Word: farah
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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About 2000 clothing workers and labor officials marched outside Boston's largest department stores yesterday to demonstrate support for striking Farah workers and for a nationwide boycott of Farah pants...
George Hardy, president of the Service Employees Union International, led the hour-long morning march past Filene's Jordan Marsh Co., and Kennedy's of New England. Union leaders criticized these stores for carrying Farah products...
...Farah management secured a court order four months ago that required pickets to remain 50 feet apart. Over 700 employees have been arrested, ostensibly for violating this order. The alleged violations are a misdemeanor and are reported to carry a usual bail of $25. However, $400 has been the bail imposed on each arrested worker...
...clothing workers boycott has been joined by a Citizens Committee for Justice for Farah Workers, chaired by Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.). Included among the group's membership are Senator Birch Bayh (D-Ind.). Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54, (D-Mass.). Cesar Chavez, Representative Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.), New York Mayor John V. Lindsay and Morris B. Abrams, former president of Brandeis College...
Emily Penzell, coordinator of the committee, said yesterday that Farah sales have dropped 43 per cent nationwide since the beginning of the strike...