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UE Local 301's executive board last week approved: the +
naming of 6 members to represent Schenectady at the union’s
big national women’s conference in New York City on May
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Executive Board To Hold
Class Wednesday Evening
. Members of the UE Local 301 executive board will have
a special class dealing with their responsibilities and duties on
Wednesday evening. The class will be taught by Business
Agent Leo Jandteau.
Decision to hold the class was
made by the board last week. The
session will follow the general out-
lines of the recently completed and
highly successful series of shop
stewards’ classes conducted by the
local. *
Board members will discuss shop
‘ problems, and how they are to
deal with them. Among the topies
“x willbe the relationship between
members: of the executive board
tind the shop. stewards in their di.
visions, as well as between the
board members and the rank. and
file in the shops.
A ,thorough’ discussion of griev-
ance procedure and tactics will
also be-on tap, as will the question
of shop. meetings and their im-
portance’ in bringing key issues to
the men and women who make up
our union.
Another. key subject for study
will be the responsibility of board
members in carrying out union
_ policy and in helping to shape that
policy. Finally, the duties of exec:
utive board members in grievance
negotiations at the works manage-
ment ‘level will be fully explained ~
-by..the business agent,
« It is expected that the board
class will be of particular value to
those persons serving their first
4 ® Friday, April 3, 1953
term on the local’s executive body.
The class will get under way at
> 7:30 pam.
Jamestown UE On Air
UE locals in the Jamestown area
will sponsor 10-minute weekly radio
broadeasts over a local station be-
ginning on Monday. *
‘ers in the shops.
Board Names Special
Women’s Committee
“The executive board last week
set up a special 11:member com-
Mittee to discuss and plan actions
on.the problems of women work-
The committee
consists of, those board members
who have large numbers of women
working in their divisions.
Among the first jobs of the com-
mittee will bé to draft proposals
to be. presented by the Local 301
delegation tothe . UE national
women’s conference in |New York
on May 2 and 3, ,
In addition, the-.group will act as
a permanent body of the executive
board to. fight the “pay ‘the women
less” racket of GE management,
Grievances rising out of the ¢om-
pany’s practice of paying women
less than men doing similar jobs
will be referred to the committee
when it’s felt that the case has
an effect on other jobs. The com-
mittee will work closely. with the
assistant business agents handling
these grievances. jl
~ Members of the committee ap-
proved by the executive board
were: :
Helen Quirini, 81; Sadie Iovi-
nella, 81; Fred Pacelli, 46; George
Agius, 24; Frank D’Amico, 40;
Vincent Di Lorenzo, 69; Adam
Griffith, 10C; Henry Kaminski, 76;
Paul Landolfo, 285; Anthony Vil-
lano, Knolls; and Fay Hildreth,
285, "3
2/and 3.
Approved on the delegation Me)
Frank D'Amico, 40; Ethel Furma
10C; Sadie ‘Iovinella, 81;
Anna May Sullivan, 68,
This’ group will report to the
conference on the efforts made in
.Sehenectady to assure equal pay.
for equal Work regardless: of sex.
It will also present the recommen-
dations of the local to further the
fight on the national level. These
recomniendations: will be -worked
out by the delegates together with ©
a special committee of the execu-
tive board.
Local 801 is one of the. locals
most responsible for the holding of
‘the forthcoming national confer-
ence. It was: 301 delegate Helen
“Quirini who. offered the resolution
setting up the conference at the
‘UE convention in Cleveland: last _
September.
The national conference actually
grows out of a number of district
conferences’ on the problem’ held
throxghout the country, The first
of these was held last June in Syra-
cuse. On hand were representa-
tives from all locals in UE District,
3, which groups together 35,0
workers in Upstate New -York.
UE has been fighting for equal
rates .for women workers both
through the local and national
grievance machinery, and in nego-
tiations with the companies. Sig-
nificant breakthroughs have been
scored in contracts with many
firms, but up to now, the bigger
corporations have held wut for the
discrimination on account of sex
which nets them $5-billion in extra
profits every year, ‘
communications workers,
point,
ashamed — of
bragged, .
