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Production Practices vs. contract

Description

6 items: 12-pp. columnar report (info. for 1960 - 1962), headed "Drivers - Union contract and Times-Mirror Company policy comparison, Teamsters Local No. 396 and Hillbro Newspaper Printing Company"; multi-page columnar report, titled "Summary of Times Production Practices compared with L.A. Contract Provisions," prepared by Wage & Salary Section of Personnel - 12/1962; memo, 1/10/1963, "Production Practices vs. Contract Booklet"; exchange of letters, 4/1968, between Otis Booth, Operations Dir., LAT, and Thomas Corcoran, Miami Herald, on "premium pay" for printers; letter, 4/26/1968, from Robert Flannes, LAT, to R.S. Robinson, on the Adolph Spina arbitration case.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1962, 1968
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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