to eliminate those that denote sex stereotypes. For
purposes of this bulletin, however, old 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.
Material in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission of
the Federal Government. Please credit the Bureau of Labor Statistics and cite the name and number
of the publication.
The analysis for the 1968-77 period was prepared in the Division of Trends in Employee
Compensation by Milfred W. Ellis and Joan D. Borum.




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Contents
Page

Introduction

..............................................................................................................................................1

Summary of contract n e g o tia tio n s.......................................................................................................... 3
November 1945-January 1953
3
January 1953-May 1959 .................................................................................................................3
May 1959-May 1965
3
June 1965-May 1968 ..........................................................................................................
4
June 1968-May 1971
4
June 1971-May 1973
4
June 1973-May 1974
5
June 1974-May 1977
5
Tables;
1. General wage ch a n g es............................................................................................................ 6
2. Plant common labor r a te s ...................................................................................................... 8
3. Supplementary compensation p ractices............................................................................... 9
Shift premium p a y ............................................................................................................ 9
Overtime pay ................................................................................................................... 9
Shifted schedule p a y ......................................................................................................... 9
Premium pay for Saturday and Sunday work ............................................................... 9
Holiday pay ...................................................................................................................... 9
Paid vacations ......................................................................................................................11
Reporting t i m e ......................................................................................................................12
Call-in p a y ............................................................................................................................ 12
Guaranteed rates for incentive o p e ra tio n s ........................................................................12
Down t i m e ............................................................................................................................ 12
Paid rest period (personal time allow ance)........................................................................12
Paid lunch period ............................................................................................................... 12
Pay for occupational injury time loss .............................................................................. 12
Tool and clothing allowance . ............................................................................................ 13
Funeral le a v e ......................................................................................................................... 13
Jury duty pay ......................................................................................................................13
Technological displacement p a y ........................................................................................ 14
Health and welfare benefits ...............................................................................................14
Retirement p l a n .................................................................................................................. 18
Temporary policy payment .............................................................................................. 20
Disability benefit p l a n ........................................................................................................ 20
Wage chronologies available




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Introduction
to force employers to bargain with the union. Although the
union did not gain this objective, the .walkout did focus
public attention on wages, hours, and working conditions in
the industry.
In 1935, the UTWA joined the Committee for Industrial
Organization (CIO),3 which was formed within the AFL,
and in 1938 participated in an intensive organizing cam­
paign. The campaign succeeded in New England but failed
in the South. In March 1937, the Textile Workers Organiz­
ing Committee (TWOC) was established within the CIO.
Subsequent differences between the UTWA and the TWOC,
however, resulted in some locals of the UTWA returning to
the AFL. The Executive Council of the AFL reinstated its
charter in February 1939. Other locals remained with the
TWOC, which in May 1939 was chartered as the Textile
Workers Union of America (TWUA).
Although the American Federation of Labor and the
Congress of Industrial Organizations merged in 1955, the
two separate textile unions continued. In 1939, the TWUA
had 160,000 reported members and the UTWA had 2,000.
At the beginning of 1973, the TWUA had a reported mem­
bership of 174,000 in 718 locals and the UTWA had 52,000
in 253 locals.
The first master agreement between the American Vis­
cose Corp. and* the TWOC was negotiated in 1937. How­
ever, this chronology is limited to major contract changes
beginning with the November 1945 agreement. Provisions
of that agreement as reported in this chronology do not
necessarily represent changes from prior conditions of em­
ployment.
The TWUA now holds bargaining rights for about 6,800
workers in the Fiber Division. The current collective bar­
gaining agreement covers all hourly and piece work produc­
tion and maintenance employees with more than 3 months’
service but excludes all supervisors, chemists, laboratorians,4 general office employees, department clerks, and
uniformed guards.
Virtually all of the workers are paid on an hourly basis,
with incentive work limited to some employees at the

This wage chronology traces the collective bargaining
relationship between the Textile Workers Union of America
(TWUA-AFL-CIO) and the Fiber Division of FMC Corpora­
tion’s Chemical Group. The Fiber Division has evolved
through a number of changes in corporate structure since
the American Viscose Co., a subsidiary of the British firm,
Samuel Courtauld, Ltd., was founded in Marcus Hook, Pa.,
in 1910. Samuel Courtauld, Ltd., pioneered in the produc­
tion of viscose rayon and its American Viscose plant
became the first successful producer of the fiber in the
United States.
On December 29, 1922, the American Viscose Corp. in­
corporated as a holding company in Delaware; on May 31,
1937, it became an operating company when it purchased
its two operating subsidiaries—the Viscose Co. (successor to
American Viscose Co.) and Viscose Corp. of Virginia. To
finance its war effort, the British government in 1941 took
control of Courtauld’s shares in American Viscose and sold
them in the United States. On August 5, 1963, FMC Corp.
purchased American Viscose Corp. and designated it as the
American Viscose Division. On November 17, 1972, it was
redesignated as the Fiber Division, within FMC’s Chemical
Group.
Operations of the Fiber Division have expanded from
the single viscose rayon plant opened in 1910 to several
plants producing many related products. Included are rayon
staple fibers, rayon filament yarns, acetate filament yarns,
and polyester yarns. These fiber products are used to manu­
facture apparel and home furnishings, tires, and nonwoven
hospital surgical and hygienic supplies. The six plants
covered by the 1974 negotiations with the TWUA were
located in Front Royal, Va.; Nitro and Parkersburg, W.
Va.;1 and Meadville, Lewistown, and Marcus Hook, Pa.12
The first major strike in the textile industry took place
in 1834, when 2,000 women employees in Lowell, Mass.,
protested a wage cut. A number of local craft unions sub­
sequently were founded but employees did not attain a
relatively strong bargaining position until 1901, when the
craft unions combined to form a national union, the United
Textile Workers of America (UTWA), which was affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Nevertheless, progress in organizing the industry was
sporadic. On September 4, 1934, the UTWA initiated a
3-week strike by 400,000 union and nonunion employees

3A number of AFL unions formed the CIO in 1935 to organize
unskilled industrial workers. All but one of these unions subsequent­
ly were expelled from the AFL. Those expelled, together with
several other unions, formed the Congress of Industrial Organiza­
tions in Nov. 1938.
4 The TWUA organized technicians in 1968 and a separate multi­
plant contract now covers hourly rated technicians in plant
laboratories at Front Royal, Va., Nitro, W. Va., and Lewiston and
Meadville, Pa.

1The Parkersburg plant was closed in November 1974.
2Includes only the Division Services Departments at Marcus
Hook because the viscose rayon plant was closed in May 1954; a
plant in Roanoke, Va. was closed in August 1958.




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Meadville and Lewistown plants. Provisions of the contract
dealing with the day-to-day administration of the incentive
plans are omitted from this chronology. A uniform wage
structure prevails among all the plants, except for the Nitro
plant, where hourly wages are about 6 percent higher.
There is a degree of pattern bargaining in the fiber pro­




duction industry, with the first TWUA settlement with a
major firm influencing subsequent TWUA accords with
other firms. There is also some cross influence between
settlements negotiated by the TWUA and those negotiated
by the other major union in the industry—the United Tex­
tile Workers of America.

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Summary of contract negotiations
details; and liberalized the pension plan and health and
welfare benefits. Pension plan changes (1) eliminated
employee contributions, retroactive to January 1, 1956,
which increased earnings an average of 3.5 percent per
member of the plan, and (2) liberalized benefits, including
those for employees retired before January 1, 1956.
The collective bargaining agreement was to continue
through June 1, 1959, with a wage reopening permitted
after January 1, 1959, upon 60 days’ written notice by
either party. The separate pension agreement was to con­
tinue without change until January 1, 1966.

November 1945—January 1953

The American Viscose Corp. and the TWUA negotiated
eight settlements from November 30, 1945 to January 30,
1953. Each settlement provided for general wage increases:
10 cents in 1945; 8 cents and 12 cents in 1946; 15 cents in
1948; 7 percent, averaging about 10 cents, for hourly-rated
workers, and 7 percent less 1 cent for incentive workers in
1950; two 3-cent increases in 1951 plus 5 cents and 6 cents
for hourly-rated and incentive workers, respectively, later in
that year; and 5 cents and 3 cents for hourly-rated and
incentive workers, respectively, effective in 1952.
During this period paid holidays and a noncontributory
group insurance plan were established, and improvements
were made in shift premiums, weekend premiums, holiday
and vacation pay, and pension benefits.
The 1951 agreement had been scheduled to expire
November 30, 1952, but subsequently was extended to
January 30, 1953.

May 1959—May 1965

American Viscose and the TWUA amended the pension
agreement in December 1958, to provide benefits for work­
ers whose employment was terminated by shutdowns,
although the parties had agreed in 1956 that the pension
plan would not be changed for 10 years.
A 3-year contract on wages and related provisions, ne­
gotiated in June 1959, covered about 7,000 workers in five
synthetic yarn plants. It increased pay by 10 to 14 cents an
hour, effective May 31; provided deferred wage increases of
5 cents an hour on May 29, 1960 and June 4, 1961; liberal­
ized eligibility for holiday and disability pay; added a 4th
week of paid vacation for employees having 25 years’
service, effective in 1960; and established funeral leave of
up to 3 days, effective in 1961.
When it was apparent that a new agreement could not be
reached and ratified by June 1, 1962, the expiration date of
the 1959 contract, the parties extended the contract
through July 1. Agreement was reached early in June on a
contract that included no 1962 wage changes but provided
deferred 5-cent-an-hour increases in 1963 and 1964. Im­
mediate changes in fringe benefits included liberalized paid
holidays, paid vacations, and funeral leave, and revised tech­
nological pay provisions. In addition, the company in­
creased early retirement benefits and weekly sickness and
accident benefits and assumed the cost of hospital and
surgical benefits for dependent children under 19.
In 1963, for the first time, employees received pay for
holidays falling during their vacation. In January 1964, a
seventh paid holiday was added, and all 7 holidays were
paid for regardless of the date they occurred. Effective in
1963, the requirement for 3 weeks’ vacation was reduced
from 15 to 12 years’ service and for 4 weeks’ vacation,
from 25 to 20 years.

