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Vol. 9, No. 30. The Voice of G.E. Workers, Local’ 301 July 27, 19628 og
DIANN BARBER TO BE RECOMMENDED’ | U.S. SENATE KILLS MEDICAL CARE BILL
FOR LOCAL 301 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD — ar RT
Ona roll’ call vote, 21 Southern
Democrats and 31 Republicans. voted...
to table the Anderson-Javits Welfare. .
Bill Amendment to provide health '«
insurance for the aged under ‘the.
Social Security System, a ee
. Mr. Robert Murray, Supt. of ~ .°. 43 Democrats and 5 Republicans
_ the, Schenectady Schools, and Mr, — voted not, to table in order to’pass
. Alton U, Farnsworth, Supt, of. the {the Bills. ae! ee aa
* Guilderland School System, located z. tk oe _
_in Albany County, were the.two . : ‘President Kennedy said: "I
Educators who reviewed the Scholas- believe this is a most.serious. 7
_ tic Standings ‘ll applicants, |defeat for every American family, for
rr oi “| the 17 million Americans who are over
«. . The selection was made by the {65, whose means of support, whose |
Committee on Wednesday of this -{livelihood’is certainly lessened
. week after considering the applic- |over what it was in their working.” .«
. ants'need and recommendation of . | days, who are more inclined to be
» the two Educators, .-. - > Jill, who will more likely be in hos-
. a ad . |{pitals, who are less able to” pay
“ The Committee will submit the | their bilis. I hope you will return
name of Miss Barber. for approval «fa Congress. in November that will ;
: “at our next Tegular membership: ». . |Support a‘ program like Medical Care ,
-°, -meeting which will be held on .* |for The Aged, a program which has.
/ oe August 20,°1962, . > -s - , }been fought by.the American Medical.
e
a” Legalities, Sot a + rn ' "4." JAssociation and*successfully defeated,
-. “°° Diann has the distinction of: | This Bill will be introduced in .
being the first female student to’ January 1963, .I hope it will pass,
be.recommended for-award,: She is {With the people's support in the. .
a graduate of Mohonasen Central '{November elections, this Bill will
High School and resides at 2299 pass in’ 1963," 8 ely : f &
- ~;Ghents Road in Schenectady. Her Sea re Soe ee oe ag
(«> father, Kenneth Barber, is a member}— wre eh ae ore ee
‘of our Union, employed in Bldg. 109! yyroyj SUCCESSFUL IN ITS FIGHT . . .
as a Machine Operator (Wire Coating) - FOR A MEMBER'S JOB Ot
Dat
- +The Scholarship Committee. |” -
“ ,wants to express their thanks and- ve
-. appreciation.to.all members who.
OA formal grievance was’ filed
recently by Shop Steward swing. of
supported this: 4 sect, |the Tube Dept.,-protesting the r
making it possible fora bey eee’? (moval of a union’ member Zon hi
“girl to further their studies in” |...
higher education. The Committee .
_ ds composed .of Board Members Mast~
-erson, Nejman, Korszun and Di Lor~-
ENZO, o> . gk Pag 7.
The Company in ‘theif initial |
answer stated: that the employee was -
removed because their records in« a,
. jdicated.that he was not qualified to.
Joos “sido the work, The reply also men= .«.
en -{tioned that. he did mae fol Sew ine.
TAY A rae . »- pstructions and was pro ucing poor '
» TAX CUTS URGED NOW “favality tubese oe
~ ss A tax cut for lower income
groups is needed now = not-next |.
. year, to spur the American economy,
«Said Stanley Ruttenberg, the AFL-
-.CIO's Chief Economist, The low and
“middle “income groups ¢an be counted
on to spend money from a tax Cute ng OF a second level meeting.
