Vol. 9, Now 26 The Voice of G.E. Workers, Local 301 June 29, 1962, |
LM&G CRANE RATES RESOLVED
_ For many years the Union Representatives in the Large Motor &
Generator Department have felt that the:Crane Operators and Followers
were not rated properly. There have been. emany grievances filed and
numerous. discussion, have been held.
At one time ‘the Company made” an offer.on a plant-wide basis; however,
after many meetings, Union Representatives decided to refuse this plant-
wide offer, © ot é
‘Then:a “new method ag job Zvalneting, came into the picture which.
gave employees rates which were more in line with, their duties and’ skills
than the old SOME RASH method, iad
The Crane Operators and: Follow. .
maine ia i
TTlers, ‘through their Shop Stewards and
MAC. EMPLOYMENT PICTURE. IMPROVES | Board Members, asked that this
method of job evaluation'be applied
_ Farm= win. “work has ‘helped to to their occupations. Since they
alleviate a, lack of work condition .|/are. mature workmen, the employees
in three sections of the "WAC Dept... in LMRG realized’ that.when establish-
: ing proper rates under evaluation,
AoE “the past two months, . ‘emp loys| jobs may decrease as well as increase.
ees in e three sections, namely .
Bldg. 18 Mise, Parts (Gallery), the
Shaft.Gang and the large i Ma chine . ~. “On May 25, 1962, a meeting was
Area, Main Bay, have been working _jheld between Union and Company Rep-=
short time and on rotation in order |resentatives and an: agreement was
to curtail the number of layoffs. reached whereby the evaluation. of
" tes the crane jobs would be ready for
Board Members and Shop Stewards discussion on June 20th, and that
in the MAC Department have been urg- jany increases in rate would be
ing department management to exer- retroactive to April 30, 1962,
cise their good offices in an:effort
to obtain work for the three groups. On June 20th, the Crane Eval-
uation was placed before the Union
The MAC. Department, as a result |Committee and the proposal. was pre-
‘has received’ farm=in work from two |sented to a meeting of the Shop
areas of operation:: Atomic Motors, |Stewards and Board wiembers represent-
Bldg. 50, has. agree¢ | to farm-out ing Crane Operators and Followers in
work to thems the superintendent and |Large Motor & Generator. On the
“manager of Renewal. Parts of. the Dept.j2lst of June, the Shop Stewards and:
journeyed to the G.E, Fitchburg |. [Board Members met at Union Head-
Plant this. week, seeking farm-in worklquarters to discuss the proposal and
and :they met with some success; hows jafter a lengthy discussion, the Comm-
ever, not to the extent that it will Jittee unanimously agreed to accept |
completely eliminate the problem, the conditions of the proposal.
The MAC Department manufactures The results of the Crane Eval-
Synchronous Motors which are used in |uation are as follows: ,
connection, with the small turbines _
made. in the.Fitchburg Plant. For . % . CRANE OPERATORS
‘the past several weeks, Fitchburg has
experienced a production backlog
which ‘has curtailed the delivery of
Synchronous Motors.
C1l.A to C1.A from 2.815 to 2.935
C1.B to C1.B from 2,495 to 2.60
C1.B to C1.C from 2.495 to 2.415
Cl.C to C1.B from 2,415 to 2.60
farm=in” work, therefore, C1.C to C1.C from 2.415 to 2,415
two-fold purpose adn. that it Mobile to Mobile
“(conttd, | reverse side) Ee iz from 2,60 to 2, 60
a ao Acont'd. reverse side)
HPN AB OD
"MAC EMPLOYMENT (Cont'd. )
relieves to some degree the lack of
work in the MAC Department and iat.
_ the same time eases the production
., problem in- Fitchburg... 8S. ys
This is an illustration oF what
can be accomplished when Union and
Company. work together for'’the comm
good. Lee a oe
etn aoveazer:
| COPE DRIVE IN FINAL WEEK”
_
Next. Monday will mark the end:
of Local 301's COPE Drive, This |
“week the campaign is centered in the
large Steam Turbine Department.
» Meetings have been held in‘practic=-.
ally all departments,
invited to attend the gatherings and
talk about the aims and objectives |
of the COPE Program...’ The results in.
most areas: have been most. gratifying
Chairman Wager reports that”.
