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Polaroid Corporation is a nonunionized employer with approximately 14,000 of its 15,000 domestic United States employees working in plants located throughout the eastern part of Massachusetts. The company manufactures instant cameras, film, and light-polarizing products. During the 1970s, Polaroid underwent a substantial change in operations: it took over camera assembly operations from its former supplier, added facilities to manufacture SX-70 film, and built a negative manufacturing facility. Over this period, the company increased its domestic employee population by approximately 50 percent, particularly through the camera assembly operation, which requires a large number of assembly line workers.
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Grant, G. (1979). Polaroid Corporation. In: Egdahl, R.H., Walsh, D.C. (eds) Containing Health Benefit Costs. Industry and Health Care, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9962-2_8
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