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Last May, one-fourth of the 9,500 employees of Farah Manufacturing Co., one of the nation's largest makers of men's pants, walked off the job in El Paso, Texas. The company refused to recognize the strikers' demand to be represented by a union (the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America), much less bargain with them for higher wages. Strike leaders called a national boycott of Farah goods and, since 95% of the company's work force is Mexican-American, the company was soon squirming under the heat of a popular Chicano cause rivaling...
...time it was a good business to go into, from the employers' viewpoint. Today the only way to make substantial profits is by owning factories in a foreign country (e.g. Japan) or at a lower return, by operating out of the South and Southwest (e.g. Farah Pants, Blauer Manufacturing...
Joseph Angland, a first year Law student and Coop director, said yesterday "The Coop's decision was not an endorsement of Farah...
...continuing to sell Farah pants, the Coop is tacitly endorsing their position," Wiseman said...
...Coop, however, will not advertise Farah products or display them in the store's windows, he said...