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Vol. 8, No. 19 The Voice of G.E,
Workers, Local 301
May 5, 1961.
LOCAL 301 SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE FOR 1961
The 3rd annual Scholarship Drive for funds to help a son or
daughter of a Local 301 member meet the cost of a college education has
been under way for the past two weeks,
A number of applications requesting scholarship aid have been
received at the Union Office...the deadline for submitting applications
for the scholarship has been set for Friday, May 26, 1961.
OLD STANDARDS MAINTAINED
ON DRILL PRESS JOBS
Radial Drill Press Operators
in H-Bay, LSTG, win their grievance
on hood jobs,
; Recently, hoods were brought |
into the area for machining which-
are somewhat larger“than the cus-
tomary run of jobs.
Supervision informed the oper-
ators that the Drill Press Operat-
ions on larger hoods would be
considered new jobs, and, therefore,
new standards would be applied in
determining the pricing of the
drill press jobs, Needless to say,
this would result in the lowering
of the P.W. prices,
The Union representatives
immediately contacted Union Relat-
ions in Large Steam Turbine. At
the meeting the Union negotiators
contended that there was no jus~
tification in this particular case
to apply new standards in setting
.prices. The operators, the Union
contended, continued to use the
same method and procedures in the
drill press operations on the
larger hoods that have been applied
on the smaller jobs.
The Union negotiators insisted
‘that the old standards be used in
establishing P.W. prices. Following
several other meetings, the Company
agreed to use the old standards
for the purpose of pricing...
This is another exanple of the}
“settlement of a complaint without
the need of a formal grievance,
The following Union represen-
-tatives were -instrumental in re- ~~
solving this case: Board Member
Podell, Shop Steward Banaszewski |.
and Coordinator Vitallo. os
The scholarship applications
“Iwill be reviewed by the Scholarship
Committee, in conjunction with
representatives of the Schenectady
Public Schools, to determine who
shall. be selected as the 1961
candidate,
Local 301 sponsored Paul
Graziade in 1959, and in 1960, the
candidate for scholarship was
John Whitehouse. Paul attends Notr
Dame University and John is attend-
ing The College of The Holy Cross,
The previous scholarships have been
in the amount of $1,000 each.
Office Manager Joseph Drozdowski
reports the collections for the 1961
Scholarship Program have not as yet
reached the half way mark, or, at
least, they have not been received
at Union Headquarters.
The Scholarship Committee plans
to make a report to the July Member-
ship Meeting, which will include
the recommended candidate for 1961.
Executive Board Members are
requested to turn in their collec-
tions as quickly as is convenient so
that the Scholarship Committee may
proceed with their.work.
Members of the Scholarship
Committee are as follows: Frank
Masterson, Bldg. 5; Vincent DiLorenzo,
Bldg. 49; Joseph Korszun, Research
Lab; and John DeGraff, Bldg. 85.
NOTICE
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
‘Monday, May ath, at 7:30 p.m.
Officers will meet at 6 pam.
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EMPLOYMENT PICTURE-- PRODUCTION:
WORKERS =-SAC_AND. MAG DEPARTMENTS
LM&G CASES SETTLED
A grievance pertaining to’ .
radial drill press prices in #16 This is the first of a series
was recently settled. This case | [of articles which will be printed
was rather involved because some ‘in our weekly news: bulletin, acq-
of the work at this station was uainting our members with the employ~
moved to another station, The work |ment picture as reported from the
mix was changed due to this move, {various departments throughout the
causing the employees to suffer a . plant. - ;
loss in earnings.
a The first report comes from the
-_,, Shop Stewards Johnson and SAC-MAC Depts.: In a conversation
- Railing and Board Members Durante {held between Coordinator Christman
and Martin met on this problem at |and a, Lafley, Manager of Union
the second level of the grievance {Relations in Sac, Mr. Lafley stated
procedure, The situation was that from January to the end of
finally resolved by paying the March, approximately fifty (50) more
Radial Drill Press Operators & centSeople have been added to jobs fall-
additional per hole on fabricated ling within the Bargaining Unit. This
commutator shells, This additional figure does not include replacements
payment allowed the operators to |due to normal attrition.
maintain their previous earnings ©
and was retroactive to the time of Mr. Lafley feels that the pres-
the grievance, . ent level of-employment will remain
_ clara fairly stable, up to at least the
Shop Steward McElroy, #16,was |department shutdown for vacations
able to obtain the proper payment - lwhich will occur in July.
on 436-N42 a-B-C, where the job
was planned on S-1 Station and the Our members must recognize that
work was performed at Q-1 Station. |because of the short cycle operat-
The money paid amounted to $13.80 lions and the competitiveness of this
for the group under Steward McElroy.business,. it is practically imposs-~
ainda jible to predict the employment. out-
. Docket #1320 was filed by Shop|look beyond’ a 6 to 8 weeks period,
Steward Cochrane, Bldg. 16, on the uo
problem of closing out jobs while - Christman also contacted Andrew
there were vouchers available for {Forti, Manager of Union Relations for
work performed. At the second the MAC Dept. Mr, Forti mentioned
level, Steward Cochrane and Board |that the MAC Dept. reached its lowest
Member Durante were able to negot- |level of employment in the first
late vouchers in the amount of quarter of this year. In April,
$89.00 to be paid to the Assemble [fourteen (14) people were added to
and Connect Group in Bldg. 16. jobs in the Bargaining Unit. The
department is presently in the pro-
cess of hiring more employees, Mr.
Forti feels that this trend will in-
RAYMENT FOR ABSENCE FOR DEATH crease for the balance of this year,
si tN. FAMILY EXPLALTNED Two of the reasons for this optimism
‘by Allen &, Townsend are:
It has come to our attention |1. The Department's acquisition of
‘that many of our members have a fa recent Government contract to
wrong understanding of Article XXV |manufacture. 37 units to be used on
dealing with payment of up to threelthe Titan Missile Project,
days for time lost due to the death| ~~ = : .
of a member of the family. _ (2. The gratifying results achieved
; {due to. the effectiveness program
The most common misunderstand=linitiated in the Coil Area,
ing is that payment is made when ° | :
time is lost due to the death of an| . These two factors will help to
in-law, Payment is not made when [stabilize employment in the MAC Dept.
time is lost due to the death of anlfor the remainder of this year,
in-law, Likewise no payment would 4
be made in the case of death of
uncles, nieces or nephews, I$ YOUR CO-WORKER “A UNTON MAN?
The term "immediate family" as Over 90% of the employees work-
it pertains’to payments made under ing in the IUE Local 301 Bargaining. .
this Article refers to parents, — [Unit are members of the Union. Let's
wife or husband, brothers, sisters |try to persuade that less than 10%
and children, At the discretion to join the Union,
of the manager, step-parents or ene aa ae,
step-children may also be.included, ‘There are many reasons why it
1 engttgmvesmenmemeage Fe w + 1s a. mungemc sgn Guam nt leeres “- Inays to belong te the Union. why -
don't you check your group to make
ATTEND YOUR UNZON MEETINGS REGULARLY [it 100% UNION STRONG,
