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‘Proposed ‘Amendments to NYS. Denied Benefits | " ULE. Continues.
‘Constitution Up to Voters Nov. 3
On next Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 1958, the registered
voters will decide 9 proposed amendments to the New York State Con-
stitution, : i
Usually the voters ure not familiar with these proposals and become
confused when they face them in the voting booth. Therefore, in order
that you may understand in a general way what purpose and effect the
proposed amendments have, we are listing the following abstracts of each
amendment: = re
Abstract of Proposed Amendment Number One..
1. To authorize the temporary assignment, upon an order of
the. majority of the justices of the appellate division of the supreme
court-in the judicial department to which the assignment is made, of a
county judge of the counties of Bronx, Kings, Queens or Richmond, or
a judge of the court of general sessions’ of the county of New York, or
n justice of the city court of the city of New York, to hold a trial or.
special term of the supreme: court: in any county within the city of
New York. .
2. To authorize the temporary assignment, upon. a similar order,
of a justice of the court of special sessions of the city of New York, to
hold a trial or special term of any county court within the city of New
York or of the court of weneral sessions of the county of New York,
3. To authorize the temporary assignment, upon a_ similar order,
of a justice of the court of special sessions of the city of New York or
a justice ofthe municipal court of the city of New York, to hold a trial
-or special term of the city court of the city of New York. :
No such temporary assignment of any judge or justice shall affect
his. existing office, create a viicancy therein, or change his compensation.
No temporary assignment of any justice’ for, service outside his
judicial department shall be made unless a majority of the justices of .
the appellate division in his department consent thereto.. :
Certain obsolete provisions would also be eliminated. from the con-
stitution by this amendment.;,
Abstract of Proposed. Amendment Number “wo
The purpose and effect of this proposed amendment is to inercase
the monetary civil jurisdiction of the county courts outside the city of
“New York from $8,000°to $6,000, ‘ : » ww
Abstract of Proposed Amendment Number Three
The:purposes and effects: of this proposed amendment are:
1, To provide for the election of the governor and the lieutenant-
governor jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote applicable
to both offices, Presently a separate vote is cust for each of these
offices, .
2. To provide that there shall he no election of a comptroller or,
an attorney-general except at the time of electing a governor, vacancies
in such offices to be filled as provided by the legislature.
Abstract of Proposed Amendment Number Four
“© The purpose and effect of this proposed amendment is to provide
that the leyvislature may authorize any county, city, town or village or
uny county or town on behalf of an improvement district to contract
indebtedness to provide a supply of water, in excess of its own needs,
for sale to any other public corporation or improvement district; author-
ize two or more public corporations and improvement districts to pro-
vide 2 common water supply; and authorize any such corporation, or any
county or town on behalf of an. improvement district, to contract joint
indebtedness for such purpose or to contract indebtedness for specific
proportions of the cost. - Indebtedness so contracted shall be for x,county,
city, town or village purpose. respectively, and excluded in ascertaining
the power of such municipal corporation to contract indebtedness
otherwise Hmited by present constitutional provisions.
Abstract of Proposed Amendment Number Five
The purpose and effect of this proposed amendment is to authorize
the legislature to fix the salary of the governor at not more than $50,000,
The salary of the governor is presently fixed by constitutional provision
at $25,000,
Abstract of Proposed Amendment Number Six
The purpose and effect of this proposed amendment is to authorize
the legislature to fix the salary of the lieutenant-governor at not more
than $20,000. The salary of the lieutenant-governor is presently fixed
by constitutional provision at. $10,000.
Abstract of Proposed Amendment Number Seven |
The purposes and effects of this proposed amendment are:
“1. To exclude budget notes from the constitutional debt limit of
counties, cities, towns, villages and school districts. Budget notes will
boabinue to be ‘payable within the constitutional tax limit where ap-
plicable.
‘ 2. To permit voters of a school district to increase the district's tax
limit (by one quarter of one per centum) not more than once a year
instead of not more than once in five years. The present maximum tax
limit of two per centum is unchanged.
