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LOCAL 301 NEWS
June 19,1959
IVE-CIO LOCAL 30! NEWS
; . OFFICIAL ORGAN: OF LOCAL 301,
REPRESENTING ‘SCHENECTADY
= GE WORKERS: ;
Publishod by the Editorial Committos
Presidont ..... John. H. Shambo
Vico Prosida’
Troasuror
Businoss Agant .......05
121 Erio Blvd.
Edltor— Art Christophor
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Surplus Food
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income is below a certain scale.
For example:
7 Total Liquid
Number in Monthly Total Resources
Household Income Allowed Allowed
$ 120 $ 360
165 495
205 G15
245 735
230 840
315 945
350 1050
385 1155
S 420 1260
10 455 1365
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Applicants should apply at 487
Nott Street, Schenectady, N. ¥.
A person supporting a family
of 4 could be working and carn
$50 a week and still be cligible
for surplus food,
As this is not a charity or home
relicf, we strongly condemn the
Albany, County: officials who
haven't seen fit to set up a dis-
tribution center for low income
people who live in their county.
This surplus food has heen paid
for out of our taxes and if not
distributed, will only spoil in stor-
age.
bers directed the officers to
‘She officers discussed the mai-
ter with representatives of the
Plant Union Relations Depart-
ment and.after an investigation,
Mr. Sorenson, Manager of Union
Relations, reported that every
supervisor understands that over-
time should be held to a mini-
mum, In spite of our intentions,
some overtime cannot be avoided
when we encounter emergency
‘situations, short delivery dates,
vacations, absenteeism, ete. He
went on to say that the Small
AC. Motor Department secured
Some additional work and that
they have increased their work
force in the last-two months as
fast as employees could be effec-
tively integrated into the work
force, He pointed’ out that in the
LM&G Department, after discuss-
ions with Union representatives, a
second shift was ‘added in two’
groups in order to minimize over-
time.
The Business Agent reported
that for the first five months of
1959 the average hours worked
in the Bargaining Unit inciuding
overtime was 39.9 hours per week.
For the same period last year the
average weekly hours were 41.1
hours.
~ WSNY 1240 ON YOUR DIAL
“LABOR LOOKS.
SATURDAY. EVENINGS — 6:45-7:00 P. M.
— Sponsored by Lécal 301, LUE —
AT THE NEWS"
Members Deplore Overtime
During Lacko# Work Period
AT THE MAY MEMBERSHIP MEETING the mem-
investigate the excess over-.
time being worked in some departments while members
of the Union were being laid off or transferred to lower
rated jobs due to lack of wars
Attack on Unions
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‘Mr. Boyd Lecdom, chairman of
the National Labor Relations
Board, said that employers are
using every legal means to thwart
their employees’ efforts io organ-
‘ize into Unions. ; He. said some
employers seem to take the posi- .
tion that there is no such ‘thing
as a decent Union unless: they’
dominate it.
We suggest that you invest in
the time it takes to write a note
to your Congressman, Sam Strat-
ton, in the House Office Bldg.
Washington, D, C., and tell him
you are opposed to Industry’s pro-
gram of more anti-labor legisla
tion. The time it takes to do this
will more than pay you later in
better working conditions, higher
living standards and job security.
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$254,000 Minimum
Wage Underpay-
ments Collected
More than $254,000 in minimum
wage underpayments was col-
lected by the State Department
of Labor during the first three
months of 1959, Industrial Com-
missioner M. P. Catherwood an- ‘
nounced today.
A total of $254,130 collected from
2,306 establishments through-
out the State, was distributed by _
}the Department's Division of In-
dustrial Relations among the
6,916 workers to whom the money
was due.
In Schenectady County, a total
of $1,761.00 was collected from 20
establishments for 53 workers.
Where wage payments are
found to be lower than the stan-
dard under the wage order, the
underpayment is then turned over
a the worker as wages legally
ue. .
i Vol. 5, No, 52
“The Voice of GE Workers, Local 301, IUE
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“June 26, 1959
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PITTSFIELD GE STRIKE SETTLED
roles
- EMPLOYEES RETURN TO WORK
THE PITTSFIELD GE STRIKE WAS SETTLED AND EMPLOYEES RETURNED 10
D WORK i
A.M,, AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF STRIKE, EIGHTEEN CORE ASSEMBLERS HAD REFUSED TO ACCEPT.
A PRICE THAT REDUCED THEIR EARNINGS BY 25 CENTS AN HOUR,
The eighteen Core Assemblers were
given disciplinary penalty of 3 days off
as a result of their refusal to do the
job under the reduced prices, The member—
ship voted to join.with the Core Assemblers Etzel
and took the 3 days off also, :
Over last weekend an understanding
was reached between the Union and the
Company that provided for a return to work
Jast Monday morning with the’ understanding
that negotiations would take place on the
disputed price,
The Company had obtained a "Show Cause
Court Order" to bar picketing and had
started a legal suit to sue the Union,
which they agreed to drop upon the return
to work, The Company further agreed on
no additional reprisals as the result of
the strike,
The Company which refused to time
study the disputed price before the
stoppage has now:agreed to do S04
36 CANDIDATES CHOSEN FOR INTENSIVE
UNION LEADERSHIP SCHOOL ~ JUNE 29TH
Thirty-six candidates were chosen from
(a long list of applicants for the coming
Union Leadership Course which will commence
on June 29th and continue until July 2nd,
this year,
This will be the first, in a series of
courses to train promising leaders in our
Local for the coming year ahead,
The list of eligible members who will
participate in this program is as follows:
lst & 3rd Shifts
Stockheim DeGraff Ward
Masterson Scott Shambo
Kelly == —-—s Townsend Jendreski
“McCabe © Christman Cognetta
Podell Obercon Girardot
_ Vitallo Borkowski Parent
Kaminski Gallagher Wagar
Carey .. DeMarco ; Mangind i
Gebo: Munier DeCresce
Donato Doig Schaffer
; ; Drozdowski
2nd Shift
Koral Gunn
Martin Waldron
The Course, prepared by Ben: Segal,
International Director of the IUE, and
Leo Jandreau, Business Agent of Local 301,
Will include intensive training covering
Union Achievements, Union Functions, Why
the Union's Program, The Union: Member,
Economic & Legislative Program, Contrib-
utions of Labor to the Community and
Counselor Training,’ |
‘for 2nd shift; and from
» for Ist and 3rd shifts,
"PROFIT IS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT!"
Last week, the T.V.A, opened bids for
additional turbine equipment, °
_. The last time bids were submitted,GE
bid much highe than that of the foreign
firms, ,
They were asking for excessive profit
while Parsons of England was content to
get the work with a reasonable percentage
of profit. Parsons got the work. GE didn't!
It is a matter of record that. the 20%
allowance granted by T,V.A. to the domestic
mfgs, and the import duty, transportation
and marine insurance more than offset ;
the difference in wages,
We don't believe that GE wanted the
work since our contract expires in 1960
and they'd have no exeuse to cut back on
your benefits if things were going full~
steam aheall, We believe that they are -
planning a deliberate work slow-down.
« Last week, GE didn't even submit bids
on the smaller units, They bid on just
one turbine of 600,000 KW which the Govt,
may not even'want., Again it's the same
old story..if they. can't maintain a HIGH
PROFIT, then, they DON'T WANT THR WORK!
We hardly feel they're the least bid cone
cerned with keeping full employment in: .
Schenectady, especially during a contract
‘ oo year, PROFIT IS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT!