January 1953—May 1959

Negotiations for a new contract between American Vis­
cose and the TWUA were concluded on January 16, 1953,
after the previous contract was extended to January 30,
1953. The agreement, which provided a 5-cent-an-hour raise
for nonincentive workers and a 3-cents-an-hour raise in base
rates for incentive employees retroactive to November 30,
1952, was to continue until November 30, 1954, with pro­
vision for two wage reopenings.
Late in the fall of 1953, the TWUA voted to discontinue
bargaining for a wage increase because of “the poor condi­
tion of the rayon industry at the present time” and to
continue working under the existing contract until it ex­
pired on November 30, 1954. However, the union obtained
a stipulation from the company that it could reopen wage
negotiations any time on 30 days’ notice. Wage rates were
not changed during 1954 and the existing contract was
extended to June 1, 1955.
In the spring of 1955, the parties agreed on a 5-cents-anhour across-the-board advance as well as job classification
adjustments, effective May 1, 1955.
In June 1956, the parties agreed on a 3-year contract
which included a deferred 4-percent general wage raise,
effective June 1, 1957; provided for specific job classifica­
tion adjustments costing $260,000 by the third contract
year; established a joint committee which met late in the
fall of 1956 to determine the classification adjustment




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By
1.500
vided
1963,

company letter dated November 7, 1963, about
employees in the engineering department were pro­
three 5-percent increases, effective in November
July 1964, and April 1965.

company offer, made on May 16, 1968, provided for 45
cents in wage increases over 3 years and vacation adjust­
ments for a total package cost of approximately 50 cents an
hour. When negotiations appeared deadlocked, the existing
contract was extended past its June 1 expiration date.
A 3-year contract, which was signed on June 21 and
ratified on June 28, called for general wage increases of 22
cents an hour retroactive to June 1, 1968, 13 cents on June
1, 1969, and 14 cents on June 1, 1970 plus special adjust­
ments in each of the 3 years. Wage gains in the American
Viscose agreement were similar to those the Fibers Division
of the Celanese Corporation of America negotiated with the
TWUA earlier in the month. The Celanese agreement, which
had been preceded by a 2-month strike, provided for an
initial increase of 22 cents an hour in 1968 and 11 cents an
hour in both 1969 and 1970.
In addition to wage gains, American Viscose workers
received improved holiday pay, paid vacations, rest periods,
and funeral leave provisions plus increased health and wel­
fare benefits. The holiday provision was revised to provide
pay for holidays missed while employees were on military
duty and to grant a 5th week of vacation to employees with
25 years of service, effective December 1, 1969. On Decem­
ber 1, 1970, requirements for 4 weeks of vacation were
reduced to 16 from 20 years of service. Also, employees
would receive premium pay, in addition to overtime, for
the 30-minute rest period provided for during their 1st hour
of overtime.
Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
benefits, based on length of continuous service, were raised
from a range of $1,000 to $3,500 to a range of $2,000 to
$5,000, effective January 1, 1969. The maximum surgical
expense benefit was increased to $350, from $300, and the
maximum duration of sickness and accident benefits was
raised to 26 weeks, from 15. Effective in 1968, dependent
health benefits were extended to husbands of women em­
ployees, and diagnostic laboratory and X-ray examination
coverage was extended to dependents.

June 1965—May 1968

On March 12, 1965, the TWUA opened negotiations
with the American Viscose Division of FMC Corp.5with a
series of demands that would have improved the contract
that was to expire June 1, 1965. The TWUA’s proposed
provisions, in a 3-year contract, would have increased
hourly rates by 40 cents, adjusted the rates of some occupa­
tions, provided an additional paid holiday, reduced the
service requirements for paid vacations, and improved the
benefits of insurance and pension plans.
After 2 months of negotiations, the parties agreed on
contract improvements, and on May 19, the company sub­
mitted a proposed contract to the union.
Negotiations were concluded June 2, 1965, when the
union accepted the proposed 3-year contract covering over
7.500 employees. Hourly rates were increased 10 cents in
1965 and 9 cents in 1966, and additional increases were
made in rates of some job classifications and operations.
Veterans Day was added as a paid holiday for 1967 and
service requirements were lowered to 3 years for 2 weeks’
paid vacation and 10 years for 3 weeks’.
Life insurance benefits were increased and health insur­
ance was improved to include hospital room and board
allowance when intensive care charges exceeded semiprivate
room rates; radiation and physical therapy were added for
outpatients; maternity benefits were increased to the level
of regular in-hospital benefits; and eligibility requirements
were liberalized to provide basic hospital and surgical care
for certain disabled children beyond the age of 19.
Eligibility requirements for benefits under the com­
pany’s disability plan were lowered to 15 years’ service for
employees at age 50 and 10 years at age 60. Totally and
permanently disabled employees under age 60 were to re­
ceive a lump-sum payment equal to their disability insur­
ance, and those over 60, depending on their age, were to
receive $1,000 to $3,000. Normal retirement benefits were
increased substantially for past and future service. The age
requirement for participation in the pension plan was elimi­
nated. The contract was scheduled to remain in effect until
June 1, 1968.
June 1968-M ay 1971

The American Viscose Division of FMC Corporation and
the TWUA opened 1968 contract negotiations on March
26. Union demands included increased wages and fringe
benefits, particularly insurance improvements. The original
5
1963.

FMC Corp. purchased American Viscose Corp. on August




June 1971-M ay 1973

The 1968 contract expired June 1, 1971 when new 5year pension and 2-year basic agreements went into effect.
The main bargaining points in the negotiations, which began

in late March, were wages, pensions, and other fringe bene­
fits. The 2-year agreement ended a pattern of 5 consecutive
3-year agreements between the TWUA and FMC Cor­
poration.
The 1971 agreement called for wage increases of 15
cents on June 1, 1971, 6 cents on December 1, 1971, and
14 cents on June 1, 1972, plus special adjustments in each
year. Improvements were made in funeral leave, premium
pay, rest periods, and jury-duty pay. A 5-cents-an-hour
premium, which was raised to 10 cents in June 1972, was
5, instituted for work on Sundays as part of a regular work­
week.

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paid on a “reasonable and customary” basis, and weekly
sickness and accident benefits were increased to $65, from
$60, for up to 26 weeks. Effective January 1, 1974, bene­
fits for X-ray and laboratory examinations were increased
to $150 a year per person, from $100, for examinations
outside the hospital, and life insurance for future retirees
was increased to $1,500, from $1,000.
The agreement, which covered some 7,200 workers, ex­
pired June 1, 1974. The 1971 pension agreement was to
expire June 1, 1976.

The funeral leave provisions were modified and a new
jury duty provision reimbursed employees for the differ­
ence between regular straight-time pay and jury pay. It was
agreed that holidays would be celebrated on dates prescrib­
ed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act or similar State
legislation. Also, employees who were injured on the job
and who visited the plant dispensary or an outside physi­
cian on their own time were entitled to a minimum of 1
hour’s pay. Health and welfare benefit changes included an
increase in minimum accidental death and dismemberment
and life insurance benefits from $2,000 to $3,000, and the
maximum weekly sickness and accident payment was raised
to $60, from $50.
The pension agreement increased the normal retirement
benefit to $3.75 a month for each year of past service and
to $4 for each year of future service. The future service
benefit rate was to increase to $4.50 on June 1, 1973 and
to $5 on June 1, 1975, and vesting requirements were
changed to age 40 after 15 years of creditable service.
The 1971 agreement (except for pension), which
covered 9,000 workers in six plants in Pennsylvania, Vir­
ginia, and West Virginia, expired June 1, 1973, with no
reopening provisions. The pension agreement was to expire
June 1, 1976.

June 1974-M ay 1977

Representatives of the Fiber Division of FMC Corp.’s
Chemical Group and the TWUA met .on April 4, 1974, to
negotiate a contract which would replace the 1-year agree­
ment scheduled to expire June 1, 1974. Union demands
included increases in wages; adoption of a cost-of-living
wage escalator clause; adjustments for several job classifica­
tions; and improved holiday, vacation, hospitalization, and
severance provisions.
On May 23, 1974, the parties agreed on a 3-year con­
tract covering 7,500 workers in the Division’s 6 plants.6
The contract was ratified on May 28, 1974.
The contract provided for a general wage increase of 40
cents an hour on June 1, 1974; 25 cents June 1, 1975; 10
cents Oct. 15, 1975; and 25 cents June 1, 1976. It also
increased to 10 cents the 5-cents-an-hour tool allowance for
second-class mechanics and servicemen and extended the
allowance to some other job classifications. A cost-of-living
escalator clause provided quarterly adjustments, from Sep­
tember 1, 1976 to June 1, 1977, of 1 cent-an-hour for each
0.5-point increase in the BLS-CPI (1967 = 100). Premium
pay was increased 5 cents an hour for all Sunday work.
Improved health and welfare benefits increased hospitaliza­
tion coverage to 365 days; paid intensive care for a maxi­
mum of 365 days; and increased outpatient doctors’ fees,
within 24 hours of accident, to $50. Weekly sickness and
accident benefits were increased to $70 for the first 8
weeks and $65 for the succeeding 18 weeks. Accidental
death and dismemberment insurance was increased to
$6,000 after 3 years of service effective June 1, 1975, to
$5,000 after 1 year, and to $7,000 after 3 years of service
effective June 1, 1976.
The following tables bring the wage chronology up to
date through the June 1, 1977, termination date of the
agreement, except for possible cost-of-living adjustments.