.. ds. To rephrase Aticle VIII, Section 10-a, to make it. clear that the.
section does not establish a contract between bondholders and municipali-
ties: reparding: the appleaiial: of revenues derived from a public im-
provement, and to eliminate the references therein to towns because
the constitutional tax limit does not apply to towns.
Other proposed changes are‘principally for purposes of clarification,
4 ® Friday, October 23, 1953°
' A: Puneh Press Operator in Bldg.
17 was recently penalized by not
being credited with one week of
unemployment, because she had
not reported to the Employment
Office immediately upon receiving
her notice of lack of work.
Like many employees, this yirl
was not familiar with the rules
governing Unemployment Insur-
ance benefits and because her fore-
man had not issued a‘lack of work
notice, which she was entitled to,
instructing her to repart to the
N.Y. Stute Employment Office, she
failed to register. .
‘Upon retuming to work a week
later, the foreman covering up his
default issued her the notice, which
was due the week hefore. She went
to 'the Employment Office that day
after work, trying to get credit for
time out. They informed her that
they could not accept her state- .
ment; that the rules required her
to register while she was unem-
ployed.
While the Company refuses to
accept any responsibility for the
error on the part of the foreman,
the experience in this case shows
the need to consult your Union
shop steward on everything affect-
ings your job.
Stewards, Win Case.
Alice Crowningshield and Eva
Van Hoesen, both women
stewards in Bldg, 28-3, recently
proved the Union was on the job
when supervision proposed chang-
ing their work from individual
piece work to a progressive ‘Hne
und group piece work, In one in-
stance a job had been converted G
months ayo.
Through ‘the efforts of these
shop stewards, the job on the pro-
gressive line was changed back to
individual piece work and the pro--
posal affecting the rotor winding
job was withdrawn.
WOMEN’S MEETING
Thursday, Oct. 29 7:30
Report on Convention
‘by Helen Quirini .:
shop.
‘No Union’ Fight
*York, Pa-—Fourteen months ago
the Sylvania Co. opened a new
shop in York, The UE undertook
organization of this shop from the
very begining. . The TAM also en
tered the picture, When there wer
-, only a couple of dozen workers in
the shop, the IAM filed a petition,
which was dismissed on the hasis
that there was an expanding unit.
Both unions continued working on
this shop.
Recently the 1WE stepped tito
the picture in its usual role of do-
ing everything possible to prevent
UE from completing the orguniza-
tion of the plant,
Several weeks ago, the TAM filed
a. petition ayain, and an election
wus consented to. The election was
held Oct. 12, 1958: 107 workers
were eligible to vote, 104 voted,
The three unions were on the bal-
lot — UE won 50 votes, IAM, 4,
1UE, 3, No union 48. A run-off is
scheduled.
This plant is expected to employ
between 850 and 400 workers. It
is to be a feeder plant manufic-
turing’ pats, and the work that.
this ‘plant is:engaged in will be —
coming primarily from the UE or-
ganized: plant in Emporium.
Considering that ‘the TAM wi")
the petitioning union, and the IU
carried on its usual campaign
based on red hysteria against Ub,
the outcome in this initial election
is remarkable as it expresses the
confidence that these new workers
have in UE and UE’s program.
