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No. 38 The Voice of G.£. Workers, Local 301 September 22, 1961.
FACTS ON G.E.. DISABILITY PENSION
. STRATTON REPLIES TO SHAMBO LETTER
|.» Local 301 Union officials are
constantly trying ta get more work
‘in the Schenectady area in an effort
‘to alleviate the unem
problem, * proyment
In this connection, -Presi
John Shambo sent a letter to Cone
gressman Sam Stratton suggesting
that he explore the possibility of
utilizing the Malta Test Center in
connection with: project Apolla
which is being cartied om by the
epace Agency,
‘Congressman Stratton informed
Pres. Shambo that he had contacted
_ the heads of the-Space Agency and
“they informed him that there is
onty one qualification which
‘prevents them from utilizing the
‘Malta Test Center, namely "a clim-
ate. where work: can be conducted
outdoors year around’, )
Money being spent on space.in an
all-out effort to ‘catch up with the
Russians, there ought to be some».
thing, i Be ee
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oo eM OTICE
Local 301 Pensidners Clubwill : |
meet Thursday, October 26th, at
2:00 p.m., in Union Auditorium.
DELEGATES ELECTEY
TO_AFE-C10 CONVEN
ional Convention wil
Buffalo on Oct. 23,:2
Local 301 members at the reg«
-ular Membership-Shop Stewards meet-.
ing held on Monday, Sept. 18, 1961
elected the following as delegates
to the-Convention:.. Pres. Shambo,:«~
Chief Shop. Steward Joe Mangino
and Shop Steward Michael Santore.
55, the optional pension would
by Allen BE. Townsend
Every few days a pensioner who
has left the plant on optional pen-
sion comes: to Union Headquarters
with questions about his pension.
Upon questioning them, I find that
in many cases they might possibly
have qualified for a disability
pension, *
The reason for, this happening
is either a reluctance to admit they
are disabled or ignorance of the
fact that a disability pension is,
better for them than an optional.
pension, .
Anyone who is disabled and who
has 15 or more years continuity-of
service may qualify for a disability
pension, Remember there is no min-
imum age and, therefore, a worker
could retire on disability at any
age providing he meets all other
requirements, Disability pension is
'a@ much better way of retiring as.
this type of income is not-taxable,
In addition, free insurance and hos~
pitalization is provided to age 65, —
. The earliest optional pension ..
can be obtained is at age 60 for men -
and age 55 for women, However, in ~~
this type of pension, insurance and
hospitalization are paid by the pen+.°
sioner to age 65, In addition, op-
tional is taxable, .0° 0!
“The minimum amount of “pension -
‘ba
figured at. a lower rate. =
. When in need of advice, it isa
good idea to contact your Union
| representative at Head
— NOTTOR SS
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
“ Monday, September 25th, 7:: “palms
Officers will meet at 6 p.m,
Union Headquarters - 121 Erie Blvd,
- REORTENTATION GLASSES SCHEDULED FOR BOARD MEMBERS--SHOP STuVARDS
Now that the vacation season has come to.an end.and most of us
are back again'to our regular routine, the Executive Board of Local 301°
voted unanimously to schedule a series of meetings covering each
Executive Board Member for the purpose of reviewing each shop steward's
problems, and to get the Union's machinery into high gear, offering
the best service and adequate protection to the members of Local 301.
The schedule below provides a separate meeting for each Executive
Board Member and his Shop..Stewards, giving ample time to discuss in
detail the group's prol iS. We also expect to review at, these
meetings some of the basic: problems and policies affecting the local
union, : ie
We urge each Shop Steward to make a special effort to be present
at the scheduled time allocated under his Board Member.
Brothers
Hacko
Kelly
Podell =
Stockheim
Alois
Etzel
White
Martucei
Cognetta
Kaminski
Masterson
Mastriani
Durante
Martin
DiCaterino
Palazeke
‘Donato
Wager
DeMarco
Koral
Natonski
DeLorenzo’:
Korszun,”"
Nejman
1st shift Shop Stewards meet at 7:30 p.m,
ana shift Shop Stewards meet at 1:00 Palle
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“3rd shift Shop Stewards meet at 8:00 a.m. —
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