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Aid has come for the ailing. Leo Jandreau from-the ‘customary sourcesthe General Elec-
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It came as no surprise to IVE-ClO that the UE boldly and blatantly reprinted the most “%:
recent letter written by Lemuel R. Boulware, GE vice-president { in charge-of employee rela- -
tions. Last week's "Electrical Union News" devoted over half of its space to this letter. —
IUE-CIO has said, and will continue to say, that the General Electric Co. Employee Re-
lations Division: has always, bent over backwards to come to the assistance of the UE, the’ $O-
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called‘ union which still holds bargaining rights in a few ‘GE plarits, _
It is to Mr. Boulware's advantage to bargain with UE rather than. with an harfest-te-goads
“ness trade union. a
Mr. Boulware has never ade any bones about his faite of IUE-CIO. To. the contrary, he
has indicated’on many occasions that UE is the’ union for him: . a
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A good example of this took place last September. IUE-CIO had to: negotiate for over
two months, and “then had to strike GE in order to win.a contract, a 10-cent hourly i increase,
and a wage, reopener. Two hours after IUE-CIO. representatives signed their contract in
~ Washington, in the presence of officers of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, UE
“signed almost the same contract in GE's New York office---and UE didn't have to ‘bother
with long negotiating sessions.
“But this latest letter penned. by L. R. Boulware takes. first prize. "Wiss Me. Boulware taken. - ;
_ Vie Pasche's place as pene aarila agent. for UE? Or could it be that. he's going to fill the va-
cant position as business agent of UE in Schenectady?. o _
- One fact is obvious. L. R. Boulware is just as worried about UE's inevitable collapse as. are on
James Matles, Julitis Emspak, and Albert J. Fitzgerald. ~
All of these! 'gentlemen"' know that UE's very lifeblood comes from Schenectady. UE has
‘so. few members that ance Schenectady goes . TUE. ClO, UE imust go out of business. IUE-
CIO is so close to filing a petition for the Schenectady ¢ GE Works thateven Mr. Boulware took
his pen'in hand in an effort to give aid to UE. ;
Mr, Boulware claims that IUE-CIO's demands are taken verbatim from the present UE. con
tract. Last week, IUE-CIO made public these demands. Schenectady GE workers had the |
opportunity to read them. Schenectady GE workers know and the UE knows, and Mr. Lemuel -
R.’Boulware knows that there is Hiothing i in these demands which has been taken from the UE
contract! . wa
. There is no logical: explanation for UE's signing a sellout two-year: agreement with GE. So
now UE, with Mr. Boulware's aid, tries to condemn IUE-CIO for acting like a union, and trying:
to improve the contract. .
- On another occasion; ‘back i in 1948, L. R. Boulware dared to interfere in.a local union elec-
tion by writing a letter, and reprinting it in the form of a full- page newspaper ad entitled,
"A Plague on Both Your Houses."
. Now IVE-ClO say sto GE-and UE--a plague. on both your houses! A. plague o on ‘the collue _
* sion which has’ kept UE in business despite the Communist” influence i in: that union-a a plague
on company’ unionism, ad company union contracts! :
The 70,000 GE workers under IUE-CIO contract have. had enough o of GE double talk. TUE.
CIO expects the company to attack this union--no company likes a militant, fighting union.
‘But on the other hand, and let'the company take note, IUE- CO has’ no intention’ of taking
this arrogance from the company sitting down!
“THE VOICE OF THE UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - — LOCAL 301, UE...
one ~Vel. 9.— No. 14
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
Friday, July 20,
What the Rise in Living Cost Means to You
This wis set up by the Legislative Conimittee Chairman Dewey
s on the left cost’ $5.88, hese same items were bought
if 31.65in food alone. Combine this with the inerease in taxes;.
(which limits wages) will not have toy worry about the workers in
spirals.
In June. 1950 °
. “This eeting ts an increase
the Clo mexnquwert inlet on the War Stabilization Board,
the shops PacDINg too much money zie starting inflationary
:
Changes: in Union Office
For the first time in’ a number of
years, Leo Jandreau the Business Agent
is laking’a vacation, He will return on
August 6th in time for the Officer’s and
the Combined Shop Stewards’ and Men-
bership mecting. 2
Freddie Sheehan from 273 and Sers
Pita from 46 are now at Headquarters
us Assistants to the Business Agent,
alone with William Templeton they, will
"handle. the. grievances coming in to the
olfice. . 7
* While Leo, Jandreau ts. out on ‘vacas,
ition President’ William J. “Kelly will han-
“dle the’ grievances now at the second
level of management ’ (Male level).: He
will be,available at the Union office.