As in the three elections we re-
ported in the last Facts for Action,
it should be noted that the IU,
having received only two votes not
only did not have any hope of win-
ning, but had no hope of making
any substantial showing, and its
sole role in this campaign was to
work again in collusion with the
employer to prevent these workers
in-this new Sylvania plant from or-
panizing’ a union of thei own,
Abstract of Proposed Amendment Number Eight ‘
The purpose and effect of this proposed amendment is to provide
a new constitutional limitation upon the amount to be raised by the city
of New York and the counties therein for city and county purposes by
tux on real estate in any fiscal year, in addition to providing for the
interest on and the principal of all indebtedness, of not to exceed it
combined total of two and one-half per centum of the average full valu-
ation of taxable real estite therein. .Present constitutional provisions
impose a limit of. one and one-half per -centum upon counties generally
for county, purposes which the legislature may increase to two per
centum, and a limit of two per centum upon cities of 125,000 inhabitants
or over generally for city purposes, :
Abstract of Proposed Amendment Number Nine
_ The purpose and effect of this proposed-amendment is to revoke the
existing authority of the legislature to provide for the use of part of the
lands of the state constituting the forest preserve, for the construction
~and maintenance of reservoirs to regulate the flow of streams. Under
present. provision the legislature may. authorizethe use. of not- exceeding
three per centum of such lands for the construction. and maintenance of
reservoirs for municipal water supply, for the canals of the state san
to regulate the. flow of streams. The constitution mandates that the
state’s forest preserve lands, with certain exeeptions, shall be forever
kept as wild forest lands,
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
reported that we intend to Iny off
C) some ten thousand people. We
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Vol. 11 — No. 43
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
Friday, October 30,. 1953
U.E. Officers Meet with Mayor and City
janager to Forestal
‘Manager Debunks
Claim. of 10,000 ©
Worker Layoff
A.C. Stevens, Manager of Sche-
nectady. Works, in a letter to the
Union on last Wednesday denied
that the Company has any inten-
tion of laying off 110,000 workers
us claimed by LU.B. -~ Curey.
“We ure aware that recently
there have been circulated, as ru-
mor ot. otherwise, comments not
invaceordanee with faet, whieh purs
port ta read meaning into recent
Company statements... Tt has been
have no such intention.”
“As we see ity there will be some
lost time and temporary luyott's
between now and the end of 1958,
The latter may affect something in
the order of 500 persons.”
While the Schenectady Works
Manager gives the Union the out-
look until Jan. 1, 1954, the Union
has) taken preeautions apainst
future Company plans to transfer
work from Schenectady that would
enuse unemployment. This story
cun be rend in other columns of
this paper.
Union to Compile
Seniority List
All shop stewards must report
to their Executive Bourd member
any reduction of forces in their re-
spective group, The Board mem-
ber will relay this information to
the Union office where a list is be-
ing compiled,
The information must consist of
name, check No, occupation, rate,
service and address, and must be
turned in as “quickly as possible
folowing the notice of Inck of
work, Tf the Board member is not
available for some reson, the shop
steward should get the information
to the Union office. ‘
The above facts will be used ta
check the depyrtments and ins
ployment Office to make sure the
Seniority Supplement is being: ap-
ied properly.
Large Motor Foremen
Need Watching
Several months ago Shop Stew-
ards P, Rosu, C. McCabe and W.
Martin found several cases where
Large Motor Generator supervision
would not pay change of shift
premium. The issue was settled
in a meeting with management
which agreed to pay in the in-
stunces cited. However, it was
Necessary to point out to managie-
ment again this week that the Di-
Vision had still failed > to pay the
people involved although the eom-
tnitinent was made aver a menth
avo, Apparently! ‘this Division
J doesn't intend to: pay; only when
forced: to’ do so as, for example
the case of Brother William Hrycaj.
On 8/27/58, he had tet file a writ-
ten grievance to collect the change
Of shift premium to which he was
entitled; yet it was again neees-
siry to file a written grievance a
inonth later, 9/26/58, te collect the
sume premium, It is hoped that
management will be able to
‘straighten these foremen out in
the matter before too many more
grievances must be filed.
ecentralization
In opposition to any future plans of G.E.'to transfer work
out of Schenectady as part of the decentralization program,
the officers of U.E, Local 301: met with Mayor Wemple and
City Manager Morris. Cohn to so-
NOTICE
MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
_-Monday, November 16_
Nominations for Officers
for 1954 8
Election of 25 members to an
Election Committee -
MILES G. MOON-
Recording Secretary
Be Sure to Vote
Tuesday
You will have the privilege to
east a vote for candidates for pub-
lic office for 1954. Also, your vote
will decide whether the nine pro-
Posed amendments to the New
York State Constitution will be
adopted or rejected,
Polls will) be open
ACM, to 7:00 PLM,
from 6:00
U.E. Legislative Committee
Reports on Amendments
The Legishitive
a
Cununittee of
Local 8Q1 reported to the Mx-
ecutive Board) thele recommenda-
tions after investigating the pro-
posed constitutional amendments
which will be submitted to the vot-
evs next Tuesday.