Beirne testified before the committee looking
into possible changes in 'I-H last Friday. He re-
marked that the law was: “conceived in shame,” a
statement that most working people would prob-
ably consider mild. However, Rep. Carroll Kearns,
Pennsylvania, Republican, got really excited. at this
‘¥ voted for Taft-Hartley and I’m not
it,” the anti-labor ©. congressman
After a brief recess, the committee met to
discuss “disciplinary” action against Beirne. That
usually means a contempt citation. Before acting,
the conunittee gave Beirne a chance to withdraw
his “conceived in shame” remark, which the CIO
lender did.’ He was then told that any. other-re-
marks he had about Taft-Hartle:
y would have to
wait until after the Easter recess. i
Now It's ‘Contempt’ To Blast T-H Act at Hearing
It’s now “contempt ef congress” for a wiiion
leader to say what he thinks about the Taft-Hart-
ley slave labor law. At least that’s the view taken
by the House labor committee in regard to recent
testimony by President Joseph Beirne of the CIO him.
retorting;
However, Kearns, wasn’t through blowing off
steam for the day,
the Washington streets when he told his cab driver
to chase and catch another taxi which had passed
When this maneuver was accomplished, Kearns
jumped out of the eab and started threatening the
bewildered cabbie.
man began to pull rank, the driver told him off,
“You can’t do anything to me. Dm just as
good as you are,
At this. point, Kearns forced the driver to go
lo the police chief’s headquarters, where after a
private conference between the ehicf and the con
gressman, it was decided to drop the whole matter,
It’ was not reported whether or not Kearns
had threatened the taxi driver with ‘a “contempt
of congress” citation. And this far, the Pennsyl-
~Nania congressman hasnot: come ‘up with any Taft. >
Hartley law amendment to draft taxi drivers who
pass him on the roads.
He later got into a fracas on
However, when the congress-
Yowre just a, citizen.”
ELECTRICAL UNION
I Julia
Mitchell, 40; Helen Quirini, 81; and -
an arrogant proposal of a miserable few pennies by a@ corpor-
_ation which: counts its profits in the hundreds of millions of
dollars.. As such, the answer of Schenectady UE members was
almost unanimous in rejecting it. :
However, the company’s method of making the proposal
as even worse than the proposal itself. This method could
leave GE employees. with only one impression—that the man:
-agement ‘of General Electric is not interested in bargaining in
gocd faith with the unions representing its workers. a
The GE proposal was that if the unions accept the offer,
' they would have to give up the right to negotiate for wages
this year, even though the full contract will be open for bar-
gaining in the fall. This attempt to'set.down the terms. under
which a union is to accept a so-called wage offer is not collec-
tive bargaining. It is out-and-out dictation.
There can be no doubt that this company arrogance stems
_ from the knowledge that GE workers are divided among 80
unions. GE apparently believes that the united fight which
_is needed to knock it off its profit perch is not possible now.
However there are increasing signs that the workers of all
unions may be planning a surprise forthe company in this
respect. ‘ ; :
GE's full arrogance can best be understood by looking at
some figures. Since January, 1950, workers in the chain have
_lost between 15c and 20c an hour in real wages as a result of
ining in Good Faith! _
best.-
mounting living costs. Company profits have soared in this
Same period. In 1952, its profits before taxes were $35214-
million. The net gain figure after taxes was $151-million, the
2nd highest in company history.
By taking just $6214-million of this huge profit bag, the
‘company could grant every employee a 15c¢ hourly pay boost, .
and still have plenty left over. .
Even the picayune company offer of 1.79% could dffer a
basis for bargaining on certain issues if the proposal had been
made in good faith . The average wage increase on this offer
would be 34%,c an hour. Four-tenths of one cent of this would
' pay all GE workers for one of the 2 Saturday holidays in 1953,
There are 6 Saturday holidays in the next 10 years so that 2.4c
could clean up this situation for that length of time.
Take as another example the question of pay differentials
and discrimination against day workers, particularly women
and craftsmen. Just about one penny of the 3!4¢ would pro-
vide for the raising of all lower rates to the $1.50 common
labor level. Six-tenths of a cent would provide all skilled
workers with an additional 6c an hour. All of these figures
“are for the entire ‘GE chain. :
However, instead of taking this approach to the current
negotiations, GE takes its few pennies, ties them up with im-
possible strings and says to the unions, ‘Take it our way or
lump it!” “8
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This is not collective bargaining!