Chief*Shop Steward James Cognetta ~
will act in: his, capacity as a member of
~-the-grievancé-committee-in-dt, Aeswwill....
niso be in atthe first level of manage-
ment along with the new Assistants to
the Business Agent. He will be avail.
ble otherwise in the Union Office.
“Recent Changes in the Unemployment insurance Law’
Winding Group Wins
10 Per. Cent Increase
The winding: group under Foreman
O'Brien in Bldg. 40-1 won theiy fight
against working conditions and a seri-
ous loss in earnings. .
This group of 86 women stayed to-
gether during the processing of their
grievance,” They challenged the. com-
pany:to show through time studies that
they could not make their money, Aft.
“av several jobs were studied, the com-
pany agrecd the prices were too low-and
finally agieed to “raise the $1,.01> ra ited
jobs under dispute 10%, retroactive to”
May 20, 1961,
This was settled at a t euiBaumitmiltea
in the shop with Executive Board Mem-
ber...Joe... Kernaghan, Shop’, Steward
Blanch Winches; Mary Tote; B. Sling-
evland, and Kay Thomas as the griev-
ance sub-committee representing the
Union.
The State Logislature works with’
lightning xapidity to amend laws when
these changes are not for the benefit of
“unions and workers. ‘They take years
& . . ar cone
to’ eonsider changes which might be «
beneficial to them only finally - to scuttle
them,
This is-the impression any -reasonable
person will receive when ‘he. considers
what has happened in the State Legisla-
ture this year. Por a long time. now,
the U.B..and almost every: other legiti-
"mate trade inion in New York State has
‘been trying to have the Unemployment
Insurance Law. amended to increase
benefits: for unemployed workers, Sud-,
denly, and in almost complete secrecy,
the: Legislature did pass such amend-
ments but only “to take some benefits:
away and Hot to ‘inevease then. Tt canis
mittee hearings were held as to these
amendments, no one heard about them.
(Continued on Pase 2)
Friday, July 20, 195!
Piece Workers’ Timing: Rates
Many of our members have requested .
us to print the’ timii g rates-and the
equivalent A.E.R. rates’ in order that
piece workers:will have the information
available in discussing time studies and
‘incentive job rates.
The timing rate is used.to :ompute a
price during a time study anu isa. rate
less. the general raises which were won
' by*the Union in the past years,
The ALR. - rate is the jul. \ value for
an operation that is on incentive.
For,
example, a $1.01 timing rate plus the-
general increases of 80c per hour equals
a $1.81 job value on incentive: In this
_gase the: 80c. pers hour would be added
“to the piece workers’ earnings for .each:
hour on the weekly clock card. .
The up-to-date timing yates and cor-
responding incentive job rates are .as
follows: /
‘Timing “Rates.
Bs
“57
~ 60
° Gt
2.835
“2.89
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
“Unirep, Evserricat, RApio: & Maciine
Workers or AMERICA
ScuuNEGTADY GE Locat 301 UE
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- Published by the Editorial ‘Godinaltas
Prenident \WILLIAM J. KELLY
vi OSEPH, MANGINO
Re in JOHN PP, GRIBEN
Aastt Recording Sear PRANK D'AMICO
PECMSUPCT cscescnseee INRY KAMINSKT
"Chiet Shon Stewnr JAMES COGNETTA
Bualnesa Agents «LEO TANDREAU
301 LIBERTY ST. SCHMNECTADY, 'N. ¥
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“Pop, couldn’t you please do something good in Congress for a change?”
“(Continued from Page 1)
Least of ‘all, the labor unions and’ or-
“ganized labor were: not considered ‘ag in-
“terested parties to the Legislature’s s' dle~
liberation with the result-that a matter
‘Which conecerned only working ,people
“found no working people or their repre-
sentatives present to give their opinion
before the amendment§ were passed.
