Greenberg Statement on Monsanto Co. and the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Settlement

Press Release
May 9, 1967

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  • Press Releases, Volume 4. Greenberg Statement on Monsanto Co. and the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Settlement, 1967. 217550d1-b792-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2dab432f-87ed-4724-bbfa-a3e0eceb7da6/greenberg-statement-on-monsanto-co-and-the-oil-chemical-and-atomic-workers-settlement. Accessed January 07, 2026.

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    Statement by Jack Greenberg, Director-Counsel, 
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 
May 9, 1967. 

The Monsanto Company and the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers 

International Union settlement is an important new development in 

the complex area of breaking down segregated departments. It agrees 

to allow immediately the transfer of six Negro employees into the 

previously all-white Operating Department with a wage increase from 

approximately $2.94 to $3.21. The Monsanto Company and the Union 

also agreed to allow four additional Negro employees to transfer to 

the Operating Department no later than January 1, 1968 and to fill 

all future vacancies in the Operating Department by giving Negroes 

the opportunity to transfer before hiring new employees off the 

street. This agreement gives Negroes the opportunity to fill high 

paying jobs heretofore barred to them because of race. The Union 

agreed to allow Negro representation on Workmen's Committee--the 

first time since passage of Title VII. 

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AP, UPI - Little Rock 
Atty. Wm. J. Wynn 
Gerald Garrison - Ark, GAZETTE, Little Rock 
Atty. John Tadlock 
NEW YORK TIMES

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