“Questions for Smith Corona employees”: interview guide

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Questions for Smith Corona emp loyeespprseRVATIGN

Biographical: COPY

ORIGINAL
1.Name DESTROYED
2. Telephone /address eet
3.Job :

4.Date Hired

5.Date of layoff notification and last day at work
(How much notice?)

6.Told layoff permanent or temporary?

On Smith Corona:

7. What products or operations have been shut down in

Cortland since August, with approximate dates?

(e.g. stopped making lap top personal word processors,
integrated personal word processors, top of the line
or basic typewriters; shut down 1st,2nd or 3rd shifts
of some operation; stopped making some parts in
Cortland,etc.)

8. What do you know about a production line in Mexico?

9. What do you know about workers from Singapore coming to
Cortland, or about any Cortland jobs shifted to Singapore?

10. What do you know about any possible future layoffs in
Cortland, or the future plans of Smith Corona in Cortland
(e.g. rumors that Cortland site will only make cartridges

and repair typewriters in the future)?

11. Can you get further information from others still in the

plant or other laid-off workers about questions 7-10 ?
(e.g. front office people?)

Coert--you might also like to ask them if they would be willing
to participate ina lawsuit or testify if they know something.

I would use the Smith Corona catalogue to help prompt them about
product lines for question 7. ae

Did you take my copy of the UAW pamphlet on the WARN law?

e ) WP