“TURBINE MAN HURT
DISPENSARY CLOSED.
~ N.Jd. Walion of Bldg. 273 was.
working on a lathe on the 3rd shift
ening when he had an accident.
ut his hand on a.chip...the hand
began to’ bleed badly,
He immediately headed for the
» Turbine. Dispensary only to fitid it
“Closed... The hand continued to
- “bleed,
He then searched the building
for his foreman, but he was nowhere
in sight, Finally,in desperation,
the employee went into an office
nearby, picked up a phone and called
“ss the guard. _
The patrol sent over-a car,
Picked him up and rushed*him to the
main clinic, From there hé was
taken to Ellis Hospital where 11
Stitches’ were needed to, close the
wound, | ‘
In an apparent effort to
"economize" and make higher profits
the Turbine Dispensary was closed
without regard to the health and °
safety of its employees. Is the
Company more concerned with saving
‘money than protecting the life and
safety of its employees?
Wouldn't it be much cheaper to
keep this dispensary open than to |
take the time and labor to-run a
man all the way to a hospital when=—
over medical attention is needed?-
Suppose this man: had bled to
death? What then? | ot
In the interest of the employes
and the Company, for better: health
and safety, we suggest that: this
“dispensary be reopened to the
Turbine employes on all shifts.
EARLY RISERSt CLUB’
LUCKY NAME GAlp FOR FAME
; Every morning on WSNY Radio,
2h0 on your dial, at 6:15 A.M. -
6:45 AwM. and 7:15 A.M. or there-
abouts you'll hear Don Weeks or
Steve Fitz announce the following:
"Now it's time for our Lucky
. Name Game for Fame and Fortune! The
winner will receive 12 hundred Triple
© Rlue Stamps and will be eligible
for this week's Jackpot containing
«0 thousand stamps.: Winner will also
o@ eligible for the Giant Jackpot
with 600 thousand stamps, more than
enough for that 2-wesk grand tour of
“urope for TWO. Rules are simple.
e'll call the NAMES of one of the
marly Risers who is re istered with
MS... Tf he or. any member of his: )
family calls us in the next’ two
minutes..,he's a WINNER! Here's our
first TAMA s esas et
WOMEN'S ACTIVITIE
of trade unionists in the develop-
‘ment and activities of the’ national,
State,. county, city and Congress-
donal Dist. COPE, oe :
“Women who. work with WAD study
the voting records of candidates,
“They
p car pools and baby-sitting |
‘pools and ctherwise help to get out
the vote on Election Day, big hrm eath w
WAD's: arrange visits, in coop-.
eration with COPE, to state legis~.;
lature o-learn how bills become. |
sponsor. conferences ‘for
politieal education for women .trade .
unionists and their families. In.
‘Short, WAD carries out year-round
programs of education and. action in
tryanmg to help our usion husbands,
fathers, and broth in their-
struggle to make a'‘better life. for .
is all, WAD thus has become a key
part of COPE's over-all political
education program.
The next meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday evening, March 16th, .
7:30 pem., at the IUB-Hall in, a
Schenectady, -All female union’
members and wives of union members
are urged to attend.
"PEOPLE: WITH PROBLEMS" DISCUSSED
ON- LOCAL 3017S RADIO PROGRAM SAT, |
"People with Problems" willbe
discussed on Local 301's Radio Pro-
gram this Saturday evening on WSNY
(1240 on your dial) at 6:45 p.m.
' Mr. Lamanna and Mrs, English of
the Family-Child Service, an agency
of the Community Chest, will appear.
on our program in an effort to keep
‘the community better informed as to
some of the services being performed
by. one of the 29 Community Chest
Agencies,. . :
. All year long, these agencies
are working around the clock for the
health and welfare of the citizens
/of Schenectady. In fact, they a
so wrapped-up in their work, solv
ing our problems, that they sometimes
neglect to kéep us informed of their‘
many Services and accomplishments.
'. “Labor Looks. at..the News". is
Sponsored by Local 301, of the IUE,
and is brought to the community.
as a public service every Saturday
evening :at 6:45 p.m. on WSNY Radio.
