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ELECTRICAL UNION. “NEWS”
. August 18, 1950...
Constitutional Amendment aid Resolution
. «The combined: membership and
shop’ stewards’ ne of UE Local
801 Tuesday’ at the union: hall amended Article X, Section, B; of the
constitution on ‘recommendation ‘of
Local 301 who work in the, plant.
On , unanimous ‘recommendation
wmeeting ~ also
adopted the following resolution:
“The Executive Board. is recom-
mending to: the mémbership: a con-
that in appointing full-time union
representatives’ the selection be
limited to members of Local 801
who come fiom this plant.’
“The Board makeés* this recom- .
mendation solely in recoghition of
a demand on the part of many
members that full time union lead-
ership be developed from the ranks’
of those who have shown their
‘Yéadership ability in the plant..This
is a ‘sound principle"to develop a
strong ldadership for the. future.
“At the same time we recognize |
that: some people have sought ‘to
twist ‘this organizational: principle
into’a plan for a red-baiting purge
of: people. on the basis of political
belief, real-or rumored. This is of
“course the line ofthe company,
Carey; Murray and politicians: and’.
it is not an accident that those who
want ‘a purge direct their fire’
mainly .at those who were slan-. .
dered, most viciously by the ‘IUE.
“The workers in this plant re-
jected the JUE company. union
line in,the NLRB election May 25.
Now the same forces seek to press
it within UE 801 under cover of
the developing war hysteria, That. .
hysteria is all the more reason for
our’standing firm, in the defense
of our conditions and our basic
prineiples. © +
“UE Local 301 stands firmly on
the’ position . stated in the pre-
amble-to its coustitution, that all
workers in our industry have equal
rights, ‘regardless of craft, age,
sex, nationality, race, creed or
political beliefs.’ ;
“This is the principle on which
this union hag established a record
‘of gains unmatched by, any other
union in big ‘industry. We do: not
propose to surrender now “to the
IUE and its outside supporters, the
ELECTRICAL UNION: NEWS
ONITHD HLECTRICAL, RADIO AND
MACHINED WORKERS OF AMBRICA
SCHENECTADY GH LOCAL 301
Published by Xdltoriul Committec
Mary McCartin, Choirman =.
Adam Kolaslenaki, Secrotary ~
Robert Armatrong Frank D'Amico
~ Vietor Pagcho George Quick
_, George..Roode.. .. Troy. Snipes
Editorial Office
BLUCTRICAL UNION NEWS
901 Liborty St., Schenectady, N. ¥,
Telephone &-1888- _
amendment requiring -
the Executive Board: to provide that
" the selection of assistant. business agents he limited to members of
‘principles of democratic Agidtienn
unionism, which were vindicated
and. re- -affirmed on ‘May’ "25, Such
a surrender would take us ‘down
the road to government-controlled,
“company-unionism and before long
to the destruction of our ‘hard-won:
gains,
_ “Such a surrender fs | a political
purge demand would give the com-:
pany the excuse and the basis for a
“systemati¢ campaign to get rid of
those union leaders -who have
fought hardest in the shop for the
menibers’ rights. It would make
’ this-union helpless to protect the
working. conditions: «of the GE
workers in the very difficult sey ;
ahead,
“This union built its. slecunth,
_and’ its record by refusing to’ buy
so-called respectability in the eyes
“of the newspapers and other- out-
side forces at the expense of the
GE-workers’ true interests, ©
““We shall continue to fight
political,
company
any outside influences,
f religious, fraternal, or.
agents,
“We shall continue -to fight
against the use of red-baiting to
cover up
cratic practices, lack of program,
or betrayal of the workers’ _inter-
ests,
“We pledge ourselves to continue
‘to enforce the right of all mem- :
bers of UE Local 301 to equal cit-
izenship, to express . their: views
‘without penalty, and to hold offiee
_ under* the constitution: and their’
jobs in the plant on the. basis. of”
their record alone,
age ainst aie or discrimination
or stipposed
SUHIONe, a a icalben or of any
outside groups. We shall fight and
maintain our. policy that the mem-
bers run our union,
“Only in this Way ;can we build
and preserve UE Local 301 which
served the interests of GE work-
ers for 14 years and must do so
under much’ more difficult condi-
tions in the months to come.”