By -the. new amendments, countless un-
employed have been ‘deprived altogether
of benefits which they had already
carned but not yet received. For OX-
ample, workers who had sufficient earn-
ings in 1950 to warrant their receiving
benefits during the new. benefit year
Which would have started: in: July’ 1951
cannot receive these benefits under the
new amendments. if they did not have
evrnings in 1951. This amendment: hits
hardest -perisioners of G.E. who retired
in 1950 and have not worked . since thelr:
retirement,
“Furthermore, as was pointed aint in
‘last week's article, seasonal workers are
also hard hit and may lose ‘their rights _
sto unemployment insurance benefits al-
wt gether because the new test is not how.
much they earned when they were em-
> Schenectady ‘works,
“Recent Changes in the Unemployment Insurance Law
~ployed=but rather how, long they were:
employed in any year,
Tt has always been said that a man
who has not been injured does not worry ~
about the Workmen’s Compensation Law
until he gets into an accident. Similarly,
-workers have a tendency, unfortunately,
of not worrying about their unemploy-
ment rights in periods of full: employ-
ment, But organized labor cannot afford
to putiof trying to betler our Stute laws
against a rainy day.
. The Legislative Committee of the U.E,
is taking steps now to ‘plan appropriate
action together with all other labor
unions to correct these injustices,
(Further articles on unemployment i in-
surance will follow i in forthcoming issues -
of the Union’s~ paper, ) :
Meeting with GE On Job Rates
. A. meeting has been‘ arranged with
“the company: at the New ‘York Level
“(8rd ‘step of the grievance procedure)
“to discuss the day work job rates in
This meeting will
be held in Schenectady. July 24th, 1951
has been set as'a tentative date |
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
- CONGRESSMAN. ‘DRIPP ©
; BY YOMEN
“Don't worry Dear,
The W.S.Bz will have to take care
stock market has dropped.”
of you now that the
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WORKMENS' COMPENSATION
(ThE Is the aleventhIn a sarias of artlelos on works"
men's Compensation written by Leon Novak, the Union's”,
lawyer.)
Special Proceeding at Worker's Home
Just. Before His Death Nets
Widow $1171 ‘Award,
A number of moriths after a worker
injured his arm, he became very ill from
causes which, did not ‘have anything to
do: with his work. When the time came
-for a hearing on his compensation case,
the worker was too’ sick to appear in
court. The ‘doctors had given up. hope
for his recovery. The Union lawyer then
“made an application in court to have a
special hearing held at the * worker's
home-in order to give the State doctor
a chanee to examine “him before it was,
too late. This was important in. order
to protect his wife and children. ~
The arrangements were tnade and a
doctor examined the worker at his home.
Within the week that followed, the
worker succumbed to his illmess and .
passed away. Due, to the fact, ‘however,
that the cdmpengation doctor had ex-"
amined him-jist in time, and“found that °
he had had a-permanent ihjury to his ~
“arm, ‘the worker's widow was awarded
$1171, «This award she would: not have
received if the Union did not have a law-
yer to. protect workers and their families |
y their rights to compensation,
_ Fe et
Union Lawyer Moves Second Case to
_ New York City for Testimony of
“Specialist
-tor’s . testimony.
"the accident or from other ‘causes.
The second compensation case is be-
“who are in that classification,
time this vote has not been ‘completed:
As usual IUE' did nap deny that Carey
wants the UE contract but threw up
the ‘smoke-sereen again. Among other
provisions, the UE. contract gives pro-
tection for pull-out. As an example Art,
VI 5d reads: “There, will be no change i in
standard prices except where there is a
change: of method:.Where such a change
of method is mado; thé price may be ad-
justed. However such adjustment shall
be,,Jimited to the parts of the job af-
fected by the change.
When a change-of method is made
which does not changie the job value on
which a price is-computed, the company
will time study the job and set a new
price WHICH WILL GIVE THE OP.
ERATOR AT. LEAST THR SAME
HOURLY EARNINGS “AS HE MADE
-ON THE OLD PRICK.” ©,
‘Crane Followers’ Rates: -
“The company has made an offer. to
the crane-foHowers, The original grievs
ance sti
lowing, a vote on the Company offer has *
to take place among all our members
At, press
and tabulated.