June 1973-M ay 1974

In mid-March 1973, FMC Corporation’s Chemical
Group-Fiber Division and the TWUA opened negotiations
to replace a contract expiring on June 1. Union demands
included wage increases, the establishment of a cost-ofliving escalator clause, and improved holiday, vacation, and
insurance provisions.
In late May, the parties agreed on a 3-year contract
which the union membership rejected on May 30. The
Parkersburg and Nitro, W.Va. plants were struck on June 3,
but workers at the Lewistown, Marcus Hook, and Meadville, Pa. and Front Royal, Va. plants remained on the job.
A new 1-year contract similar to the 1st year of the
rejected contract was negotiated the 1st week in June and
ratified on June 7. It did not cover pensions, which were
not at issue. The contract provided for a 20-cents-an-hour
general wage increase retroactive to June 1, and an addi­
tional 5-cents-an-hour tool allowance for second class
mechanics and servicemen. A pay allowance for safety
shoes ($5 a pair and two pairs a year) became effective
January 1, 1974. A new vacation schedule provided 2
weeks after 3 years of service, 3 weeks after 8 years, and 4
weeks after 15 years. Surgical and obstetrical benefits were




6 The Parkersburg, W. Va. plant was closed in November 1974.

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Table 1. General wage changes1
Effective date
Dec. 2, 1945 (by
Nov. 30, 1945).
Apr. 28, 1946 (by
July 8, 1946).
Dec. 1, 1946 (by
Nov. 30, 1946).
June 27, 1948 (by
Aug. 5, 1948).
July 2, 1950 (by
July 20, 1950).

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision

agreement of

10 cents an hour increase.

agreement of

8 cents an hour increase.

agreement of

12 cents an hour increase.

agreement of

15 cents an hour increase.

agreement of

Hourly-rated jobs, 7 percent increase, averaging approximate­
ly 10 cents an hour; incentive
jobs, 7 percent minus 1 cent.
3 cents an hour increase.

Mar. 4, 1951 (by agreement of
same date).
July 1, 1951 (by agreement of
July 20, 1950).
Dec. 2, 1951 (by agreement of
Nov. 30, 1951).
Nov. 30, 1952 (agreement of Jan.
16, 1953).

May 1, 1955 (agreement dated
June 1, 1955).

3 cents an hour increase.
Increased: Hourly-rated jobs, 5
cents an hour; incentive jobs,
6 cents an hour.
Hourly-rated jobs, 5 cents an
hour; incentive base rates, 3
cents an hour, resulting in
increase in average earnings of
more than 4 cents an hour.
5 cents an hour increase.

Jan. 1, 1956 (agreement dated
June 1, 1956).
June 1, 1956 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1957 (agreement dated
June 1, 1956, and wage adjust­
m ent agreement of May
1957).
June 1, 1958 (agreement dated
June 1, 1956, and wage adjust­
ment of May 1957).
May 31, 1959 (agreement dated
June 2, 1959).
May 29, 1960 (agreement dated
June 2, 1959).
June 4, 1961 (agreement dated
June 2, 1959).
June 1, 1962 (agreement of same
date).
June 2, 1963 (agreement dated
June 1, 1962).
Nov. 17, 1963 (Company letter
dated Nov. 7, 1963).

May 31, 1964 (agreement dated
June 1, 1962).
July 12, 1964 (company letter
dated Nov. 7, 1963).

4 percent deferred general wage
increase ranging from 5 to 9
cen ts an hour, averaging
approximately 7 cents an
hour.

10 to 14 cents an hour increase,
averaging 10.6 cents.2
5 cents an hour increase.

Permissible under General Wage Regulation 6 of Wage Stabiliza­
tion Board.
Deferred increase designated by parties as compensation for pro­
ductivity improvement. Approved by WSB Sept. 18, 1951.
Approved by WSB April 14, 1952.

Additional increases averaging 0.3 cent per hour, consisting of:
3 cents an hour to top-rated mechanics and operating engi­
neers:
3 to 8 cents an hour for other small groups of workers.
Earnings of workers covered by contributory pension plan
increased an average of about 3.5 percent, retroactive to Jan. 1,
1956, when the company assumed full cost of pensions (see
“retirement plan”).
Deferred wage increases:
4 percent general increase effective June 1, 1957.
Inequity adjustments averaging 1.2 cents per manhour effective
in part June 1, 1957, and in part June 1, 1958.
Plus inequity adjustments of 1 to 3 cents for specified production
and of 2 to 8 cents an hour for specified engineering jobs,
amounting to 0.9 cent an hour if averaged over all workers.
Inequity adjustments of 2 cents for specified production jobs and
of 3 to 7 cents for specified engineering jobs, amounting to 0.3
cents an hour if averaged over all workers.
Agreement also deferred increases to June 1 of 1960 and 1961.3
Deferred wage increase.

5 cents an hour increase.

Deferred wage increase.

5 cents an hour increase.

Agreement provided deferred wage increases effective June 1 of
1963 and 1 9 6 4 .3
Deferred wage increase.

5 cents an hour increase.

Established: Company plan to provide three 5 percent increases
for approximately 1,500 engineering department employees
not participating in an additive or premium pay plan. The total
amount was to be incorporated into base wage rates after the
last increase. On the effective date, the plan provided increases
of 8 to 13 cents an hour for engineering department em­
ployees, or 2.7 cents an hour when averaged over all employees
in the bargaining unit. Deferred increases of 5 percent each,
were to be provided on July 12, 1964, and April 4, 1965.
Deferred wage increase.
Deferred increase of 5 percent (9 to 13 cents an hour) for engi­
neering department employees, or 2.6 cents an hour if averaged
over all employees in the bargaining unit.

See footnotes at end of table.




Additional adjustments in certain job classifications were agreed
upon to correct intraplant inequities.

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Table 1. General wage changes1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision

Deferred increase of 5 percent (8 to 14 cents an hour) for engi­
neering department employees, or 2.6 cents an hour if averaged
over all employees in the bargaining unit.
In addition, adjustments in the hourly rates of several occupa­
tions4 and certain incentive operations of 0.53 cents an hour if
averaged over all employees in the bargaining unit. Deferred
increase was to be effective Dec. 1, 1966.
Deferred increase.

April 4, 1965 (Company letter
dated Nov. 7, 1963).
June 1, 1965 (agreement of same
date).

10 cents an hour increase.

Dec. 1, 1966 (agreement dated
June 1, 1965).
June 1, 1968 (agreement of same
date).

9 cents an hour increase.

June 1, 1969 (agreement of June
1, 1968).

13 cents an hour increase.

June 1, 1970 (agreement of June
1, 1968).

14 cents an hour increase.

June 1, 1971 (agreement of same
date).

15 cents an hour increase.

December 1, 1971 (agreement of
June 1, 1971).
June 1, 1972 (agreement of June
1, 1971).

6 cents an hour increase.

June 1, 1973 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1974 (agreement of same
date).

20 cents an hour increase.

June 1, 1975 (agreement of June
1, 1974).
Oct. 15, 1975 (agreement of June
1, 1974).
June 1, 1976 (agreement of June
1, 1974).
Sept. 1, 1976
Dec. 1, 1976
March 1, 1977
June 1, 1977

22 cents an hour increase.

In addition, adjustments in the hourly rates of several occupa­
tions5 plus changes in incentive payments amounted to 0.17
cents an hour if averaged over all employees in the bargaining
unit. Deferred increases were to be effective June 1, 1969 and
June 1, 1970.
Deferred increase. In addition, special adjustments were made
which amounted to 0.06 cents if averaged over all employees in
the bargaining unit.
Deferred increase. In addition, special adjustments were made
which amounted to 0.02 cents if averaged over all employees in
the bargaining unit.
In addition, adjustments in the hourly rates of several occupa­
tions6 plus changes in incentive payments amounted to 0.99
cents an hour if averaged over all employees in the bargaining
unit. Deferred increases were to be effective December 1, 1971
and June 1, 1972.
Deferred increase.

14 cents an hour increase.

Deferred increase. In addition, special adjustments were made
which amounted to 0.66 cents if averaged over all employees in
the bargaining unit.

40 cents an hour increase.

25 cents an hour increase.

Agreement also: (1) Deferred increases to June 1, 1975, Oct. 15,
1975, and June 1, 1976; and (2) established a cost-of-living
escalator clause to provide quarterly adjustments from Sept. 1,
1976 to June 1, 1977 of 1 cent an hour for each 0.5-point
increase in the BLS-CPI (1967 = 100).7
Deferred wage increase.

10 cents an hour increase.

Deferred wage increase.

25 cents an hour increase.

Deferred wage increase.

5 cents an hour increase.

Quarterly adjustment of cost-of-living allowance.
Possible adjustment in cost-of-living allowance.
Possible adjustment in cost-of-living allowance.
Possible adjustment in cost-of-living allowance.

..........................................................

