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Wage Chronology: Massachusetts Shoe Manufacturers and the Shoe Workers, 1945-79 U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics 1978 Bulletin 1993 Wage Chronology: Massachusetts Shoe Manufacturers and the Shoe Workers, 1945-79 U.S. Department of Labor Ray Marshall, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Julius Shiskin, Commissioner 1978 Bulletin 1993 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D .C . 20402 Stock No. 029-001-02193-3 Preface This bulletin is one of a series prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that traces changes in wage scales and related benefits negotiated by individual employers or 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 deal only with selected features of collective bargaining or wage determination. They are intended primarily as a tool for research, analysis, and wage administration. References to job security, grievance procedures, methods of piece-rate adjustment, 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 Massachusetts shoe manufacturers with the United Shoe Workers of America since 1945. This bulletin replaces Wage Chronology: Massachusetts Shoe Manufacturers and United Shoe Workers o f America (AFL-CIO), January 1945-January 1975, published as BLS Bulletin 1800, and incorporates the supplement covering the 1975-77 period. Materials previously published have been supplemented in this bulletin by contract changes negotiated for the 1977-79 period. Except for a revised introduction and other minor changes, earlier texts generally are included as they were originally published. 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 Wage Chronology: Massachusetts Shoe Manufacturers and the Shoe Workers, 1945-79, Bulletin 1993. The analysis for the 1975-79 period was prepared in the Division of Trends in Employee Compensa tion by Milfred W. Ellis. m Contents Page Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................1 Summary of contract negotiations........................................................................................................................................... 2 January 1953-December 1958 ..........................................................................................................................................2 January 1959-December 1960 ..........................................................................................................................................2 January 1961-December 1962 ..........................................................................................................................................2 January 1963-January 1965 ............................................................................................................................................3 January 1965-January 1967 ............................................................................................................................................3 January 1967-January 1969 ............................................................................................................................................ 3 January 1969-January 1 9 7 1 ............................................................................................................................................4 January 1971-January 1973 ............................................................................................................................................4 January 1973-January 1975 ............................................................................................................................................ 5 January 1975-January 1977 ............................................................................................................................................ 5 January 1977-January 1979 ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Tables: 1. General wage changes................................................................................................................................................... 6 2. Minimum plant wage rates............................................................................................................................................ 8 3. Supplementary compensation practices...................................................................................................................... 9 Overtime p a y .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Holiday p a y .............................................................................................................................................................9 Paid vacations.......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Reporting tim e...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Downtime..............................................................................................................................................................11 Technological change p a y ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Bereavement pay....................................................................................................................................................11 Jury-duty pay.........................................................................................................................................................11 Group insurance b enefits..................................................................................................................................... 11 Pension plan........................................................................................................................................................... 14 Wage chronologies available.................................................................................................................................................... 17 v Introduction and national unions have represented the industry’s workers. In 1933, the National Shoe Workers Association, the Shoe Workers Protective Union, the Shoe Workers of Salem, and the Shoe and Leather Workers Industrial Union combined to form the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union (USLWU), with about 60,000 members. The western Massachusetts branch of the Shoe Workers Protective Union, which failed to join in the 1933 amalgamation, merged in 1937 with the USLWU to form the United Shoe Workers of America (USWA), under the CIO. In 1942, the USWA signed its first master agreement with northeastern Massachusetts shoe firms. Bargaining at the time was primarily on an individual firm basis except for those companies belonging to the Haverhill Board of Trade. Common counsel represented these firms in negotia tions but each member of the Board as well as independent companies signed th£ agreement individually. The Board operated until September 1970, when it voted itself out of existence. Today, the Massachusetts firms do not bargain through formal associations. Instead, a group of repre sentatives from most of the firms bargains with the union, and all firms then sign separate but essentially identical agreements. The tables begin with the 1945 agreement, but the provisions reported as being in effect at that time do not necessarily indicate changes from earlier conditions of employment. Only provisions affecting major wage and supplementary compensation practices for production workers are shown. Provisions dealing with day-to-day administration of incentive plans are omitted. Shoe manufacturers in the Lynn-Haverhill-Boston area, generally small, have engaged almost exclusively in the production of women’s shoes. Historically, women’s shoe production has been seasonal and sales have been con centrated in two buying periods— before Easter and during the fall months. Recently, these seasons have become less pronounced and the incidence of overtime work during these periods is virtually nonexistent. Frequent style changes, both seasonal and fashion, have led to difficulties in assigning commensurate rates of pay to operators using the same machinery to perform jobs of varying difficulty. Accordingly, piece-work systems have been adopted as the method of compensation for 90 percent of the industry’s job classifications. In recent years, increased competition from imports has resulted in many plant closings and in some plant relocations, primarily to northern New England and the South. Consequently, the number of plants covered by this chronology has dropped from about 60 in the early 1950’s, to 6 at the present time. O’Donnell Shoe Co. and Benjamin Schwartz Co. of Lynn, Massachusetts, were the most recent firms to close-in 1974 and 1975, respectively. The six plants, now employing about 