Chief Shop Steward: Mangino.was in.
vited to talk at a meeting héld for
-2nd shift employees in Bldg. 285, -
Following the meeting, the group
under Shop Steward and Sergeant~at-.
Arms Elmer Collis expressed their |
, Support of the COPE Drive by: con=_
tributing one hundred percent; —-
. In Board Member Di Caterino's.
section, a member of Local 301 pur=»
chased. a complete book, ped
The following is a list of:
Board Members and the number of stew-
ards who have made the Honor Roll
by selling one or more books:
210s.
“+412
~12
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ww
~10
~10
-10
Natonski
DeMarco
Durante
Masterson
Nejman ©
Martin
McCabe. lS
Weaver = TS
Palazeke.
a 7.
“16
~20
9
720
-14 -Cognetta
.. Koral 7
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Speakers: were|sam
_fearnings;
CRANE RATES (Cont'd,)
GRANE OPERATORS
to Oper-followers — _
from 2.415 to 2.495...
2 Oper-followers
2.705
2.495
from 2,275
from 2,275
1,.B. to Helpers from 2,275
1.C to Cl,B from 2,205
1,.C:-to C1l.c from 2,205
. Leaders to Cl.Afrom
O-CL.A‘to.Cl.A. from
C1.B to Cl.B
“CIB to C1.C
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BRAN SAWO |
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To summarize briefly, 47 Crane
tors received a raises 4 Crane
Opera
[Operators' jobs will go down and 2
Operator:,jobs will remain. the
é,,° 47 Crane Followers will re»
ceive'a raise and 2 Crane Follower
jobs will remain the same, The
shorter service Crane Followers an
Operators who will be moving to jobs.
Cran
~|{[that are decreasing. or remaining.the..".
same will not suffer any loss in |
These employees will be \:
paid their present rates (red circled)
until such. time as the Company offers.
them higher rated jobs, Those em=- -
ployees who are moving and.-had worked
‘lon the jobs that were raised will
“Treceive thesretroactive payment at
-[the rate that now goes with that. job,
~~ Along with the Crane Follower _
‘Evaluation, 3 Annealing Furnace’ Oper-~
-fatorg- who do Class A Crane Following
were raised from $2,495 to $2,935 and
‘lalso will receive retroactive payment
to April 30, 1962.
-< The following Officers, Board
Members and Shop Stewards are to be
commended in bringing this..case. to
a successful conclusions Pres, Jolin ©)
Shambo, Chief Shop Steward Joe Mangino.
Board Members J, Cognetta,. H, DiCater-
ino, A, Durante, W, Martin, C, Munier,
Js Saccecio; Shop Stewards Davies, —
_jJendreski, Tulloch and Zecca.
“~Laskevich 7
~Satcocio © .-10
DiBartoloméo-ll
Apruzzese -10
'; Stockheim = 3
DiCaterino- 8
DiLorenzo =23
Wager “16
Kaminski 8.8
‘Munier “20
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Steam’ Turbine reports are in-
complete because the drive-is still
under way in that department,
f
an)
\.
give them preference over new applic- —
ants., The Union Office has contacted
the G.E. management on many occasions
protesting the Company policy ion this
matter, , _P ee
It is realized that contractually
.management has a’ legal right to ignore. |
former employees who have either lost
__G.E. TURNS BACK -
ON FORMER” EMPLOYEES
Many inquiries and complaints:
‘have been registered at. Union Head:
quarters. by former-G.E, workers re-
garding the Company's present prac~
tice of hiring peo
.in the plant before,
They feel, and rightly so, that
the Company should when hiring help. |
(cont'd. next column)
should
all service because they were out over. °.,
3 years or out beyond their’ recall. | ae
date; however,the Union is of the
opinion that the Company, has a moral:
responsibility toward. the former _-
employees who were faithful in their
duties, They should, in’ all fairness,
be given preference when hiring help.
ple who never worked ALSO NOTE:if GE hires new person for
job higher than comm,labor,union rep.
Find out if lower-rated people —
in his group ready for upgrade want
this job. It's a contract violation to:
hire new people from the street’.for fob
for which member qualifies on upgrade.
