‘BLECTRICAL UNION NEWS
January 27,1940 ©
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THE UPPER CRUST
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A recent visitor in Building 12
was our former fellow ‘worker ~~
_ Arnold: Von Stetina who was
spending .a Christmas furlough
in the old home town: Arnold
looked fine in his army. uniform
and did the girls gather around
him! Nothing like a uniform for
getting ‘attention from the fair
sex. Arnold is. stationed in Camp
‘McClellan, Alabama, and latest
reports have it-that he has now
been promoted.to corporai.
“One of the big surprises of the
old year: was the. announcement
made by Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Nitschke of the. birth of a baby *
girl born Dec. 20, 1940, and
named Grace Elizabeth. “Hank”, -
the. proud daddy, is employed on
second. shift, under Committce-
“man Mike ‘Phillips...
_ RESERVED
This space reserved for the
gent in the office Who has won
' for himself" the title of ‘‘wash-
-swelli
... cosworker's.,
woman”. It will be used at a’
later date unless he stops tattl-
ing on fellow-workers.
* “Our friend Tony Nebolini who
-has been on-the sick list for a
you.
—~=Oneof thé’ “él
was beheld on New Years Eve,
‘when one of our-younger fellows
was seen in the company of two
pretty young girls going into the
Van Curler Hotel. One lady wore
a black velvet evening gown with
a corsage of orchids, and the
other girl wore an ermine wrap
and a corsage of roses and sweet
peas ... and’ boy! did_he look
is tix" and derby hat.
Yep, he drives a La Salle.
Among the lucky ones in Bldg.
12 recently were Bob Moran, 2d
shift, and Jack Boyd, 1st shift,
each of whom won ‘a pair of
safety shoes. Coe
A shock felt by all in the Re-
frigerator Department, was the
news & short time ago of the
‘sudden death of David R. Ar-
thur. Dave, who for many years
“was employed in the Retriger'a-
tor. Dept,, was an outstanding
Union member, strong in “his
convictions’ and always ready
with a kind word or deed for his
Deep sympathy is extended to
his wife, Mrs. E. Lamond Arthur
and his family, by every mem-
ber of Local 301. Burial was in
Viewland Cemetery.
Buildings 8 and 10
. The boys have started a bowl-
ing league on the second and
“You're fired. Oops — it’s me!”
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=the acts ol Gi
-ment with all of its implied and actual. obligations, will be meas-
“ured from the standpoint of making a contribution and yielding to
ANNUAL REPORT OF OFFICERS FOR YEAR
~ 1940 SHOWS GREAT PROGRESS ~ a
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the future preservation of this Union depends upon the degree of
confidence that each of. our members. and officers have, one m the
other, ~ : = ;
‘So, we shall h
lead
all others in our movement the right also to make their contribu-
tions and voice their own opinions.
Your Officers and Executive Board Members have the great-
est confidence in the future of our Union, and take this opportunity
to extend their sincerest thanks, and appreciation to all of our
Shop Committeemen who have carried the banner in the front line
of trenches, and by their fine cooperation with the Officers have
helped build. our Union into a true instrumentality for the better-
ment of the lives of the G-E employees and their families.
FORD, REFUSES LINCOLN PLANT ELECTION—
ss HIT IN KANSAS CITY
By JIM KELLY
DETROIT (FP) — Following
‘another crackdown by the NLRB
against its Kansas City man-
agement, the Ford Motor Co. re-
fused consent to a collective bar-
gaining election at its Liricoln
plant in! Detroit. An AFL Ford
local was concerned in Kansas
third’ shifts.. The C.1.0. League. .
will bowl. on Sunday: afternoons
Taberski's alle
nion headg <
of the season. Anyone that is in-
. terested and wants information
concerning this bowling league
should "contact ‘the. secretary-
treasurer of the league, Leo. De-
‘ Rocher, Building. 8, or Jim Kelly
4
of. Bldg..10, second shift.
ul, that’ th
‘mewhad:been-tired-a
unfair labor practices by the
management.: The company de-
fense, that the UAW local had
etigaged in violence and threat-
ened a shutdown, was not -be-
lieved by the board. .
“The UAW-AFL in Kansas:
saresult:ol::
City probably faces the same
barrage of technicalities and
court appears that Ford’s Wall
Street lawyers used in the Rouge
plant at Dearborn against the
UAW-CIO. .
At the Lincoln plant in De-
troit, where it is generally con-
- eeded that-Ford-Local 600. of the-- -
‘UAW-CIO has a majority of the
3200 employees, a labor board
election will be held in spite of
the refusal of the Ford manage-.
ment to consent. |‘
oe the’ Ford" Motor Co: had
consented, it-would-have meant © -
an earlier election,” said Direc-
tor Michael F. Widman jr. of the
UAW-CIO Tord drive, “and it
would have saved the taxpayers
a certain amount of money. But
I guess Ford is not interested in
saving money for the taxpayer.” ”
Unemployment Benefits.
For December’ Show .
3PercentDecliné =”
ALBANY, N-Y., Jan. 21—Un-~
employment insurance benefits -
amounting. to $5,669,121: in the
<form of » 458833 © individual
checks were paid to unemployed
men and women~in* NewYork
State during December bythe. . .
‘Division of Placement and Un-
employment, Insurance, State
Department of Labor, according
to a report issued today :by In-
dustrial Commissioner Frieda S.
Miller." °°, , 4
The amount of December pay-
ments: was three. percent jess
than November while the num-
.ber of checks issued represented ‘
a decrease of four percent. The
-average payment ‘for a. single
week of unemployment in the
current benefit year was. $11.85
in December, compared to $11.74
in November. 1940 and $11.91. in.