William Stewrrt, Chairman, and
James De Masseo, Secretary, who
reported for the committee, point+
ed out that the Legislative Com-
mittee was making’ specific recom-
mendations on 5 of the 9 proposed
amendments. ‘Their recammenda-
tions are us follows:
Amendment ##1—vote “Yes”,
_ This amendment will help. expe-
tlite the backlog of court cases.
Amendment #2—no recommen»
dation,
Amendment #3—vote “No?
This amendment weuld not per-
mit voters to eleet Governor and
Licutenant-Governor separately.
Amendment #4—no recommen-
dation.
Amendment. #5—-vote “No”,
This amendment would increase
the Governor’s salary from $25,000
to $50,000.
Amendment #6—vote “No”
This amendment would increase
the Lieutenant-Govertior'’s salary
fram $10,000: to $20,000.
Amendment #7—-no recommen-
dation.
Amendment #8—no vecommen-
dation, .
Amendment #9—vote “Yes”,
This amendment will keep the
authority to dam = rivers and de-
stroy our“forests with: the people
vather than delegate it to rewulat-
_ in bonvds.
licit. their support against any con-
templated transfer of work out of
the City. -
The Union officers pointed out
that GE. President Ralph Cordin-
er’s speech to the Chamber of Com-
meree on October 6th left a con-
siderable “amount of unensiness
among the employees in the Sehe-
nectady’ Works and also’ among the
small business people in tewn,-
While Cordiner indicated employ-
ment was high for the Schenee-
tady Plant, he was not specific in
|) saying how the future plans of the
«Company would affect employ-
ment. We do. know that the Com-
pany through its decentralization
plans has moved work fram large
plants to new plants of the Com.
pany in other areas,
The City officials agreed with
the Union leaders that jobs were
importunt to the citizens of our
community and they were willing
to do whatever they could in order
to keep the people of our commun.
ity working. They claimed that
they learned a great deal as a re-
sult of the discussion between them
und the Union’s representatives
and they would get in touch with
representatives of the Company
us quickly as possible. They re-
quested the Union to send them all
the information we have available
on the matter of transferring of
jubs, é
While the City officials will re--
quest a mecting with the Company
inmmediately, it was indicated that
a joint meeting of City officials
and Company and Union represen-
tatives may take place at a later
date.
The Union representatives point-
ed out that while employment. is
still the same as it has ‘been, the
purpose of the meeting was ‘to stop
any future plans the Company may
have that would cause unnecessnry
unemployment in) Schenectady.
WE GET PAID
ELECTION DAY
THANKS TO U.E.
Department
Upsets Union Victory
U. EB. Local 201 received notice today from ‘the New York
State Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board that tke Dept.
of Labor hus maade an appeal from the decision cf the referec,
requesting that (LE. workers he
‘disquilified for Unemployment tn-
suranve benefits if they were laid
off during a departmental vacation
shutdown and, therefore, ineligible
for vacation allowanees. The de-
cision made by the referee claimed
G.E. employees should not be dis-
qualified for Insurance benefits aft-
er veeeiving evidence submitted
by Union representatives and Com-
pany representatives at a hearing
held in Schenectady last month,
The Dept. of Labor headed hy
Rdward Corsi, the Commissioner
of Labor, his no justified grounds
for making: such an appeal. Sev-
eral years agio the same: position
was taken by the Dept. of Labor
and was finally changed after the
workers of New York State pro- -
tested through Ietters and deleg
tions the unfalmess of this decis
jon, . ‘ .
