Lever ( union ) bought us full sets of everything and anything the mechanics needed or wanted . We did have rules also . Adjustable wrenches were not allowed .
They were known as Fitzall wrenches . The great thing about the company was you didn't get in the door without having served a 4 year minimum apprenticeship . There's not many companies left out there that was like Unilever , they are all gone . Dundalk lost all industrial companies over the years . Beth Steel , GM , Kohler , GM at White Marsh , gone . Replaced with low paying jobs .
), but all of the places where I was employed that had Maintenance Mechanics, etc. had the same policies: 1) tools & boxes/cabinets were purchased/provided by the employee and were the employee's responsibility, 2) the company usually worked out some sort of deal with a local supplier for reduced costs and/or extended payment without interest, and 3) the company required certain basic tools, and had the right to say that any particular tool wasn't appropriate (i.e. safe) for the job (no super cheap HF stuff). One exception (at least up to 1992 when I left) was the Hershey Main Plant: Mechanics that worked on the plant floor used plant-constructed tool carts.
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