750 production and related workers who are represented by the United Shoe Workers of America, account for less than 1 percent of the nationwide employment in all types of shoe manufacturing. Union activity in northeastern Massachusetts began well over 100 years ago. Women shoe workers in Lynn organized one of the first women’s unions in the country, which subsequently carried out a successful strike against a wage reduction in 1833. Since that time, many different local 1 Summary of Contract Negotiations Massachusetts shoe firms on December 31, 1958 and effective on January 1, 1959, provided for a 2-step increase in pay totaling 8 cents an hour. Following the practice in previous settlements, wage increases were added to gross weekly earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not changed, but each firm signing the agreement was given the option of converting piece rates to incorporate the general wage increases. The establishment of a pension plan was agreed to, with employers paying 2 cents for each hour paid for into a jointly administered fund beginning January 1, 1960. If agreement on details of the program was not reached by December 31, 1960, the fund was to be dis tributed to employees, covered in the contract in propor tion to hours worked. The agreement, which covered approximately 11,000 employees of shoe manufacturers in the Lynn-HaverhillBoston area, was to remain in effect until December 31, 1960, and from year to year thereafter unless either party requested an amendment or change before November 1. January 1953-December 1958 A 1-year contract covering 12,000 workers engaged in the manufacture of women’s shoes in the Lynn HaverhillBoston area in northeastern Massachusetts was agreed to by the United Shoe Workers of America (CIO) and the employers in the area. Effective January 1, 1953, the agreement replaced previous contracts and remained in force until December 31, 1953. It made no provision for a reopening on any matter. Fifty-nine companies were parties to the master agreement, and six others signed identical individual contracts. In addition to a general increase in gross weekly earnings for both time and piece workers, the contract raised the minimum plant rate and liberalized vacation benefits. Since the increase applied to gross weekly earnings, no changes were made in specific piece rates. One-year agreements negotiated in 1954 and 1955 by the United Shoe Workers of America and manufacturers of women’s cement process shoes in northeastern Massa chusetts left rates of pay unchanged; the 1954 agreement liberalized paid vacation benefits for workers in plants that closed or were sold and improved group insurance benefits in all plants. The 1955 agreement made no major changes in contract provisions, although it incorporated a provision designed to liberalize vacation payments for employees of firms that went into bankruptcy. A 2-year agreement, negotiated on December 31, 1955 and effective on January 1, 1956, provided for a 2-step increase in pay totaling 8 percent and liberalized paid holiday provisions. Two years later, a 1-year contract increased earnings by 5 cents an hour, effective January 1, 1958. Wage increases were applied to gross weekly earnings and no changes were made in existing piece rates. The agreement, which covered about 12,000 employees1 of 50 shoe companies in the Lynn-Hayerhill-Boston area, was to remain in effect until December 31, 1958. January 1961-December 1962 The United Shoe Workers of America and approxi mately 40 northeastern Massachusetts shoe manufacturers agreed in January 1961 on a new 2-year contract. The agreement provided for a 5-cent-an-hour pay increase effective January 1, 1961. As in previous settlements, the wage increase was added to gross weekly earnings.2 Piece-rate schedules were not changed, but each firm signing the agreement was given the option of adjusting piece rates to incorporate the general wage increase. Insurance benefits w$re increased effective February 1, 1961. An earlier practice of closing down the industry for a 2-week vacation period was reestablished by the new contract. The employers’ contribution io the pension fund was increased 3 cents an hour (total 5 cents) effective January 1, 1962, although the previous agreement specified that there was to be no increase until December 31, 1962. In addition, the period during which the parties were to agree on the level of pension benefits was extended from December 31, 1960 to December 31, 1962. The agreement, which covered approximately 10,000 employees of shoe firms in the Lynn-Haverhill-Boston January 1959-December 1960 A 2-year agreement, negotiated by the United Shoe Workers of America with approximately 40 northeastern b e tw e e n 1953 and 1958, several plants in Lawrence and Newburyport came under the master agreement for the first time; however, since other plants were shut down and relocated, the number of workers affected by the agreements was not changed materially. 2 Gross weekly earnings included all piecework and hourly earnings, factory percentages, and clock time. 2 machines when representatives of the union and employers could not resolve their differences by the expiration date of the former contract. After a 2-day strike, a new agree ment was negotiated on January 8, 1965. The December bargaining sessions were opened with union demands for a general wage increase of 15 cents an hour and a minimum hourly guarantee of $1.50. Efforts were made to change the basis for computing holiday pay, to provide 3 weeks’ vacation for employees with 10 years or more of service, and to raise sickness and accident benefits. Initially, employer negotiators proposed that wages be reduced to improve their firms’ competitive position in the industry. Employment costs would have been reduced further by proposed changes in computing vacation pay and pension contributions, in adjusting piece rates, in lengthening the employment for health insurance eligibility, and in changing a number of other contract provisions. The 2-year agreement that terminated the strike was ratified on January 11. Employee earnings were to be boosted by 6 cents an hour— one-half to become effective in January 1965, the other half, a year later. Weekly sickness and accident benefits were increased, and holiday pay was based on the worker’s average straight-time hourly earnings, rather than on a percentage of earnings in the social security quarter that preceded the holiday. The agreement remained in effect until January 6, 1967. area, was to remain in effect until December 31, 1962, and from year to year thereafter unless either party gave notice of intention to terminate the agreement before November 1 of any subsequent year. After accumulating contributions for 2 years, the parties agreed in the spring of 1961 to the benefits that would be available from the pension plan established December 31, 1958. A dual benefit schedule was adoptedone for employees retiring after January 1, 1961 and before January 1, 1962, and another for those retiring after the latter date. January 1963-January 1965 A short strike by the United Shoe Workers of America ended early in January 1963 when the union concluded new contracts with 32 northeastern Massachusetts shoe manufacturers employing some 7,000 of its members. The shoe workers had voted to strike after their contracts expired at midnight December 31, 1962, unless a new contract was negotiated. The companies had sought to extend the old agreement for 1 year. With shoe workers on strike, the union submitted revised contract proposals to the companies on January 2, 1963, the first workday of the year. Fifteen shoe manu facturing companies in the Boston area accepted a 2-year contract later the same day, and 3,500 employees returned to work on January 3. In the Haverhill area, a 2-day strike of 3,500 shoe workers in 17 factories ended when employees reported to work on January 4, after manu facturers had accepted a similar contract on the evening of January 3. To permit the suspension of negotiations during the New Year holidays, the parties changed the expiration date of the new contract to January 6, 1965, from the traditional December 31. The contract, which the companies estimated would cost 9l to 10 cents an hour, provided for general wage A increases of 3 cents an hour on January 1 of both 1963 and 1964, and increased minimum wage rates. Another paid holiday was added, bringing the total to 8, and insurance benefits were improved. To meet the challenge of automation, technologically displaced workers were given preference for new job openings in their department. Should technology reduce the skill level of jobs, workers already on the payroll were protected against wage de creases, so