‘THOSE WHO BLAME IABOR FOR INFLATION |
Nearly all economists agree that the
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ALL NAMES OF UNION MEMBERS! CHILDREN —
nation, on an over-all basis, increases its} WHO PLAN TO ATTEND LOCAL 301'S ANNUAL
productivity about two to three per cent _
a year, The argument used by the anti-
“Jabor forces is that wages should not be
allowed to advance any faster than that,
But nothing is said about the base of
the wages being discussed, Nothing is said
CHRISTHAS PARTY NUST BE IN THE UNION
OFFICE NOT LATER THAN DEC, ATH, 1959.00.
CONTACT YOUR STEWARD Nowt|
(Children up to and including 12 yrs.
of age are invited.)
about. the large “percentage of the American
people who are still unemployed and there~-
fore have no wages, Nothing is said about
the cheap wages paid to millions of our ~-
citizens in unorganized areas in the South,
for example,
Nothing is said about the poverty and
degradation that stalks through the
chronically depressed areas of the richest
nation on earth.
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Nothing, of course, is said about the
huge salaries, dividends and bonuses that
are paid to corporation, executives, such
as the earnings of the president of a large
steel firm, which exceeded {$500,000 ‘last
year, ; 7
We wonder just how a corporation ex-
ecutive increases his ‘productivity to the
point where he is worth more than $500,000
a-year while the workers in his mills may
be lucky if they are taking home 100th part
of that figure annually,
Most. of all, nothing is said about
profits, There is never any mention of the
fact--and it is a fact--that in the admin-~
istered (fixed) price industries, where
competition is held to a minimum, prices
are invariably boosted without regard to
demand and supply.
The anti-labor forces never mention
the virtual disappearance in our economic
society of the*fres market,
Oh, nol It's all labor's fault, they
say, And something should be done to slap
labor down, break up national and inter-
national unions, prohibit nation-wide
collective bargaining, throw union leaders
in jail and otherwise beat organized labor
into a corner,
Just one question occurs to us at this
point, Where do these anti-labor forces
think the markets are going to come from
for the goods produced by American industry
unless American workers have high wages so
that they, themselves, can buy them?:
There is no question but that the
American economy has the ability to employ
all citizens who are willing and able to
work and to employ them at decent wages and
working conditions,. The problem is really
one. of equitable distribution of the fruits.
of our economy among all the people. There
are those who would grab it all for them-
Selves, But organized labor in America has
neither the paver nor the inclination to
grab it all, Labor does demand its just
Share of the bounty, As John L. Lewis has
80 ably expressed it: "I am among those
who do not believe that God ever put an
idea in the mind of an inventor for the sole
cori a
WINNERS ON WSNY
ded on our morning "Guys and Gals in the
‘Shop!" program for last week are listed as
follows:
Connie Janack, Office
2,400 Blue Stamps
Helen Bartowski, #5
3,600 Blue Stamps,
Those whose names were’ called and
failed to answer were: John O'Dill,
Fred Fagle, Jim Wilson, John Prymas, all
from Knolls; Dolores Lombardi, Anne Mattice,
Pat Slade, Office; Walt Redgnak, #52;
Ira Haring, #663; Hd Smith, #5; Anne
Beauregard, #5; A. Fries, dr., George
Lawrence, Paul Moran, #273; Frank Siudy,
Ed Brophy, #269; Chet Podbielski, #40;
E.L. Kolodzinski, #107; Larry Wilkins, #16;
P, Sipone, J. Grabo, #285.
BE SURE TO SEND YOUR NAME IN! !
COMMUNION BREAKFAST-NOV, 29TH
THE NOON-HOUR ROSARY GROUP will hold
a Communion Breakfast for all members of
the plant on Sunday, Nov. 29th, at the
Knights of St, John on Sch'dy. St., at
9:00 a.m. An 8:00 a,m, Mass will be held
at the St. Columbus Church the same
morning, Tickets can be obtained from
Bill Mastriani.
NOTE: This notice which appeared in the
last issue of our paper on Nov, 20th,
stated in error that the Communion Break~ ,
fast was for LM&G only. We regret any s
misunderstandings which this may have
caused,
SAVEWAY PANEL DISCUSSION, SAT.
ON "LABOR LOOKS AT THE Nis"
"Labor Looks at the News", spon-
jsored by Local 301, IUE, will present a
group of trade unionists on its weekly
program on WSNY, Sat,, at 6:45 pam., to
discuss the facts leading up to the
present Saveway Supermarkets labor
adifficuities, me
Tune in on WSNY = 1240 on your dial
and get the information straight "from
the horse's mouth". so.
