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ilorkers, Local 301 “August, 18. “196i,
Vol. 8, No. 33 ©
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- = doe Drogdowski, Chiativah of the Activities Committee of ook 301,
“IUH,asked and received approval from the Executive Board Monday. to
The affair: will be held Sunday, September 2hth,
“conduct a Family Outing for Local 301 members and theis, families .
‘at the old.
Locomotive Club. now called the Niskayuna Club which is located. beyond
Van Veaniten Avenue on the Aqueduct Road.
NOQ_INVENTORY. CHANGE
IN STEAM TURBINE
La. eek it was reported in
the Loe Ol. News. that the MAC
and LM&G Departments had revised
‘their inventory. schedules to con-
form Lth the -wishes of the hourly:
Tapes employees:
Bese tienes called for’
a shutdown of operations on a par-
ticular day which would have re-
sulted in the loss of a day's pay
to the employees, The great.
majority: of the workers upon hear~
ing of such a plan, strongly
protested, The Union representat=
ives of the two departments met
with management’ and the results as
stated in last week's issue were
mue nal Ly satisfactory.
In the same issue of Teen 301
News, a suggestion was made to.
other departments who are contem~
plating shutdowns for inventory to
Seriously consider BEES methods.
Such a depar tmen ibs .the Large|
Steam Turbine Gener ator....manage~
ment there announced that it will .
shut down lst shift. operations on
Monday, ‘August 28th, for inventory. }
cont'd. reverse side):
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Monday, August 21
Regular Order of Business
Reports.of Committees
The price fo adult tickets
will be $3.50 per*person; children
12 years and under will be admitted
for ol. 50 Hey PSneetis
The activities for the day will
begin with Breakfast at 10:00 a.m.,
and will be served until 1:30 p.m.
The menu will include. clam chowder,
grilled, Sausage, Le dogs, rolls,
jeoffeew i"
At 2: 00 p.m., corn on the cob
will be served; 4:00 p.m., Dinner-
Buf fet Style.,.menu to include: oven
frroasted half chicken, baked Virginia.
ham, sliced cheese, relish dish of
celery, pickles and olives, potato
salad German style, macaroni or
cabbage salad, baked beans, sliced
rye bread, rolls, coffee w/cream.
and cake, .
Recreational facilities ava
able include: playground for th
-children, horseshoe pits, soft ball
field. For the golf enthusiasts, :
ample space is provided for a dri
ing: contest. :
"Tickets for the outing are. ;
pected to be in. the hands of Shop
stewards by. next. week.
The hebtvile eae Committée asks :
for your support. and cooperation and
‘promises everyone, who. attends a. B00
time, . . :
Under ~ ~cover shetebee, are ' garedbs
able in: case of inclemen: weathers...
The Kelly ‘Brothers wild be he
caterers,
The affair will provide oppor-
‘tunity for Union members to renew
old acquaintances and to make new
ones oe
“' Yet,
‘NO INVENTORY CHANGE. (Conta, he
‘Last Wednesday, the Union. Office
contacted the Turbine management and
asked if some other way could be
found to take inventory that would
- act deprive the hourly rated workers!
_of a day's pay. They were made
“ aware off the actions other depart-
, ments had undertaken'to resolve the
problem, In'spite of this, their
reply wasn't very optimistic or re-.:
assuring. They agreed to give the
matter further consideration. ie
Turbine manag ement notified ,
the Union Office that the Union's
suggestions had been discuss ed;how-
' ever, the decision to shut down the
lst shift on Monday, August 28th,
~ will stand,
: , Suffice to say, their decision
is a eal lous one, emphasizing a com=
‘plete disregard for the- moral’ ress ‘*
ponsibilities they owe their employ-
ees. This sort of. action on their
part leads to dissenitio:
isfaction and causes av deterioration
- of the good will that exists betwee
“employer and employee.
‘ualize the inspired GiB. headlines
in the local and area’ newspapers
if a so-called "work stoppage" took
place. "Thousands of man hours lost
workers logevthousands of dollars"!
no ‘one ‘should feel hurt or
alarmed when management arbitrarily
decides to shut down operations caus
ing workerg to isse a day!
=
o
pay.
It is suggested that Steam Tur-
_bine.management re-evaluate their
position on this very important
matter,
DON'T BE FOOLED BY
UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
Don't be fooled bj nemployment
statistics. That's the yning Sen,
Paul Douglas (D.,I11.)gives. Douglas
says the present method the Govt. .
uses to-figure joblessness fails to
give the true percentage of unem-
ployed workers.
The Census. Bureau's sample of
35,000 families includes many self-
_ employed and unpaid workers in fam-
lly enterprises who rarely can be
‘listed .as unemployed. Eliminating
this group from the.over-all work
force -ahd' adjusting the Bureau's
sample would have brought the per-.
centage of unemployed, age corrected)
for seasonal factors, to 8.9% in
June, for instance, instead of the
73% commonly used. Second factor is
the understatement of part-time work
or "involuntary unemployment..." Corr-
-ecting the statistics for this» fac+
tor would add 2.4% more to rate of
unemployment for June, bringing’ the
total to 11.3%. Giving due weight.td
these factors, it can be seen "the
total proportion of time lost. by
One can vis-!’
“the Schenectady. Boys Club. -
these in June rose to 11.3%. In ab-
CONGRATULATIONS!
SCHTDY, LITTLE LEAGUE
Local. 301 extends” congratulate
ions to the players and managers of
the Schenectady Little. League who
recently woh the
pionship. This makes them eligible ~
to compete in ‘the. Bastern Regional |
‘Tournament which is slated for Frids
jand Saturday of this week. The play-
offs will take place in Haddon | @
Heights, New dersey,
Local 301:-has ‘sponsored for sev-
yf eral’ years two Little League teams
in Schenectady, We are proud of the
record they have i¢ved, Several |
trophies are on display in the Union
Office attesting to their prowess.
ve Board, at their
~held Monday, August.
an
i4th, authorized a contribution of
p25. 60 to the Schenectady Little
League to help defray expenses which
will be incurred*“in connectYorn with
their trip to the. regional play-offs.
Good luck and Best. Wishes to
the Schenecbady Teami
BOYS CLUB RECEIVES CONTRIBUTION
- The Executive Board, at the reg
ular meeting held Monday, Aug. l&th,.
approved a contribution of $25 00 to
e
monies realized from this appeal will
‘be used to send underprivilege
children to summer camp»
= denon Bors LAYOFF IN RES. LAB.
Recently a serious lack of work
developed in the Res. Lab, Tool Room,
The Company informed Board Member
Korszun that it would be necessary
to lay off several tool room employes ©
with service of 20 years or more, |
A meeting was held by Korszun
with the affected group who voted
unanimously to rotate the group in .
an attempt to avert layoffs in the
group. After this good union pos-
‘ition was taken, Mr. Korszun was
able.to negotiate ‘a rotation sched-
ule with management «
We hope that management will do.
their. job by going all out to get
work for these employés by either
farming in work or. scheduling some
of the work to be done in the future
for now... Other Depts. in the plant
gould help by giving some of their
work-to: the Res. Labs ‘instead of
farming it outside the plant as was
done recently in the Steam Turbine
Dept.
‘Management _ should. take. a good .
look at what this group has done and
possibly take’a’ page out of their
bpek in Spe eae relations with
eet
solute terms this is a full 38. igher
than. the figure. comionly. | used.
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