The peeled and deveined meats are washed and weighed (5 pounds) 

 into a plastic bag wliich is then placed into a 5-pound carton. The 

 shrimp are then frozen and packed into master cartons. This product is 

 not glazed, as the plastic bag prevents dehydration. Sometimes these 

 shrinp are separated into two sizes, under 60 to the pound and over 60« 



Cost 01 the 5-pound cartons varies, from about ^a cents for 

 1-piece cartons to about 6 cents for 2-piece. The price is to some 

 extent determined by the volume used. The general practice is to 

 calculate that all packing materials — cartons, master cartons, and 

 strapping — cost about 2g cents per pound of shrimp. 



In the local markets, shrimp are sold fresh, both whole and 

 headless. In November, 19S5, the retail prices for junbo white shrimp 

 were 50 cents a pound for fresh whole and 60 cents for fresh headless. 



At this same time brokers were paying 70 cents a pound for 

 imder-lO count frozen headless shriiip f.o.b. Cristobal, The price 

 for frozen peeled and deveined titi, running more than 60 to the pound, 

 was U5 cents per pound. 



There are about I4O men and 30 women employed full-time in 

 the shrimp-freezing plants, and about 500 part-time workers, most of 

 whom are women. 



For full-time xrork the men get from kO to 60 cents an hour 

 and the women 25 cents an hour. The work week is ii.8 hours. 



Some of the part-time workers are paid by the hour, but the 

 majority are paid on a piecework basis. The piecework pay varies 

 from plant to plant, but it is generally about 3 cents for packing 

 5-pound cartons and from ,6 to ,7 cent a pound for peeling titi. 



For full-time workers the rate of overtime pay, which is 

 governed by law, depends upon the time of day when the overtime occurs. 

 The day is divided into a daytime period (5 to 7) and a nipht period 

 (7 to 5). 



The maximum number of working hours without overtime is 

 8 daily and U8 weelcLy for daytime work and 7 and k2 for night work. 

 If overtime is worked during the day period, the v;orker is paid 

 25 percent extra; during the night period it is 50 percent extra. 

 For work on Sundays or national holidays, the pay is a flat 50 percent 

 extra. 



The plant workers do not belong to unions. In some of the 

 plants the full-tijiie workers receive some fringe benefits which may 



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