1General wage changes are increases or decreases in basic rates of pay that affect a substantial number of workers. Excluded are
adjustments in individual rates (promotions, merit increases, etc.) and minor adjustments in wage structure (such as changes in the wage rates
for individual occupations) that do not affect the average wage level noticeably.
Changes listed were the major adjustments in wage rates during the period covered. Because of fluctuations in earnings, omission of
nongeneral changes in rates, and changes in production methods and composition of the labor force, the sum of general changes may not
coincide with changes in straight-time average hourly earnings over the period of this chronology.
2Increases were as follows:

Base hourly rates

Increase per hour

$1.40—$ 1 .8 1 .............................................................
10 cents
$1.82—$ 2 .0 0 .............................................................
11 cents
$2.01 and over ........................................................
14 cents
3The contracts specified that when the effective date of an increase was a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, the increase became effective
the beginning of that pay week; when the effective date was a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, the increase became effective the beginning of
the next pay week.
4 These occupations were: Painters, forklift truck operators in the engineering department; material handlers in the processing depart­
ments; jet fabricators and technicians, jet metal workers in the jet department; and maintenance mechanics and servicemen in the fibers
technical department, Marcus Hook, Pa.




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Footnotes to table 1-Continued
5Plants and occupations affected were: Lewistown-avistrap operator; Marcus Hook-jet fabricator, jet fabricator-technician, inspector,
jet development artisan leader, maintenance, mechanics, jet development artisan, jet machinists-senior, jet machinists-junior, spinneret
punch grinder technician-senior, spinneret punch grinder technician; Front Royal—twisting operators, adhesive dip operators; All Plantsstores attendant-window checker.
6 Plants and occupations affected were: All plants—first class tradesmen, mechanics and other engineering trades and operating classifica­
tions receiving $3.44 an hour or more on May 19, 1971, charge hands, #1 men, leaders, heavy equipment operators, tournapull operators,
coal truckdrivers (20 ton and above), dock men, shovel operators, bulldozer operators, hy-lift operators, air hammer operators and asphalt
finishers; Marcus Hook only-Jet Department-utility man; Coke Cover Department-utility man, utility worker; Glass Department-janitors,
glass production workers: R&D Department-janitress, janitor; Fiber Technical Department-general servicemen.
7 Quarterly cost-of-living adjustments, effective September, December, March and June, were based on quarterly changes in the BLS-CPI
for Aug., Nov., Feb., and May as follows:

Consumer Price Index point change
(1967 = 100)

Cost-of-living
allowance

0 . 0 - 0 . 4 .............................................................................
none
1 cent
0 . 5 - 0 . 9 ..........................................................................
1 .0 - 1 . 4 ........................................................................
2 cents
3 cents
1 .5 - 1 . 9 ........................................................................
2 .0 - 2 . 4 ...............................................................................
4cents
2 .5 - 2 . 9 ...............................................................................
5cents
3 .0 - 3 . 4 ...............................................................................
6cents
3 .5 - 3 . 9 ...............................................................................
7cents
4 .0 - 4 .'4 ...............................................................................
8cents
and so forth, with a 1-cent adjustment for each 0.5-change in the
index.
The cost-of-living allowance was added to each employee’s straight-time earnings, but not to the employee’s base rate. It was also taken
into account when computing overtime, holiday, incentive and call-in pay, and pay for vacations, unworked holidays, jury duty, and funeral
leave.

Table 2.

Plant common labor rates1
Effective date

Dec. 2, 1945
Apr. 28, 1946 .
Dec. 1,1946
June 27,1948 .
July 2, 1950
Mar. 4, 1951
July 1, 1951
Dec. 2, 1951
Nov. 30, 1952 .
May 1, 1955
June 2, 1957
.
May 31, 1959 .
May 29,1960 .
June 4, 1961
June 2, 1963
May 31, 1964 .
April 4, 196512 .
June 1,1965
December 1, 1966
June 1,1968
.
June 1,1969
June 1,1970
.
June 1,1971
.
December 1, 1971
June 1,1972
.
June 1,1973
.
June 1,1974
.
June 1,1975
.
Oct. 15,1975 .
June 1, 1976
.

Men

Women

$0.83
.91
1.03
1.18
1.26
1.29
1.32
1.37
1.42
1.47
1.53
1.63
1.68
1.73
1.87
2.02
2.10
2.20
2.29

$0.72
.80
.92
1.07
1.14
1.17
1.20
1.25
1.30
1.35
1.40
1.50
1.55
1.60
1.65
1.70
1.95
2.05
2.14
2.51
2.64
2.78
2.93
2.99
3.13
3.33
3.73
3.98
4.08
4.33

1Until June 1, 1968, rates were effective immediately for men and after 6 months’ service for women. The rates for women hired for
common labor were 90 percent of the base rate for the first 3 months and 95 percent for the following 3 months.
2 In November 1973, the company instituted a plan to provide 5 percent increases in November 1963, July 1964, and April 1965 for
engineering department employees not participating in an additive or premium pay plan. The accumulated amounts (laborer-27 cents,
janitress-25 cents) were incorporated into base wage rates on June 1, 1965.




Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Shift premium pay

Nov. 30, 1945 ................................

June 27, 1948 ................................

Day rate plus 3 percent for work­
ers who rotated between day
and evening shifts on a 5- or
6-day schedule.
Day rate plus 5 percent for work­
ers who rotated among 3 shifts
but who did not work Sunday.
Day rate plus 10 percent for
workers who rotated among 3
or 4 shifts including Sunday
and workers on frozen evening
or night shift.
Day rate plus 15 percent for
workers alternating on evening
or night shifts and working
every Saturday and Sunday.
Average shift premium formula
based on premium point sys­
tem adopted.2

Formula incorporated premium for all undesirable hours including
Saturday and Sunday.

Overtime pay
Nov. 30,1945 ................................

Time and one-half for work: (1)
Over 8 hours a day; (2)
beyond 40 hours a week; or
(3) outside of scheduled daily
hours if less than 8.
Shifted schedule pay

Nov. 30,1945 ................................

Time and one-half paid to em­
ployees: (1) For all work
while assigned to another
work schedule for less than 1
full workweek; (2) for 1st day
if transferred or assigned tem­
porarily to another work
schedule for a week or more
with fewer than 16 hours’
notice; or (3) if called in on a
scheduled “break day” (day
off).

Double time for unscheduled work if premium work described in
(1), (2), or (3) fell on a specified holiday.

Term “ 1 full workweek” changed to “7 calendar days” to clarify
intention of parties. Special reference to double time on holi­
days eliminated, since it duplicated holiday provision.

Aug. 20, 1947 . / .........................

Premium pay for Saturday and Sunday work
Nov. 30, 1945 ................................

Aug. 20, 1947 ................................

Time and one-half for work on
6th day in any one workweek.
No premium pay for Saturday
or Sunday as such.
Premium pay provisions for work
on 6th day eliminated.

June 27,1948
June 1, 1971 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1972 (agreement of June
1, 1971).
June 1, 1974 (agreement of same
date).

Applicable unless schedules were otherwise negotiated or in effect.
Double time if 6th day was a “break day” and a holiday.

Saturday and Sunday premiums incorporated into average shift
premium formula based on premium point system.2
5-cen t-an -h ou r “ attendance”
premium for work on Sunday
as part of a regular workweek.
Increased: Attendance premium
to 10 cents an hour.
Increased: Attendance premium
for work on Sunday as part of
a regular workweek to 15
cents an hour.

Applied to hours worked, rather than hours scheduled.

Holiday pay
Nov. 30,1945 ...............................

Time and one-half for work on 6
specified holidays falling on

See footnotes at end of table.




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Holidays were: Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Tabor
Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Holiday pay-Continued

Nov. 30, 1945-Continued

Aug. 20, 1947

Nov. 30, 1950

Nov. 30, 1951

June 1, 1960 (agreement dated
June 2, 1959).

employees regularly scheduled
workdays. Double time for
holiday work over 8 hours or
over scheduled hours, if fewer
than 8, and for work when the
holiday occurred on scheduled
“break day.” No pay for holi­
days not worked.
Changed to: 6 paid holidays for
which workers received 8
hours’ straight-time pay plus
shift premium, if holiday fell
on sch ed u led w orkday.
Double time (total) for holi­
days worked.
Changed to: Double time and
one-half for first shift worked
on 6 specified holidays,
whether scheduled workday or
not.
Changed to: Double time and
one-half for all work on 6
specified holidays, whether
scheduled workday or not.
...........................................................

Mar. 31, 1961 (agreement dated
June 2, 1959).
June 1, 1962 (agreement of same
date).

...........................................................

Feb. 1, 1963 (agreement dated
June 1, 1962).

...........................................................

Jan. 1, 1964 (agreement dated
June 1, 1962).

Added: 1 paid holiday (total 7).

June 1,
June
Feb. 1,
June

1967 (agreement dated
1, 1965).
1963 (agreement dated
1, 1962).

Added: 1 paid holiday (total 8).

Jan. 1, 1964 (agreement dated
June 1, 1962).

Added: 1 paid holiday (total 7).

June 1, 1967 (agreement dated
June 1, 1965).
June 1, 1968 (agreement of same
date).

Added: 1 paid holiday (total 8).

..........................................................

...........................................................

Double time paid for any additional hours worked.

