Manuscripts
Departments - Employee Relations - Union Campaign - Miscellaneous
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Departments - Employee Relations - Articles
Manuscripts
Approx. 25 items. Material includes: copies of Among Ourselves clippings from late 1920s onward; LAT clips on subject of unions, LAT employee "census" counts; 1987 memo to LAT employees on availability of radon testing kits; booklet, "A report to the employees of the Times-Mirror Company" (1957); 6-pp. report, "Times Mirror / LAT info for Employees, ca. 1964"; memos and other info., 1988, on Temporary Help Agencies; 2/1/1989 clip from LAT, "20 at Times Costa Mesa plant charged with drug sales"; LAT Performance Appraisal Form, 1/1985; 14-pp. LAT "Employee Handbook, 1990"; etc.
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Departments - Employee Relations - Union Campaign - 1957
Manuscripts
Approx. 20 items. Materials include: memos, form letters and news reports related to the National Labor Relations Board-sponsored election, in which the employees were asked to accept or reject unionizing. The LAT pressmen voted on 2/28, the results were released 3/2/1957. The L.A. Mirror-News story carried the headline, "Times-Mirror pressmen reject union, 247-104." A number of persuasive memos distributed to the pressmen in the weeks leading up to the vote are also in the file.
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Departments - Employee Relations - Union Campaign - 1962
Manuscripts
Approx. 45 items. Materials include: memos, form letters and other LAT tactics to persuade pressmen to reject unionization in 1962. One item, a mock-up of a newspaper is labeled "Los Angeles Times PRESSMAN," 4/9/1962, with Pg.1 headline, "Union is seeking control of Times pressroom jobs." The election was held 4/13, and an LAT story for 4/15/1962 ran the headline "Pressmen vote for union in Times election." The National Labor Relations Board sponsored the election. The LAT pressmen had rejected the union's representation in 1944, 1957 and 1959.
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Departments - Employee Relations - Union Campaign - 1967
Manuscripts
Approx. 50 items. Materials include: two booklets, "Know the Facts," and "Just the Facts," providing financial data designed to convince pressmen to support LAT in the election; memos, form letters, flyers, cartoon strips, etc. in support of LAT being union-free; copies of two LAT news brief, 3/18/1967, "Union chosen agent by Times pressmen," and "Pressmen at Times OK union pact."
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Departments - Employee Relations - Employee Compensation
Manuscripts
Approx. 45 items. Materials include: copy of Among Ourselves article, 11/1928, "Looking Backward," by Claude Luce, in which he reports that as a 16-year-old, he "drew down" $4 per week: various Employee and Management Bulletins on subjects such as company (pay) rate increases, tax issues, sick days, 4 copies of "Job Evaluation Plan - Technical and Office Occupations," (T-M Co.) 1953; ditto, 1945; 15-pp. booklet (green), "Your rate of pay," (T-M Co.); LAT National Survey of Management and Supervisory Compensation, Newspaper Industry, 9/1989; 10-pp. report, "Guide and Procedures for the Administration of Executive Base Salaries - The Times-Mirror Company, August 1958; chart, ca. 1989, "Los Angeles Times Company Rate Increase vs. Consumer Price Index.
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Departments - Employee Relations - Union Campaign - 1970
Manuscripts
Approx. 35 items. Materials include: memos, form letters, cover letters, etc., from the period of time leading up to the 1970 pressmen's vote at LAT. The vote was conducted on 7/9/1970. The result of the vote was decertification of the pressman's union at LAT. The news brief that ran 7/10/1970 had the headline: "Times pressmen vote to leave union, 213 to 134."
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