Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960280143

In depositions taken by the worker/ plaintiffs attorneys this past spring. Mr. Wayne Olmstead. the vice president of Owatonna Canning Co.. admitted that he had changed many of these workers daily pay records kept by the company timekeepers. Although Mr. Olmstead claimed these changes were merely "corrections." one of the comranvs crew leaders admitted in deposition that the purpose was to reduce workers hours so the company would not have to pay the minimum wage. Of the 600 approximate migrant farmworker plaintiffs. 383 were subjected to these socalled "corrections" and most were subjected to multiple reductions of hours for many days and weeks throughout the season. Mr. President.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
JACOB JAVITS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
960280143
Paragraph
#8
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