The Executive Board of U1. Lo-
exul 301 his ‘recommended that all
members write letters of protest
to the New York State Commis-
sioner of Labor requesting that the
Nept. of Labor withdraw their ap-
peal so that- Gs. workers will re-
ceive the henefits of the New York
State Unemployment Insurance
Law to which they are. entitled,
Write tot ;
Edward Corsi, Commissioner
Yept. of Labor
80 Centre St.
New York, N.Y.
Request to Sponsor
Basketball Team
The Union has been requested to
sponsor a basketball team in the
GE.ALA. League. '
A committee was appointed te
investigate the request and report
back to the Exceutive Board at its
next meeting. The committee ap-
pointed was: Joseph Alois, James
De Masseo and Henry Kaminski.
Delegation to Lynn
The latest reports from U.N.
representatives in Lynn say the
N.L.R.B. is expected to hand down
a decision on the request for un
cleetion within the next two weeks.
They requested representatives
of ULE, Loeal 80L to speak at a
necting of the Lynn ULE. elec.
tiom committee last Wednesday
evening in Lynn. Rudy Rissland,
Recording Secretary; William Mas-
trinni, Chief wird and John
Saccocio were appointed by the
cutive Board.
Friday, October 30, 1953
Executive Board
Reviews Sectional
Representation
The Executive Board appointed
d committee to review the sectional
representation .of" shop” stewards
und report their findings ta the
Board. The Constitution requires
cach Board member to review his
section during the month of Octo-
ber and see-to it that an adequate
number of stewards are available
to properly vepresent the member-
ship. : .
Ivery Board member has receiv.
ed forms on whieh he must. record
the number of members, working
‘for each foreman in order that the
Executive Bourd may determine
the number of stewards that are
needed. :
After the final report is apprev-
ed by, the Uxecutive Board, it will
be given to the Election Commit-
tee, This Mlection Committee will
be elected at the November mem-
bership meeting and. will ‘conduct
the election of shop’ stewards in
aecordance with~the Boatd’s de-
cision on representation.
The committee thal was appoint-
ed to carry on the above work is:
Wiliam Templeton and Sidney
Friedlander,
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CWE DON'T, WANT IT To”
BECOME. TOO CROWDED
(FOR EXECUTIVES. |
Doesn’t Take Much
To Keep Busy
It's obvious to the ‘members in
StatoreFrame Assembly’ that ‘Tur-
bine Division doesn’t intend to al-
There is some talk about discons
tinuing -the employees’ badges ox-
cept on those jobs requiring Gov-
ernment ‘security. relations, An
anhouncement .was imude recently
in Lynn that they would be discon-
tinued there also.
The badges were discontinued
alter World War 11 and. Tnenetit
‘back again in 1949, "i
low any luck of work situation Lor
their foremen, That was one of
their opinions, among others, when
they were notified ‘last week that
oreman T. Wheeler was now in
complete charge of four men on
the Morton drills. No one at this
ASK YOUR SHOP
STEWARD ABOUT
U.E. LOCAL 301
COMPENSATION SERVICE
dite has been able to determine if
this was considered a promotion or
that four men were all Moreman
Wheeler could handle,
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Bldg. 18: The employees work-
ing under Foreman Jones request
the proper overtime payment for
hours’ worked prior to regular
starting time.
Bldg. 269: C. Sehwenn who is
employed’ as a Toolmaker under
Foreman Parker is complaining
ubout undesirable working condi-
tions enused by a leader, 8
Bldg. 60: The group under Fore-
man Bergen are complaining about
inadequate allowances in their
prices for work that is required to
be done, :
Bldg.s1: Beank Conte is an Ac-
cumulator who cis complaining
about doing work not in his classi-
fieation,
Bldg..d40: The group working for
Foreman Mellon request a porter,
At present they are using Crane-
men to do porters? work.
Bldg. 8t:° The &C" Class “Pack-
ers are requesting that allowances
for crane lifts be added to their
prices.’
Thousands of srievances are handled by UE Local 301 -
cach 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--fareman level and have been re-~
ferred in the executive board-managennt level.
