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Looking Back

Last Updated: March 8, 2008
Each Quarter, Looking Back takes you into the Reflections' archives for a look at the stories making news 5, 10, and 15 years ago.

2nd Quarter, 1983

TRA benefits okayed for Local 14-A

Significant new assistance has been obtained for nearly 800 Local 14-A members laid off by Xerox last year, Joint Board manager Leslie H. Calder announced. The special help will include an extension of unemployment benefits as well as potential job retraining through the U. S. Trade Readjustment Act.

All Locals to get Reflections

Joint Board manager Leslie H. Calder announced that the entire membership will now receive Reflections quarterly. The paper was begun in January, 1983 as a way to communicate with just Local 14-A members during tough contract talks with Xerox.

2nd Quarter 1988

Jorgensen, Saurini attend COPE Conference

Two Joint Board members recently received extensive training at the 39th annual COPE Legislative Institute in Washington, D.C. They are Anna Saurini, secretary of Local 204 at Hickey-Freeman, and Alice Jorgensen, president of Local 388-G at Don Alleson Athletic Wear in Geneva.

2nd Quarter, 1993

RJB, WNYJB merge

In an historic move, the Rochester Joint Board and the Western New York Joint Board have merged, creating the largest labor organization in upstate and western New York. The newly created Rochester Regional Joint Board will bring nearly 8,300 active Amalgamated members and some 10,000 retirees under one banner, according to Anthony Costanza, who will serve as manager/director of the organization.

2nd Quarter, 1998

National clothing pact approved

A new national tailored clothing contract affecting some 1,500 Joint Board members in Rochester and Buffalo has been ratified, Board director Gary Bonadonna announced. The three-year contract provides improved wages, benefits, and working conditions, Bonadonna noted. The affected Joint Board members work at Hickey-Freeman in Rochester and at Intercontinental Branded Apparel, RHO Industries and Perfection Pad, all in Buffalo.

2nd Quarter, 2003

HMX Tailored will do special orders

For the first time in its long history, the HMX Tailored plant in Buffalo will begin making special orders, business rep Greg Laskowski announced. Under the new program, customers will be able to go to a clothier carrying HartMarx apparel, be measured, pick a fabric, and a suit or sport coat style. That information will then be sent to the HMX plant to be manufactured.