The program is prepared and directe
‘by Art Christopher,
Soa ee nn sree earn ORES TN Ure commer eran!
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AFL-CIO
The Voice of GE Workers, Local 301, Sche
nectady, N.Y.
March 18, 1960
TA DATED
Attend Your
Union Meeting
McCabe Speaks On 'Right-To-Work'
Laws Before Unitarian Group
‘Thomas McCabe, a member
speakers bureau, delivered a talk on the socalled “Right-to-Work”
Laws before a group at the Unitarian Church last Sunday evening,
March 18th.
McCabe spoke for approximately @—
25 minutes and spent over an hour
answering questions during the
discussion period which followed.
Art Christopher, Public Relations,
accompanied him and distributed
literature on the subject discussed
after the session had adjourned.
McCabe summed up his talk
with:
“America has always believed
that true progress can be made
only by competition based on ef-
ficiency rather than upon cheap
and exploited labor, It has always
believed in a fair day's pay fora
fair day's work... It has always
recognized that a good wage is
vood for the community and that
exploitation must be barred from
our national Ife, .
“It ig for thig reason that col-
lective bargaining is an estab-
shed national policy... but col-
lective bargaining is being under-
mined by today's so-called “Right-
of the newly formed Local 301
to-Work" Laws. Americans should
be alerted to the facts about
“Right-to-Work Laws. 380 that
there shall be no return to the
“good old days” when workers
were treated lilke so many cat+
tle,
“We believe that the Union Shop
is a front-line defense against
the return of such conditions as:
the sweat-shops, child labor, the
company stores, ete, ... :
“Labor unions are good for the
teonomic welfare of the commun-
ity’, he continued, “as well as for
the members of organized: labor.
A higher standard of living means
more purchasing power for the
consumer and niore purchasing
power means more prosperity for
everyone in the community.:
“All of us have a stake in de-
fending labor's right to negotiate
(Continued on Page 2)
Raymond Malloy, new-
ly elected Business
Agent, runs out in face
of problems he “cannot
cope with to join. the
U.E., a splinter organi-
lzation, -
Local 201, LUE, has worked it-
sel? into a position over the years
Whereby the internat intrigue and
disunity have made it nearly ine
possible to do an efte: ive job in
properly representing — its mem-
bers.
The unity and solidarity’ neces-
sary inthe elected leadership has
been lacking in Lynn... every
election of officers results in new
leadership in the past few years,
Experience and ability which are
very necessary to administer the
affairs and resolve the problems
of a local union are sorely miss-
ing.
MALLOY WAS INIEXPERI-
ENCED; he was looking for an
“out... 0. B. made him an offer
and he ‘accepted it as an ensy
uscape. He will join with the dis-
rupters on the sidelines and make
the local union weaker by niane-
calling and charges of “do noth-
ing", blaming the National TUE
officials for something that he
himself had full authority to cor-
rect. .
Matloy should know, if he has
any knowledge of a local union's
autonomy, that a local functions
independently of the parent or-
ganization on its day-to-day oper-
ation, The policy of a Local is
determined by its Executive
Board and Officers subject to ap-
proval by the local membership.
Therefore, a Local may function
wisely or otherwise dependinj
upon its elected leadership. itis
(Continued on Page: 4)
Page Two
LOCAL 301 NEWS
March 18, 1960
UE-CIO LOCAL 301 NEWS
ICiAL ORGAN OF LOCAL 301,
REPRESENTING SCHENECTADY.
GE WORKERS
“Published by the Ed!forlal Committee
President ....ccee0e8. Sohn H. Shambo'
» |. Vice Prasident ....... William J. Katly’
PTPOOSUFOr veeseeeeseseees Pat dl, Donato
Racording Secretary ... Roy V..Schaffer”
Ats't Recording Sacrotary. David. Gunn
Chief Shop Steward ... Joseph Manalno
Business Agent ......... Leo Jandreau
12) Erio Blvd, Schonectady 5, N. Y.