Changed: Monday after Easter substituted for Easter Sunday as a
paid holiday.
Added: Holiday pay for incentive workers based on straight-time
average hourly earnings during week in which holiday
. occurred.
Employee to receive holiday pay (1) if absence on day before or
after holiday was caused by (a) death in immediate family
(unless funeral was on holiday) or (b) jury duty, and employee
reported for work on shift after termination of such duty or
(2) if absence on day after holiday was caused by hospitaliza­
tion.
Changed: Good Friday substituted for Easter Monday as a paid
holiday.
Added: Employee paid for 4 holidays if they fell on a scheduled
day off. Holidays were Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanks­
giving Day, and Christmas Day.
Holidays that fell on scheduled workday considered as time
worked for overtime purposes; holidays on scheduled days off
not included in overtime computation.
Holiday pay provided employee who reported to work on last
scheduled shift but was excused before end of shift or who did
not work on last scheduled shift because of scheduled griev­
ance meeting with company.
Added: Holiday pay provided employee on vacation during the
week in which scheduled holiday fell, regardless of whether he
would have been scheduled to work on holiday.
Holiday was New Year’s Day.
Added: Employee paid for 3 holidays (total 7) if they fell on a
scheduled day off.
Veterans day in 1967.
Added: Holiday pay provided employee on vacation during the
week in which scheduled holiday fell, regardless of whether he
would have been scheduled to work on holiday.
Holiday was New Year’s Day.
Added: Employee paid for 3 holidays (total 7) if they fell on a
scheduled day off.
Veterans day in 1967.
Added: An employee who was absent on last regularly scheduled
shift before and/or next regularly scheduled shift after the holi­
day (s) and who continued to be absent, due to either non­
industrial illness for which employee received weekly indem­
nity, non-industrial injury, industrial injury, or occupational
illness would be paid for any holidays falling within the first 21
weeks of absence, offset by any indemnity and/or workmen’s
compensation payments applicable to the same day. No holi­
day pay during formal leave.

See footnotes at end of table.



Holidays same as above. To receive holiday pay, employee must
have been scheduled to work on holiday and must have worked
his last regularly scheduled shift before and first regularly
scheduled shift after the holiday.

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Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Holiday pay-Continued

June 1, 1968— Continued

June 1, 1971 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1974 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1976 (agreement of June
1, 1974).

Added: 1 additional paid holiday
(total 9).

Added: Employees paid for holidays missed during the first 18
days of active military duty or emergency call-up or during
absence resulting from illness or hospital confinement for shifts
both before and immediately after the holiday.
Paid holidays which previously were in effect were to be cele­
brated on dates prescribed by Uniform Monday Holiday Act or
similar State legislation.
Extended: Illness or injury absence period during which holiday
pay would be paid—to 26 weeks.
Holiday determined locally.

Paid vacations
Nov. 30, 1945

Nov. 30,1946

Nov. 30,1951 ................................
Jan. 1, 1960 (agreement dated
June 2, 1959).

1 week of vacation with pay after
1 and less than 5 years’ ser­
vice; 2 weeks after 5 years’ ser­
vice. Service must have been
before Apr. 1 of the current
vacation year.
Changed to : Eligible for 1 week if
on active payroll 3 months
during preceding calendar
year, hired before Oct. 1 of
preceding calendar year, and
on payroll, furlough, or recog­
nized leave on Dec. 31 of that
year; 2 weeks if qualified in 4
prior years and eligible in cur­
rent year.
Added: 3 weeks of vacation with
pay after 15 years’ service.
Added: Fourth week of vacation
with pay after 25 years’
service.

June 1, 1962 (agreement of same
date).

Feb. 1, 1963 (agreement dated
June 1, 1962).
Feb. 1, 1966 (agreement dated
June 1, 1965).
Feb. 1, 1967 (agreement dated
June 1, 1965).
Dec. 1, 1969 (agreement of June
1,1968).

Dec. 1, 1970 (agreement of June
1,1968).
Jan. 1, 1974 (agreement dated
June 1, 1973).

Changed: Requirement for 3
weeks’ vacation reduced to 12
years’ service and for 4 weeks’
vacation, to 20 years’ service.
Changed: Requirement for 2
weeks’ vacation reduced to 3
years’ service.
Changed: Requirement for 3
weeks’ vacation reduced to 10
years’ continuous service.
Added: 5 weeks’ vacation with
pay after 25 years of service.

Changed: Requirements for 4
weeks’ vacation reduced to 16
years’ service.
Changed: Requirements for 2
weeks’ vacation reduced to 3
years’ service. 3 weeks to 8
years’ service, and 4 weeks to
15 years’ service.

See footnotes at end of table.




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Vacation pay computed on basis of 21/?. percent of total earnings
during preceding Federal income tax year for employees
entitled to 1 week’s vacation and 5 percent for those entitled
to 2 weeks’ vacation.

Vacation pay for employees entitled to 3 weeks based on 120
hours’ pay at regular rate (126 hours if on 42-hour week).
Changed: Pay for each week of vacation to which employee was
entitled to equal 2 percent of total earnings during preceding
income tax year.
Vacation pay for employee hired before Dec. 1, 1958, determined
by previous formula until employee became eligible for the
next higher level of vacation benefits.
Added: Vacation pay accrued during current vacation year pro­
vided employee who received permanent disability settlement
or was technologically displaced during the year.
Continued: Above provision for employee who retired during
year.

Added: Earned vacation pay, without time off, for employee who
was on the active payroll 3 months or less in qualifying year,
and had qualified for 1 or more weeks’ vacation in prior years.

Employee could receive, in lieu of 5th week of vacation, a pay­
ment equal to 2 percent of previous year’s earnings. Added:
Vacation for employees entitled to 5 weeks of vacation to
equal 10 percent of employees’ total earnings in Federal income
tax year preceding year in which vacation was taken.

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Reporting time

Nov. 30, 1945 ................................

Minimum of 4 hours’ pay at regu­
lar rate guaranteed to em­
ployee not notified of lack of
work. Employee reporting for
regular shift work between 10
p.m. and 7 a.m. guaranteed
full shift pay.

Guarantee did not apply when employee voluntarily left before
expiration of the guaranteed hours or when time worked began
2 hours or less before employee’s scheduled hours and con­
tinued into or after the shift.

Added: Company not liable for reporting pay for “acts of God”
occurring 1 hour or more before shift began.

Nov. 30, 1951 ................................

Call-in pay
Nov. 30, 1945 ................................

Time and one-half paid to em­
ployee called for emergency
work.

Double time when called on a holiday.

Changed to: Double time and one-half when called on a holiday.

Nov. 30, 1950 ................................

Guaranteed rates for incentive operations
Nov. 30, 1945 ................................

Guaranteed minimum was the
hourly rate prescribed for in­
centive jobs by prevailing wage
agreement, plus applicable
shift premium.
Down time

Nov. 30,1945 ................................

Hourly rate (plus applicable shift
premium) paid for all time lost
on incentive jobs if accumu­
lated stoppages exceed 10
minutes per shift.

Nov. 30, 1946 ................................

Applied to stoppages caused by waiting for supplies, machine
breakdown, power failures, visits to dispensary, required atten­
dance at meetings and classes, and travel time when such time
must be paid.
Last item changed to: Travel time to and from cafeteria when such
time must be paid.

Paid rest period (personal time allowance)
Nov. 30, 1945 ................................

30-minute paid absence from
work within the first hour of
the overtime period allowed to
employee required to work 3
or more hours overtime.

June 1, 1968 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1971 (agreement of same
date).

Added: Employee who worked 3
hours immediately preceding
his regular shift would receive
a 30-minute break with pay
either in the first hour of regu­
lar shift or in the last hour of
overtime.
E m p lo y ee who worked 11
straight off-scheduled hours
would receive 30-minute paid
rest period between end of 8th
and end of 9th hours of work.

Two paid 10-minute rest periods provided women incentive
workers on shifts of 7 hours or more. One 10-minute rest
period for women incentive workers on shifts of fewer than 7
hours.
Employee who worked during 30-minute rest period (provided
during 1st hour of overtime) would receive an additional 30
minutes at premium pay in addition to overtime hours actually
worked.
Employee could work during 30-minute rest period and be paid
extra 30 minutes premium pay.

Paid lunch period
Nov. 30, 1945 ................................

30-minute paid lunch period pro­
vided employees on 24-hour
operating schedules.

Also allowed travel time to and from cafeteria.

Pay for occupational injury time loss
Nov. 30, 1945 ................................

Full rate, less workmen’s compen­
sation payments, paid (1) for
time lost because of “fume

See footnotes at end of table.




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Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision

Pay for occupational injury time loss—Continued
Nov. 30, 1945-Continued

June 1, 1971 (agreement of same
date).

eyes” or “sore hands” result­
ing from contact with chemi­
cals used in manufacturing
process; (2) to the end of. the
shift when employee went to
plant dispensary, at company
request, for examination or
treatment of occupational
injury; (3) for minimum of 1
hour when employee-absent
from plant because of indus­
trial injury—reported, at com­
pany request, subsequent to
the injury, for examination or
treatment at company dispen­
sary; (4) for time lost in any
shift when instructed by com­
pany physician to report to an
outside physician; (5) up to 1
hour when reporting to the
dispensary for treatment dur­
ing a shift.
Employee who suffered industrial
injury and visited plant dispen­
sary or outside physician on
his own time received mini­
mum of 1 hour’s pay.
Tool and clothing allowance

June 1, 1973 (agreement of same
date).
Jan. 1, 1974 (agreement dated
June 1, 1973).
June 1, 1974 (agreement of same
date).

Established: 5-cent increase in
hourly wage rate of second
class mechanics and service­
man for tool allowance.
Established: $5 subsidy for each
of two pairs of safety shoes a
year.
Increased: Additional 5-cent in­
crease in hourly wage rate for
second class mechanics and
servicemen for tool allowance
(total 10).
Established: 10-cent increase in
hourly wage rate for second
class operating jobs in engi­
neering (for tools and job re­
lated accessories).
F uneral leave

June 1, 1961 (agreement dated
June 2, 1959).

Established: Up to 3 days of paid
absence at regular rate (guar­
anteed rate for incentive work­
ers), for scheduled hours on
assigned workdays, allowed
because of death in immediate
family.

