ers, Local 301 September 6,
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PETERSON'S TESTIMONIAL SBT FOR OCTOBER
: Board Member James Cognetta, Chairman of the Testimonial Dinner.
»fignoring Andy Reterson, has announced that’ the affair will be held in.
ee the Local 301 éuditorium on Saturday evening, October 7, 1961. |.
“ To refresh the memory of our members with regard to Andy's record.
,of Union activity, he is a charter member of Local 301, a past Presi-~
“dent, a former Shop Steward and Board Member, . ;
Andy was a member of the old
: Works Council; he also served on
“MEMBER RECEIVES.” | the Relief and Loan Board as. a:,,.
_ NACATION: ADJUSTMENT representative of the Shop. emp}
Art fe ter sand: | : He retired from ‘the Large
and shifts Beas Bhs eee oeinder, Motor and Generator Department with
oO. Wy e. > oye ; = - is
vacation pay adjustment as result over 42 years of service. . All of
‘of i CG i i . | those years he dedicated himself
sentative. filed-by yaya nepre to the betterment of the wages and.
C ee ee working conditions of his fellow
_._ The Union member upon receiv= | Workers.
ing his vacation pay noted a short. i ;
age, He brought the matter to the We ask all of ee es ‘ee
attention of the foreman, After a | 2¢quaintances to sien og ri
check was made, Yerdon was notified| Paying tribute to him,
by Payroll that he had been correct
ly paid. ast Chairman Cognetta urges Board
-te “Tee to aglitact theie Shop Stewaeae
Not satisfied with this answer,| to contact their Shop Stewards
the man contacted his Shop Steward,| 2nd pEace aa) oon oe
Upon further investigation, the tickets for the event.
Steward found that -Ye : - tna es
tion pay had ween bombed on eae _ Board Members comprising the
June average of $2.83 per hour, remainder of the Committee are: .
The Union representative argued Pat Donato and Bill Mastriani.
‘that due to the fact that the man , .
took his vacation on the week end- = Se
ing August 27th, his vacation pay : OT TCE.
should: have been based on his July a ae ee
average, which was $3.70 per hour.. | ‘ EXECUTIVE. BOARD MEETING
‘The Shop Steward pointed the’ ae 1 230° vette
- out.to: the MSO and hve wee Monday, SepheHter AMEE, 7 30 pem
ceived the’ same reply - that the ‘Officers! wi a oMe
$2.83 per hour payment would stand. OEPLOSE SNL IL meek), at oP
Cl) oe a ‘ns “| Union Headquarters ~ 121 Erie Blvd,
~ A grievance was filed on
9/1/61 protesting the improper — : “ar
- payment....On Monday, the Union ww Jo | JOB SURVEY DATA
“representative received a telephone ar age a Cee
call from the MSO notifying him | The Union Office-has to date
that Yerdonts vacation pay would received 650 Job Survey Forms,
be based on his higher average and 7
that the adjustment would be made |. The forms should be filled in
next pay dave oe | by. members..who- have been down
ta a e . [|graded and desire to return to a
(cont'd or Revérse Side) previously held higher rated job
. fF tye PR eg when such openings-occur. Contact
‘your Shop Steward. «9.6
‘
“GE'S TV. SPECTACULAR.” VACATION. ADJUSTMENT (Cont'd.)
| 7" HAS PHONY "COMMERCIALN » ae Sail eo
a i ” - This-means that the man will
Several months ago the workers|receive an additional 87 cents per
in the local G.E. were treated to ajl hour for every hour of his vacation
TV’ Spectacular extolling the — period, or approximately $75.00.
~ virtues”of Local management in their "eve ae Fae,
placement of one Gino Lanaro,. oe Shop Steward George Van Schaick
a ee “ was the Union negotiator. His per-
_ To refresh the memory of-those|sistence and investigative work was
who'may have-forgotten, the story |instrumental in winning this case.
is as follows: Gino Lanaro was laid| ~ i
off from the G.E, last, year and
along with. others was advised to go| . | .
to Welding School under the G.E, PRELIMINARY PLANS UNDER WAY
Extension, Aid Program so that in FOR FAMILY QUTING . .
the future he and others could oe
avail themselves of this training Joe Drozdowski, Chairman.of the
paid:for by G.E. to better them= Activities Committee of Loeal 301,
‘selves in the local, plant. Gino... {has announced that preliminary plans
Lanaro was the first one of these ‘|have been made.for Local 301's Family
men to complete.the 300 hour course|Outing. This will be held on Sunday,
in the Modern’ Welding Sehool. . 'jSept. 24th, at. the former. Locomotive.
° ee : Club, presently called the SLekayene |")
a When he completed the course, |Club, located beyond Van Vranken Ave, '—:
he contacted Union Headquarters and}on the Aqueduct. Road. :
asked how he should go about gett~ ce 82 HE os 8 PE
; “ing a welding job. At this point,.., - The Committee wants to stress
his union representative called the |that this will be a non profit-making
“‘ Company amd requested that he be....laffair. Their object for holding the
placed on a welding job: While: ‘Outing is. to show their appreciation
negotiations were going on, he was: |to the membership the fine support
called back to another job in #109, |and cooperation they have given to
A short time after he was trans- {all of the activities which have been
ferred to a welding job as per the |sponsored by the Committee in past .
request of the Union, , years, They are going all out in
“se a oa their efforts to assure everyone who
The Company was so. proud. of: attends an enjoyable time at a reas- > |
what they had done in this case onable cost, | a : -)
they immediately published the Gino . ie ae . . :
Lanaro story in two issues of the Activities for-the day will
"Works News" telling everyone what. /begin with Breakfast at 10:00 a.m.,
a good. job théy were doing for’ jand will be served until 1:30 p.m.
their employees, They evidently At 2:00 p.m., corn-on-the-cob...
liked the*publicity they were gett-|Dinner buffet style at 4:00 p.m.
ing out of;this as a little later | . ons a ning
they ran’a TV program with Mr,Gino |: . Many recreational facilities
Lanaro as the star, extolling to will be available for young and old.
the high heavens: what.a good com= . .
pany they were for treating this we The Kelly Brothers will be the
employee so good, They even paid |caterers. .
him the welderts rate for his TV. °}. ; : wo.
appearance... not performer's rate! - The Activities Committee req-=
gat Bale - a 'fuests that each Board Member be pre~
Of course, the Union Office - |pared to make a preliminary report
was very happy with the procedure at the Board meeting on Monday, Sept. |
set up by the G.E, in their pub- jlith. Their report will determine
lications and on TV. A short time [whether sufficient interest is dis-
later the Asst. Bus. Agent had two. |played by our members to wanrant |
more applicants for welding jobs in |further pursuance of this affair.
the plant who had taken the same
training as Wr. Lanero. He. called
the Company and requested the same He . o ee.
reatment for these men as was Let's make this Outing.a mem-
“given Mr. Lanaro, It was at this jorable occasion. Contact, yo
“point. that things started to get Steward now for tickets.”
sticky. The Company refused .to give a
these men any consideration until eee ; -_
every welder was recalled even = As we go to press, not one more _
a -- ="person has been able-to.get a job
based on. the skill acquired under
the Income Ixtension Aid Retraining
| Program.
xposes: the Local G.H. and
hem.of placing Mr, Lanaro
for publicity purposes only with no
intention of placing anyone else,