REMEWEER ~
Shoy ‘Steward Elections ~ Dec, 3rd @% Ath
Exectitive Bd.Blections ~ Dec. loth & llth
advantage of an employer,"
T
The Jucky winners of Blue Stamps awar-
TPE TS TO a HR TEE ESS TSO EERE
SAVEWAY COMES TO AGREEMENT, RENEGES( syoRy on
“AFL-CIO
Vol. 6 — No. 16
The Voice of GE Workers, Local 301, Schenectady, N.Y. December 4, 1959
‘Area AFL-CIO Merge; Solidarity Noted
Aye
2? Pickets from Districts Union #1, Amalguim-
ated) Meatcutte Butcherworkmen, and Affiliated Cratts may
take to the lines again if new agreement by Saveway Super-
markets is not kept “in good faith.”
Steward Elections Now im Progress
Today, December dth, 1959, is the Wind-up date to elect your Shop
Steward .... so be sure to vole for the man of your choice, “The
Steward elections which began yestera
smoothly, according to schedule, tind announcement of the rosults
will be made as soon after cach
election as possible", stated, Lary | prior to the election of Executive
Gebo, Chairman of the’ Election
Committee. "I would also like to
commend everyone on the com-
mittee for a job well done”, he
continued. (Due to some delays it
might’ be necessary to continue
some elections into Saturday and
the early part of next week, {
Pat Lombardi, Secretary, has
also announced that the election
for Executive Board Members
will take place on Thursday and
_ Friday, December 10 and 11, 1959,
The Union's Constitution re-
quires that Shop Stewards’ elcc-
ay have been going along
Board Members,
The clections of Exceutive
Board Members will be held at
Union Headquarters, The clected
Shop Stewards in ench respective
section shall volte by secret ballot,
electing one to act as m Board
Member representing that section,
While the Shop Steward elec.
tions are held annually, the clee-
tion of Executive Board Members
is for a two-year term of office,
The Officers of the ‘local union
are elected for a two-year term of
office, Their clection was held
last year and election for Officers
will tale place again in December
tions take place at least one weelt
of 1960,
Delegates from 33 International
Labor Organizations, representing
44 local unions voted to merge the
APL and CIO forces in the Sche-
nectady Area on Wednesday eve-
ning at the IUE Hall in Schenec-
tady.
The newly formed organization
will be known as the Central
Labor Council of the Schenectady
Area, which will include all APL-
ClO loans in Fulton, Montgom-
ery, Hamilton, Schoharie and
Schenectady Counties. The total
membership is approximately 25,-
000 members.
Officers Elected
Leo Jandreau, of Locnl 301 TUE,
was elected President of the new
organization; Robert Golden, Car-
penlers & Joiners, Vice-President;
Joseph Badulucco, Barbers! Union,
Executive Secretary; David Dan-
zi, Stealworkers, Secrelary-Trog
urer; Anthony DeLoretto, TAM,
Set. at Arms; and John Sutliff,
Amalgamated Clothing Workers;
Fred Krokenberger, Textile Work-
ers; and Elmer Irvine, Carpenters
and Joiners were elected as trus-
tees.
Mombers of the new Mxecutive
Board are: Bill Donlon, Ty po-
graphical Union; Harry Wagner,
Painters; Gus Klute, Postal Em-
ployees; Anthony Barberi, Steul-.
workers; Sam Kappell, Insurance;
Stuart. Holland, Textile; Harold
Christman," Amulganuited Cloth-
ing Workers; James Cognetta,
TUE; ‘Harriet Pease, Teachers’
Union; Ed Ligget, LB E.W.; and
(Continued on Page 2)
"LABOR LOOKS
AT THE NEWS"
Dial 1240 — WSNY
Sponsored by Local 301, IUE
6:45-7:00. P.M.
Every Sat,
Page Two
LOCAL 301 NEWS December 4, 1959
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IVE-CIO LOCAL 301 NEWS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF LOCAL 39],
~ REPRESENTING SCHENECTADY
GE WORKERS
Published by the Editorial Committee
Prosident ........ «. John H. Shambo
Vice President William J, Kelly
Treasurer sees Pat J, Donato
Recording Secretary ... Roy V. Schaffer
Ast't Recording Secretery..David Gunn
Chief Shop Steward ... Joseph Mangino
Business Agent Leo Jandreau
12} Erla Blyd, Schenectady 6, N. Y.