Immediate family included father, mother, father-in-law, motherin-law, spouse, sister, brother, son, and daughter.
No payment for days during employee’s vacation if funeral was
not attended or if employee failed, on request, to provide
proof of death and funeral attendance.

Definition of immediate family extended to include stepparent or
stepchild under specified circumstances.
Changed: Definition of immediate family extended to include
son-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Changed: Definition of immediate family extended to include
grandparents and grandchildren.

June 1, 1962 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1968 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1971 (agreement of same
date).

Jury duty pay
May 20, 1971 (company letter
dated May 20, 1971).

Established: Employee to receive
difference between straighttime regular pay and daily
jury pay.

See footnotes at end of table.




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Provision excluded long duty on State or Federal Grand Juries.
Employee could be required to work any scheduled shift if jury
recessed for 24 hours.

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision

Technological displacement pay
Nov. 30, 1945 ................................

Nov. 30, 1952
same date).

(agreement of

Employee displaced by techno­
logical change given 1 week’s
pay, at average hourly rate
earned during preceding year,
for each year of continuous
service.
6 months or more in excess of full
years of service counted as a
year for purposes of payment.

Employee paid for 42 hours a week in continuous 4-shift operating
departments and for 40 hours in all other departments.

Period for technologically displaced employee to elect to be
placed on plant furlough list or accept displacement wage
reduced from 60 to 30 days.
Eligibility for technological displacement pay to apply to em­
ployees with more than 6 months’ service (was 60 days).
Continued: Technological change defined as any change or in­
crease in productivity that reduced total number of employees
(eligible for technological displacement pay) required to
operate department affected by change. Any eligible employee
displaced from related department as result of technological
change considered to be displaced by technological change.

June 1, 1955 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1962 (agreement of same
date).

Health and welfare benefits
Effective June 1, 1946 and in­
cluding Dec. 1, 1947 revisions.

Dec. 1, 1951 (by agreement of
Nov. 30, 1951).

June 1, 1956 (agreement of same
date).

Noncontributory group insurance
plan installed for employees
with 60 days’ service, provid­
ing:
life Insurance— $500 to $2,000,
depending on length of serv­
i c e , paid on death or perma­
nent and total disability before
age 60; after retirement, $1,000.
Sickness and accident benefits—
$12.50 to $22 a week depend­
ing on earnings-for maximum
of 13 weeks for any one
period of disability, starting
on 1st day of absence because
o f occupational or nonoccupational accident and on
8th day of absence because of
sickness. Up to 6 weeks for
pregnancy.
Surgical ex p en se benefits—
maximum of $150 for sur­
geon’s fee for each period of
disability resulting from preg­
nancy, accident, or sickness
not compensable under work­
men’s compensation or similar
laws.
H osp ital service benefits-all
employees covered by Blue
Cross hospitalization plan pro­
viding care for 21 to 30 days,
depending on length of mem­
bership.
Added: Life insurance-double
in d em n ity for accidental
death.
Changed to: Sickness and acci­
dent b en efits-$20 to $30 a
week, depending on earnings.
Changed to:
Hospital service benefits-Stan­
dardized in all areas to provide
comprehensive Blue Cross
benefits, including 120 days’

See footnotes at end of table.




14

Complete cost borne by company.

Employees with more than 60 days but less than 1 year of service
received $500; with 1 year but less than 5 years’ service,
$1,000; with 5 or more years’ service, $2,000. Employees were
not eligible for disability benefits if disability commenced after
they became 60 or after insurance was terminated.
Benefit paid in addition to workmen’s compensation for disability
caused by accident.

Workers’ wives covered at company cost^ dependent children
could be covered at workers’ expense.

Workers’ wives covered at company cost; workers’ husbands and
dependent children could be covered at workers’ expense.

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Health and welfare beinefits-Continued

June 1, 195 6-Continued

June 1, 1957 (agreement dated
June 1, 1956)*

June 2, 1959 (agreement of same
date).
Feb. 1, 1961 (agreement of same
date).

hospitalization. Limitations
removed on laboratory and
X-ray benefits and emergency
outpatient care existing in
some areas.
Changed to :
Life insurance-$500 to $3,000,
depending on length of ser­
vice.

Sickness and accident benefits$30 to $45 a week depending
on earnings, for maximum of
15 weeks.
Surgical expense benefits—Maxi­
mum increased to $300.
Sickness and accident benefits.
Changed: For employees and
dependents:
Hospital benefits-To insured-ser­
vice type of plan. Benefits in
effect and continued:
Room and board-Up to maxi­
mum semi-private-room rate
for maximum of 120 days per
disability.
Special services-Full hospital
charges for laboratory and
X-ray examinations, electro­
cardiograms, drugs, and medi­
cines, etc.

Maternity-Up to 10 days’ hos­
pitalization.
Emergency care—Full charges for
emergency medical care and
treatment within 24 hours of
accident, or for medical care
and treatment within 24 hours
for surgical operation.
Added: Major medical expense
benefits-80 percent of $2,000
for designated expenses (in­
curred during one period of
total disability or within 6
months thereafter) over $100
and benefits paid by basic plan
plus all allowable expenses
above $2,000; up to $20,000.
Expenses covered were: Hospitali­
zation, highest daily rate for
semiprivate room plus $4;
necessary care and treatment
See footnotes at end of table.




15

Employees with 1 but less than 5 years’ service, $1,500; with 5 or
more years, $3,000; no change for employees with 60 days but
less than 1 year of service or for retired employees.
(For extension of payment of face value of life insurance to em­
ployees totally and permanently disabled between ages 60 and
65 and with 20 years’ service, see section on disability benefit
plan.)

Changed: Sum of payments from sickness and accident benefits
and workmen’s compensation for same period limited to 110
percent of normal weekly pay.
Noncontributory for employees and wives. Dependent children
and nonemployee husbands could be covered through payroll
deductions.
Benefits could be continued at employee’s expense for 12 months
after month in which he was furloughed.
Plan available to retired employees at group rates.
Dependent defined as spouse; unmarried children under 19 or
fully dependent, and full-time students at certain types of
schools.

Excluded: Nursing care and doctor’s visits, charges covered by
workmen’s compensation or other law, charges for dependent
entitled to benefits as employee or former employee, hospitali­
zation or medical care if begun before employee was covered
by policy, treatment not approved by physician.
Successive periods of hospital confinement considered one period
of disability unless (a) employee returned to work for 1 full
day between periods of hospitalization or (b) dependent’s later
hospitalization was not related to causes of earlier stay or fol­
lowed earlier stay by at least 6 months.
Available only for pregnancies that began after coverage or
terminated within 9 months of cessation of coverage.

Not available to nonemployee husbands. Company paid half of
cost for employees and wives.
Maximum benefits could be reinstated after employee or
dependent collected $1,000 or more in benefits, provided
medical evidence of insurability was satisfactory to the insur­
ance company.
Benefits extended for 3 months during total disability continuous
from date of termination of insurance.
Benefits for psychiatric outpatient treatment were 50 percent of
covered expenses over deductible amount or regular benefits.
Did not cover dentist’s charges (except costs of specified oral
surgery), dental appliances, eye glasses, or hearing aids, unless
required because of accidental injury; costs of war injuries,
costs of injuries received while working for another employer

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Health and welfare beilefits-Continued

Feb. 1, 1961-Continued

by doctor or oral surgeon;
private nurse; ambulance ser­
vice; X-ray and diagnostic
laboratory procedures; X-ray,
radium, or radioactive isotope
therapy; anesthesia and its
administration; prescription
drugs; dressings; surgical sup­
plies; oxygen; rental of dura­
ble equipment for treatment.

June 1, 1962 (agreement of same
date).

Jan. 1, 1963 (agreement of June
1, 1962).

Increased: Sickness and accident
b en efits-$35 to $50 per week
depending on earnings (was
$30 to $45).
A dded: Outpatient benefits—
Annual limit of $50 each for
husband and wife.

or for which statutory compensation was received; costs of
care in government hospital or for which no charge was made;
costs for dependent who was covered employee; maternity
costs (covered by hospital benefit plan); expenses (except sur­
gical) for child during first 7 days after birth.
Extended benefits-Benefits were payable for any portion of
benefit period after coverage had ended if: (a) Expenses result­
ed from disability that was in effect when coverage ended and
continued to date expenses were incurred, and (b) benefits
were not duplicated by any other group or employer-sponsored
insurance plan in effect when expenses were incurred.
Surgical and hospital service benefits-Company to pay for cover­
age of dependent children under 19.

When $50 was depleted, eligibility regained only after lapse of 12
months,
Benefits not applicable to diagnostic examinations (a) to which
employee was entitled as outpatient under hospital expense
insurance, (b) that were made while he was an inpatient, or (c)
that were required for (1) childbirth or miscarriage or (2) den­
tal work, unless required because of accidental injury to
natural teeth.

June 1, 1965 (agreement of same
date).

For employees only:
Increased: Life insurance—$1,000
to $3,500 depending on length
of service.3
Accidental death and dismemberment-One-half to full face
v a lu e
o f primary life
insurance.3
Permanent and total disability $500 to $3,000 depending on
length of service, provided
employees disabled before age
60.3
For employees and dependents

Added: Hospital benefits:
Room and board—For intensive
care-up to $20 a day for
charges that exceeded the
semiprivate room rate. Maxi­
mum of $100 for each hos­
pital confinement.
Changed: Maternity-All services
provided for regular hospitali­
zation for extended confine­
ment.
Changed: Emergency care-Full
hospital charges for emergency
medical care and treatment
within 48 hours of accident,
■ or for medical care and treat­
ment within 48 hours and in
c o n n e c tio n with surgical
operation.
Added: Outpatient benefits: For
radiation and physical therapy
treatments-up to $10 a treat­
See footnotes at end of table.