Workers in Military. Guard
ing moved for a trial.in New York City —
for the testimony of a renowned special-
ist. In the first case, about two nionths
ago, the testimony of.a well-known chest
specialist was tieeded: in order to estab-
lish that a worker
Union lawyer, Léon Novak, took a, spec-
ial trip to New York to present this doc-
As a result. of the
award made in that-case, the worker
will receive Workmen’s Compensation
benefits for the rest of his life. In the
second case which is to. come up in New
York City in’a short time,’ one of ‘the
best’ known orthopedic specialists in the
- colintry is‘ going to testify as to the -con-
dition found in the hip bone of a worker
after he fell from a ladder in the plant.
Several doctors have ‘disagreed as to
whether the condition fer which the
worker was operated upon xestlted from
The
hearing in. New York Ciiy will help to
clear up this: peint. 2 e
had a permanent dis-_
ability from a disease of the lungs, Our’
Receive No Pay. Protection '
“While in’ Summer Training ~
‘Workers who are members of. the
State Militia, who take two weeks camp
training, during the summer, do. not
have any protection under the present
laws foredemanding full pay from their
Pensioned Worker Draws’ Compensation ©
Benefits,after Retirement -
Before his retirement’ on pension, a
worker was injured, the injury resulting
‘ina hernia, commonly known as a “rup-
_ (Continued on Taso 4
employer while taking thelr tratning;«
provide |;
The State and the Federal law
that only the government has to pay full
wages lo its employees when they “are
in the summer camp, cither in the Na-
tional Guard: or the State Militia, There
ig no law prote sting: employees’ of pris
vate employers” for such wages,
In the -past, efforts were made with
the members of the State Legislature
to amend.the state ‘law, so. that workers,
“away in‘eamp for. training could receive
Such a law has ‘not *
their: full wagese.
as“yet been passed.
“The Schencetady. plant’ of GR has
made “ib a. policy to’ pay full wages, to
workers. iii summer training. who have
been with the Company foreat least one
year, °
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
Board will meet at the Union Hall on
July 23rd & ab 7:30 ) pa m,
- ted in 273 ‘Turbine, but “as this”
effects plant wide job rates in crane fol- .
ELECTRICAL -UNION ‘NEWS
The Boulware-Carey Fued
The following is reported by the “U.E.
201 News” in Lynn, Miss. “During last
May Carey sent a telegram to President.
“Ralph Cordiner in which the TUE. presi-
dent launched a violent attack .on -GiE
management. Although Carey previ- >
ously told Boulware to disrezaitd IUE
criticism on. management as _desipned
solely for campaign purposes against
UE, Boulware was, riled.
“Ina reply to Carey published in the
Employees Relations letter dated: June
1d, the secret: was let ‘out of Carey's
back-door activities to have- management
disregard any IUE criticism of its pall
cles, “In one-of our Fecent discussions”,
Boulware wrote,..“You rather frankly
admitted the purpose behind the” long
and abusive telegram you sent Mr. Cond-
inet the day you lost _the election, at
Locke (Won by UE).* You indicated
the wire was simply for ‘public repro-
duction as campaign propaganda, ana
that you expected us to disregard it.”
“On May 25 Carey sent an open. letter
to. Mr. “Corditier, which hysterically red+
baited GE and the UE and demanded
that GE sever connectic is in 80 plants
where the UE is, the Bargaining’ gent,
_ In a. published reply Boulware ye-
“minded ‘the TUE president-that GE. is
“prevented: by law? fram ceasing to
deal with UE. He also’ let out that GE
has received “competent U. 8. Govern-
ment instructions, to continue with UIE
at the’ 80 individual locations you listed flee
in your letter.”
He further reprimanded "Carey for
“serving up your old “groundless. cons
tentions” which seems “designed for
just ‘such, publicity, treatment you have
given it as an! fopen letterto GE.”
Mr, Boulware noted, also he, was well
ay rare that Carey would ‘point his red-
baited gun at anyone who gets in. the
away of his personal: ambitions, for his
letter also‘notes the swine kind of treat
>ment given certain AJ, of L, paone
as given the UIE.
Copies of this correspondence are on .
file at UIE 201, 819 Western i Ave., Lynn,
Mass. ee ‘.
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Monday, August 6th
UNION HEADQUARTERS
° -Qnd Shift — 1:30 p.m.
