Publisher: Gale Products, a Division of Outboard Marine Corporation, Galesburg, Illinois, United States.

Title: 1971-1974 Agreement between Gale Products (A Division of Outboard Marine Corporation) and Local Lodge No. 1659 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers AFL-CIO of Galesburg, Illinois.

Author: Gale Products and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge No. 1659.

Format: Vintage labor union contract chapbook / pamphlet, small staple-bound softcover booklet with plain green printed wrappers and a line illustration of a Lawn-Boy mower on the front cover.

Publication details: Agreement effective March 8, 1971 and covering the period 1971-1974 for employees of Gale Products in Galesburg, Illinois; printed in the United States in English.

Content overview: Sets forth the collective bargaining agreement between Gale Products and IAMAW Local Lodge No. 1659, defining wages, hours, working conditions, grievance and arbitration procedures, seniority rules, and other terms of employment for bargaining-unit employees.

Sections and articles: Includes a preamble and object statement followed by detailed provisions on jurisdiction, management, conditions of employment, hours of work, check off, job descriptions, job assignment and rates of pay, job vacancies, holidays, vacations, leaves of absence, military service, jury duty, funeral pay, group insurance, retirement plan, skilled trades, termination allowance, work accidents and injuries, time study, use of bulletin board, rate schedule, wages, rules and regulations, and responsibilities of the parties.

Genre/Topic: Nonfiction law and labor relations, focusing on collective bargaining agreements, labor unions, and industrial relations in the early 1970s United States manufacturing sector.

Language: English; original language English; intended audience adult workers, union members, labor historians, and collectors of labor and industrial relations documents.

Physical features: Slim green softcover pamphlet printed in black ink on cream-toned paper, saddle-stapled along the spine with a table of contents near the front and numbered articles set in a single-column layout throughout.