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Added: Coverages, except sickness and accident benefits, could be
continued at employees’ expense for 12 months after furlough,

Except for major medical expense benefits, where company paid
one-half of the premium cost, cost of employee and dependent
benefits to be borne by company.
Added: Basic hospital and surgical expense benefits only, could be
continued for disabled children beyond age 19 who met speci­
fied requirements.
intensive care allowance paid only when such care was recom­
mended by the attending physician, and was provided in an
intensive care unit of the hospital.
Changed: For dependents-successive periods of hospital con­
finement considered 1 period of disability unless later hos­
pitalization followed earlier stay by at least 60 days.
Available to female employees and dependent wives, provided
employee and spouse were plan members before pregnancy.

Added: Up to $30 for nonsurgical charges of a physician for
treatment other than at a hospital provided within 24 hours of
accident.

Added: Outpatient benefits to include X-ray therapy, radiation
therapy, radioactive isotopic therapy, and physiotherapy treat­
ments.

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Health and welfare benefits-Continued

June 1, 1965-Continued

Jan. 1, 1966 (agreement dated
June 1, 1965).

Aug. 1, 1968 (agreement of June
1,1968).
Jan. 1, 1969 (agreement of June
1, 1968).

June 1, 1971 (agreement o f same
date).

June 1, 1973 (agreement of same
date).
Jan. 1, 1974 (agreement dated
June 1, 1973).

June 1, 1974 (agreement of same
date).

June 1, 1975 (agreement dated
June 1, 1974).

ment for covered hospital
charges, when recommended
by a physician-maximum of
$200 per calendar year per
person.
Increased: Diagnostic X-ray and
laboratory expenses-Up to
$100 each for husband and
wife per calendar year.
Changed: Definition of dependent expanded to include husband
of woman employee.
Increased: Life insurance and accidental death and dismember­
m e n t - $ 2 ,0 0 0 to $5,000,
depending on length of ser­
vice.4
Sickness and accident benefits$35 to $50 a week for a maxi­
mum of 26 weeks (was 15
weeks).
Surgical ex p en se b en efitsmaximum to $350.
Changed: Diagnostic laboratory
and X-ray examination cover­
age extended to dependents.
Increased: Life insurance and
accidental death and dismemberment-to from $3,000 to
$5,000 depending on length of
service.5 Sickness and accident
benefits-to maximum $60 a
week for up to 26 weeks.
Increased: Sickness and accident
benefits to $65 for a maxi­
mum of 26 weeks.
Changed: Surgical and obstetrical
benefits to be on “reasonable
and customary” basis.
Increased: Life insurance for
future retirees by $500, to
$1,500.
Increased: Diagnostic laboratory
and X-ray examination ex­
pense to $150 per calendar
year per person for examina­
tion outside hospital.
Increased: Hospitalization cover­
age extended to 365 days.
Increased: Full payment for in­
tensive care, for up to 365
days.
Increased: Outpatient doctor’s
fees to $50 for emergency
medical care and treatment
within 24 hours of accident.
Added: Payment for prenatal lab
tests.
Increased: Sickness and accident
benefits to $70 a week for the
first eight weeks, and $65 for
succeeding 18 weeks.
Increased: Major medical coverage
for outpatient psychiatric pro­
fessional fees to 80 percent.
Increased: Life insurance and
accidental death and dismem­
berment to $6,000 after three
years o f service.

See footnotes at end of table.




17

Benefits provided from the first day in hospital, if sick over 7 days
and hospitalized within first week.

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Health and welfare benefits-Continued

June 1, 1976 (agreement dated
June 1, 1974).

Increased: Life insurance and ac­
cidental death and dismember­
ment insurance to $5,000
after one year o f service and
to $7,000 after three years.
Increased: Sickness and accident
benefits to $75 a week for the
first eight weeks and $65 for
succeeding 18 weeks.

Dec. 26,1943 ................................

Retirement plan established pro­
viding:
Company-paid pension for em­
ployee with service before
Dec. 26, 1943. Monthly pen­
sion was equal to one-half per­
cent of monthly earnings as of
Dec. 26, 1943, for each year
of service at ages 35 up to 45,
and three-fourth percent at 45
and over.
Contributory retirement plan for
employee aged 25 but under
65 with 2 years’ service on and
after Dec. 26, 1943. Annuity
at 65 based on earnings and
length of service, in addition
to Federal old age benefits.
Besides full annuities, other
provisions of the contributory
plan were:
Death benefits: If employee died
before retirement, beneficiary
received employee’s contribu­
tion plus 4 percent compound
interest. If death was after re­
tirement, beneficiary received
difference between employee’s
contribution plus interest and
amount paid to employee.
Termination benefits: On termi­
nation before 10 years of
membership, employee could
• (1) withdraw his contributions
plus 2 percent interest, or (2)
accept the paid-up retirement
income provided by his contri­
bution if such income was at
least $3.34 a month. After 10
years of membership, em­
ployee could (1) withdraw his
contributions plus 2 percent,
or (2) on his retirement date
accept the paid-up retirement
income provided by his contri­
bution and that of the em­
ployer for service after Dec.
26, 1943; after 15 years, em­
ployee could (1) withdraw his
contributions plus 2 percent
interest, or (2) receive at age
65 company-paid pension for
service before Dec. 26, 1943,
plus the paid-up retirement
income provided by his and
company contributions since
that date, or (3) accept re­
duced retirement benefits

Retirement plan

See footnotes at end of table.



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Annuity computed by multiplying regular hourly rate by 2,000
and dividing by 12. Plan was separately financed.

Employee contributed’ 2 percent of weekly earnings up to $35,
plus 4 percent of over $35 up to $60, plus 6 percent of over
$60. Employer contributed 1lA times amount paid by em­
ployee. Benefits paid at retirement age even though employee
continued to work.

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Retirement plan—Continued

Dec. 26, 1943-Continued

starting up to 10 years before
age 65.
O p tion al benefits: Employee
could (1) elect reduced retire­
ment income during retire­
ment, with continuance of
such payments, or specified
fraction thereof, to designated
joint annuitant, or (2) if retir­
ing before Federal old age
benefits were payable, have
retirement benefits adjusted to
provide same total amount, in­
cluding Federal benefit, before
and after the Federal benefit
was payable.

Dec. 26, 1943 (including amend­
ments of Dec. 1, 1947).

Aug. 20, 1947 ................................
Jan. 1, 1951 (by agreement of
July 20, 1950).

Jan. 1, 1956 (agreement dated
June 1, 1956).

Changed to : Minimum annuity of
$1,200, including social secu­
rity, guaranteed on retirement
at 65 with 25 years’ service;
proportionate guarantees for
10 to 25 years’ service.
Changed to: Noncontributory
plan, providing following bene­
fits (in addition to old-age and
survivors’ insurance):
Normal monthly benefits at age
65 —$1.75 times years of plan
membership from Jan. 1,
1956, to Dec. 31, 1960, plus
55/100 of 1 percent of annual
earnings divided by 12 for each
year of plan membership after
Dec. 31, 1960, plus benefits
accrued under former contrib­
utory plan in effect from
Dec. 26, 1943, to Dec. 31,
1955, and under prior noncon­
tributory plan. Those with­
drawing contributions received
only amount purchased by
company.
Early retirement-Employees aged
55 with 15 years’ service, retir­
ing at own option, to receive
immediate, actuarially reduced
pension.
Eligibility—Employees automati­
cally became plan members
upon completing 2 years’ con­
tinuous service and reaching
age 25.
Vesting rights (termination bene­
fits)-Employees with at least
20 years’ service and age 40
and over, on leaving company,
to receive normal retirement
benefits credited to time of
termination upon reaching age
65. Age requirement, 50 for
those hired after Jan. 1, 1956.

See footnotes at end of table.




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Eligibility for company-paid pension for service before Dec. 26,
1943, contingent on membership in plan by Dec. 31, 1947.
Rates for computing pensions for service before Dec. 26, 1943,
changed to: One-fourth percent of weekly earnings at ages 25
and under 35; one-half percent at 35 and under 45; threefourths percent at 45 and over.
Membership in plan to be a condition of employment.
Eligibility for company-paid pension for service before Dec. 26,
1943, contingent on membership in plan by Dec. 31, 1951.
Company contribution increased to IVi times amount paid by
employees. Interest on refunded contributions changed from 2
percent to “the rate allowed by the insurance company.”
Between Sept. 1 and Sept. 30, 1956, employees could withdraw
their pension contributions (with interest) for years before
1956, minus service charge of 2 percent of refund.6
Minimum monthly benefits for service from Dec. 26, 1943, to
Dec. 31, 1955; (1) For members not withdrawing contribu­
tions, $1.75 times years of service during period in which em­
ployee contributed to plan and $1.25 for each year employee
was eligible but did not belong to plan; (2) for employee with­
drawing contributions, benefits purchased by company contri­
butions; and (3) no benefits for this period for those who never
joined plan.
Minimum monthly benefit for employees retired before Jan. 1,
1956, and whose retirement was identified with contributory
plan changed to $1.50 for each year of service up to 30 ($1 a
month for each year in which employee was eligible to join
plan and did not join) but not less than $10.

Employees who did not withdraw contributions to plan eligible
for benefits based on service after Dec. 26, 1943, after 10
years’ membership in plan regardless of age or length of service
and to full benefits (for service both before and after Dec. 26,
1943) after 15 years’ membership.
Employees could withdraw contributions, with 2 percent interest,
at time of leaving company.

