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REPORT OF G.E, CONFERENCE BOARD
A great deal of interest was shown’ by Local 301 members in the.
report made by the Local 301 G.E, Conference Boar
ates presented their report
1963 contract proposals, Deleg
December Membership Meeting,
Many questions were asked by "301" members and consi
discussion took place on the various
Delegates reported that the problems
werer in
ELECTION COMMITTEE REPORT APPROVED
John Saccocio, Chairman of the.
Election Committee which conducted
the election of-officers of Local
301, made his report to the December
membership meetings, covering the
and shift and the lst and 3rd shift.|
The report was unanimously adopted
by both meetings.
The Election Committee was
charged with a vote of thanks for
ng an. outstanding job,
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President John: Shambo congrat-
ulated. the members of Local 301 for
the interest shown by them in the |.
election of officers, Approximately
70% of the members of Local 301
turned out during the 30 hours to
cast their votes, : =
THE 1963 CONTRACT SURVEY
. The: Union Office has completed’
the tabulation. of .the 4,000 Ques-
tionnaires that were distributed
among the members of IUE Local 301
for the purpose of giving express-.
_lonsto, possible contract proposals ©
hyethey thought were important, ..
“The Questionnaire. provided for
21 different items affecting the
(cont'd, reverse side)
| liberalizing the vacatio
offered by the Company in-1969, has .
| been tried and. tested and does not
vthe. Contract,
to. arbitrate. many requests. for
d Delegates onthe
at thew
i lerable ;
contract issues, Conference Board
facing the GE. workers in 1963
& much different than those which they faced in 1960,
In the older plants, the.
Pension Plan is the most popular.
issue. A request for a lower -Hé
sion age and higher benefits,
proved hospitalization and med
benefits also are among the
issues in the.older plants.
Employment ‘and’ income.-security
become an issue affecting All the
plants according to the expressions
of the Conference Board Delegates,
The closing down of the G,E, plants
in Anniston, Alabama, and Worcester,
Masse, along with the continual dis--
placement of employees and Jobs 0.
raise questions, such as a shorter
work week, more leisure time by
n ple
more paid’ holidays, :
The Income ‘Extension Aid Plan
provide the laid+o
id vorker with a
fair amount. of pro
Lon. as. com- ms
oyment.plang:. ”
which have been negotiated \ Veda
other Companies, ..
—~ A considerable amount of timer
‘was consumed in’a discussion of ,
the present Arbitration Clause in
It seems that the
General Electric Company is re
arbitration by Local Unions,
(cont'd, reverse side)
a
fusing
THE 1963 CONTRACT SURVEY (Cont'd,)-
contract issués...members were ty
asked to mark them numerically giv-~
ing, in. their opinion, their rel-
ative importance,
The one item that. ranked the‘
highest as the’ No, 1 Issue ‘was:
"Lower Pension Age with Full Bene
efits", The No, 2 Issue was:
“Higher Pension Benefits",
The next item in line of im-
portance was: "The Shorter Work
Week",
Contract issues which were
given about the same. consideration
of importance were: "Improved fed-
ical and Hospital Plan", which ine
cluded higher sick pay, “Liberal-
ization of Vacation Allowances",
"Cost of Living Escalator", "Union
Shop" and "Elimination of Farm-outs',
"More Paid Holidays", "Wage.
Increase" and "Elimination of Loss
of Service after 3-Year Layoff"
were issues that were also among
those at the top of the list
according to the results of the
Surveys.
EMPLOYMENT QUTLOCK IN FOUNDRY
The employees in the Foundry
Dept, recently received the first.
of several letters which will be
issued explaining the problems fac-
ing the Department as a result of
a Slow-down in business,
They point out in the letter
that the sales forecast for next
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does not allow: the Editorial Staff
GE.
CONFERENCE BOAF
|ilany of these case:
referred ‘to the Col
‘to get a Court Ord
. With all the-problems. facing
the 1963.Contract. Negotiations,
it is. the hope that the Union and
the Company will be able to work
out a satisfactory and peaceful
settlement, . TSS
SAT
The. Local. 301 News will not be
published next week because Xmas,
falls .on Tuesday, this. year. This:
sufficient time to gather material
which must be prepared during the
middle of the week bE publication
on, Friday,. ie .
cal: 301
£ ‘all the
The Officers of Lo
extend Season's Greetings.
members of our: Union. >
ELECTION WINNER. CONVINCED |
ONE VOTE COUNTS
Don't try to tell Robert Satter
of Newington,- Con :
doesn't count.
ate Legis-~
Running for.
he Sept. 27
lature, Satter st
primary by, -you guesséd it, EXACTLY
ONE VOTE, 609608, As if that~
weren't enough, six weeks later in
the general election Nov, 6th, he
went through another ‘cliffhanger,
AGAIN WINNING BY“A..STNGLE VOTE, ..
4164-4163 a0 00 Ue ty
year indicates a possible drop off
of 15% to 20% in the work+load,
giving several reasons for it, such
as Large Steam Turbine Dept., their
biggest customer, will.not require
as many castings next year, ° © ;
Another factor which they com-
plained about were the wages paid
Foundry workers, Also mentioned
-was the fact. that this yeat was a
good one becatise they had received
additional work. from the Everett
Foundry which has been closed, °
» They failed to tell the em-=
ployees the real facts concerning -
. the closing of the Everett Foundry,
Union officials and the community =
were told by the Company that the —
‘work dorie in Everett would ‘be trans=" |
ferred to Schenectady. While there
were 400° people working’ in. the
Everett Foundry ‘at that time, «this
figure, however, has not been’ re= ,
flected in the Schenectady Foundry
employment. This is duesin large...
-feasure to the tact that work -preve™
iously done in Everett is being °°
farmed out to other foundries and .-,
is not coming into Schenectady,
~ (cont'd, next column).
n
_ of operations’.cowld: go!
_in order to
irs
this’ sort of “letter writing
not contént in farming .
ork to “concerns, but are
purchasing castings, from Canadian
foundries... In spite. ofthe Company _
pledge to curtail .farmeouts to an: .
absolute minimum; ’.; tideal-of it
Still. goes ‘on. M Fort. ‘
centration intl
cular phase
2 Leng way in
Solving some.of the. problems, It's.
the same-old story, domestic and . ~
foreign compet.
cutting inte: ours'b @sss
‘compet
of all cut’ the’
We: feel that there are many other
ways to combat.competition, without
‘digging into’ the: pockets of workers
by cutting their wages, «
we must .£i3
vhether
is-a
forerunner of thousands! of others
that will’ be. flooding the-U.S,
‘mails in the coming mofiths in an
effort to gain a’ psychological
advantage. in: the 1963-Contract » "~~
negotiations, ...° Be ste
One begins to wonder”
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therefore.
vages, of our workers.”