UE Wins More GE Units
Challenged ballots of warehouse
General Blectric workers at 'De-
...troit, Mich, and GE ‘boiler room.
| workers at Cleveland, Ohio, were
“yecently opened by NLRB repre-
sentatives. The count clinched the
election for UE in both units.
’ shortly ‘to’ cohsider. an’
‘against control of this" union by
incompetence, undemo- ‘
We shall fight.
died Saturday at his
‘Raises Obtained
For More Groups
Meetings : dre being * ‘arranged’
with the company to discuss fur-
ther adjustments in -rates’for the
skilled crafts and related groups,
A.'C, Stevens, assistant to the
works manager, last weck offered
a one-step; increases'to all 23 lay~
‘out meni on large parts in Building
278, with a’4-step. raise in. the. of,
‘ficial job rate, He also offered a
one-step raise ‘to Class A erectors
and to leaders in the same -build-
ing. This affects all 50 in the two
groups, except ‘for one man who
“already was ‘above the new job:
‘yate, The A-vate is raised one:
step and the leader rate two ‘steps.
The offers were accepted by the
respective groups, but they are ;
pressing for similar., adjustments
for the othei lay-out‘men and the
B and C-erectors in Bldgs. 278 ard —
UE Sell-out Angers . .
Westinghouse Workers
More than,.3,000 ‘Buffalo “West-
inghouse workers at a. plant: gatr.
“ineeting last weele voted: unanim\. .”
ously -to reject sell-out recommen-
dations of the IU. ‘leadership.
‘These iéddtamendationl 3 were. to >
speed up, production and to stop *
their “round-robin” meetings in re-
.turn for a vague stalling promise:
by the company to négotiate an ad--
justment in key-sheet raises;
- Instead, the Buffalo workers vot-
ed that:a strike vote be taken on
Aug. 10; But they learned to their. ©
‘anger, that a strike yote could not -
‘be taken for 90 days without. vio-
lating an. .IUE national sell-out,
a partial agreement reached. with
"Westinghouse. ;
In-spite of this,’ they: had anéiher
"le meeting this week vat which
49,006: : ' + they-planned to take a-strike vote.
The power house group will meet
offer ‘by
Stevens which would affect some
‘of the power jobs only. ‘
Business Agent Leo Jandreau is’
pointing out to Stevens that- the.
GE offer on skilled trades is in con-
flict ‘with. the “company’s |: whole...
past ‘position on, the relationship. of- .
job rates.. The company has omit-
ted the top-rated toolmakers, ma-
chine operators -and welders from
its offer. It also has omitted some
groups of crafts and helpers, and
various other BTOUpS in, the higher
brackets.
Raise Is Obtained
For Bldg. 19 Group.
The union hag obtained a raise
of ‘two'steps in the AER (antici-
pated “earning rate) on the job of.
tending an enamel furnace on large
enamel punchings in Building 19,
This’is the furnace on which the
“process was changed to automatic
feed. About 24 men benefit from
the raise. The case was handled
by Executive Board Member Sid-
‘ney: Friedlander and Shop Steward
Peter O’Neil.
_John P. O'Malley
John P. O'Malley, for many
years an active member of UE 301
before he retired from his job in
the Turbine Division ‘in March, ‘
home at -
Duane Lake. He was. a former
member of the. Schenectady Demo-...
cratic County Committee. ‘Besides
his widow, his survivors are a son,
a daughter and seven grandchild-'
ren. ; i
“round-robin”
But an IUE attorney. told the meet-
ing. the action would be egal...
The workers: ‘have. been’ holding
meetings to force
an upward adjustment i in their key-
sheet_raises. One group of. work-
ers attends a-meeting, returns to
work .and- then. a nDeEE ‘group at
‘tends. * :
IAM Doesn't Show Up
At Meeting on Election
Representatives of. the Irterna- ~
tional Association of, Machinists
failed to show up at 4 meeting ar-
ranged last week to discuss means
of speeding action on the” unchal-
lenged ballots in the “toolmakers’
‘yun-off election, °*
As a result, the matter has gone
to the NLRB fora decision, UE
301 has taken the position that on-.
ly one of the 54 challenged votes.
was éligible, but thatLocal 301 is
still willing to work: out an in-
formal agreement, .
No matter how the NLRB rules,
UE 301 is assured of a victory.
