Norman Forer: Mack Trucks, Inc. (Plainfield, NJ) Relocation Dispute Files 1955-1964 (bulk 1961-1962)

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Norman Forer: Mack Trucks, Inc. (Plainfield, NJ) Relocation Dispute Files 1955-1964 (bulk 1961-1962)

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Mack Trucks, Inc. relocated its Plainfield, New Jersey, plant to Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1961. The United Auto Workers negotiated a new agreement with Mack Trucks that was not supported by all the members of the Plainfield local. A court case ( ) was brought in the U.S. District Court District of New Jersey by a small group of plant workers who had formed a group called "Mack Workers Committee for Vested Rights." This collection contains court documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other materials that relate to the relocation and legal dispute. Lawrence Giordano et al. v. Mack Trucks, Inc.

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United Automobile Workers. Local 343 (Plainfield, NJ).

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Forer, Norman

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On October 31, 1961, the Mack Truck Company shut down its engine and transmission manufacturing plant at Plainfield, New Jersey, and moved its operations to Hagerstown, Maryland. Lengthy negotiations between Mack Trucks, Inc. and UAW representatives had culminated in a new "Shop Separation, Pension and Transfer Agreement." A small group of plant workers (members of UAW, Local 343) were dissatisfied with aspects of the agreement, contending that Mack had ignored "vested rights" of un...

Mack Trucks, inc.

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