One day they stopped at a fish cannery between highway and river and asked for work.
Peering into the cannery, they saw men and women working in a strong-smelling steam, cleaning and cutting up the fish that passed them on an endless belt, making it ready for others to pack in cans.
Salmon canneries there are without number.
The fruits and vegetables of California brought into existence innumerable canneries.
Thousands and thousands of ocean salmon are caught along the northern coast and taken to the canneries.
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Replacing them on thecanneryline were women and boys aged 12-15, who had lower qualifications but who also received lower pay.
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A law of 1939 slightly improved the situation ofcannerywomen.
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The tendency to employ women in fish canneries grew throughout the first third of twentieth century.
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The new potential element is price and revenue sharing when the ex-vessel price forcannery-grade skipjack tuna rises above an agreed-upon floor level.
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Although in certain sections of thecannery, such as the kitchen, men and women worked together, women earned 40 per cent less than men.
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Although the women employed in the canneries performed many tasks, they had poorer contracts, worse working conditions and received lower wages than men.
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This way of allocating work in the 1920s, which was entirely at the discretion of thecannery, is confirmed by interviews with older workers from the factory.
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Workers who wanted promotion to masters had to complete their studies with specific training in processing, canning and accounting and needed five years' experience ofcannerywork.
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They had worked only ten years for this company and yet received the same daily wage as women who had spent between 20 and 25 years within thiscannery.
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Better remuneration was possible only if women employed in thecannerymoved into a different category of the workforce.
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Bitung also supports several canneries.
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When it comes to the tuna canneries, look at where the main profits are going: there is complete hypocrisy here.
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As a result, a number of technical notes to be used for guidance by canneries were published.
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That applies also to the question of horticulture and the opportunity it gives to canneries to secure fruits and vegetables.
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I would instance the question of sugar, which is an essential ingredient in anycannery.
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