Editor = Art Christopher
<SEE3
"Right-to-Work Laws'
union shop contracts with employ-
ers in free collective bargaining
and in the abolishment of restric-
tive legislation such as “Right-to-
Work" Laws and section l4b of
the Taft-Hartley Act,
"In our democratic way of. life,
working men and.women should’} ’.
not be denied the “right” to. join’
labor organizations (or any other
American institution of their own
choosing.”
o-——--——
TO THE EDITOR:
Mar, 1960
A possible method to avoid con-
troversy. in selecting candidates
for school board members is as
follows:-
1) A suitable course to acquaint
the candidates with their duties, re-
sponsibility, basic problems of to-
day's educational training and ete.
2) After the potential candidate
has met the only requirement
which is to be present for the ma-
jor portion of the course he is
qualified to be a candidate.
3) This plan will only apply to
future candidates. _
4) This will give each citizen
the right to serve with more con-
fidence.
Joe Manning
Scholarship Fund
Drive to Start
LOCAL 3801's
2nd ANNUAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND =
DRIVE TO COMMENCE. ©»
“MARCH 2ist.
Editorial:
‘Unity Pays Off!
JIE Local 201, IUE, scored a-smashing: victory recently when
vas. forced to ‘cancel its suspension of six TUE stewards.
UNITY. and militancy was the answer... and while they were
about “it, the membership. of. ‘the: union persuaded the company ‘to
forget all about scheduled disciplinary action in an earlier case. °
Tt: all: happened within, six calendar "days which’ "included only 2
|| working days.
On ‘Wednesday, Februar 19th, two Executive Board members
and six shop stewards, met with: management to get information on
the new: work, sampling of checking production.
oy Ste rand Suspended
_ When, the stewards reported: back ‘to the members, the 110 men
involved thought it over and decided they..didn't like it, At 2 P.M.
the six stewards and the men walked out of the plant. The
stewards were suspended “until further notice,”
A mass meeting of 4,500 members gathered on Sunday to hear
the union story and voted unanimously ‘to strike the plant.
In quick time, the Company called’ in the union officials and
agreed-to lift the suspensions and resume. work in a normal, peaceful
atmosphere. , Previous disciplinary action on another case contem-
plated by, the Company wasralso cancelled.
“eoripany also agr
hee Jagrin, the mem mis
‘oO pay the’ stewards for their lost time.
iy} proved that: ;
PAYS OFF!" -
GI LOAN DEADLINE LISTED
FOR WORLD WAR Il VETERANS
‘About. five months remain in which World War II veterans may
apply for GI home, farm or business loans, George M. Vadas, mana-
ger of the Albany. regional office of the Veterans Administration
has announced, .
6 .
( ) March 18, 1960
UNDER THE PRESENT. LAW,
July: 25,1960, is: the ‘cut-off. date:
set for World Wak reteran par-
lion World War Ik veterans take
advantage of ‘the GI bill loan pro-
visions.since June 22, 1044.
Veteran who gubmit their ap-
én ‘or before the’ dead-
line: of July -25, 1960, will be: al-
lowed: an additional’ year, or until
July. 25, 1961; in. which to have
the Hoan “processed ang. actually
closed.
Vadas: pointed out: that. these
dates do. not apply) to Korean con-
flict Veterans: who: have until Jan. |:
31, poe ee make Gr loan appli-
veterans who.
the: .Korean
. considered |
dondlict veterans * for -the |
“purpose: of GI loans.
Under” the ° GI loan “program,
qualified. veterans are offered the
opportunity’ to obtain VA guar-
anteed or insured loans to (a)
‘purchase, build or improve a
home, (b) buy a farm or farm
supplies; and. (¢) buy or expand a
business ‘venture. °
Veterans in‘ rural areas and in
smal: cities: and. ‘towns where
guaranteed loans are not general-
ly available are eligible for VA
divect home and farm house loans.
The: direct loan program for both
World War I and Korean conflict
veterans js ‘due ne expire ly
25, 1960. :
“LABOR LOOKS
AT THE NEWS"
Dial 1240 — WSNY
Sponsored by ‘Local 301, IUE
Evory Sat. ~. 6:45-7:00 P.M.