long as their output was maintained. In some cases, this practice already was in effect. January 1967-January 1969 In contrast to the previous two contract-renewal negotia tions, a strike was averted in 1967 when the United Shoe Workers of America and representatives of 22 northeastern Massachusetts shoe manufacturers on January 5 reached agreement on a 2-year pact covering approximately 6,000 workers. Workers ratified the settlement on January 6. Negotiations between the parties had begun about a month earlier. Initial union demands included a 30-centan-hour general wage increase, a minimum hourly guarantee of $1.75, a ninth paid holiday, third and fourth weeks of vacation, a minimum overtime guarantee, and bereavement and jury-duty pay. In addition, the union sought improve ments in health and welfare and insurance plans, and a 5-cent-an-hour increase in the companies’ contribution to the pension fund to provide vesting, voluntary retirement at age 62, eased eligibility requirements, and a $50 mini mum monthly pension for eligible retirees. The companies made no specific initial offer. The new contract, effective January 7, 1967, provided for an immediate general wage increase of 15 cents an hour. Minimum wage rates also were raised in 1967 and again in 1968. Other first-year benefits included a third week of vacation after 10 years of service, bereavement pay, and liberalized hospitalization, surgical, and sickness and accident benefit provisions. In addition, employees under January 1965-January 1967 Collective bargaining between the United Shoe Workers of America and representatives of 25 northeastern Massa chusetts shoe manufacturers began on December 2, 1964. On January 7, 1965, some 9,000 workers left their 3 difference between jury-duty pay and the amount a worker would have earned on the job. A feature of the settlement was the establishment of a health and welfare fund, based on recommendations of a joint study committee which was created during the 1967 contract negotiations to examine methods of pro viding insurance for dependents. The fund was to be financed by employer payments of $3 per employee per month beginning February 1, 1969 and rising to $11.50 on August 1, 1969 and $15 on February 1, 1970. An additional 4 cents an hour, beginning January 5, 1970, brought the employer payment to the pension fund to 11 cents an hour per employee. The extra money enabled the pension plan trustees to raise the normal monthly pension to $33.90, from $28.80, by vote of April 28, 1969 with benefits retroactive to June 1, 1968. The 2-year agreement, which was scheduled to expire on January 8, 1971, had no provision for reopening. Medicare Plan B were excluded from the employees’ hospital and surgical plan and were provided with a com pany-paid supplementary insurance plan to be integrated with Medicare to assure benefits equal to those provided by the regular company plan. Employees enrolled under Plan B were to be reimbursed by the company for the monthly $3 Medicare fee. Effective in 1968 were increases in employee life insurance and in the company pension contribution. Employers also agreed to give the union 10 days’ advance notice of a technological change. During the talks, the parties agreed to designate mem bers of a joint study committee to examine various methods of providing hospitalization and surgical insurance for dependents of company employees. The committee was to submit its recommendations at the next collective bargaining session. The 2-year contract was to remain in force through January 6, 1969;no reopening provision was included. January 1969-January 1971 January 1971-January 1973 Virtually all major companies were involved nationally in the 1968-69 round of negotiations in the shoe industry. Between November 1968, when International Shoe (a division of Interco) signed a 2-year contract covering some 12,000 workers, and January 1969, when Massachusetts shoe manufacturers settled with the United Shoe Workers (USW), 5 major agreements involving over 35,000 workers were signed. The pace-setter in the industry was the International Shoe agreement. It called for wage increases of 18.2 cents and 16.9 cents an hour for piece workers, and 17 cents and 15 cents an hour for day workers, effective in 1969 and 1970, repectively. Significant gains also were attained in pensions and health insurance.3 Agreements at other major companies generally were in line with provisions of the International Shoe pact. The United Shoe Workers and representatives of 19 Massachusetts shoe manufacturers signed 2-year contracts on January 7, 1969, three days before the 1967 pacts expired. The contracts covered approximately 3,700 workers in Haverhill, Boston, Lynn, Wakefield, and Salem. The settlement called for a January 7 wage increase of 15 cents an hour for all employees. The minimum wage was set at $1.70 an hour for workers with less than 6 months of service and $1.85 for those with 6 months or more. A deferred wage increase of 15 cents an hour was scheduled for January 5,1970. Other changes included a 9th paid holiday (Patriots’ Day), establishment of jury-duty pay, and an increase in bereavement pay. Employers also were to make up the Increased pressure from foreign imports and a rash of plant closings provided the background for 1971 negotia tions between the United Shoe Workers (USW) and Massa chusetts shoe manufacturers. During the 24 months between the signing of the 1969 contract and its expira tion, the number of firms in the bargaining unit had shrunk from 19 to 9 and the number of employees had decreased from 3,700 to 1,800. One effect of this reduction in employment was the announcement in October 1971 by trustees of the pension fund that the normal benefit to retired workers in Massachusetts would be reduced from $33.90 to $25.50 a month (maximum after 30 years of service) because outflow from the fund was exceeding income, even though employer payments per man-hour had risen. The initial agreement in the 1970-71 round of negotia tions was at International Shoe, traditionally the national pattern-setter in the industry. The 4-year contract, which was negotiated in October 1970, provided for wage in creases of 18 cents and 15 cents an hour in December of 1970 and 1971, respectively, and for a wage reopener in 1972. Because imports had hit the Massachusetts industry much harder than other locations, the union, after 10 bargaining sessions, agreed on January 11 to a 2-year contract that provided for no wage increase in 1971. Although the basic terms of the agreement were negotiated in January, the contract was not formally signed until April 17. Other terms included a 5-percent wage increase, averaging approximately 13 cents an hour, effective on Jan. 3, 1972. In addition, on that date the minimum wage was to be raised to $1.85 an hour, from $1.70, for employees who had less than 6 months of service and to $2, from $1.85, for most others. 3 For further details of the settlement, see Wage Chronology: International Shoe Company, 1945-74, Bulletin 1718 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1972), pp. 3-4. 4 The employer payment to the pension plan was in creased by 2 cents per hour paid for, to 13 cents. Although the firms’ payment to the health and welfare fund remained at $15 per employee per month, benefits were improved for employees and their dependents. The daily hospital rate was raised to $60 and an eye examination program was to become operative by 1972. The contract, covering approximately 1,800 workers, was to terminate on January 12, 1973 with no provision for reopening before that date. Negotiations toward new contracts began in mid-Decem ber 1974, when the union met with representatives of four of the six companies— Benson Shoe Co. in Lynn; Algy Shoe Co. in Everett; Salem Shoe Co. in Salem; and Allen Shoe Co. in Haverhill. The union’s demands included a 25-percent wage increase over a 2-year period, with a $2.50 minimum hourly wage and unlimited cost-of-living increases; a 10th paid holiday, increased pensions and severance pay, improved vacations and hospital insurance; and the establishment of major medical coverage. Settlement between the four companies and the union was reached on January 6. The two remaining companies, Lesande Shoe Co. and Bernie Shoe Co., both located in Haverhill, settled on the same terms on the 11th, fpllowing a 4-day strike. Workers returned to their jobs on January 14. The accords provided for a January 8, 1975, wage increase of 20 cents an hour and for a 10-cent increase a year later. The minimum hourly rate was raised, in two steps, to $2.35 for employees with less than 6 months of service and to $2.50 for those with 6 months or more. Other terms included a 5-cent-an-hour increase