Word: laderman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Violence. Buchsbaum, who thought all labor leaders were racketeers, was first impressed when union president Samuel Laderman prevented violence when strikebreakers drove a car through pickets. He was further impressed when a friend whose plant Laderman had unionized told him "that Sam was a real human being. He liked opera. He disliked fights...
...Pattern. The new spirit of cooperation enabled Buchsbaum and Laderman to work out specific problems. Example: when friction developed between anti-union foremen and union members, Buchsbaum agreed to fire a troublemaking foreman, the union agreed to let him fire troublemaking union men. And with union chairmen handling shop discipline, foremen were free to supervise actual production. The company now has only one foreman for each 100 workers (v. one for 20 workers before unionization). Thanks to war orders - and lately expansion into new products - the dollar volume per worker (1,600) has tripled. The gross will be about...