However, certification can be de-
layed for weeks” or months if a
formal NLRB -ruling is required,’
Second Shift Social
A second shift social will take
place at midnight tonight (Friday)
at-the union hall. Tickets are 50
cents,
. In the face of an wudlamnits let-
ter» by the company, workers’ at
.AMI,. Inge, . Grand... Rapids, . Mich..
voted for a UE-union shop in an
‘election’ conducted by the NLRB.
There were 189 votes for it and 31
_ against.
/Want UE Union Shop ©
(
a “Depital to- make up for
_ shifts for -an- hour
THE VOICE OF LOCAL 301
ELECTRICAL
“August 2 25 1950
“Equal Shifts Won
For Turbine Dept.
As: a result: of 4 mounting pres-
sure hy Turbine workers fox equal’:
shifts, the General ‘Electric Com-
pany this week ,agreed.to place ‘
third shift workers on an. eight:
hour shift. .in Building 273, like
first and second: ones.
A. .C.''Stevens, assistant to the
works manager, told UE 3801 rep-
resentatives at a grievance meet-
ing in Building 41 Tuesday’ that
third shifters’ will be put: on a
schedule of reporting’ to work an
Hour earlier at night. This’ will
do” away with the present. third
shift practice of having ‘to work
till noon Saturday to: make. up a
40-hour week, *).
>= The change will mean an: over-~
lapping of the second:.and_ third
‘each - night,.”.
Stevens said, and an overlapping
of the third and. first shifts fori
half-hour each mornings. There-are_
me «“real . difficulties” . to be’
orked .out, he. told the union |
“committee, but, he said -that he-
will try to put the new schedule
into’ effect next Monday. . °
The union has been trying for
three years to get GE to end the
disctimination against third shift
workers ‘by installing equal shifts.
In previous meetings management
dismissed the suggestion of over-
lapping shifts as impractical. The *
company” has also always turned
down, and did so again this week,
the union’s suggestion that the
equal-shift arrangement be
worked out by paid lunch periods. ,
Representing: 301 Tuesday were
Business Agent Leo Jandreau and
the following Turbine workers:
_ Jack Andrews, Emanuel Bada-
ulueco, Allen Claypool, Frank
Cornicelli, B. L. Fertal, Ed Pau-
_ lingi, Rudy Rissland, Fred T. Shee:
acai and Teddy Wheeler.
Blood ‘ Donors Needed
Volunteers are needed to give |
pints of blood to St. -Clare’s
trans-
‘fusions. given to Mary Pawlicka, 0
UE 801 member who is a spot
welder-in Building 58... She under-.
went an operation and has not yet
returned to work,
People willing to give - blood
should notify the union office.
HOW DON'T BE
APIG!
Another Boulware Masterpiece
Twisting Facts About GE Offers
L. R. Boulware, GE Vidaspieutdang, got out a special cdition of the
Works News,’ plus newspaper advertisements, this week, to blow up. the
company’s pension and insurance offer far.beyond what it really: is.
He also made the unfounded
claim that GE offered vacation and
holiday “improvements”, Actual.
ly, GE offered no improvement of
either the vaéition or holiday
clause and instead tried ‘to weaken
the holiday. provisions.
The Boulware item says that GE
is. the “first major corporation in
the United States” to offer a $125"
minimum pension’. That may be
so. among the big chain plants, but ,
actually UE pioneered: on the $125. -
minimum pension in its agreement
last winter with Westinghouse
Airbrake near Pittsburgh... And
the Westinghouse <Airbrake, set-
tlement . provided for “insurance
_and hospitalization paid | for
entirely by - the. company, un-like
GE's offer, and covering families
as well as..employées, while GE's
offer“ ¢
The Boulware-piece declares that
” the “security package”, ranges: in
value: from 18 cents to 28 cents per
hour for each employee. That is
f based on the company’s’ own. figur-
covers -the employees only.”
ing of insurance statistics, which
are very hard to check.’
- But even if these figures should .
be correct, they would be very. mis-
leading. They are’. intended 5: to
make you believe that the- offer
this year is’ worth from 15 to 28
cents an hour. Actually the se-
years. Only a small part of the
offer - represents added cost ‘thls
year.