Vol. 11 — No.15
CONFERENCE DELEGATES, Pictured above is the Local 301 delegation
slated to go to UE national women’s conference in New York, May 2
and 3. Members are Atina May Sulliyan, 68; Helen Quirini, 81; Frank
D'Amico, 40; Ethel Furman, 10C; Sadie Tovinella, 81; and Julia Mitchell, 40,
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
Friday, April 10, 1953
Stewards Campaign To Spur
Fight for Decent GE Proposal
UE Local 301's shop stewards voted Monday to intensify
a campaign to make sure that every union member is fully
acquainted with all of the issues involved in GE's refusal to
bargain in good faith with the
union,
is being contemplated ns a follow
up toa meeting of the negotiations
committee in New York. Such ac-
tions would be coordinated on a
nation-wide scale.
A mood of grin’ anger prevailed
at the stewards’ meeting. Spenker
after speaker denouneed the com.
As a first step.in-this drive, shop
meetings were scheduled through-
out the works to report on the ne-
gotiations deadlock brought about
by the company’s stand on its “zero
ov less” proposal. Further actioti
UE Local 301 Wires Support to Cincy Strikers
puny position and reported that
the men and women in their groups
were ready to fight for union de-
President James Cognetta this
week wired the leaders of 2 strik-,
ing unions at GI’s Evendale plant
near Cincinnati to. pledge full mor-
_iul and financial support of Ul Lo-
Cy 301 for the walkout.
Cognetta’s telegrams went to
William Reising, President of
Lodge 912 of the AFL machinists,
“TUNE IN— UE Local 3071's FD
which represents. skied workers at
the jet plant, and George Jent,
President of the CIO autoworkers
Local 647. .This union represents
most factory workers, The wires
to the 2 unions read :
“On behalf of the 20,000 GI tuc-
tory workers in Schenectady, N. Y.,
members of UE Laeal 801, we ex- .
tend to you our moral and financial
support in your fight to win your
Just demands from the company.
We are in the process of wage ne-
gotiations also. The present offer
has been turned down by our mem-
bers, The company is taking full
advantage of the lack of united
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Television Broadcast — Sunday Morning
— 10:30
$Y pemnearanyenerseveataq amma cemmegea sists
- 11:00 — WRGB-TV
mands, These demands include a
substantial wage inerease, pay-
ment lor 2 Saturday holidays in
1988, elimination of geographical
differentials and special pay boosts
for day workers, including both
women and skilled craftsmen,
The display of imilitaney was
heightened: by the shop reports
“which indicated’ that’ the’ company”
was refusing to bargain in good _
faith oh many grievances, Appar-.”
ently works management and su-
pervision was taking its eue from
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"Aim of Goldwater- Rhodes.
~ Bill ls Outlawing of Unions
A dream, long-cherished by L. R. Boulware and other
bosses, of having the legal means to outlaw all unions which
refuse to betray their members to the corporations would be-
Cincinnati
(Continued from page 1)
action on the part of all GE work-
ers. Let us know what we can do
to help. Send-us full details of
strike issues.” ‘
As the telegram pointed out, the
Evendale strike, involving about
8,600 workers, will-have an import-
unt bearing on the fate of our re-
opener negotiations, ‘This strike,
combined with the lockout of IUL-
CIO members in the Syracuse GE
plant, offers ample evidence that
GE is tuking advantage of the lack
“Sof unity among the workers, and
seeking to break the power of all
unions. ,
UE is making every effort. to
bring all workers in the GE chain
_ together on 2 program of united
‘action which would cut ‘across un-
ion lines and force the company to
come face-to-face ‘with .the full
strength of its employees. for the
first.time since the split in 1949,
Thus farzthe ULE efforts have
been very well received by rank-
-and-file members everywhere, and
in the ease. of at least one big IUE-
C1O union, Local 1581 which rep-
resents Cheektowaga Westinghouse
workers, this. pressure has forced
a united action stand by the lead-
ership. ; :
‘querndes as a bill to curb
come a reality if the Goldwater-
Rhodes bill, now before congress,
should be enacted, ;
This vicious measure is designed
ta give tight control over all of
organized labor to its worst en-
eniies by handing the notorious:
MeCarran Subversive Activities
Control Board’ the power to out-
law any union, Ags inthe case.of
all union-smashing legislation, the
Goldwater-Rhodes. measure . mas-
“com-
munist influence’ .in the labor
movement. * ; ;
It ik ‘significant ‘that the pro-
posal. is to give the deciding word
to the McCarran Board. This. out-
fit has already established the rule
that. if any organization’s. position”
on any single issue is the same as
that of the Communist Party, then
that organization can be consid-
ered as “communist-dominated.”
