View Pit Stop page for race #107 by eightninesixtyfour — Ghost race
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| Official speed | 85.68 wpm (50.98 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | December 5, 2011 4:40:59pm UTC |
| Race Finish | December 5, 2011 4:41:50pm UTC |
| Outcome | Win (1 of 4) |
| Opponents |
2. abizern (71.52 wpm) |
| Accuracy | 90.0% |
| Points | 0.00 |
| Text | #394 (Length: 364 characters) Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the winter and then laying them off when the work slowed down, Jay had instituted a system of paying workers a steady wage year-round. A 1937 Fortune magazine article about this and other progressive labor policies at Hormel might well shock those familiar only with the company's labor relations in the 1980s. |