The real story is that, GE’s prot-
its keep goirig up‘ and up, because
“:production per employee keeps °
getting ‘higher and higher. That
means that the workers are: en-
titled. to shorter hours, higher pay,
and: other benefits, not just for
themselves, «but to maintain the
country’s economy.
“prices” “are rising agains
Back the Contract Negotiations
By Paying Your UE 301 Dues. .
‘And now:
QO
Negotiations
On Contract
Continuing
Contract: negotiations between
:UEvand th General Electric’ Com-
pany
New York City at a session’ de-
voted. chiefly -.to discussion .. of
‘grievance procedure, transfers and
the company’s
strike clause. - s fi.
A «session was se eduled: for
yesterday (Thursday)" and nego::
tiations, are: especie) to continue >
next week,
"GE has withdrawn some of ‘the
proposals it made «to Weaken: ‘or
destroy basic. contract protections,
and. it has increased its pension
‘offer to a $125 minimum and’ has.
‘made a ‘few concessions® on insur-
ance. But the!_union and company
“are: far.
issues, «!
‘Delay in. Certifying
Vote of Toolmakers
Certification of UE’s vietory in
the toolmaker run-off July. 28 still
waits for action. by the NLRB on: ~-
the 54, challenged ballots. The In-
ternational Association of Machin-
ists has ‘been ducking a meeting
to work out some method of speed-
ing action in the matter, This in
no way- helps the IAM, but merely
delays, the toolmakers in getting’
formal recognition of their union;
Marshall Perlin, 301 attorney,
last. week visited the NLRB: office
in New York to press for, fast ac-
t tion on ‘the challenged ‘ballots. A
curity offer includes the pension “=
plan, already in -effect and devel-
‘oped’ under UE. pressure. over the
representative of the board is ex-
pected to come to Schenectady
shortly to investigate. ir
Awards for Injuries -
A workmen's compensation award
of $1,200 has been made to Elmer
Streeter, Building 278 planer, for
“50 per cent loss.of the use of his
*vight thumb, He was injured June
22, 1949,
“Another recent. award was $576
to Sidney J. Male, Building 16
sweeper, for injuries to tivo toes
- June 15, 1949, es» *
“Both cases were handled Thats
the UE 801 attorney, Marshall Per-
lin, as part of the union's free serv-
ice to its members, .
were “resumed Monday “ih:
oposal for a hho .
See Oe hiitey 6 General
UE President: Albert J. Fitz-
“Gerald and. the national..UE -at-
attorney, David Scribner, had a
conference -in -Washington Wed-
nesday with U. S. Attorney ‘Gen-
eral J. Howard McGrath at which
they: urged that action: be dropped
in the contempt citations. voted by
the. House of” Representatives:
against seven UE leaders and
members. « ;
" UE inembers throughout the
country ‘regard the attack on ‘the
, Seven as an attack on the union «
J itself and an effort to keep. it .
from functioning, FitzGerald told
the attorney general. :
He declared that UE officers
don’t. intend to be» -made “finger
men” to be used . against other
union people.”
’ Seribrier challenged ‘the consti-
tutionality .of the contempt cita-
tions voted at the request of the
House - Un- American | Committee, ts
He said that in’: presenting th
‘eases. toa. grand jury the U.S.
attorney in charge should advise
the grand jury that.an’ indictment
would be unconstitutional. Seribner
will submit a memorandum -to
McGrath | on.’ the constitationit
- question. ‘
UB 801 last “week ‘at “its mem:
bership meeting voted .to: send a’
four-man delegation to Washing-,
_tonté protest to McGrath against.
_ the proceedings against the, seven
ULE members. MeGrath’s office in-
‘formed the UE Washington office
that the meeting will have to be_
with one of the U. S. attorneys
who will be handling the case,. nat.
with McGrath,
‘UE locals all over the —
are joining in the defense of the
UE. members cited. for contempt:
. The seven cited include Secretary
Treasurer Julius Emspak and
Director of Organization James J,
Matles.
Vote UE Union Shop
Workers at ‘the Master Electric
Company,. Dayton, Ohio, recently ~
voted for a UE union shop in an
NLRB: election, with 746 voting for
it and a5 against.