‘Thus, for example, any union which
udvocated repeal of Taft-Hartley
would be in danger since the Com-
of Taft-Hartley.
Full recognition. of the danger of
the bill was shown by Glen Slaugh-
ter, AFL legislative research .di-
rector, who declared.
“No bill in recent years has so
closely resembled the thought con-
trol so characteristic of totalitarian
regimes,”
WE KNOW how To
HANDLE OSE,
Union ROMBRES;
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" ORNERY STeeRS! ff
307 Wins 12c and 2 Holidays
AVittve eivike déadling onlyos few
‘minutes away, management of the
munist Party also advocates repeal 7
Dahlstrom Co, inJamestown, N.Y.
ugreed last.week to grant demands
of 600 UE members for a substan-
tial wage increase and for payment
of 2 Saturday holidays in 1953,
In all the’ workers won a 12c _
hourly package, including insur-
anee improvements and other
fringe benefits. Until the last
minute, the company’s best offer
“and
had been about Se. . This: had been
_ ejected by the workers, members
of UE Local 307, in a strike ballot
which-had resulted in a vote of 311
to 26 for a walkout. ;
Assisting -they Dahlstiom work-
ers in the negotiations were a
inembers ‘of the UE staff, Field O¢
ganizer Idd Landy and Internation®””
al Representative Mike~ Jimenez,
District 8 President Lewis
King.
“ehunye in’ methods
Btuyrene eather
Bldg, Vis An agreement was
niads by Poreman Loucks with
Charles Wituszynski and Frank
Phillips that the 2 operators: would
he paid average carnings on a rush
job. When the job was completed
the foremy in was willing to pay for
only 1: Mie hours, although the job
took 814 hours to complete. The
union denne that the company
live up to its agreement with these
2 men und pay average earnings”
for thefull time.
Winder group reached an agree-
ment with Foreman Loucks that 2
Spats, Jose Acevedo and Horace
Endries, would be assigned to do
all repair work on burnouts, On
3/23, 2nd shift foreman pulled 2
other winders off thelr piece work
jobs to do repair work, The union,
demands that the company live up
to its agreement and utilize only
Acevedo and Fndries on
jobs.
Bldg. 18: A rotor flange job has
been cut from standard price of
$3.04 to standard of 8c, and a
drilling operation from $1.45 to
GOec, In neither case wus there any
“These” prices
“have been slashed in violation of
contract article VI-5d, and the un-
jon demands restoration of original
repair,
2 © Friday, April 10, 1953
Thousands of grievances are handled by UE Local 301
each year at all levels from the steward up to final appeal
in New York City. To keep members posted, we shall
each week, list some of the grievances that have not been
settled at the steward-foreman level and have been re-
ferred to the executive board-management level. .
prices.
B production followers’ group, is
performing A work. Therefore,
the union demands they be: given
A classification,
Bldg. 40: Louis Henion is‘classi-
fied as a B-erane follower, but is:
doing strictly A work,
demands that he be
to A,
reclassified
Bldg, 49: William Lambert. and.
Richard Louer are classified. as. B
inspectors and are performing A
inspection work, The union. de-
mands they be reclassified with
proper rate adjustment.
Group is clissified as wiremen
on gas turbine cables,
hourly rate of $1.85. When their
duties are compared with those on
similar jobs throughout the plant,
it becomes obvious that they should
be paid ‘a, higher rate. The union.
demands’ 2 Pi oper -rate increase,
Bldg. 53. The standard. price on
n spot weld nut job was cut with-
out change in method,
violation of contract, article VI-5d.
In addition, the foreman refused a
written answer to the grievance
docket’ in’ violation of article: XV-
Ja-2. The, union demands. that
management restore the improper
eut and advise the foreman to
The union -
with an
This is. a-
abide by contractural
procedure,
Bldg. 59: For reasons of health,
Josephine Swiatocha finds it diffi-
cult to do her job which requires
work on more than one floor, The
union demands ‘that she be given
“the transfer she has requested. :
Crabbe is
continually harassing and push- -
although -
» Bldg. 60: Foreman
ing group ‘of - helpers
these. workers ‘can only follow in-*
structions “of mechanics under
whose direction they work. The
union. demands that this totally un-
called for abuse be halted.
