Good morning,
It’s a partly sunny and mild day ahead for Whitewater, with a high of fifty degrees.
In our schools today, it’s Coffee with the Principal at 8:30 a.m., and Spirit Day at the middle school.
Quick note: I’ve had a fair number of questions about the possibility of new contracts for district employees. Just as a charter school is measured by its charter, so a contract is measured by its terms; there’s not much to say without those details.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1954,
Parker Pen Employees Win Wage Increase
On this date employees of Parker Pen in Janesville won a 5-cent-an-hour wage increase in contract negotiations. After the raise, male employees made a base pay of $1.95 an hour while their female counterparts were paid $1.62 an hour. [Source: Janesville Gazette]
Parker no longer has a factory in Janesville; the company dominated American pen manufacture for decades in the middle of the twentieth century.