Personnel Policy Committee

Meeting

November 15, 1995

 

            The Northern Textile Association Personnel Policy Committee met on November 15, 1995 at the Best Western Lord Wakefield, Wakefield, Massachusetts.  In attendance were Brenda Perry, Cascade Woolen Mill, Inc.; Sandee Muzaca, Crown Yarn Dye Co., Inc.; Mike Schwotzer, Key Polymer Corporation; Dan Brown, L.W. Packard & Company; John N. Rushlow, Alton Operating Corp.; Leslie Dietrich, Raffi & Swanson, Inc.; Michele L Parrett, and Diane Wing, Warren Corporation; Carol Clark and Rita McCauley, Warwick Mills Inc.; Shira Singer, Malden Mills Industries, Inc.; Linda Swanson, American Fiber & Finishing, Inc.; and David Trumbull, Northern Textile Association

            Attendees heard an informative and interesting address by Peter L. Ebb of the Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray.  Mr. Ebb is a graduate of Harvard College and the Boston University School of Law.  He practices in the labor and employment areas, where he advises clients on day-to-day concerns and represents them in state and federal court proceedings and in labor arbitrations.  Mr. Ebb focused on the many issues facing employers in their handling of employee records.  Copies of his comments are enclosed.

            The meeting continued through lunch with members discussing current employment issues. 

            The next Personnel Policy Committee meeting will be March 20, 1996 (the first day of spring) at a location to be announced.  The topic of the spring meeting will be “Attracting and Retaining Qualified Employees, and Achieving Productivity and Quality with your Workforce.”  The format will be a roundtable discussion.