Editor — Art Christopher
ee 3
AFL-CiO MERGER
(Continued from Page 1)
Paul Canders, Sheetmetal Work-
ers, s
Their aim is to establish this
Council through the merger of the
Schenectady Federation of Labor,
AFL and the Schenectady Area
Industrial Unions Council, CIO is
an expression of the hopes and
aspirations of the working people
of America,
They seek the fulfillment of
these hopes and _ aspirations
through democratic processes
within the framework of our con-
stitutional government and con-
sistent.with our institutions and
traditions,
At the collective bargaining
table, in the community, in the
exercise of the rights and respon-
sibilities of citizenship, they shall
responsibly serve the interests of
all the American people.
They pledge themselves to the
more effective organization of
working men and women; to the
-securing to them of full recogni-+
tion and enjoyment of the rights
to which they are justly entitled;
to the attainment of security for
all the people; to the enjoyment
of the leisure which their skills |
make possible; and to the
strengthening and extension of
our way of life and the funda-
mental freedoms which are the
basis of our democratic. society.
“They shall combat resolutely
the forces which seelt to under-
mine the democratic institutions
of our nation and to enslave the
human soul. They shall strive al-
ways to win fw respect for the
dignity of the human individual
whom our unions serve,
With divine guidance, grateful
for the fine traditions of our past,
confident of meeting the chal-
lenge of the future, they proclaim
this constitution.
EDITORIAL:
WHAT THE STRIKE COST?
In answer to a recent article in the Schenectady GE News
entitled; “What the Strike Cost”... we'd like to point out that the
cost cannot be measured in dollars and cents,...
The gains which were won by labor through the years were won
with the sweat, blood and sacrifice of millions of American working
men and women, many of whom gave up their very lives in order to
free themselves from the shackles of slave labor, the “company
stores’, and the abuses of Big Business. It was a hard and hitter
up-hill struggle all the way.
In recent years, the National Association of Manufacturers and
other anti-labor organizations have been trying to whittle away these
gains little by little with every means:at their disposal... through
legislative activities, political campaigns and long, forced strikes.
They have tried to foster dis-unity, mistrust of union officials and
encourage strike-brealking and union-busting tactics wherever pos-
sible. “
THE REAL ISSUE in the present Steel Dispute is not monetary
.... tds the insistance of the Big Steel Corporations to “take away”
practically all the gains labor has made over the past 25 years and
to foree the working men and women in their plants to accept. the
same abuses which they fought so hard to rid themselves of over
the years. -
One Stroke of the Pen
With one stroke of the pen, the Steel Companies avant to wipe
out all the working rules contained in the union contract... , and
if they succeed with the Steelworkers .... the rest of the unions in
our Country can expect the same kind of treatment.
THE STEELWORKERS have become the rallying point of the
entire Labor Movement... . Their fate will be our fate... , their
losses will be our losses ,... their gains will be our gains ....
Tt all proves that in the labor movement:
* “No man can afford to stand alone”
* One step backward today — means 10 steps backward to-
morrow,
* A stroke; pen cannot erase 28 years of progress,
* The labo niovement is an integral part of the American
way of life and is HERE TO STAY,
The willingness of the Steelworkers to remain out on strike for
a period of 116 days also proves that there is MORE PRINCIPLE -
IN THE WORKING CLASS THAN THERE IS IN BIG BUSINESS.
Listen For Your Name On WSNY;
6:40 A.M. — You May Be a Winner!
Every morning at 6:40 A.M. on WSNY Radio (1240 on your dial)
the names of four or five “Men in the Shop” (and women) and
their building numbers will be announced, The first one whose name
is called, or any member of his family, who phones in to WSNY,
EXpress 83-1771, wilh win 1200 blue stamps, So get a pad and pencil
and keep: that phone number handy.
personal news can be, sent to Art Christopher at the Union Office.
LAST WEEK'S WINNERS were: Art Vieno, #85; Mario Bag-
nette, #52; Elmer Collis, #285,
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Names, Bldg, numbers and \ | }
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December 4, 1959
LOCAL 301 NEWS
Page Three ©
Cutter Grinders’
Strike Fund Started
Stewards Van Schaick (2nd
shift) and Stevens (1st) recently
reported that the Cutter Grinders
have voted in favor of a strike
fund in preparation for the. com-
ing year ahead.
The Strike Fund was organ-
ized on November 10, 1959, by 32
members of the above mentioned
department. An‘election of offi-
cers was held and a sct of by-laws
was adopted. .
H. Morse was elected as Presi-
dent, J. Derkowski as treasurer,
and F, Batzinger as the secretary.
A signing of the by-laws and an
initiation fee of 50c constitutes
membership in the organization.