Men in tinsmith shop protest un-
sufe conditions in grinding area,
They demand installation. of cur-
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
UNITED: ELECTRICAL, RADIO & AIACHINE
WORKERS OF AMERICA {UE}
Local 301
E> 2
Published by tho Editorlal Committes
Prosidont...__......-James J, Cognetta
Vico Prasidant—_—._..—..-Josoph Alols
Troasuror.. na -. --~Josoph Whitbeck
Ratording Secrotary... -~--Roy Schaffor.
‘Ass't RacordingSocrotary.....Rudy Rissland
Chief. Shop Steward.—--Witllam Mastrlant
Business Agant—.—. tao Jandroau
301 4IBERTY ST. SCHENECTADY 5, N. Y.
gri evance
tdins to protect workers and re-
placement of grinders’ stands,
' Group of 8rd shift painters pro-
test fuilure of their foreman to
act in proper supervisory capacity.
The 2nd shift foreman is assigning
their work, resulting in a confus-
ing and difficult situation, The un-
ion demands that management cor-
rect this practice,
Bldg. 69: -Florence Johnson is
classified as a cleaner with a rate
of 81.87% an hour Her duties
merit the common labor rate of
$1.50. The union demands she be
piven the increase.
There is a lack of work situation
on size 8 switch. assembly and wire
Jeb, and piece work operator Vir-
winia Maslunka is suffering a loss
of earnings. . “The union demands
that adequate worl: be provided.
Charlotte Passikoff has worked
satisfactorily on a test job for 6
months, — Immediately following
her application for union member-
ship, Foreman Jones bezan a cam-
_palgn of coercion against her, and
has issued completely unjustified
bad progress reports on her work,
The union demands that this ¢ :
crimination, which blatantly ¥
lutes contract article IV be stoppea,
and that the improper progress re-
ports he destroyed.
Bldg. 73: Group in Rght sheet
met til. group under Foreman Jor-
dan‘is not having its overtime dis-_
‘tributed equally. “The. union « de-
mands equal distribution of all
overtime in accordanee with con-
tract article V-9,
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
Draft NY Women’ S$.
Conference Plans
Two important union grouns
worked together this week to draw
up Local 301’s program for pre-
entation to the UE national -w
fp: conference on May 2 and/é.
These groups were the Special
committee on women’s problems
established by the executive board,
and the 6-member delegation to the
conference selected: by the local.
The’ proposals ‘they draft will be
presented -to the membership for
approval at the April 20 meeting.
The women’s conference has been
called in order to launch an all-out
campaign ‘to end. pay discrimina-
tion on account of sex. Such a
pone a decided on by the
952, UE national convention in
aieiakd . ’
UE Local 801 has a good deal
, of the responsibility for organiza-
tion of this conference. Helen
Quirini, who was a member of the
Schenectady delegation to the un- |
jon convention, offered the original
resolution to hold the ‘women’s
gathering. :
Delegates will attend the con-
ference from UE locals throughout
_the country.” Approximately 35%
of women. However. the mect-
g will have an important bearing
on the economie well-being of all
members. since the companies use
low women’s rates to cut wages
and prices on men’s jobs.
Members of the 301 delegation
are Frank D’Amico, 40; Ethel Fur-
man, 10C; Sadie Iovinella, 81; Julia
Mitchell, 40; Helen, Quirini, 81; and
Anna May Sullivan, 68.
£ the union membership is’ made
a)
NEW STEWARDS.
are 7 Local 301 members who took
the oath of office as. shop stewards.
-atthe Monday meeting of commit-
tee men and women, Five of the
are 1st and 3rd shift workers
eS o were sworn in at the evening
éssion, They are shown above—
Thomas G. Brzoza, Building 72;
Lawrenee -Dugas, 105; Bonnneita
Boyden, Campbell Ave; Lester
Wilcox, 84; and Stephen Minnillo,
46 (separate picture). The picture
on’ they right “is of the 2nd shift -
stewards who were sworn in. They
are Walter Bikowitz, 16, and War-
ren Kilmer, 84.
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
Win
BS aah
Pictured here
Delay Board Class
A special class for members
of the UE Local 301 executive
board, originally scheduled for
this past Wednesday, was post-
poned one week. The postpone-
ment was made necessary be-
cause Business Agent Leo Jan-
dreau had to go to New York
for a meeting of the UE-GE
negotiating committee.