in the employer payment to the pension fund and a $4-a-month increase for the health and welfare fund; a fourth week of paid vacation after 20 years of service; and a $500 increase in life insurance. The contract, which covered about 750 employees, was to expire on January 7, 1977. January 1973-January 1975 Representatives of 8 Massachusetts shoe manufacturers and the United Shoe Workers reached a 2-year agreement on January 12, 1973, the date their previous 2-year con tract expired. Weekly negotiations had begun in late November 1972. International Shoe Co. was again the industry pattern-setter with a 2-year contract negotiated in October. The Massachusetts contract provided for a 10-centsan-hour increase for all employees on January 8, 1973; an increase to $2.10 an hour in minimum wages for all plant workers having 6 months’ experience; and a 12cents-an-hour increase for all employees on January 7, 1974. The bereavement provision was extended to cover the death of the employee’s mother-in-law or father-in-law. Effective February 1, 1973, the employer-financed group insurance plan, at no additional cost, was to be improved as follows: Surgical benefits were increased from a maxi mum of $450 to $550; diagnostic X-rays would be covered up to $50 a year; provision for visits to a doctor’s office was introduced, paid at the rate of $5 a visit, to a maximum of $75 a year; and company reimbursement to employees for the Medicare Part B charge was increased to $5.80 a month. The agreement, which was to terminate January 12, 1975, covered about 1,200 workers in Haverhill, Lynn, Boston, and Salem. January 1977-January 1979 The 1977 negotiations between the United Shoe Workers of America and representatives of 6 northeastern Massachusetts shoe manufacturers opened on January 3. A settlement was reached and ratified by employees on January 8, 1977. It covered approximately 750 workers at six companies— Algy Shoe Co. in Everett; Benson Shoe Co. In Lynn; Salem Shoe Co. in Salem; and Allen Shoe Co., Bernie Shoe Co. and LeSande Shoe Co. in Haverhill, Although the negotiations covered all of the firms, each of them, continuing the practice of recent years, signed separate but virtually identical contracts with the union. The accord provided for a wage and benefit package which amounted to about 41 cents an hour over 2 years, including a 20-cent-an-hour general wage increase for all employees on January 10 and a 10-cent increase a year later. Employers increased their payments 3 cents an hour to the pension fund and $6 per month tq the health and welfare fund, and provided 2 weeks of paid vacation to employees with 3 (was 5) but fewer than 10 years of service. The following tables are complete to January 7, 1979, the expiration date of the contracts. January 1975-January 1977 In January 1975, the United Shoe Workers of America reached agreement on new 2-year contracts with six shoe manufacturers in northeastern Massachusetts, but the union’s gains were tempered by the closing of two other firms that previously had been part of the bargaining situation. The closings continued the decline the industry had suffered in the area since the early 1950’s, when the union bargained with about 50 firms. The decline resulted from increased shoe imports and plant relocations. 5 Table 1. General wage changes1 Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Jan. 1, 1945 (by agreement of same date). Jan. 1, 1946 (by agreement of same date). Sept. 2, 1946 (arbitration award, Nov. 5, 1946). Jan. 2, 1947 (agreement of Mar. 1, 1947). No general wage change. July 7, 1948 (arbitration award, July 7, 1948). Jan. 2, 1951 (agreement of Dec. 15, 1950). Jan. 1, 1953 .......................................... 5 cents an hour increase. Jan. 1, 1956 (agreement of Dec. 31, 1955). Jan. 1, 1957 (by above agreement). Jan. 1, 1958 (agreement of Dec. 31, 1957). Jan. 1, 1959 (agreement dated Dec. 31, 1958). Jan. 1, 1960 (agreement dated Dec. 31, 1958). Jan. 1, 1961 (agreement dated Dec. 31, 1960). 15-percent increase, averaging ap proximately 15 cents an hour. 10 cents an hour increase. 2.5 cents an hour increase. 5-percent increase, averaging approxi mately 8 cents an hour. 5-percent increase, averaging approximately 8 cents an hour. 2.86-percent increase, averaging ap proximately 5 cents an hour. 5 cents an hour increase. 5 cents an hour increase. 3 cents an hour increase. 5 cents an hour increase. 3 cents an hour increase. Jan. 1, 1964 (agreement dated Jan. 2, 1963). Jan. 7, 1965 (agreement dated Jan. 8, 1965). 3 cents an hour increase. 3 cents an hour increase. Jan. 7, 1966 (agreement dated Jan. 8, 1965). Jan. 7, 1967 (agreement dated Jan. 5, 1967). Jan. 7, 1969 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). 3 cents an hour increase. Jan. 5, 1970 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). Jan. 3, 1972 (agreement of April 17, 1971). Jan. 8, 1973 (agreement of Jan. 12, 1973). 15 cents an hour increase. Jan. 5, 1976 (agreement of Jan. 6, 1975). 15 cents an hour increase. 15 cents an hour increase. 5-percent increase, averaging approxi mately 13 cents an hour. 10 cents an hour increase./ 12 cents an hour increase. 20 cehts an hour increase. Arbitration award of Massachusetts State Board of Arbitra tion and Conciliation. Those workers not receiving 10-cent increase from arbitra tion award of Nov. 5, 1946, to get 12V cents retroactive & to Jan. 2, 1947.3 Arbitration award of Massachusetts State Board of Arbitra tion and Conciliation. Percent increase applied to gross weekly earnings. Conse quently, piece-rate schedules were not revised to reflect the increase. Percent increase applied to gross weekly earnings. Conse quently, piece-rate schedules were not revised. 5-percent increase in gross weekly earnings raised to 8 percent. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Deferred increase of 3 cents an hour, effective Jan. 1, I960* Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules not revised; local option of converting increase into piece prices continued. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Agreement also provided deferred increase effective Jan. 1, 1964. Deferred increase added to total earnings. Piece-rate sched ules were not revised. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Agreement also provided a deferred increase effective Jan. 7, 1966. Deferred increase added to total earnings. Piece-rate sched ules were not revised. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Agreement also provided for a deferred increase effective Jan. 5, 1970. Deferred increase. The 1971 contract provided for only one wage increase— effective Jan. 3, 1972. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Agreement also provided a deferred increase effective Jan. 7, 1974. Deferred increase. Added to total earnings. Agreement also provided for a deferred wage increase on Jan. 5, 1976. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Deferred increase. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. 10 cents an hour increase. See footnotes at end of table. 2 10 cents an hour increase. Jan. 1, 1963 (agreement dated Jan. 2, 1963). Jan. 7, 1974 (agreement of Jan. 12, 1973). Jan. 8, 1975 (agreement of Jan. 6, 1975). Provision made for cost-of-living adjustment. 6 Table 1. General wage changes1 —Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Jan. 10, 1977 (agreement of Jan. 8, 1977). 20 cents an hour increase. Jan. 2, 1978 (agreement of Jan. 8, 1977). Added to total earnings. Agreement also provided for a deferred wage increase on Jan. 2, 1978. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. Deferred increase. Added to total earnings. Piece-rate schedules were not revised. 10 cents an hour increase. by 5 percent or more as measured by Necessaries of Life Division, Massachusetts Department of Labor and. Industries, the union had the right to request wage increases equal to the percentage rise in the cost of living. If parties were unable to agree promptly on such increases, the question was to be arbitrated by the Massachusetts State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation. G en eral wage changes are upward or downward adjustments affecting an entire establishment, bargaining unit, or plant at one time. Not included are adjustments in individual rates such as promotions and minor adjustments in wage structure including changes in individual job rates that do not immediately or notice ably affect the average wage level. The wage changes listed were the major adjustments in the general wage level made during the period covered. Because of the omission of nongeneral changes and other factors, the total of the general changes listed will not necessarily coincide with the change in straight-time average hourly earnings. 