LABOR: Blow to Farah

Rarely has a judge from the National Labor Relations Board ever spoken out so passionately over a classic confrontation between a company and a union. Last week Walter H. Maloney, an NLRB administrative law judge, ruled that the Farah Manufacturing Co. is "flouting the [National Labor Relations] act and trampling on the rights of its employees as if there were no act, no board and no Ten Commandments." The El Paso-based company, one of the nation's biggest makers of men's pants, has been struggling for 20 months with some 2,000 strikers, mainly...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!