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a ter bier.
LOCAL 301 NEWS
Page Three
Vacation "Give-a-Way” Slated For April
“Things to Think About”
By Frank Masterson, GEL
March 1st has come and gone but lack of work notices continue
to be handed out. Many departments are working with maintenance
groups which are short-handed. Foremen are lending a hand because
their budget and forces have been“cut and they are still expected
: he work done. The Company agrees that they should not
“assigned to people in the bargaining unit, yet I do not see
‘eatveffort by them to stop this, Foreman George Haddon
déneral Engineering Laboratory is. a. good example of this
. .» doing worl which should be assigned to the bargaining unit,
after repeated requests and. grievance procedure by union represen-
tatives. This man retires in less than.one year—what is he trying
to prove?
What happened to the Preventive Maintenance Program the
Company used to carry out? Many areas are very much in need
of repair where tradesmen receiving lack of work slips could be
put to worl so that,,.when the future business that the Company
talks about arrives, we will not be behind in maintenance, ©
The acceptance of calculated risk by the Company has given
them the opportunity to lay off nineteen people in the Electrica}
Power System. With these conditions plus the fact that practically
all bumps end in downgrades, we have Electricians who held the
R-22 rate down to R-18 and lower. Some of these people have as
much as thirteen years of service. These éonditions of downg rades,
layoffs, etc., have been-at the expense of General Electric employees [
while the Company has earned ‘in 1959 13¢% over the 1957, record
profit year.
G.E. Vice-President Jack Parker's article in the Schenectady
Gazette gave me the impression of “brother love and friendship
with arms extended” until the last paragraph ... then you ‘notice, |-
that one of those extended arms holds a large club! This wedge,
which they try to drive between leadership ‘and rank and file, is the
old “divide and conquer” tactic propaganda of G.E.
The multi-doliar G.E. propaganda campaign has started! . Think
carefully and remember 1958, Think and remember, The General
Electric Company told you what would happen to you-and your
community if you voted for a strike. You voted not to strike ....
you put your hope and‘ faith in General Electric, What. happened?
Exactly what they said would happen if you voted FOR’ a strilte,
Some switch ... so think things out!
Mr, Ginn's statement in the March 4th Works ‘News whereby
he states he is in favor of an unemployment pay increase looks, ike
a swap dea Ytor the five dollar increase, you forfeit many, other
condition pdymerits, Last on his list, but possibly not last in his
mind, are padple on strike who will not be eligible for Unemploy-
ment Insurance after seven weeks! This ig really putting the
squeeze on the rank and file. .
The Local 30%. Activities “Com-
ae is preparing for its annual
Vacation “Giveaway” Raffle. The
sale of tickets. will'start sometime ™
in April. By popular demand the ©
committee will endeavor to dupli-
cate the prizes of last year which
were as follows:
® ist: prize—Ocean Voyage (Ber-
¢ muda, ete.) or $600.00
@ 2nd prize—2 weeks. vacation.
for family or $250.00
© 3rd prize~1 week’s vacation
for family or $150.00,
All proceeds from the sale of
tickets will be applied toward the
Children’s Xmas Party for 1960,
provided Local 301 is not forced
out on strike on October ist. . If
so, these monies would be deposit-
ed in a Local 301 Strike Fund, or
if we are fortunate in coming to
a peaceful settlement in October, ~
the money will be allocated for
our annual Christmas Party.
Festive Ham
A la King
(Serves 4)
tablespoons diced green
pepper
cup butter or margarine
cup flour
Salt and pepper to taste
cups milk
cup diced pimentos
cup cooked sliced celery
4-ounce can mushrooms,
drained
cups diced baked, canned
or boiled ham
2 9-ounce (or 1 1-pound). paclt-
ages frozen French fries
Saute green pepper in butter,
Mix in flour and seasonings, Blend
in milk and cool, stirring, until
thick and “smooth. Fold in all
other ingredients except potatoes;
heat, through, and serve over crisp
hot French fries,
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