(cont'd, reverse side) fe" “(eont'd, ‘reverse side)
“Shop Steward Ewing contacted. ~
Board Member Natonski who in turn
Jadvised Union Headquarters of the
case, The Union Office informed ||
or the: Board Member that the ¢ase had ~~ ™
enough merit to warrant the schedul-
were on this phase of« ‘the jobs
TAX CUTS
(CO
pending is an ‘urgent. need ‘in
iggish economy where demand is
not using the national capacity -
to producey. 5
Ruttenberg said the Nation has
been talking for 16 months about ©
recovery from recession. Now we
come up with the sad realization:
that the recovery “is not, strong
enough to bring unemployment down |
this year, « ®
After 16 months of recovery,
unemployment in June stood.at 5,5%
of»the Labor Force,.a disgraceful
record ina rich nation, Ruttenberg
said, Terming the recovery of jobs
since 1960-61 the worst of any
recovery since World War II recess-~
ions,he said a tax. reduction is °
long overdue. :
: Labor's call for tax cuts now
does. not mean the-Nation does not
need to act in other areas to meet
‘its needs, Ruttenberg emphasized
only a tax cut concentrated in the
low individual» income taxeb
will.reach those Americans who.
Wedd "Sper it. :
ASSEMBLE. & CONNECT. GROUP
X
JNION SUCCESS FUL (con T'D)
‘at this. meeting, Company represen=
tatives presented the employee's _
past record, . Statements read: from
the record alléged that the worker.
had been guilty of some mistakes in
judgement which necessitated his.
removal.
% “ent
& «
The Union representatives
stated that,in their opinion, the
Company's action in removing ‘him
from his: job was_too drastic and
certainly. not warranted.
©
‘é
Agtee a lengthy discussion,
Company officials agreed: to place
the employee on a. probationary. basis.
for two months, “Shortly after this
decision was made, the worker '
detected a sizeable quantity of
faulty work done in the preliminary
stages of production, thus saving ;
the. Company many thousands of dollars,
The Union feels, that as.a result
of thecemployee's keen observation.
plus the fact that his work record
“Satisfactory he more than vin-
ted himself and that the Union
sjustified in Fighting for this.
man's Jobs
The Union Negotiating Committee |
was ‘composed of Ewing, Natonski and
Asst.. Business. Agent Tewas eid
RECEIVE’ PROPER PAYMENT
“. Two > prices in separate por-*
‘tions of ‘jobs in the Assemble and
_ Connect Group in Bldg. 273: have
been resolved satisfactorily,
aa
ae
. This group initiated a griev-.
ance.through their shop stewards —~
protesting the manner of payment.
for work which they were required
to perform.’ The workers had,in, the
' past, received average. earnings
while working on the one job, Man-
- agement now insisted on paying the |
‘operators, waiting time when they
ios
fa
€
‘The Company instituted a change
of method on another operation "
which necessitated added dutigs,. -
Management, in thissimstance, re-
fused to compensate the workers
for. the additzonat labor involved.
The grievance was argued at.
_ the first level without success,
At a second level meeting, Union
representatives presented sub-.* °
stantial facts supporting .their
‘position. This resulted in the”
case being referred back to the
first level, © There a. satisfactory |
“agreement was reached whereby: the
* average earnings: rate would be ree |
"stored on the one job, . On°the .
other operation in questicn, workerg
would be properly compensated. for
.the..additional work. due to the...
change of method, Shop Stewards —
~?'Knowlton and Colucei took part in.
|they: chose to attac]
fout thé Schenectady Plant and pres-
|the Gas Turbine Departm
BIDG. 49 MEMBERS"
RESENT ANONYMOUS LEAFL
by Bild Garrison
‘In an ‘biuteus attempt to cre-
ate dierimtion and disunity in the
ranks of Local 301, the "Headless
Horsemen" issued a leaflet, which
made its phantom- “like appearance in
the Steam-Turbine Dept.e,July 12,1962,
By innuendoes and gross istortion,
.their brother
union members in the Gas. Turbine Dept.
“We rankeand-file members, who
as piece ‘workers were originally
employed in other départments through= ..
ently working-in the Gas Turbine °
Dept. on an incentive basis, denounce
the falsehoods“contained-in the phan-
tom leaflet of the I,U.E.M.D.A.,
which condemns the incentive plan of
t, Further- -
more, as union members,
ly meet with our fellow union. bras...
tpaots and, the truth as tO, fon a
incentive ayeten WOLKS »
We ‘certainly: ‘do net. profess tos
think our incentive system is;per-*
fect but through our present com-.°
petent leadership, we will always «=
be fighting for the better-way,. Let
us all live in the spirit of unions.
ism and: fight ton the better wave
. Pos age
~ the negetigtsons for. the Unione
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