No. 16
“yations to the Strike Fund which
The Voice of GE. Workers, Local 301. April 20, 1962 “
KENNEDY URGES
ry
-- Last month President Kennedy ma
urging. the enactment of the labor-eba
permanent. improvements rather than "
extended unemployment benefits, —
Howeve ‘April. 10th, the Pre
of the House“and the.President of th
legislation: was unlikely to get the
of the “heavy schedule" faced by the
its counterpart in the Senate,
woniiastvardary
FITCHBURG STRIKE FUND
REACHES $1,000
Local 301 has. sent the first
check for $1,000 to the members of
Local 286 who have been on strike
~Since February 27, 1962. ~ °
Local 286 is affiliated with
TUE-AFL-CIO and “is the bargaining ~.
unit which represents employees in.
the G.E. plant in Fitchburg, Mass.
Over 600 members.of the Local
are involved in the dispute which.
arose over six ‘grievances whic
Company refused to settle satis-.
factorily, All-six'icases cleared
the third step ofthe grievance
-procedure (New York Level).
— The members contacted have
been, most generous in their don-
. will be used to help alleviate some
of the financial burdens incurred
by our’ brother IUE members in Fitch-
-burg., Contributions are still being
received at the Union Office,”
The Officers and Board Members
of Local 301 take this opportunity
to. thank those who were so consid-
. erate, 7
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TUC EXTENSION.
de a Special plea'to Congress,
cked McCarthy-King Bill calling for
stop-gap": measures in the field of
Sident sent a letter to the Speaker
@ Senate noting that “permanent _
consideration it deserves" because
House Ways and Means Committee-and
The House Committee is presently
concerned: with two of the Adminis-
tration's top priority measures,
namely the Trade Bill and. the Medical
Care for the Aged Bill (King-Anderson
Bill). ee ee
*
The President, in his-message,
gave his reasons why the Government's
temporary program of extended. un-
employment benefits should be con-
tinued for another year, He men-
tioned that "there are still large
numbers of long=term unemployed",
There are an estimated 5,000
workers a day whose regular State
benefits have been exhausted as of
hé jApril 1, 1962) when the temporary
program expired, Congressional
action is needed in order for. them —.
eceive further benefits, *
-a,, Labor Sec, Arthur J, Goldberg
stated, that the extension of the
temporary program will aid 1.1 .million
workers who are expected to exhaust.”
their State benefits. during the'.next
year, BS
_ He noted that 2.5 millio#l ude.
employed workers had received'more™s.
than 695 million dollars in benefits
through February. The first year 3
total is expected to reach-800 ‘nill-
ion dollars, yi
h x
a eee
preeposed that
President Kennedy
‘CONGRATULATIONS IN ORDER
Congratulations to the Winders'
Group, Bldg, 273, J-Bay, under Shop
Steward "Min" Colucci, This: group
has: again scored 100% in their con-
tributions to the Fitchburg Strike...
Fund and the Scholarship Fund Drive,
_jactive to April 1, 1962,
be made retro-
It would
have the same benefits provision as
provided for in last year's act,
workers who have exhausted their req-
ular State benefits and are still un-
employed would be entitled to receive
extended benefits for half the period
provided for in their State Unemploy-
ment Law up to a maximum of 13 addit~
the one year extension
onal ‘weeks.
“SERVE YOUR cua "
by Bel gee ace. Sy
Bach: year: a portion ‘of your:
Federal Income Tax: monies becomes
a part of the billions: ‘of dollars
appropriated’by the Congress ‘to
support a foreign aid. program, that
is designed to combat famine and
disease and improve the economy
of millions of underpriviliged .
peoples’ throughout, the world re-
Q gardles s of Face, color. or creed.
Here at home, in. the commun-=
ity in which we work and live, how
many of our neighbors; how many of
our children are afflicted each
year with incurable diseases?
How Many programs must we, as
citizens ur community support,
if we are “bocombat juvenile
delinquency; feed and clothe and
otherwise provide for homeless
childrens provide a little dignity
for some. of our elder citize v,
Stop for a moment and think
what these conditions and situat-
ions. should mean to you, and you
might says In these areas of out”
‘community there are little if any
. government subsidies to Su
“programs of the Cancer S
‘Heart. Fund,, Red Crass, Community
Chest, Muscular Dystrophy, etc, In
“order to support these programs:to
LV gy’
“stabilize ‘the pulse of our society;
itis. those of us, the fortunate,
who. must meet our social respon=
sibilities by. generou:
ing to an agency, such
“Community. Service Fund,: and in SO
.doing we are taking a giant step.
towards eradicating these social
afflictions from’ eeu generations:
—
: “Let US» therefore, Eve at.
. least the same Ae
our fellow-men as.
foreign friends by contr
the Community Service.
“are already a membex-.anc
you can contribut
dO SO,
We urge employees mie are “AGt
already participants to join. ‘BY
‘supporting your Community Service
Fund, you pital Be helping those
less. fortunate
EASTER. GREET
.jof the College,
excellence which
|
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SCHOLARSHIP WINNER CITED
The Union. Office has received
“ leopies of two leitérs, one addressed |
to. Paul Graziade, the winner of our |
initial. Scholarship Award, the other
to his father who works as a Splicer .
in Bldg. 768, . ,
The. Letters were siondd by ;
Kenneth E, Clark, Dean at the Univer-
sity of Colorado, where Paul is a
student, . Dean Clark mends Paul :
for outstanding perforindnce. in main-
jtaining the highest scholastic '
standards and congratulates his par-
enh Eom having a child so “endowed,
° The: following are excerpts taken
from the letter addressed to Paul:
"Your grade record 1] semester
places you among the superior. students
The standards of
r our faculty impose
in the assignment of grades are such‘:
that your record.is a rare e-in ,
the College", = :
The above remarks indicate’ the
caliber of students selected by the
Scholarship COWL EVER.
Sthelesshis Chairman ‘Seal
that initial returns
indicate that this year's. Fund Drive
is receiving favorable response from
our members, Many Shop Stewards -have -
lalready turned in contributions from
their respective groups. It is
isuggested to.Stewards who have not as
vet made returns to do SO as soon
‘contribut4as possible,
Sour. local).
The previous Seholaxshie Awards
were in the amount of. $1,000 each, It
is hoped that a similar amount can be
awarded this year, -This’goal. can be
realized with the support of our
fellow members, Please give when:you
are contacted by your Shop ‘Steward,
OVERWHELMING VOTE -
TN FAVOR GF DUES” INCREASE
. )
On Monday, April 16, 1962, the
jnembership of Local 301 voted over-
whelmingly in favor of a:dues: increase,
recommended by the. Local's Executive
Board, The members voted on the recom-
mendation in a secret ballot,
The combined votes of the 2nd,
st and 3rd shift meetings were a
decisive 7 to 1 in favor of increase,
The Union Office has notified the
My Een Coy that beginning: with the May
check-off, the baled dues will go
from $4, 89 to $5 an ll cents
inerease.
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