The new date for the class ‘is
Wednesday, April 15, at 7:30
pm. Jandreau will supervise
the session.
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301 Pledges Fight To Win
Proper Rates’ for Welders
UE Local 301 this week pledged to continue its fight for
proper classification of the nearly 500 welders in GE’s Sche-
nectady works despite a company refusal to bargain in good
faith and to live up to accepted
practices, *
The union made this pledge as
it discontinued negotiations on the
welders’ case in New York after
management’s refusal to make any
12,000 Workers Swell Ranks
Of Union in 3-Month Period
_- Close to 12,000 ‘workers joined UE-in the 3-month period
between ‘the end of the last. national convention and the end:
of January, an organizational report by the union’s national
office revealed this week,
Many of the 11,953 workers’ who
came into the union were in 7 new-
ly-organized shops from New York
to California. . The most import-
ant, victory was the landslide re-
turn of GE office workers in Erie,
Pa. These workers, disgusted with
2 years of IUE-CLO misrepresenta-
tion, voted 788 to 150 to return to
UE and to join with 8, 000 Erie fac-
tory employees.
Another key ; victory saw UE
break the most important company
union -stronghold in Ontario and
bargaining rights for 750
Workers at the Canadian North
American Cyanamid Co. in Niagara
Falls, Additional UE victories were
scored in the newly-orgarlized
plants of Able Sheet and Metal
Products, Los' Angeles; Raleigh
Records, New York; Bellaire Elec-
tronic, New York; Acker Drill,
Seranton;
ing, Minneapolis.
UE also crushed a half-dozen
raids during the period.
- ly to be shut out,
and Sileo Manufactur-
Brisk Buying Marks |
First Dance Tix Sale
Sale of tickets for the big 20th
anniversary dance at UE Local 301
hall’ on April 25 started off at on
merry clip this week. Most shop
stewards received their ducats on
Monday.
Because of the’ limited capacity
of the hall, those who'do not buy
their admission tabs early are like-
The tickets are
selling at $1 each, with the price
including refreshments, ~*~ ° ‘
Stewards
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the big bosses in New York.
Business Agent Leo Jandreau
emphasized that this situation
would continue until the workers
forced, the company to change its
attitude from the top on down. UE
is determined to do just that.
concessions. Business Agent Leo
Jandreau charged that GE’s’ posi-
tion in the welders’ situation was
part and parcel of the company -
attitude in contract reopener nego-
tiations. He said that the Sche-
nectady workers would have an
answer to this company position’on
all negotiations fronts.
Crux of the welders’ case is the
fact that piece workers have not
been given A.E.R’s 3 steps above
the comparable day work_ rates,
The 3-step differential is a practice
long accepted: by both the union
and the.company.
“Welders in Schenectady now have
fey work rates ranging from $1.91
0 $2.09 and piece work A.FLR.’s of
nal to $2.03. The $1.91 rates are
for are welders, the $1.97’s are for
are and gas combination welders,
the $2.03 for special welders and
the $2.09 for .special application
welders. ;
Piece work welders in. Schenee-
tady have average earnings of
$2.70 an hour. In its’ case, the
union made it clear. that it was”
hot disputing’ prices or average
earnings. However, UE demanded
that management live up to ace «
cepted practice on ALRJs. Failure
to do so was based on a company
desire to have a wedge for cutting
prices on new jobs, the union
charged, ‘
Management spokesmen admit-
ted that the 3-step differential was
aceepted practice but refused to
apply it to the welders. This wus
a clear indication of the lack of
good faith on the part of GE.
Jandreau also demanded a num-
ber of upgrades for day workers
heeause of their job duties.
In all there are day work
welders in the Schenectady works.
The lurgest number of them, 173,
have rates of $2.08 un hour, An-
other 49 are at $1.91; 26 are at
$2.09 and 25 at $1.97. The average
Hoitily wage for these workers is
$1,086, :
There are 190 piece work weld-
ers in the’ plant.
Rai
UE Wins Buffalo Shop
Uli chalked up an overwhelming
victory Tuesday when workers at |
Morvin Wave Clip Co. shop in But-
falo voted 27 to 0 to designate the
union as their bargaining agent.
The unanimous ballot was par-
ticularly impressive since manae-
mentrof the company Nad: wiyredk wen
strong campaign for a “no union”
vote.
Friday, April 10, 1953 °