3Cost-of-living provision eliminated. 2 The majority of production workers covered by these agree ments were paid on a piecework basis. Contract included provision that if on July 1, 1946, or any time thereafter during life of agreement, the cost of living increased 7 Table 2. Minimum plant wage rates Effective date Minimum hourly rate1 Jan. 1, 1945 .......................................... $0.55 Jan. Jan. July Jan. 1, 2, 1, 3, 1946 .......................................... 1947 .......................................... 1948.......................................... 1950 .......................................... 0.90 Jan. 1, 1953 .......................................... Jan. 1, 1956 .......................................... 0.945 1.00 Apr. 1, 1956.......................................... 1.05 Jan. 1, 1957 .......................................... Jan. 1, 1958 .......................................... 1.13 Jan. 1, 1959 .......................................... 1.18 Jan. 1, 1960 .......................................... Jan. 1, 1 9 6 1 .......................................... Minimum plant rates did not apply to learners or handi capped workers. 0.65 0.75 0.80 Jan. 2, 1 9 5 1 .......................................... Applications, exceptions, and other related matters 1.21 1.26 $0.75 minimum for learners, defined as those with less than 4 months of employment in the plant; $0.97 mini mum for packers and repairers. $0.80 minimum for learners, defined as those with less than 6 months of employment in the plant, during first 3 months of employment and $0.85 during second 3 months; $1.07 minimum for packers and repairers. $1,125 minimum for packers and repairers. $1 minimum for learners hired after Jan. 3, 1956; $1.25 minimum for packers and repairers. $1 minimum for learners, defined as those with less than 3 months of employment in the plant. $1.30 minimum for packers and repairers. $1 minimum for learners, defined as those with less than 3 months of employment in any shoe factory; $1.35 minimum for packers and repairers. $1.05 minimum for learners; $1.40 minimum for packers and repairers. $1.43 minimum for packers and repairers. $1.10 minimum for learners; $1.48 minimum for packers and repairers. $1.15 minimum for learners, in accordance with amend ment to Fair Labor Standards Act. $1.51 minimum for packers and repairers. $1.25 minimum for learners, in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act; $1.54 minimum for packers and repairers. $1.57 minimum for packers and repairers. $1.60 minimum for packers and repairs. $1.63 minimum for packers and repairers. $1.40 minimum for learners, defined as those with less than 60 days of employment in any shoe factory; $1.78 minimum for packers, repairers, and booth trimmers. $1.60 minimum for learners; $1.85 minimum for packers, repairers, and booth trimmers. $1.70 minimum for learners; $2.00 minimum for packers, repairers, and booth trimmers. $2.15 minimum for packers, repairers, and booth trimmers. $1.85 minimum for learners. $1.95 minimum for learners. $2.07 minimum for learners. $2.25 minimum for learners. $2.35 minimum for learners. Sept. 3, 1 9 6 1 ....................................... Jan. 1, 1963 .......................................... Sept. 1, 1963 ....................................... 1.29 1.32 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. .......................................... .......................................... .......................................... .......................................... 1.35 1.38 1.41 1.56 Jan. 7, 1968 .......................................... 1.70 Jan. 7, 1969 .......................................... 1.85 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 2.00 2.10 2.22 2.40 2.50 1, 7, 7, 7, 5, 3, 8, 7, 8, 5, 1964 1965 1966 1967 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 .......................................... .......................................... .......................................... .......................................... .......................................... .......................................... beginning Jan. 7, 1969, the minimum hourly rate applied to employees who had at least 6 months of employment in the shoe industry, whether on daywork, piecework, or makeup. From Jan. 1, 1958 to Jan. 6, 1967, the minimum length of service was 3 calendar months, and from Jan. 7, 1967 to Jan. 6, 1969, the minimum was 2 calendar months. 8 Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Overtime pay Jan. 1, 1945 .......................................... Time and one-half for work over 8 hours a day. Holiday pay Jan. 1, 1945 Jan. 1, 1948 Jan. 1, 1954 Jan. 1, 1956 Jan. 1, 1961 (agreement dated Dec. 31, 1960). Jan. 1, 1963 (agreement dated Jan. 2, 1963). Jan. 7, 1965 (agreement dated Jan. 8, 1965). Jan. 7, 1969 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). Jan. 8, 1975 (agreement of Jan. 6, 1975). Six paid holidays established, for which workers were paid IVi percent of total earnings during prior social security quarter but not less than $4. Four additional holidays observed w ithout pay. Changed to: Holiday pay to be not less than $5 a day for employee on payroll 3 months or more. Changed: November 11, from unpaid holiday to holiday at one-half pay (total 6 V2 days). Changed: November 11, made a full paid holiday (total 7 days). Paid holidays were: New Year’s Day, Washington’s Birth day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Unpaid holidays observed were: April 19, July 4, October 12, and November 11. Any employee involved in work stoppage within 3 months immediately preceding holiday was ineligible to receive holiday pay. Payment made for holidays falling on Saturday. To invoke penalty of loss of holiday pay for a work stoppage, company must post notice within 3 days after employee returns to work. Minimum pay for November 11, $2.50. Minimum pay for November 11, $5. Added: 1 paid holiday (total 8). Added: Employees unable to work because of illness up to 90 days to be paid for holidays within that period. Holiday was Columbus Day. Changed: Basis of holiday pay— to 8 times average straight-time hourly earnings during previous social security quarter. Added: 1 paid holiday (total 9). Holiday was Patriots’ Day. Changed: Day after Thanksgiving was substituted for Veterans Day as a paid holiday. Changed: Employees received pay for holidays that fell during first 90 days of absence due to illness. Paid vacations Jan. 1, 1945 Three days’ vacation, with 24 hours’ pay at straight-time average hourly earnings, for employees with 6 months or more continuous serv ice. One week’s vacation, with 40 hours’ pay for employees with 1 year or more of service. Jan. 1, 1948 To invoke penalty of loss of vacation pay for a work stop page, company must post notice within 3 days after employee returns to work. 24 hours’ pay at average straight-time hourly earnings in lieu of vacation benefit in event of sale, liquidation, failure, bankruptcy, etc., to all employees with 6 months’ continuous service. Pay determined from average earnings during first social security quarter. Jan. 3, 1950 Jan. 1, 1953 Changed to: 3 days’ vacation, with 24 hours’ pay at straight-time average hourly earnings for em ployees with 6 months’ bu t less than 1 year’s service; 1 week, with 40 hours’ pay, for employees with 1 and less than 5 years; 2 weeks (80 hours) for employees with 5 or more years. See footnotes at end of table. Pay determined from average earned during calendar quarter ending March 31. Any employee involved in work stoppage during term of contract ineligible to receive vacation pay. 9 Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Paid vacations-Continued Jan. 1 1954 .......................................... Jan. 1, 1955 (agreement dated Dec. 31, 1954). Jan. 1, 1958 .......................................... Jan. 1, 1959 (agreement dated Dec. 31, 1958). Jan. 1, 1961 (agreement dated Dec. 31, 1960). Jan. 7, 1967 (agreement dated Jan. 5, 1967). Added: 3 weeks’ vacation, with 120 hours’ pay at straight-time average hourly earnings, for employees with 10 years or more of service. Jan. 4, 1971 (agreement of Apr. 17, 1971). Added: 5 days’ pay at average straight-time hourly earnings to employees with 5 years’ or more service in lieu of vacation benefits in event of sale, liquidation, failure, bankruptcy, or removal of the business prior to June 1, of contract year. Added: Employee with 6 months or more of continuous service during 12-month qualifying period preceding June 1 but absent because of nonoccupational disability for more than a total of 13 weeks during vacation year to receive credit of 3 days’ pay at straight-time average hourly earnings for less than 5 years’ continuous service and 5 days’ pay for 5 years or more of service. Absence due to occupational disability during qualifying period was not considered an interruption of continuous service in determining vacation credit. In event of bankruptcy, employees to receive full vacation pay to which they would have been entitled by June of contract year. Previous reductions in vacation pay continued to apply in event of sale, liquidation, or removal. 