December 1939. :
December payments for ‘the
Schenectady employment. office .
amounted to $20,418.00 for the
1940-41 benefit year, in the form
of 1,774 separate checks to un-
employed person. The average
payment for-a single week of
unemployment in. thes Schenec- .
“tady area was $11.08 for the
month.
Tn December, 33,646 claimants. ;
drew their last checks for bene-.
fits in“the ‘current benefit year.
This makés a total of 309,383
people who have exhausted their
During. December, 687,297
weeks of unemployment were
‘. yeported by, benefit claimants—
1 percent more than in Novem-
ber iminary=<report
local showed. .
claimants actively pursuing their
benefit rights in the week ended
‘ December 27, 1940. These claim-
ants included 118,662 who were
receiving benefits, 38,068 who
were fulfilling the waiting per-
iod required by the law and
4,456. whose claims were being
ee-of unemployment—
insurance funds ou hand at the
end of December was $208, 976,-
913. This compared with $208,-
670,732 available on. November
80. 1940 and $177,912,009 or
December 31, 1939. :
General Officers
Nominated
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Assistant Recording Secretary:
William Hodges
Treasurer: Seymour Schreiter
___Financial Sec’y: S. M. Vottis
Business Agent: Leo Jandreau
Chief Shop Steward: Chris*Her-
beck
Trustees: Dave Belott, John Os-
borne, R. R. Anderson.
‘Respectfully yours,
ORGANIZATIONAL
COMMITTEE.
A. Peterson, Bldg. 52
Joseph Banks, Bldg, 15
Steven Miller; Bldg, 42
Sydney, Webb, Bldg. 46
Dave Fisher, Bldg. 28
Arthur Cotton, Bidg. 40
Fred Matern, Bldg. 60
AvcPoThwaitecBldpr 105
Jos. Corsetti, Blde. 58
Chas. Aussilter, Bldg.
Following . the report, the
chairman asked for nominations
for each office. No'further nom-
inations were Q
committee’s report was accepted
unanimously.
ffered; and the
LECTRICAL ,
“THE VOICE OF THE UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO &
_ MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERIGA—Local 301—CIO
tequest for
eneral Increase
G. E, CONFERENCE IS READY TO_
. GUIDE PROTEST —
‘The following statement was adopted by the General :
Electric Conference Board of UE Locals and transmitted
‘to the company last. week upon the company’s refusal to
grant the union’s demand for a 10-cent, an hour general
wage increase:
“The union at this time wishes to transmit to the
company its position on the refusal of the company to give
favorable consideration to the union’s request for a ten
cent an hour wage increase. The Agreement between the
General Electric Co. and the union provides the follow-
ing: a
“Artide XIV—Wage Rates. _ 7
‘Any question of a flat adjustment affecting all
plants shail be subject to negotiation in accord-
ance with the terms df this Agreement.
“Axticle XX—Modification.
Hither-party-to-this-Agreementmayca
tothe oth ap—nrongsed--mo
e-other-propesed—ined
-te-th ations-or-
revisions of any of the provisions hereof and the
reasons for such recommendations. Within thir-
ty (80) days after notice is given,. a conference
shall take place for the purpose of considering |
such modification or revision.’
“The Agreement further provides that the union
G. E. and Union Contract
and | Community Survey
In answer to the petition of the Union that the Com-
munity Survey clause be removed from the Contract, the
Company’s answer was, in effect, that if the Union wish-'
es it removed, it must be a good thing for the Company.
_ The Company maintains that its Community Rate
Surveys provides for any wage. adjustment;. The Con-
tract Clause which provides for wage adjustment was
completely ignored by the Company and therefore be-
fang useless to the Union as a means-for wage negotia-
ions... :
GET THIS ONE — Read very carefully ! ;
As if to add-insult to injury, the Company chose to
present the following four points, to the Conference
df ement.as_their proposals:
“Time studies may be made at any time on
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* any job in any plant.
_ 2 “Any‘job may be put on an incentive basis af-
‘ter time studies have been made, .
3. It is agreed that the Company may clieck the
productivity on any job using any type of measur-
‘Ing device.
shall not vffidially sanction ‘any stoppage of work in the
plants of the company until all the bargaining machinery
shall have been employed without success.
“During the month of October, 1940, in accordance
with the above Articles, the union submitted to the com-
pany a request for a ten cent an hour general wage in-
crease. During the past five months, the union has ex-
hausted every reasonable means at its disposal, and as
provided for by the contract, to reach a satisfactory
agreement. To this date the company has given a cate-
goric refusal to the union’s request. Having exhausted
all the means for negotiations and being dissatisfied with
-the company’s position, the General Electric Locals:Con-
ference Board takes this opportunity to advise the com-
pany that it will report back to the locals that contract
provisions for negotiations on this question have been ex-
hausted. =~
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“Tn view of all the above, the Conference Board, by
unanimous vote, decided to advise all locals that it stands
ready to coordinate and direct protest actions decided up-
on by the membership in the different locals, in an effort
to achieve their legitimate obiective. The character and
time for such actions shall be decided upon jointly by the
Conference Board and the constituent locals.” ~~
4.~Any rate which has been in continuous use
for a year and where improvements and changes
have been made by management will be subiect to
time study and revision.” ;
. The Conference Board did not agree to the above by
any means, for according to the procedure, this matter
must be presented to the locals: for its disposition.
To-night at 7:30 P. M. at. Union Headquarters, you,
as.a member of Local 301, will have an opportunity to
help decide whether you do or do not want: the above four
points in your contract with GE. . .
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Special Notice:
“From all reports received-at Union Head-~
quarters, thousands of our members will attend
this Mass Meeting.
Arrangements haye been made with the
Police Department to help maintain order —
We urge all our members to co-operate with
the Police. Oo
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_ Loudspeakers will be placed all around the build-.
ing so that everyone will be able to participate in
the meeting.
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