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ECUSTA BABER AND FILM GROUP
Vol. XXIII, No. 3
THIRD QUARTER 1977
September Was Month of Negotiations
THREE-YEAR CONTRACT IS RATIFIED FOR PISGAH FOREST
Hourly workers at Olin Corpora
tion’s Ecusta Paper and Film Group
plants ratified October 1 a three-
year contract offering three conse
cutive 10 per cent wage hikes and
other benefits.
WALLACE EXTENDS THANKS FOR UNION VOTE
The following message was ad
dressed to hourly employees at Pis
gah Forest October 4 by George A.
Wallace, vice president for manufac
turing, following the ratification of
the contract October 1.
I would like to take this op
portunity to express my per
sonal thanks to each of you for
the results of your vote on the
contract. As I have indicated to
you in the quarterly business re-
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SIGN CONTRACT — Company
and Union negotiating teams
met at Union Hall to sign the
three-year contract. The Union
negotiating team, seated, in
cludes, left to right: James Wil
son, Film Slitting; Billie Parker,
Ecusta Finishing; Cecil Lowery,
Ecusta Finishing; Charles Cable,
Announcement of the 963 to 622
vote favoring the Company’s pro
posal was made jointly by John S.
Candler, director of employee and
community relations; and Paul D.
Seagle, president of Local 1971
view meetings, there are con
siderable challenges which we
must meet together over the
next three years. I am of the
opinion that we have made a
good start at working together
to maintain the vitality of our
business, and I look forward to
continuation of that work.
Again, my personal thanks to
each of you.
International Representative;
Nancy L. Logan, recording sec
retary, Local 1971; Paul D. Sea
gle, president, Local 1971;
Jimmy Reese, Jr., financial sec
retary, Local 1971; Everette
Whitmire, Pulp Mill; Berlin
Owen, Refining; and Bill Brown,
Chemical & Casting. Standing
United Paperworkers International
Union (AFL-CIO). The contract be
came effective October 2 with an
immediate wage hike of 53 cents per
hour for all hourly job classifications
and improvements in insurance, den
tal insurance, pensions, vacations,
shift differentials and others. Fifty-
three cents is 10 per cent of the
average straight time hourly rate at
Pisgah Forest.
Additional 10 per cent increases
will become effective October 3,
1978, and October 3, 1979, plus
additional benefit improvements in
the second and third years of the
contract.
Candler and Seagle, expressing
pleasure with the outcome of the
election assured the membership of
are Michael A. Burns and J. Ro
bert Robinson, assistant labor
relations managers; John S.
Candler, director of employee
and community relations; Mary
Ruth Johnson, secretary; and
David L. Robertson, manager of
labor relations.