2-week plant shutdown for vacation specified in con tract.1 Plant shutdown for 2 consecutive weeks for vacation no longer required, but vacations must be scheduled between July 1 and August 31.2 Added: Employer given option of giving week’s pay in lieu of second week of vacation. 1958 provision for an industrywide vacation shutdown during first 2 consecutive weeks in July was reinstated. Changed: Qualifying period for nonoccupational disability vacation credit to 12-month period preceding May 31. Employer granted option of giving a week’s pay in lieu of third week of vacation. Added: Employee with 6 months or more of continuous service during qualifying period but absent because of nonoccupational disability for more than a total of 13 weeks during vacation year to receive l l/i days’ pay at straight-time average hourly earnings for 10 years or more of continuous service. Added: IVz days’ pay at straight-time average hourly earnings to employees with 10 years or more of service in lieu of vacation benefits in event of sale, permanent shutdown, liquidation, or removal of the business before June 1 of contract year. Changed: Employee to receive 1/12 of any vacation pay which would have been due on the subsequent June 1 for each month he had been active between the preceding June 1 and the date of employ ment termination due to sale, per manent shutdown, liquidation or , removal of business of the firm. Added: 4 weeks’ vacation for em ployees with 20 years or more of service. Changed: 2 weeks of vacation with pay for employees with 3 (was 5) but fewer than 10 years of service. Jan. 8, 1975 (agreement of Jan. 6, 1975). Jan. 8, 1977 (agreement of same date). Reporting time Jan. 1, 1945 Minimum o f 4 hours’ pay at basic hourly rate guaranteed employees not notified of lack of work. See fo o tn o te s a t e n d o f table. 10 Not applicable if failure to furnish work due to fire, flood, Act of God, failure of power, absence of heat or workers’ failure to report to work. Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Downtime Jan. 1, 1945 .......................................... Average hourly earnings paid piece workers during stoppages exceed ing 30 minutes. Applies to all employees requested to remain in plant after breakdown of machinery, power failure, etc. Technological change pay Jan. 1, 1963 (agreement dated Jan. 2, 1963). Established: Previous average hourly earnings guaranteed employees who had to use new machinery or machinery requiring the same or less skill or effort; wage rate to be set by negotiation or arbitration if higher skill required. Practice in effect and continued: Employees whose jobs were eliminated by technological change given pref erence in assignment to new or improved machinery. Added: Employees whose jobs were eliminated by technological change given preference to any job open ing in departm ent.3 Bereavement pay Jan. 7, 1967 (agreement dated Jan. 5, 1967). Jan. 7, 1969 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). Jan. 8, 1973 (agreement of Jan. 12, 1973). Jan. 8, 1975 (agreement of Jan. 6, 1975). Established: Up to 2 consecutive calendar days’ paid leave, includ ing day of funeral, provided em ployee attending funeral of mem ber of immediate family. Increased: Up to 3 consecutive calen dar days’ paid leave, including day of funeral. Immediate family included employee’s father, mother, sister, brother, child, or spouse. Expanded: Definition of immediate family to include mother-in-law and father-in-law. Terminated: Pay for Saturdays and Sundays that fell within the 3-day period for which bereavement pay was given. Jury-duty pay Jan. 7, 1969 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). Established: Employee to be paid the difference between actual earn ings while on jury duty and em ployee’s average weekly earnings. Employee to report to work if jury was discharged during regular work hours. Employee could be required to produce proof of actual jury service. Group insurance benefits Jan. 1, 1945 .......................................... June 5, 1945.......................................... See footnotes at end of table. No provision for group insurance benefits. Noncontributory group insurance plan installed for employees with 30 days’ service, providing: Life insurance— $250 in event of death or total and permanent disability before age 60; Sickness and accident benefits— $10 a week up to maximum of 13 weeks, starting on first day of disability due to accident and on 8th day disability due to sickness; Surgical benefits-up to maximum of $112.50 during one period of disability. Daily hospital b e n e fits-$4 a day up to maximum of 31 days for disability and up to maximum of 14 days for confinement due to pregnancy. Special hospital benefits-up to $20 for any one disability. 11 Applicable only to nonoccupational accidents and sickness not covered by workers’ compensation. Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Group insurance benefits-C<mtinued Jan. 2, 1951 Jan. 1, 1954 Feb. 1, 1961 (agreement dated Dec. 31, 1960). Increased: Life insurance-to $500 in event of death or total and per manent disability before age 60. Increased: Sickness and accident b enefits-to $15 a week. Surgical benefits— maximum of to $150. Daily hospital benefits— $8. to Special hospital ben efits-to $50. Added: Medical c a r e - $3 a day, up to $51. Increased: Surgical b enefits-to maximum $300. Daily hospital b enefits-to $12. Special hospital b enefits-to $120. Medical c a re -to $93. Maternity b enefits-to $120. Jan. 1, 1963 (agreement dated Jan. 2, 1963). Jan. 1, 1964 (agreement dated Jan. 2, 1963). Jan. 11, 1965 (agreement dated Jan. 8, 1965). Feb. 1, 1967 (agreement dated Jan. 5, 1967). Jan. 7, 1968 (agreement dated Jan. 5, 1967). Jan. 7, 1969 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). Feb. 1, 1969 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). Obstetrical care— $75. to Increased: Daily hospital ben efits-to $18 (maximum $558). Sickness and accident b enefits-to $20 (maximum $260). Increased: Life insurance-to $1,000 in event of death or total and per manent disability before age 60. Increased: Sickness and accident benefits to $25 a week. Increased (for employees): Sickness and accident b enefits-to $30 a week. Special hospital b enefits-to $160. Daily hospital ben efits-to $24 (maximum $744). Surgical benefits-maximum $350. Maternity benefits-maximum $160. In-hospital doctor’s visits-to $5 (maximum $155). Increased: Life insurance-$ 1 ,5 0 0 in event of death or total and per manent disability before age 60. Former practice of providing hospital benefits up to $50 for emergency medical care and treatm ents within 24 hours of accident continued. No payment for doctor’s visits after 31st day of hospital confinement. Formerly, daily hospital benefits up to $8 a day for 14 days plus special hospital allowance up to $25 provided. Formerly, up to $50 provided. Regular hospital-surgical-medical benefits not available to employees 65 years or older who were under Federal Medicare Plan B. Such employees to be provided with a company-paid insurance plan that, in conjunction with Medicare, would provide benefits equivalent to the regular insurance plan. The company was to reimburse enrolled employees for the monthly $3 contribution required for Medicare Plan B coverage. Increased: Company reimbursement to employee for Medicare Part B charge-to $4 a month. Established: Area-wide Health and Welfare Fund to provide benefits com parable to those under former health and welfare plans. Initial company payment to fund-$3 per employee per month. See footnotes at end of table. No payments for physician’s visits after 17th day of hospi tal confinement. 