At the time, there were six black workers in skilled staff positions and the union claimed that the company wouldn't promote blacks to skilled positions. The company had offered a four percent raise to skilled staff and a two percent raise to production and maintenance staff. The ICWU called for a strike on Novemclaiming that Scripto's offer for a raise was discriminatory. Most of these workers were making $400 per year below the federal poverty limit. 633 of the production and maintenance workers were black women. At the time Scripto had 950 employees, of which 836 were production or maintenance workers. ICWU Strike īeginning in 1963, the International Chemical Workers Union (ICWU) organized Scripto's workers into the union and the National Labor Relations Board recognized their representation on June 9, 1964. By this time, the company had expanded its facilities between Houston and Irwin Streets and built office and research facilities on Boulevard Street. Two years later the company acquired the Anja Engineering Corporation, a California company that also produced writing instruments and printed material. The second model was an innovation with an external pump button on the side of the tank. The only difference was the name on the bottom. The Vu-Lighter was identical to the Ritepoint lighter and was rumored to be made in the same factory. Its first lighter model was called the Vu-Lighter. In 1955, the company began selling refillable lighters. During this time the company would go on to have production centers in Australia, Canada, England, and Southern Rhodesia. He would remain president until 1964 and stayed on the board of directors for several years later. Under Carmichael, the company became an international business and was the largest producer of writing instruments in the world. This contract required the company to build a new factory and hire at least 250 to 300 new employees. It then received a contract to manufacture ammunition pieces worth $1,094,000. At first, the company polished 75mm brass cannon shells. ĭuring World War II Scripto became part of the war effort. In 1931, the company built a manufacturing plant on Houston Street in Atlanta. In 1939, the company produced bat shaped mechanical pencils to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of baseball. Ferst increased his sales ability by adding advertising (such as customer names) and commemorative memorabilia to his product line. Ferst sold mechanical pencils, pens, and pencils as well as their refillables. Ferst Company until changing its name to Scripto, Latin for "I write", in 1924.
The company was originally known as the M.A.
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