Vol. 8, Noe 32.
The Voice of G.E. Workers, Local ook.
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FLIGHT TEST T0 INCREASE EMPLOYMENT
A bright spot in the employment
picture ome s from Flight. . Test.
"or. y ‘Board
Member Joe Korszun, who represents
workers there, indicates employment
vat this installation will increase
“substantially by. October 1961.
The number of workers employed
in our Bar gaining Unit: at the
present time is 60," This figure
“is expected to incréase in excess
of 100 by October.
All. employees laid” off nates
been called back to work, Presently.
the Employment Office is in the
process of hiring” new help,’
The reason for the upswing in
employment is due to the awarding
of a contract for major overhaul
and repairs to 35 aircraft of the
conventional type,. This work is
expected to. pers between 6 to &
months,
‘hours has been taking plac
|since the beginning of Ji
NOTICE |
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
Officers will meet at 6:00 p.m.
Monday, August 1yth,° at 7:30 Dems:
August 11, 1961.
.. EMPLOYMENT tia new HIGH
The hourly rated employees
working in the Bargaining Unit,
represented by Local 301, rose. "to
an’all year high according to the
report 5 OE management on’ August 4,
1961.
hoo ding to the report; 8,380
were working, which is 32 more than
were employed in January when the
size of the Bargaining Unit was
8,348.
Bmployment dropped to a low of
8,135 in April of this year...
. The August report showed an. in-
crease in-.overtime hours worked, The
‘average hours reported for July were
43.2 hours. The increase in. overtime
gradually
The Union officers protested
to management concerning this in-
crease in overtime in hight of the
unemployment. Management claimed
‘that some of the overtime was due
‘to the heavy vacation schedule,
However, they agreed to check each
| department as’ to the reason for the
SVEPULMe,: *
The Union officials pointed out
that 600 more employees could be
working a 40-hour week based on
. the August report.
SWS Tew LABOR REPRESENTATIVE VISITS UNION OFFICE .
Tuesday morning, Mr. Arne Derefeldt paid a visit to the Union
Office.
Confederation of Labor Councils,
Mr. Derefeldt is a former vice-president of one of Sweden's
He is touring our country through the
courtesy of the U.S, Labor Department for the purpose of studying. labor
management relations and other facets of the American Labor Movement,
Mr. Derefeldt sought answers to
ship enrollment,
questions conceming our member-
local autonomy, wages and working conditions.
- Apparently, much ofthis information and data he has accumulated wild
be used as a basis to formulate plans to raise the wages, working -
conditions and living standards of the working class in Sweden.
He mentioned meeting with many Union and Industry representatives
during his tour. and noted in his observations that there is a vast
difference in the climate or the type of relationship between Labor
and manag ement . in the various popescag of our country,
(cont'd. reverse side)
MAC DEPT, REVISES °
INVENTORY SCHE
“ As a- result of many complaints
«by, workers in the MAC’ Dept., Union
representatives in the department
requested a meeting with manage-
ment-to discuss the anticipated
loss of one day's pay due to the -
taking of inventory on, Friday,
August 25th, _ vee
During the discussions, Union
representatives contended that
other methods or.procedures should
be explored in conducting the in-
ventory which would-result in min-~
“imum loss of pay for the workers,
Management agreed to consult
_with the superintendents involved
inthe matter, - Be. |
As a result, the MAC Dept, ann
ouneed the following schedule: all
production workers will report for
work at 7:00 a.m. They will work
at their jobs from 7 to 12, Ine
ventory will ‘begin after the lunch
-period, HO oo i eta
The complete job of inventory
is expected to take 3 hours instead
of the normal 8 hours. This means
that many more than the usual
amount of workers: will be used for’
the job. Because ‘of the revision |
in plans, prewinvertory work will
be necessary,
This agreement is a very good
example of what can be accomplished
when the Company is made aware of.
its moral responsibilities,
We hope other departments who
are contemplating inventory will
devise methods whereby: the workers
will not be forced to lose a day's
«-FLASH«s
As we go to press, Pres, John
Shambo has announced that the
Large Motor & Generator Dept. has
also revised’ their. inventory sched-
Inventory. willbe taken. on
Saturday, August 26th, instead of
Friday, August 25th, .as. originally
planned, Employeés:.are to report
for work at ‘their. al hour on ©
“August 25: "
on. Pepresen~
IM&G. Dept sf.
££ to the U
‘the. MAC an
BE. AN ACTIVE. MEMBER. .
ATTEND YOUR UNION MEETINGS
(Cont'd.)”
SWEDISH’ LABOR REP, -
a
Two important remarks he made
were of particular«interest, namely,
there is ‘full employment in Sweden;
at the present time approximately ©
20% of their industries’ are auto-
mated,
No implementation. cf automation
is made in any industry without
first relocating workers who are
displaced as a result of such auto-~
mation or other technological .
changes, Labor and Industry are |
‘working together to achieve their
common goal of greater utilization
of automation in order to produce:
in more abundance the goods and
products needed, ;
With. regard to the effects of.
automation on labor in the United
States, the American Labor Movement
has been attempting. to achieve a =
similar objective by negotiating
retraining ..programs for displaced
workers, Some Unions have had a
certain degree of success along
these lines,
The other interesting point.
he made was in connection with
pensions,. He stated that a worker's
pension.benefits are computed by
taking’ an average of his thirty(30)
/ best years and receiving two-thirds
(2/3) of this figure as his annual
pension income. In addition, he
also receives government old age
pension. '
MOOSE’ LODGE To CONDUCT BINGO
IN LOCAL 301 AUDITORIUM
A contract has recently been
signed:-between Local 301, IUE, and
the Loyal Order ‘of Moose for the
rental: of ,our Auditorium for the
purpose: 0 nducting Bingo,
This makes two organizations
-)
who will be utilizing our facilities —
for this purpose. _
_ The Veteran Post 357 conduct
their Bingo.on Tuesday evenings and
the Loyal Order of Moose will con-
duct theirs on Wednesday 2venings,.
These rentals, together with
‘others, such as for weddings, ban-
quest and exhibits substantially
help to defray the expense of oper-~
ating and improving-our facilitiesy.
One project which ig now under
‘way is the enlargement of the meet
ing room in the Union Office Bldg.
_fhis room, when completed, will be
made available for department meet-
ings, leaving the Auditorium open
for bookings any day other than the
regular monthly membership meeting.
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