12 Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Effective date Group insurance benefits— «□ntinued C Aug. 1, 1969 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). Feb. 1, 1970 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). July 1, 1970 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). Increased: Company payment to fu n d -to $11.50 per employee per month. Established (for employees): $1,500 accidental dealth and dis memberment benefit. Increased (for employees): Daily hospital benefits— $36 to (maximum $1,116). Established (for dependents): Daily hospital benefits of $24 (maximum $744 per disability). Surgical benefits of $350 per disability. Miscellaneous hospital benefits (including ambulance and anes thesiologist charges) of $160 per disability. In-hospital doctor’s charges of $5 per visit (maximum $155). Hospital maternity benefits of $160. Obstetrical benefits for normal d elivery-$75, ectopic pregnancy$125, Caesarean— $150, and mis carriage— $25. Increased (for employees): Hospital maternity benefits-$200. Obstetrical benefits for normal delivery-$75, ectopic pregnancy$125, C aesarean-$150, and mis carriage-$25. Miscellaneous hospital benefits (including ambulance and anes thesiologist charges)-to $200 per disability. Increased: Company payment to fu n d -to $15 per employee per month. Increased (employees and depend ents) : Miscellaneous hospital benefits (including ambulance and anes thesiologist charges)— $300 per to disability. In-hospital doctor’s charges— to $7 per visit (maximum $217). Daily hospital benefits— $45 to (maximum $1,395). Surgical benefits— to maximum $450 each year. Increased (for dependents): Hospital maternity b enefits-to $ 200. Feb. 1, 1971 (agreement of April 17, 1971). June 15, 1971 (agreement of Aprl 17, 1971). Increased: Daily hospital benefits-to $60 a day for employees; $55 a day for dependents. Established: Eye examination program to pro vide one examination and one pair of glasses to each employee and spouse every 2 years. See footnotes at end of table. 13 Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Group insurance benefits-Continued Jan. 1, 1972 (agreement of Apr. 17, 1971). Feb. 1, 1972 (agreement of Apr. 17, 1971). Feb. 1, 1973 (agreement of Jan. 12, 1973). Expanded: Eye examination program to cover employee’s dependents in addition to spouse. Increased: Daily hospital b enefits-to $60 a day for dependents. Increased (employees and dependents): Surgical benefits-to maximum $550 each year. Established (employees and depend ents) : Diagnostic lab and X-ray benefit of $50 for each injury and $50 each 12 months for sickness. Office call benefit-$5 per visit to doctor’s office to maximum of $75 each year. Increased: Company reimbursement to employee for Medicare Part B charge-to $5.80 a month. July 1, 1975 (agreement of Jan. 6, 1975). July 1, 1976 (agreement of Jan. 6, 1975). July 1, 1977 (agreement of Jan. 8, 1977). Increased: Company payment to health and welfare fu n d -to $17 per employee per month. Established: Major medical expense plan, providing 80 percent of ex penses after $100 per calendar year deductible, up to a maxi mum of $10,000 per medical occurrence. Increased: Company payment to health and welfare fu n d -to $19 per employee per month. Increased: Life insurance-to $2,000, with double indemnity for acci dental death. Increased: Sickness and accident b enefits-to $50 a week. Increased: Company payment to health and welfare fu n d -to $25 per employee per month. Continued: Employee to be reimbursed in full by health and welfare fund for medicare Part B charge. Pension plan Jan. 1, 1960 (agreement dated Dec. 31,1958). Jan. 1, 1961 (resolution of Board of Trustees dated Nov. 7, 1960, and May 8, 1961). Established: Pension plan to be financed by employer contribu tion of 2 cents an hotir. Activated: Noncontributory plan providing the following benefits, exclusive of social security, for employee age 65 or older with at least 15 years’ continuous service who in 1960 or some subsequent year earned more than $1,200 or worked more than 750 hours in covered employment. Normal monthly benefits: For em ployee retiring after Jan. 1, 1961, but before Jan. 1, 1962: $4.50 to $7.75, depending on years of con tinuous service.4 For employee retiring after Jan. See footnotes at end of table. 14 If agreement on program was not reached by Dec. 31, 1960, fund to be distributed to employees in proportion to hours worked since Jan. 1, 1959. Covered employment defined as: (1) between Jan. 1, 1937, and Dec. 31, 1959— any work in the shoe industry, and (2) after Jan. 1, 1960-w o rk in the shoe industry within the geographic area covered by the retirement program and in a job in the bargaining unit. Benefits also provided employee who retired in 1960 if eligibility requirements were met. Employee permitted to receive benefits while working in covered employment until earnings reached $1,500 in a calendar year. Continuity of employment broken: (1) From Jan. 1, 1960, if employee quit or was discharged for cause and earned no service credits for 4 consecutive calendar quarters; (2) at any time for reasons not covered in (1) if (a) employee with less than 15 years’ service failed to earn Table 3. Supplementary compensation practices—Continued Effective date Applications, exceptions, and other related matters Provision Pension plan-Contim Lied Jan. 1, 1961— Continued Jan. 1, 1962 (agreement dated Dec. 31, 1960). July 1, 1966 (trustee action of same date). Jan. 7, 1968 (agreement dated Jan. 5, 1967). June 1, 1968 (trustee action dated Apr. 28, 1969). Jan. 5, 1970 (agreement of Jan. 3, 1969). Jan. 4, 1971 (agreement of Apr. 17, 1971). Oct. 1, 1971 (trustee action of same date). Jan. 1, 1976 (agreement of Jan. 6, 1975). Jan. 5, 1976 (agreement of Jan. 6, 1975). Jan. 2, 1978 (agreement of Jan. 8, 1977). 1, 1962: $6.50 to $38.50, de pending on years of continuous service.5 Accrual of credit units— Employee in covered employment accumu lated credit units quarterly for continuous years of service on basis of hours w orked; maximum of 4 credit units per year.6 Survivors’ benefits: Survivors to re ceive benefits accrued during life but payable after death of retiree. Increased: Employee contribution by by 3 cents an hour paid for (total 5 cents). Changed: Normal monthly pensionsto maximum $28.80. Increased: Employee contribution by 2 cents an hour paid for (total 7 cents). Increased: Normal monthly pensions-to maximum $33.90. Increased: Employer contribution by 4 cents an hour paid for (total 11 cents). Increased: Employer contribution by 2 cents an hour paid for (total 13 cents). Reduced: Normal monthly pensions-to maximum $25.50. Added: 100-percent vested benefits after 10 years of service. Added: Provision for joint and survivorship annuity. Increased: Employer contribution by 5 cents per hour paid for (total 18 cents). Increased: Employer contribution by 3 cents an hour paid for (total 21 cents). Increase went into reserve fund for increased stability. Changed: Break in service was considered to have occurred if employee with less than 15 years of service failed to earn service credits for 4 consecutive quarters (was 8). Entire amount was to be used to finance improvements in pension benefits for future retirees only, for a 1-week shutdown of all plants during the week of July 4. 3In practice, this provision applied to any job in the plant. 1Formerly many plants followed a practice of closing 1 week. 2 An oral understanding between the parties reportedly provided service credits for 8 consecutive quarters, or (b) em ployee with at least 15 years’ service failed to earn credits for 12 consecutive quarters, except th at employee unable to work for the following reasons was given credit for up to 1 year for disability or total incapacity to work in covered employment; for an unlimited period before Jan. 1, 1961, and up to 2 years thereafter for military service. When 65th birthday occurred during a break in service, employee forfeited all service credit units unless 1 unit was earned after the break. 15 Footnotes to table 3— Continued For years of covered employment after Jan. 1, 1962: 4 Plan provided the following schedule of benefits: Years o f covered Monthly employment pension 1 ................................................................................... $ 1.25 2 ........................................................................................... 2.50 3 ........................................................................................... 3.75 4 ........................................................................................... 5.00 5 ...........................................................................................6.50 6 ........................................................................................... 7.75 7 ...........................................................................................9.00 8 .........................................................................................10.25 9 ......................................................................................... 11.25 10 ......................................................................................... 12.75 11 ......................................................................................... 