[Moneyguy1]

The answer to your question is:

Yes.

I worked for the EKC in Rochester and was, (many years ago) laid off. The company was shoving folks out one door and advertising in other Cities for replacements. At the time, (1970) the economy was getting so bad in Rochester that the New York State Employment office gave office space to unemployed engineers and other professionals. (RAVEST...Rochester Area Volunteer Engineers, Scientists and Technicians). We found out about the ads when some folks would answer them and get response from Kodak. So, at the behest of NYS Employment, I was sent to Kodak Offices to question them about the situation. One executive invited me into his office, I sat down and he told me that if we continued to spread such stories, "I will make sure you never work in this area again".

The IMC still exists. Whether there are other such organizations in other areas I cannot with assurance state. As long as they retain no accessable written records, practices like this can always be denied.

As a result of years of managerial incompetence, the industrial picture in upstate New York is a shadow of its former self. Gone are General Dynamics, Delco, Rochester Products, Pfaudler, Ritter, Consolidated Vacuum, Graflex to name a few, not to mention all of the ancillary little machine shops and suppliers that were adversely affected. Downsized to a point where they are barely viable are Bausch&Lomb and Kodak, the latter down from over 65k employees in the 60s to well under 20k now, and in the process of razing entire manufacturing plants in an effort to reduce their property taxes.

Not all the carnage was the result of unions. Kodak was not unionized, nor were the other powerhouses except for the General Motors plants of Delco and Rochester Products.