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Effective date

Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision
Retirement plan— Continued

Jan. 1, 1956 (trust agreement
dated Dec. 3, 1958).

June 1, 1962 (agreement of same
date).

June 1, 1965 (agreement of same
date).

Jan. 1, 1966 (agreement dated
June 1, 1965).

June 1, 1971 (agreement of same
date).

June 1, 1973 (agreement of June
1, 1971).
June 1, 1975 (agreement of June
1, 1971).

Added: Termination benefitsEmployee terminated because
of plant closing or conversion
and eligible for past service
benefits (i.e., for service before
Dec. 26, 1943, under plan in
effect on Dec. 31, 1955) at
normal retirement date could
receive immediately an amount
equal to employer’s contribu­
tion to past service fund and
could have his past service pen­
sion reduced by proportion
that termination benefit bore
to actuarial value of past ser­
vice pension due employee.
Changed: Early retirement deductions to 4 percent for each
year of retirement before 65
(had ranged from 8.4 percent
at age 64 to 51.6 percent at
age 55).
Increased: Normal monthly benefits at age 6 5 -fo r employees
who retired on or after effec­
tive date, for credited service
from (1) date of eligibility to
Dec. 31, 1955, by $1.25 for
each year of service; (2) Jan.
1, 1956, through Dec. 31,
1960, by 35 cents, to $2.10
for each year of service; (3)
Jan. 1, 1961, through Dec. 31,
1965, no change.
Changed: Normal monthly bene­
fits at age 65-fo r service after
effective date, to a flat $3 for
each year of credited service in
plan.
Changed: Eligibility-to 2 years’
continuous service.
Increased: Normal monthly bene­
fits—to $3.75 per month per
year of past service and $4 per
month per year of future ser­
vice.
Changed: Vesting requirements—
to age 40 with 15 years of
creditable service.
Increased: Normal monthly bene­
fits—to $4.50 per month per
year of future service.
Increased: Normal monthly benefits-to $5 per month per year
of future service.

Changed: 1,440 hours or more of work in calendar year required
to receive full credit; fractional credit given for fewer hours.

Past service defined as service before June 1, 1971.

Temporary policy payment
June 1, 1965 (agreement of same
date).

Provided: Temporary benefit—for
employees who retired before
June 1, 1965, a temporary $5
a month benefit in addition to
regular monthly pension.

Payments were provided in 4 equal $15 installments, payable on
July 1, 1965, Oct. 1, 1965, Jan. 1, 1966, and Apr. 1, 1966.
Installments terminated if Medicare became effective before
Apr. 1, 1966.

Disability benefit plan
June 1, 1956 (by agreement of
same date).

Noncontributory plan established
providing benefits of $45 a
month, less any statutory dis­
ability benefits, to employees
totally and permanently dis-

See footnotes at end of table.



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Disability determined by company. Plan made effective through
June 1, 1959.
Benefits also applied to those age 55 but less than 60 with 20
years’ service already declared totally and permanently disabled
by insurance carrier.

Table 3.

Supplementary compensation practices1—Continued
Applications, exceptions, and
other related matters

Provision

Effective date

Disability benefit plan—Continued
June 1, 1956-Continued

June 1, 1960 (agreement dated
Apr. 22, 1960).

abled between ages 55 and 65
with 20 years’ service (con­
tinuous service required after
Jan 1, 1952). Normal benefits
accrued under pension plan
payable at age 65.
Provision for payment of face
value of life insurance extend­
ed to employees totally and
permanently disabled between
ages 60 and 65 and also eligible
for disability benefit under
new plan.
Changed: Benefits provided total­
ly and permanently disabled
employee between ages 50 and
63 with 20 years’ service, in­
cluding continuous service
after Jan. 1, 1952.
Added: Employee disabled be­
tween ages 50 and 65 could
elect early retirement at age
63.

Dec. 8, 1960 (agreement of same
date).
June 1, 1965 (agreement of same
date).

Changed: For employees at age
50 with 15 years’ service, or
age 60 with 10 years’ service;
service after Jan. 1, 1952 to be
continuous.

Insurance payable in monthly installments, in a lump-sum, or a
combination thereof. Employee could choose a paid-up life
insurance policy of $500 to $1,000 in lieu of part of cash
benefits.

Changed: Age at which employee with 20 years’ service, already
declared totally and permanently disabled by insurance carrier,
was eligible for benefits was reduced to 50.

Plan benefits for employee with 20 years’ service, including con­
tinuous service after Jan. 1, 1952, and totally and permanently
disabled from industrial injury for which workmen’s compensa­
tion was due, extended to cover ages 50 but less than 65.
Eliminated: Options of receiving (1) all or any part of insurance in
monthly installments, (2) paid-up life insurance policy of $500
to $1,000 in lieu of part of cash benefits.
Employees under age 60 to receive, in addition to regular benefits,
lump-sum payment equal to disability benefit of life insurance.
Those over 60 years of age to receive a lump-sum payment
related to age at time of disability.7

1The last entry under each item represents the most recent change.
2 Shift premium was determined by counting total number of points earned per hour during hours scheduled in each week or pay period as
shown below. The total premium points were divided by total hours scheduled to secure the average shift premium for the entire schedule
using the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent. The average premium was applied to the day base rate to determine the shift rate applicable,
adjusted to nearest full cent. Premium applied to total paid hours in schedule.
Hours
7 a.m. to 5 p.m..............
5 p.m. to 1 2 m ..............
12m. to 7 a.m................
Schedule of benefits were as follows:
Period o f continuous
service from last
date o f employment
61 days to 1 year.........
1 year to 3 y e a r s .........
3 years and over...........

Sun.
20
27
30

Mon.
0
7
10

Tues.
0
1
10

Wed. Thurs.
0
0
1
1
10
10

Accidental death
and dismemberment
(principal sum)
$1,000
2,000
3,500

Life
insurance
$1,000
2,000
3,500

Fri.
0
7
10

Sat.
15
22
25

Permanent
and total
disability
$500
1,500
3,000

Schedule of benefits was as follows:
Period o f continuous service
from last date o f employment
61 days to 1 year
1 year to 5 years
5 years and over

Life insurance
$2,000
3,500
5,000

Accidental death
and dismemberment
$2,000
3,500
5,000

5 Schedule of benefits was as follows:
Period o f continuous service
from last date o f employment
61 days to 1 year
1 year to 3 years
3 years and over

Life insurance
$3,000
4.000
5.000

Accidental death
and dismemberment
$3,000
4.000
5.000

6 Contributions paid for 1956 automatically refunded without service charge.
7The lump-sum payment determined as follows:
Age (date o f application)
Amount
60 and under 63 ............................................................................................... $3,000
63 and under 6 3V i.............................................................................................
2,500
63!/2 and under 64 .............................................................................................
2,000
64 and under 6 AV2 .............................................................................................
1,500
641/) and over......................................................................................................
1,000



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Wage 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 office of the Bureau o f 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-January 1974, BLS Bulletin 1815.
February 1974-May 1977, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1815.
The Anaconda Co.—
1941-58, BLS Report 1970.1
Armour and Company—
1941-72, BLS Bulletin 1682.
September 1973-August 1976, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1682.
A. T. & T.—Long Lines Department and Communications Workers of America (AFL-CIO)—
October 1940-July 1974, BLS Bulletin 1812.
July 1974-August 1977, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1812.
Atlantic Richfield Co. (former facilities of Sinclair Oil Companies)—
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.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Shipbuilding Department) and the IUMSW—
June 1941-August 1975, BLS Bulletin 1866.
Bituminous Coal Mine Operators and United Mine Workers of America—
October 1933-November 1974, BLS Bulletin 1799.
The Boeing Co. (Washington Plants) and the International Association of Machinists—
June 1936-September 1977, BLS Bulletin 1895
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.
FMC Corp., Chemical Group—Fiber Division and the TWUA—
November 1945-May 1977, BLS Bulletin 1924.
Federal Employees under the General Schedule Pay System
(formerly Federal Classification Act Employees)—
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-April 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.




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International Harvester Co. and the Auto Workers
February 1946-September 1976, 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. (a division of Interco, Inc.)—
1945-74, BLS Bulletin 1718.
October 1974-September 1976, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1718.
Lockheed-California Company (a division of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.) and Machinists’ U nionMarch 1937-October 1977, BLS Bulletin 1904.
Martin Marietta Aerospace and the Auto Workers—
March 1944-November 1975, BLS Bulletin 1884.
Massachusetts Shoe Manufacturers and United Shoe Workers of America (AFL-CIO)—
January 1945-January 1975, BLS Bulletin 1800.
January 1975-January 1977, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1800.
New York City Laundries and the Clothing Workers—
November 1945-November 1975, BLS Bulletin 1845.
North Atlantic Longshoremen—
1934-71, BLS Bulletin 1736.
1971-77, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1736.
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding—
194167, 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 20 8 .1
Rockwell International (Electronics, North American Aircraft/Space Operations) and the Auto Workers—
May 1941-September 1977, BLS Bulletin 1893.
Swift & Co.—
1 94273, BLS Bulletin 1773.1
United States Steel CorporationMarch 1937-April 1974, BLS Bulletin 1814.
May 1974-July 1977, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1814.
Western Greyhound Lines—
1945-67, BLS Bulletin 1595.1

1968-72, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1595.
Western Union Telegraph Co. and the United Telegraph Workers and the Communications Workers—
November 1943-July 1976, BLS Bulletin 1927
1Out of print. See Directory o f Wage Chronologies, 1948-June 1975, fox Monthly Labor Review issue in which reports and supplements
published before July 1965 appeared.




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