14.00 12 ......................................................................................... 15.50 13 ......................................................................................... 16.75 14 .......................................................................... 18.00 15 ......................................................................................... 19.25 Years o f covered Monthly employment pension 15 ......................................................................................... $4.50 16 ........................................................................................... 5.00 17 ........................................................................................... 5.25 18 ...........................................................................................5.50 19 ...........................................................................................5.75 20 ...........................................................................................6.25 21 ...........................................................................................6.50 2 2 ...........................................................................................6.75 2 3 ...........................................................................................7.00 24 ...........................................................................................7.50 25 (m a x im u m )....................................................................... 7.75 5 Benefits for years of covered employment before and after Dec. 31, 1961, determined as follows: For years of covered employment before Jan. 1, 1962: Years o f covered Monthly employment pension 1 ........................................................................ $ 0.50 2 and increased by $1.25 every year thereafter to total of 30 years with the exception of $1.50 between years 20-21 and 29-30. 6 Employees credited as follows: ............................................................................... 1.00 Quarter-year Hours worked during year credits Less than 375 .........................................................................0 375 but less than 750............................................................. 1 750 but less than 1 ,1 2 5 ....................................................... 2 1,125 but less than 1,500 .................................................... 3 1,500 or m o re ......................................................................... 4 3 ........................................................................................... 1.25 4 ........................................................................................... 1.75 5 ........................................................................................... 2.25 6 ........................................................................................... 2.75 7 ........................................................................................... 3.00 8 ........................................................................................... 3.50 9 ...........................................................................................4.00 10 ...........................................................................................4.50 11 ...........................................................................................4.75 12 ........................................................................................... 5.25 13 ...........................................................................................5.75 14 ...........................................................................................6.25 15 ...........................................................................................6.50 16 ........................................................................................... 7.00 17 ...........................................................................................7.25 18 ........................................................................................... 7.75 19 ........................................................................................... 8.25 20 ........................................................................................... 8.50 21 ........................................................................................... 9.00 22 ........................................................................................... 9.50 2 3 ........................................................... - ........................ 10.00 24 ......................................................................................... 10.25 25 (m a x im u m )..................................................................... 10.75 16 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 offices of the Bureau of Labor Statistics listed on the inside back cover. Some publications are out of print and not available from the Superintendent of Documents but may be obtained, as long as supplies are available, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. 20212, or from the Bureau’s regional offices. Out-of-print items also may be available for reference in leading public, college, or university libraries. Before July 1965, basic wage chronologies and their supplements were published in the Monthly Labor Review and released as Bureau reports. Wage chronologies pub lished later are available only as bulletins (and their supple ments). 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 Steel workers 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. (Montana Mining Div.) and the Steelworkers— 1941-77, BLS Bulletin 1953. Armour and Company— 1941-72, BLS Bulletin 1682. September 1973-August 1976, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1682. A.T.&T.-Long Lines Department and Communica tions Workers of America (AFL-CIO)— October 1940-July 1974, BLS Bulletin 1812. July 1974-August 1977, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1812. Atlantic Richfield and the Oil Workers (Former Sinclair Oil Facilities)— 1941-77, BLS Bulletin 1915. 1977-79, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1915. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and the Textile Workers— June 1943-April 1975, BLS Bulletin 1849. 1975-78, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1849. Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Shipbuilding Depart ment) and the IUMSW— June 1941-August 1975, BLS Bulletin 1866. 1975-78, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1866. Bituminous Coal Mine Operators and United Mine Workers of America— October 1933-November 1974, BLS Bulletin 1799. 1974-77, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1799. The Boeing Co. (Washington Plants) and the Inter national Association of Machinists— June 1936-September 1977, BLS Bulletin 1895. Commonwealth Edison Co. and the Electrical Workers (IBEW)— October 1945-March 1974, BLS Bulletin 1808. 1974- 79, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1808. Dan River Inc. and the Textile Workers (UTWA)— 1943-76, BLS Bulletin 1934. FMC Corp., Chemical Group— Fiber Division and the TWUA— 1945-77, BLS Bulletin 1924. Federal Employees under the General Schedule Pay System— July 1924-October 1974, BLS Bulletin 1870. 1975- 76, Supplement to 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 CompanyVolume I, June 1941-September 1973, BLS Bulletin 1787. Volume II, September 1976-September 1979, BLS Bulletin 1994. 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 Lock heed Aircraft Corp.) and Machinists’ UnionMarch 1937-October 1977, BLS Bulletin 1904. Martin Marietta Aerospace and the Auto Workers— March 1944-November 1975, BLS Bulletin 1884. 1975-78, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1884. Massachusetts Shoe Manufacturers and the Shoe Workers— 1945-79, BLS Bulletin 1993. New York City Laundries and the Clothing Workers— November 1945-November 1975, BLS Bulletin 1845. 1975-78, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1845. North Atlantic Longshoremen— 1934-71, BLS Bulletin 1736. 1971-77, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1736. Pacific Coast Shipbuilders and Various Unions1941-77, BLS Bulletin 1982. Pacific Gas and Electric Co.— 1943-72, BLS Bulletin 1761. 1972-76, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1761. Pacific Maritime Association and the ILWU— 1934-78, BLS Bulletin 1960. Railroads— Nonoperating Employees— 1920-62, BLS Report 208.1 Rockwell International (Electronics, North American Aircraft/Space Operations) and the Auto Workers— May 1941-September 1977, BLS Bulletin 1893. 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 1968-77, Supplement to BLS Bulletin 1595. 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