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Introduction Course Learners Hear Facts About Company Erwin Mills 9 History, Products, Rules, Benefits Discussed in Course; Production Explained During Plant Tour This month, the mills in Erwin started a new program for Learn ers. It is a five hour introduction course to help newly hired employ ees get a good start on their job. Robert Barrett, Training Di rector, teaches the introduction course in the Community Building at Erwin. He also conducts a tour of (he mills which is especially in teresting to people who have never worked in a cotton mill before. To help new workers feel "at home'' at Erwin Mills, the course begins with an over-all picture of our Company. They learn where our plants are located, what kinds of cloth we make and how raw cot ton is made into finished cloth. Safety rules and regulations are illustrated in a safety movie called "As Others See Us." This movie was made especially for people in the textile industry and most of it was filmed at Erwin Mills in Dur ham. Approximately 30 minutes are spent on the subject of pay. A pay check and deductions are dis cussed. Our system of pay for different types of jobs is explained. Usually there is a long question and answer period after pay is discussed because new employees are always interested in this part of their new job. Erwin Mills is following in the footsteps of other big companies throughout the United States by setting up this introduction course for newly hired employees. If the program is successful in helping them get a better start on their new job, the Company would like to begin a similar program at our other mills. _ . jgg. r-v A r ; jWBI D n luil H f HPfl 3H Large cartoons show violations of some of our plant rules. Employees are asked to guess what rule the car toon might illustrate. Mr. Barrett then explains what the violation is and why we have such a rule. Yx Buy '4-. ; iAfl 1 ? HBssSv' t*- it H Is"' : ; 1 flmw 'mm gp| l : _ m ! H| Over 80 employees, hired since vacation, have taken the 5-hour introduction course at Erwin this month. Arrangements are being made so that all newly hired Learners will take the course before they go into the mill to begin work. The Company pays employees for the time they spend in the classroom and during the plant tour. THE ERWIN CHATTER Vol. VIII, No. 9 Iti JllJ£ $8313 " s t > i ®lSß®S,'i2Ss ~ Tinwfc.. Figures used to show the amounts of Erwin Employee Benefits are taken from Erwin record books for one year. Each type of insurance carried by the Company for an employee is described—who is eligible, what it pays in case of accident, sickness, disability or death; what are other benefits and what it costs. The way of determining va cation pay is another subject in the benefits section of the introduction course. Also, the recreation program for employees—swimming pool, library, social activities, family service and Christmas gifts from the Company. t I » I% • BVHH Framed samples of material on the wall show some of the different types of cloth made by Erwin Mills. Each frame contains one piece of cloth and a photograph showing how it is used. A display case in the back of the class room contains cotton in various stages of production from the bale to finished denim. Free Classes In Loom Fixing Begin Schools in Erwin, Cooleemee and Durham Classes in loom fixing have started in Cooleemee, Durham and Erwin, free to Erwin Mills employees. The Company provides text books, classrooms, and looms which are set up in the classrooms. In structors have been reeruited from our own supervisory force. SEPTEMBER, 1952 The Loom Fixers' School in Coo leemee started on August 4, in Er win on September 9 and in Durham on September 15. Durham also has classes in Advanced Loom Fixing and Cotton Mill Calculations. Classes are held for each shift and meet twice a week for two hours at a time. School will last for 15 weeks. Beginners are taking the courses as well as some of our present loom fixers. The present loom fixers are attending classes in Er win and Cooleemee in order to bo fully prepared to work on the new looms expected to arrive soon. Instructors in Cooleemee are Grimes Davis, Barney Foster and Bill Howard. In Erwin, the Loom Fixing Instructors are Chester Taylor, Harvey Bass and Dallas Johnson. Advanced Loom Fixing in Durham is taught by Ralph Carrington, Malcolm Blackinon and Bill Keller. A class for Beginners is taught by Bill Dodson, Jr. Con ley Robinson and Ottis Jackson are teaching Cotton Mill Calculations. These classes were set up by our Training Department and the N. C. Department of Vocational Edu cation. Last year, Durham was the only plant location having such classes. Oct. 1 Date Set For Elections Cooleemee, Erwin, Durham National Labor Relations Board To Supervise Polling Places Inside Mills at Each Plant Selling What We Make Denims we made last month at Erwin Mills will probably be sold this month for making October, November and December clothes. Spring and early summer goods will be bought in December and the clothes will be made in January, February and March. That is al most six months between the time the material leaves our mills and the time we can see, buy and wear clothes made of Erwin denim. Plaid-Back Denim Early last spring, Erwin Mills was one of the first companies to make plaid-back denim. This is regular blue denim on one side of the material, napped on the reverse side to make it soft. The napped side is dyed in colorful plaids or checks. This type of denim sold well in the early summer months to clothing manufacturers. Now it appears in stores everywhere used for dungarees and jackets, sportswear for women and children. The reverse side of the demin looks like a lining in denim jackets. It also makes attractive turn-up cuffs on jeans and pocket trim for denim plavelothes. The mills at Erwin made most of the plaid-back denim when it was first developed. Now almost all of it made at Plant 8, Stonewall, Miss. (See SELLING on page 5) HHHBBHI lira lii I r BFwf Py | i fw I jfrr^ GRIMES DAVIS, instructor, explains how the loom works. Members of his class are Otis Ridenhour, Harold Mays, Oscar Myers, John Barber, Eugene Richardson, Wayife Beck, Ernest Seanion, J. C. Seamen and G. E. "Bud" Vogler, Jr. Thirty-three students are- enrolled in the Cooleemee classes which are Mj in a Quill Storage Room of-No. 3 Mill. Circulation 6,000 October 1 is the date set by the National Labor Relations Board for elections in Cooleemee, Erwin and Durham. Voting is to decide which union, if any, will represent Erwin employees. Voters will have three choices on the ballot: TWUA (CIO) NEITHER CTWA (AFL) As we go to press, the following places and times have been set for voting: Cooleemee, Spare Floor of Weave Room 4:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Encin, No. 2 Mill in No. 2 Dye house No. 5 Mill in Spooling & Warper Room Cloth Room inside main door to Cloth Room in Inspecting Room 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Durham, No. 1 Mill in Warp Stor age Room next to Tye-in Room No. 4 Mill inside central tower of No. 4 Mill between Weaving & Spinning Bleaching & Sewing in Basement of No. 4 Mill No. 6 Mill in Cloth Storage Area 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Those eligible to vote are all pro duction and maintenance employees at Erwin Mills in Durham, Er«rin and Cooleemee who were employed during the week ending September 7, 1952; BUT excluding executives, managers, superintendents, over seers, assistant overseers, office and clerical employees and all super visors as defined in the Taft-Hart ley Act. Employees who did not work during the week ending September 7 because they were ill or on vaca tion or temporarily laid off and employees in the military service of the United States, who appear in person at the polls, are eligible to vote. Employees who have quit or been discharged for cause since the desig nated payroll period and have not been rehired prior to October 1, are not eligible to vote. The National Labor Relations Board will send representatives to each mill to supervise the election. The Company, CIO and AFL will each have three approved observers for each voting place. According to Company officials, (See ELECTIONS on page 5) MM State \ (AtaM I
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