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reduction in pay: "r*"**^ •“This proposal would have cost the company a minimum of f 10,000 additional per year to do business. It would have established the highest industrial iwage being paid workers by any plant in this area.
“This proposal of the board of directors covering wages and working conditions was- accepted by the Union, and the company so notified Sunday, August 3, at 5:30 p.m. Then, due to ahe fact that the company could not (having no livestock available for immediate slaughter) guarantee every employee four hours work, or four hours pay if they did not work on the following Monday, August 4, or Tuesday* August 5, the company was later notified that the employees were going on strike Monday, August 4. _44 yniT nrn fomilinr *|V TT tory of the company, the many hardships that have 'been encountered and the effort that has been required of the stockholders, directors and those charged with the responsibility of managing your business. You are also aware of the heavy financial burden that you and others had to shoulder to get Shen-Valley established.
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