Bldg. 69: The Materfil Handlers
are protesting working on a paint
line. They say thereis plenty of
work under Foreman Regnier,
he is required to do.
CART: The employees . under
Foreman. Hopeck are requesting
proper classification in) tne with
Bldg. 17: Luberda and Falvo,. the work they are required to do.
Toolmakers with long service, are Knolls: HM. Reynolds is classified
requesting transfers to days, as oa Laboratory, Worker. She
Bldg. 18: DP. Gaur is protesting claims her duties and job require-
his transfer. to 8rd shift, He claims. ments entitle her to a higher eluss-
there is plenty of work on days. ifleation,
Bldg. 18: J, Treanor requests Bldg. 60: The group under Fore-
proper classification of the work Man Bergen are complaining about
i ; the method used to determine a
price for extra work,
Bldg. 2738: H, Darrow is an iAs-
sembler. Erector working under
Foreman Saddlomire, He js) res
questing a proper clussification.
Bldg. 278: D. Breuster is an As-
sembler Mvector working under
Poreman Saddlemire, He igs re- '
questing a proper classification.
Bldg. 16: The. group. working, un-
der Foreman Lewinski are com-
plathinge about a violation of” an
agreement reached on application
of timing rate,
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
“ UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO’ & MACHINE
WORKERS OF AMERICA (UE)
local 301
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Published by the Editorial Committee
President... dames J, Cognotta
Qusiness Agant—-....--..-.leo Jandroau
201 LIBERTY ST. . SCHENECTADY 5, N. Y.
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
Cy foral
biennial convention to. “keep your
x Walter
d delegates to the
Maritime Unien’s ninth
ther adv
eyes on Washington: because the
big steal’ is ‘vetting. ‘underway
there.”
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Sacramento, Califi—No cheers
are going up from labor. over Cali-
fornia’s .new governor, Goodwin
Knight, who has taken: over from
Earl Warren, now chief justice of
the U.S.
kk Ok
Pittsburgh—There is no indica-
tion here of any contract reopen-
Ing move in the coal industry, The
usual bargaining ‘hasnt begun and
nobody seems to know when it will.
kkk
Vancouver, B. C.—The proposed
AFL-CIO no-raiding pact was ap-
proved by a-close vole at the Inter-
natianal Woodworkers convention
here.
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N York—Moves , to impose
political tests on lawyers and bar
associations were’ condemned’ here
by speakers ‘nt a national confer-
Penes called by the National, Law-
yers Guild and attended by . 250
delegutes,, ‘
xk ke *
Washington—AFL Pres. George
_ Meany told the special 50th anni-
versary convention of the Interna-
tional ‘Hod Carriers Building &
Common Laborers Union (AFL) |
that intensified polifieal action is
the only way to get the unionhust-
ing ‘Taft-Hartley act provisions off
the statute books.
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Washington-—Stanley J. Rutten-
berg, CIO director of education,
warned, President Eisenhower that
“any attempt to put across a manu.
lacturers’ sales tax on a wide base
will he interpreted by organized
luhor “as an attempt to shift the
tux burden from the wealthy and
high income individuals to the bulk
af the American consumers.”
* wk *
Washington—James P. Mitchell,
new sveretary of Inbor, “is a man-
agentent man rather (han a labor
man,” commented AFL Pres. Geo.
Meany on Risenhower's choice of a
suecessor to Martin Durkin, re-
signed, ‘
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Washington — President Nisen-
hower Oct. T4 signed ni oder pers
mitting firing of federal employes
who assert their constitutional .
vights under investigation.
LECTRICAL UNION NEWS
Increase for Sixth
Straight Week
Figures released hy the Luhor
Department Bureau of lmploy-
ment Security. reveal that initial
elairss for unemployment compen-
sation increased steadily during! the
six straight: weeks preceding Oc-
tober 10.
The total of new claims filed the
week ended Oct. 10 was 212,100,
an inerease of 21,800 over the pre-
vious week. ; ;
The bureau said the increase in
the number of claims was wide-
spread, coming from 89 states.