Ast and ard Shifts — 7:30 p.m.
Election of Delegates to National
Convention =”
Reports of Committees ©
‘Regular Order of Business
“. MORE THAN ENOUGH
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Westinghouse Grants Increase Without ‘Sri ings”
New York — The United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers of America
(UE) announced .today the winning of a
Y-cent-an-hour wage increase for the
30,000 workers it represents employed
by Westinghouse Electric Corp. The
ingret ise is retroactive to April 16.,
“At the same. time Edward: Matthews,
UE International Representative in.
charge of Westinghouse negotiations,
pointed out that “the refusal of UE to
Join witlr Westinghouse in a deal to in-
se prices as a condition for ‘grants -
e ‘the wage increase. resulted “in com-«
pelling the company to drop this at. *,
tempt.”
At a mecting today of the UE’ West:
inghouse Conference Board, the §ecent
offer. was accepted and plans made by,
‘the ‘delegates present from 20 plants
throughout the nation for the reopen-
ing .of contract negotiations with the °
company next month, +
,The present wage increase was won
on a Wage reopener in the current” year-
‘long contact. ~ Negotiations: that start”
in August will seek improvements in the
contract. itself,
Action oft, the, ‘Conference Board now
~ woes: to the “Westinghouse Local unions
for ratification. . Approval is needed of
the War Stabilization Board but‘the pro-
ion sought by the. company, making
the increase dependent on a’ price in-
crease, Was defeated by the Union,
Workmens’ Comperisation
MUlnued trom Page a)
ture’. The worker was too ald and not
in a physical condition to undergo an
operation, “While he continued his em-
ployment with the Company, she. earridd:
his full pay and was, ‘therefore, not ens,
titled to any benefits -undér Workmen's,
Compensation. Immediately upon his re
tirement, however, the Union’s lawyer
made an application for benefits in his
behalf. In court, the lawyer established
that sthe worker was permanently, al-
though only . partially, . disabled, An
tavard was made to the worker forveek-
ly benefits for the rest of his. life, retro-
“aelive “lo “the day of his’ retienienty
These benefits the worker will regeive
in addition ‘to his pension, ° :
J Mule IB OIF
duly 30, 1952
‘The crine-followérs met’ at Union Headqua arters ae Friday, July 27th ‘at
2: 30, P, M., The meeting was chaired by Chief Shop Steward James Cognetta.
President William Je Kelly complimented the crane-followers on the: fight they:
- pat Up, and also for. their unity: and solidarity, ae further stated that they
Ghie
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had: scored a major victory in their fight for ja just, redress of their grievarice..
“iso ‘assuring them the support of -the officers and Executive Board, “The union.
met: with top management, (New York Ievel) last Tuesday in regards toa grievance
effecting all day workers Management stated that "this WAS a subterfuge for
‘ a :
a general 1&
<6, BE. to Boa upper brackets “of the va wious occupations wien were seversly_
onided bad dy the. Uritert: The company has s been warned by” ‘the leadership of this
_, Union that the workers in the shop were thoroughly dissatisfied with the
oe by ,
approach the GE, ‘took in trying “0 ‘buy off ‘the uprer brackets. The company:
refused 0 Balee notice, The ngtlon: of the erunGutellowels: has* ‘shown the
‘"’. company that. something must be done for these groups who are. snot getting ‘the
proper. wages for their jobs... He further reported that the G.iy was having the
sume kind of trouble nationally.
A motion was offered from: the floor. ‘that the crane-followers return to
_work temporarily on Monday. That ce be started with the® company’to
reclassify the ge men involved so that the ey will be properly: classified with
the “proper job mabe That note ce wonid be served ‘on the company: Monday,
shateting t! at. they. ait down with a conmittes of crane e-fellsaners, ‘uring this
- week a nd make a realistic and: hone st effort to settle the grievince, A vote
by ballot was-taken on the motion and was eaphiad by 75 for, 21 against, ; nd
ne void, : " >
“The committee augmenting the usual grievance, committee at the manager's
BE, Chichester .# 273 end Shift
Vincenzo Ferri #273 Ist Shift
Dominick Corrade. #273... 1st Shift.
Horace Perryman jf 273 3rd Shift
Nelson Griffin #16 lst Shift
Joseph Fasulo #52 . lst Shift
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