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...garment district, which employs many minorities, was reporting a 26% to 40% absentee rate. Most of the workers are paid an hourly wage or piece rate: no work, no money. MacLevy, owner of a leather-coat manufacturing business in Manhattan, reported that fewer than a third of his workers were able to get to their jobs. Said he: "They live in places too far away for a bicycleplaces like the South Bronx and Brooklyn...
...attorney for Cotrell and Leonard, the traditional supplier of Harvard's graduation gowns, said yesterday the company believes the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) is preventing an election that would allow workers to unionize...
...Albany, N.Y., firm that manufactures the caps and gowns the Coop rents to students for Commencement--have been on strike since last summer. They have charged the company with a series of unfair labor practices, including threats to close should employees choose to be represented by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and intimidation of an employee thought to have given the union information...
...getting on board, a man behind me with a garment bag had hooked into my clothes. I was carrying my bag under my arm," she said. Describing her actions as "being polite," she said she tried to help the man get it out of her clothes. After she had helped him, "He stepped off Park St. and the door shut." McGaw said she only saw him for "about 30 seconds." Her purse was gone...
...arresting officer testified that he heard the call over his radio and according to the description, asked two men to step off the train at the Arborway stop. "He was neatly attired, carrying a garment bag and a small athletic bag," the officer added. After talking with the woman, she identified Ezera...