Below is a brief.outline of some
of the by-laws adopted: Each
member to hold his own pay book,
the master ledger to be audited
Where's That Xmas Spirit?
Out. of 400 sign-up sheets for your children's names for the
Annual Christmas Party, only 43 have been returned at the time of
this writing.
every six months, payments for
seven weeks in the event of a
strike, no money lost for termin-
ated workers, if 4 weeks in arears
member can be dropped by 2/3
vote (to show the group is not
running a deposit and withdrawal
account), 2/3 membership vote
constitutes a quorum, a 2/3 quor-
um vote needed for any decisions
and no money will be paid to
scabs,
From reports reaching the un-
ion office, it appears that many
groups (hroughout the plants are
likewise forming little strike
funds of their own ... “just in
case.”
IVE Contributions to Steelworkers:
$200,000 — Local 301, $5,114.31!
The International IVE proudly
announces that a total of $200,000
(to date) has been forwarded to
the United Steelworkers of Amer-
ica... Local 801, too, is to be
commended for having forwarded
$5,114.31 as its share in this labor-
wide endeavor to help the Stcel-
workers and their families in
their courageous strugele against
the Big Steel ‘Companies,
President James Carey of the
TUE International said, “We have
every reason to be gratified and
proud, as I am gure you are, with
this excellent record, The $200,000
as you already know, has had
two sourees: First, contributions
totaling $100,000 from the IUE-
AFL-CIO: Strike Fund, and see-
ond, $100,000 representing one-
day's pay per month from_ the
Officers ‘and membership of all
the IUE Locals.
One cause for the sense of grat-
ification we ¢an feel is the fact
that we are reciprocating the
magnificent help — more than
$700,000 in contributions and loans
—whith the Steelworkers extend-
ed to us in our crucial 156-day
struggle against the Westinghouse
Blectric Corp., in 1955-56, Carey
further stated. ;
Letters received by our Inter-
national from the Steelworkers
show very clearly how much the
IUB’s support is appreciated,
Report Condemns
The antilabor
coalition’s major target for ex-'
tinction is “our industrial organi-
zations’. IUD Pres. Walter P.
Reuther charged in his recent re-
port to the IUD's Third Constitu-
tional Convention,
The charge was made in an
opening section of the report, en-
titled, “The Attack of Industrial
Labor." Other sections of the
report dealt with the national
economy, problems of jurisdiction,
IUD activity for the past two
years, IUD administration and
finances, and future Department
work,
Reuther stated in the report
that big business is grecting ‘‘to-
day's new industrial revolution
with an attempt to restore. the
speedup.” He declared that indus-
GOP-Dixiecrat®
Attack on Labor
trial labor will not “permit” this
to happen.
The IUD president also noted
that labor's collective bargaining
contracts were a major stabilizing
force during the recession. He
pointed to the lingering unemploy-
ment as an indication of the mis-
use of today’s high labor produc-
tivity.
In the section
economy, the IUD
that “Investment booms and bursts
touch off recessions,”
that Administration monetary fis-
cal and tax policies are geared
to’ the creation of imbalances be-
tween production and consump-
tion, and stated that improved
income distribution is the key -to
economic progress,
dealing with
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head stated |,
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This is indeed a very poor showing.
© The Activities Committee has
been working 'round the clock to
insure a “Very Merry Christmas”
for your children... a day that
they all look forward té and one
that they’ll always remember...
Also, over 400 give-a-way books
were issued to stewards and
Board Members ... to date, only
75 have been returned. The dead-
line for names of children who
want to attend the party is Fri-
day, December 4th, 1959!
On the other hand, expecting
a last minute rush, the Activities
Committee has ordered 6,700 toys,
plus candy. and other items neces-
sary to insure a “good time for
all.” ‘
The Annual Children’s Christ-
mas Party will be held at the
IUE Auditorium on Saturday and
Sunday, December 19th and 20th,
1959. - Santa will be on hand to
greet the kiddies and taped in-
terviews will be made for our
radio program, “Labor
Looks at the News" which ap-
pears every Saturday morning on
WSNY--1240 on your dial at 6:45
P.M,
» Five §100 certificates will be
given away as Christmas presents
to the holders of the lucky tickets
at our December Membership
Meeting... so contact your Stew-
ard right now and get your
tickets .. . Also, be sure to-turn
in the names of your children
(up to and including 12 years of
age) to your Steward on or before
December 4th; if you want to get
them in on the fun!
FO WOWI POAT
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For Children's Names
— Dec. 4th —
SEE YOUR. STEWARD
RIGHT NOW!
CARRERA ROR AREY