At the sume time the number of
weeks. of unemployment claimed
showed sharp increnses® over a 3+
' period, indicating that the
length of unemployment in individ-
uu cases was increasing, An. in+
creased number of weeks of unem-
ployment claims was reported from
32 states,
The number of new claims for
unemployment compensation filed
during the week ended Oct. 10 was
nearly 40% above the number’ filed
a year ago, the bureau said. _
“4s in the past several weeks,”
the bureau said, “layoffs in a vars
fety of industries due to lack. of
orders and seasonal influences con-
tributed to the initial claims made.
A total of LO states reported lay-
offs in the apparel industry. Fur-
ther Jayofts in the auto. industry
oceurred in four states. Other in-
dustries experiencing layoffs in
move than one state were construc-
tion, electrical equipment, coal, pri-
mary metals and ordnance.”
Unemployment Claims G-E Company Pinches Pennies While
Permanently Disabled Worker Suffers
Worker Threatened with $79.50
Lawsuit Which GE Refuses to Pay
On January 30, 1951, Dominick Friello, a welder in Build-
ing 273, 27 years of age and married, fell from a scaffold and
geverely injured his back, neek, a shoulder and a leg. After
losing alittle more than an entire
year from work, Friello had to un->
dergoa a serious -aperation to his
back after which he was able to
return to work, but with the defi-
nite assurance that his back could
never be the same. In fuct, the
Referee in his compensation ‘case
made a legal finding that he was
permanently disabled,
In. order to give Friello some
relief from a bad back, his doetor
instructed him to sleep on an “or.
thopedic” mattress,
-At this point, the Company, aft-
er paying Friello $1,753.60. for
more than a year’s lost time and
after paying, in addition, for the
operation, the hospital bill and the
doctors bill, refused to pay $79.50
SHOP STEWARDS
MEETING
Monday, November 2
2nd Shift — 1:00.P.M.
Ist &
3rd Shifts — 7:30 P.M.
So, HEINKLE... LAYING DOWN ON THE JOB AGAIN, [SEE
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for the special spring which must
go with'an orthopedic mattress.
‘After almost three years of court
hearings, the union’s lawyer, seek-
ing to avoid any further litigation
with its consequent loss of further
time for Friello, who would have
to spend more time in court, not to
speak of the valuable time which
the union’s lawyer would have. to
give up for so small un expendi-
ture, wrote to the Company asking
it to pay for the spring’ as well as
the mattress. The Company re-
fused by letter, admitting that doc-
tors have felt that mattresses were
of benefit in this type of case, but.
threatening that if a mattress “is
now going.to he interpreted as ine.
wy
cluding a spring’, the Company
had reached the point where it
would have td teview its policy.
What poliey would. have to be. re-
viewed by the Company was not
made exactly clear, except perhaps,
to litigate every requirement which
an injured worker might have,
Since the merchant who had sold
the mattress and spring to Friello
was now threatening to sue Frivtlo
and to garnishee his wayes, the
union’s lawyer wrote to a
dealer whether the spring was
necessary, The reply to this was
that an “orthopedic mattress used
witheany other type of spring than
made fo match” the mattress, “de-
feats the special. purpose that: the
miutttress is made for’, A cony of
this letter was sent to the Com-
pany, after an exchange of weeks
of correspondence over this small
expenditure. The reply of the Com-
pany, however, was that. they
would pay for a mattress, but nat
for the spring, Friello, in) the
meantime, fenrs that his wages,
which he is courageously earning «
despite his condition, may he cut
by 10% every week to pay for a
spring which he would have: been
vory happy to do Without if he had
not been injured while at work.
When questioned about the pos-
sthle outeome of this situation, the
union’s lawyer stated that there
would be several months of further
litigation over the spring and that
“the manufacturer would have to be
brought in as a witness unless the
Company changes tts "position and
agrees to pay for the spring,
Friday, October 30, 1953 ®
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