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...from assembly-line standards. When the citizen of tomorrow wants a new suit, one futurist scenario suggests, his personal computer will take his measurements and pass them on to a robot that will cut his choice of cloth with a laser beam and provide him with a perfectly tailored garment. In the home too, computer enthusiasts delight in imagining machines performing the domestic chores. A little of that fantasy is already reality. New York City Real Estate Executive David Rose, for example, uses his Apple in business deals, to catalogue...
...labor problems of Boston's Chinatown reflect a situation common to Chinatowns through out the world. Work in restaurants and garment factories makes up the majority of job opportunities, and offers low wages for long hours. In the garment industry, workers are not unionized and they get paid at, "piecemeal rate," according to Min. Most restaurants offer work to only to those willing to work 12 hour shifts. "The labor history really hasn't changed" from conditions and wages 10 years ago, Min says. "It's going on right now and affecting people and the thousands of immigrants...
...through Career Insights, in the most condescending way, executive after executive rationalizes about the value of a liberal arts education on their particular side of the boardroom, "A liberal arts background is important for developing good human management skills," writes one industry chairman. "This is what I call 'human' garment...
...Southern California, residents with discount fever can sign up for Tours About Town, a weekly bargain-hunting expedition started last year by two enterprising teachers. Intrepid shoppers are bused from suburban Los Angeles to the city's downtown garment district and given a map, buying tips and money-saving details on local jobbers, wholesalers and factory outlets. Cost of the tour: about...
DIED. David Dubinsky, 90, visionary president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union from 1932 to 1966; of complications following hip surgery; in New York City. A 1911 refugee from tsarist Poland, he took over the l.L.G.W.u. when it was nearly bankrupt and quickly built its strength until he was able to negotiate the first 35-hour work week and all but ban sweatshops in the garment industry. A volcanic anti-Communist liberal, he also established the first employer-financed workers' vacations, the first health and welfare fund, the first workers' retirement fund and the first severance...