1 - American Memory
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EXHIBIT III<br />
orriCE or THE MAyon — iitr tt kaoiii, kiia, ki««ii iiTtt<br />
•HUNICHI KIMUHA<br />
September 3, 1971 ••ton<br />
Honorable John A. Burns<br />
Governor<br />
State of Hawaii<br />
State Capitol Building<br />
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813<br />
Dear Governor Burns<<br />
71-.9-28<br />
On August 26, 1971, we began the first of a series of weekly calls to<br />
major Big Island business firms.<br />
The purpose of this survey is to assess the impact of the shipping tie-<br />
up as it relates to the econoiny of the Big Island, especially employment.<br />
Six hundred (600) firms were surveyed. It was reported that thirty (30)<br />
firms have released 78 employees since the strike has begun. Businesses<br />
anticipate strike-related layoffs to total 210 people by the end of<br />
September. By the end of October, the reported layoffs are expected to<br />
run to 311 and by the end of November to 349. An additional 67 layoffs<br />
were reported as possibilities with expected dates uncertain—thus it is<br />
possible that 416 layoffs might come by the end of the next three months.<br />
The layoffs in most inatancas involved portion of a company's employment.<br />
In some cases, however, complete shutdowns of operations are anticipated.<br />
Many business firms could not answer the question "how many do you<br />
exp>ect to layoff if the strike continues". Obviously with the prolonga-<br />
tion of the strike, other firms will start to see actual layoff Situations<br />
or potentials. The impact besides the mentioned layoff includes the<br />
reduction of work hours by as much as one full day per worker by a few<br />
firms. Many of the employers are requesting their workers to take<br />
vacations at this time before going into measures such as cutting of hours<br />
and layoffs. Understandably, everyone is experiencing operational hard-<br />
ships in one form, shape, or another.<br />
One Big Island major employment sector deserving special attention is<br />
the sugar industry. The Big Island sugar companies anticipate normal