ELECTRICAL. UNION NEWS
- UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO AND
MACHINE ‘WORKERS OF AMERICA
SCHHNECTADY GB LOCAL 301
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:" Adam Kolasienali, Secrotary °°
Robert Armstrong Frank D'Amico
“ ¥ictor Pascho George Quick
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Here’ 'S a picture of some of the second, shift lee Ss at their social Aug. 18 at 301 hall,
UE Treuticss IUE
In Edison Vote
‘UE scored: an‘overwhelming vies
tory Aug. 8 when .workers. of’ the
Thomas A. :Edigon.. Industrics at
Newark, N. J.,-chose UE by a,vote
of three.to one in NLRB elections’
at six units. In a small seventh
unit there will be a run-off election
between UE and the International
Association of Machinists.
Total vote for UE was 1,265; for
TUE, 439, and for IAM, 44,. Over
- half the: workers voting. are em-
ployed. in the storage battery: unit:
where UE polled. 797 and IUE. 204.
Of special interest was the fact
that the large nurhber of. Negro
workers supported UE almost to a
-man. Chief weapon of the IUE in
the: campaign was the anti-labor
Newark newspaper, the Star Ledg-
', Which championed IUE.
Marshall Plan Hit
By UAW-CIO- Officer
The fact that.” UE. waised some
questions. about use .of Marshall’.
Plan money ‘was one, of the chief.
reasons, UE was: expelled. by the
CIO.
Last week John wo ° Livingston;
viee. president of the United Auto
Workers, CIO, called the Marshall. «
Plan a “miserable failure’‘as far”
‘as skilled workers in Germany;,.
Italy ‘and France are: concerned,
He .just led a delegation of union
officials on a six-week tour of the
automotive and aircraft plants of
those countries.
Livingston said huge profits are
being made by the companies,,
whose plants have been rebuilt
and — rehabilitated by Marshall
Plan funds but that’ the workers
are getting extremely low wages.
Strike Vote Slated at Two UE Westinghouse Plants
“UE Westinghouse locals at Johnstown, Pa, and .Derry, Pa,, pro-
tested against’ the company’s refusal to make concessions in. contract
negotiations by voting this week to take a strike vote soon:, Other
locals were planning to act on the same question this week,
Contract’ sessions are. to con-
tinue next week, Last week the
* company made a slight: change in
its’ pension proposal, to make! a
worker 65 years old eligible after
_ 25 years’ unbroken service instead
of 80 years, © Westinghouse: still
refused to give the workers any
_Yested right in. the. pension .or..to
raise the $100 mittimum (inelud.
ing social’ security).
Westinghouse
said the pension UE negotiated
with the "Westinghouse Airbrake_
Go. is so far ahead of any other
-pension: plan in industry. that
Westinghouse can’t go. anywhere
near matching it. Westinghouse:
also claims it can’t make. the sime
offer’GE did because GE's arafite
~ are: so~much: greater.
representatives,
Westinghouse made a slight i im.
provement last week in its unsat-.
isfactory insurance. proposal,
Inspectors Get
Rate Inctease —
The one-step increase offered for.
inspectors in. the AA, A and-B.
classifications “went into. effect af J
of last week; after the inspectors-—
had, voted : ‘acceptance,
UE 801 notified. the - compel
that it would continue to. press. for
an. inereasé for the C ‘Inspectors,
and, also go -into the question of
whetlier certain . inspectors’ jobs
were properly classified. ;
The raises went to’ 218 men in
the three top groups, “excluding
_only six, B men’who were previ-
ously at the new B rate,
The official job rate-was raised:
three steps for AA inspectors, two
steps for A, and one step for B:
A. CG, Stevens; assistant to the
works, manager, in refusing to put
move than a one-step raise into
effect now, said the company did
not recognize that the men who
were at the old AA or A job rate
were doing the. full job in the ve-
spective classification, This will
be the subject: of shop grievances,
7 Cent Package
Workers at Toatlons Caster
Company, Evansville, Ind.,. secured
a 7 cents an hour package i increase.
through a new contract of UB Ly
cal 818.
received: a 6 cents an hour raise.
All toolroom and maintenance em- ~
ployees, including janitors and.
“sweepers; got “a 10 “cents an’ hour |
raise. It. ivas the largest increase
won by any union in the area this
year.
All production workers--+
“¢
oh report’ received from the Mational -
New, York yesterday stated that the
Thue reday noonti that, considerable
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