Word: phillipses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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"When Brentano's bought Phillips," claims Ann Williams '69-2, a former Brentano clerk and a member of the labor committee, "the wage scale at Phillips was higher than it is now. Since then," she said, "they have hired new people at a lower rate of minimum wage."
The Brentano office in New York was unavailable for comment on the group's charges. The Phillips store manager, Margaret Specht, said only that she expected "an amicable settlement."
The organizing effort began about a month ago to end what the employee committee charges is an "inequitable wage policy." Phillips, they claim, has paid temporary help higher wage rates than permanent employees. Harvard students hired for inventory, they say, received $2 an hour, while permanent employees receive a maximum...
Phillips is presently a subsidiary of Brentano's Books, whose New York office is in control of local labor policy. Of Brentano's 25 national stores, only the New York and Boston branches are unionized.
The employees group yesterday obtained authorization cards from Charles Warren, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 711 of the Retail Clerks International. Under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, 30 per cent of Phillips' employees must request collective representation in order to hold a union election. If 50 per cent...