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/CwMflHul [frmimt J Agreement Reached on Extension of Contract Through November 25 Company Allows Revocable Check-off, Etc., at Mills in Cooleemee and Durham As we go to press, agreement for a 45-day extension of CIO contracts in Cooleemee and Durham was reached by the Company and the United Textile Workers of America, AFT,. Through November 25, con tract terms will be the same with two exceptions . . . (1), that the bargaining union will be the UTW (AFL) and (2), that the AFL check-off cards which have been signed or will be signed may be re voked by the workers at any time during the 45-day extension period. The contracts were extended be cause both the Company and the AFL agreed that a complete new contract could not be negotiated in a matter of just a few days. It is hoped that the new contract can be i negotiated by November 25 when the extension expires. Grievances Grievances which are outstanding will be reviewed by both the Com pany and the AFL. Those griev ances which both parties agree are valid and properly presented will proceed under the present grievance procedure. Any grievances during the extension period of the con tracts, through November 25, will be processed along the lines in the contract. Only AFL stewards can be recognized. 165 Feet Above Ground Tearing down condemned Erwin smokestack. Dangerous twenty-foot - long crack has weakened unused fcj suck of old powerhouse. N AN \ ■;Wm It ' % '1 r, V - % ®B| I Wif Tifl Smm 11P»SMH THE ERWIN CHATTER VOL VIII, No. 10 OCTOBER, 1952 Circulation 6,000 TEXT OF AGREEMENT October 10, 1952 It is agreed that the contract heretofore made between the Com pany for its Durham and Cooleemee plants and the Textile Workers Union of America, CIO which expires on October 11 will be kept in effect for a period of forty-five (45) days, through November 25, 1952, with the following changes for such period: (a) The recognized bargaining agent will be the I nited Textile Workers of America, AFL; (b) It is agreed between the parties that the I nion within ten (10) days will prepare a list of all grievances that it contends are outstanding. The Company and the Union will meet within one (1) week of the submission of the list and endeavor to mutually agree on which of these grievances have been validly and properly presented. Such grievances as are agreed upon as validly and properly pre sented shall proceed under the grievance procedure of the renewed contract. All others will be subject to further negotiations. (c) The check-off provisions of the expired contract will not be continued during the life of this extension. The Company agrees, however, to honor written individual check-off authorizations pay able to the United Textile Workers of America on a voluntary rev ocable basis for the life of this extension. The foregoing extension shall be without prejudice to the posi tion of either party in the forthcoming negotiations and shall not be deemed as a precedent or an expression of intent of either party insofar as the terms of the new contract are concerned. UNITED TEXTILE WORKERS ERWIN MILLS, INC. OF AMERICA, AFL Signed by Frank T. deVyter Signed by Lewis M. Conn ERWIN ELECTION RESULTS The Textile Workers Union (CIO) won the run-off NLRB election at our Erwin, N. C. plants October 17. 835 votes were cast for the TWUA (CIO) and 754 votes for the UTW (AFL). Our Products Sheets, pillow cases, luggage fabrics, clothes and home furnishings made of Erwin cloth were displayed in our booth at the American Legion Harnett County Fair at Dunn, N. C. The crowds were interested to see the pretty i Tubs Replace Aprons In No. 5 Weave Battery Hand, Mabel Hudson, demonstrates new method of filling batteries from tub on push cart rather than apron. Battery Hands in No. 5 Weave Room like the convenience of this new system. Also, as one Battery New Looms Arrived in Cooleemee this Month Large Shipments Create A Storage Problem as Crew Begins to Erect Looms - r &S& £ 1 . Ei JL 1 46-INCH X-2 DRAPES LOOMS arrived in box can. So BUJ came at me that cotton waa removed from a warehouse to make storage room. llm. ™* ■ '* . 81. 1 1 ERECTING CREW hai big job setting up new looms. They have staitad erecting about twenty-fire a week but hope to do fifty a week. " 11 PORTION OF WEAVE BOOM where new looms have been set op. 29 of the 323 looms were received the first two weeks of October. suits and dresses made from Erwin materials. Many didn't know we make so many different kinds of cloth. Marvin Sloan, Supply Room, and W. H. Miley, General Superintendent. Erwin, look over display. Hand remarked, "It makes our figures look better not to wear that apron." (See Fage 2 for more pictures of "tub" system for dling filling yarn. J jnrpto I /*f ftwtrf Stita 1 ( fitkut tois J
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