Word: farahe
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...Farah made us work like animals in a prison and thought they had done us a favor by giving us jobs," Lozana said. She said the average hourly wage was $1.70 and described Farah policies which restrict bathroom time and forbid conversation during working hours...
...spokesman for the United Farm Workers told the crowd that his union unanimously resolved to give "unconditional support" to Farah strikers at its national convention in Philadelphia last September...
...Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union and the strike support committee charge that Farah's employees' wages are increased to $2.20 only after 20 years service. Most workers cannot keep up with the workpace and are unable to stay at Farah plants long enough to earn the top pay, the union says...
Theodore A. Houghton, vice president of Farah for marketing, described these charges as "absolute, unadulterated lies" last July. "The racial problem is a myth here in El Paso," he said...
However, the Harvard Cooperative Society will continue the boycott of Farah merchandise which it started in July. "We cannot just sit back and not listen to our own members who have ambitiously supported the Chicano movement, even though they are a minority," Howard W. Davis, general manager of the Coop, said this summer