A Littony of woes
Litton Industries (1982 sales: $4.9 billion) now has the dubious honor of succeeding J.P. Stevens, the textile firm, as organized labor's favorite target. Last week representatives of six unions told a meeting of the House Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations that the giant high-tech conglomerate and defense contractor had repeatedly thwarted their efforts to organize workers. They claimed that the company closed plants before unions could get in, refused to negotiate contracts after employees had voted for a union, and even booted out organized labor once it had won the right to represent workers.
William Bywater, president of the International...
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