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The Voice of GE, Workers, local 301" Aug. 3, 1962,
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LOCAL 301 HO s
The 3rd Fiat beer ty meeting of District #3. was ‘held in Schenectady
last Friday and Saturday,
ict represents all IVE Local. Unions in New York State
“New York City Area. _
Leo Jandreau, as Prosidas Ae | tO: Area Councs'; opened
; , the meeting, greeting the es on behalf of Local $01 ‘and "Organized
\. Labor in the Schenectady Area’ .
International President James Ba Carey and International Secretary
Al Hartnett were the principal Speakers,
‘Nominations for Officers of the District were a special order of
business, The ele GeLoas will: take place at the October meeting of
the District, ¢ :
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Dave Gunn, a Local 301] member” and ‘Distxid ti Legis: ive Chairman,- was
elected a delegate to attend. the National IVE Convention representing
the District, Larry Gebo, a member of Local 301, was elected a delegate”
to attend the State AFL-CIO Convention, Another,member of=Local 301,
Soha Wager, was elected a member’ of tke Election, Committee that will
supervise the® District's election of of é
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According to reports from: the Local OL delegates, the represen-
tatives from the out of town TUE. Locals enjoyed their twomclay visit &
to Schenectady and were very much impressed with the Local 201 Auditor~
aya and our Offic uilding, ae
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FACTS FOR BENG LQNERS |
by Alten E. Townsend:
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A le sak at the reco do Due to the fact that the e
“87th Congress is all it“takes to. Schenectady G,E. Plant is composed
become impressed with the impor- mostly of people of advanced years, -
“tance of the elections goming up many of whom will be retiring soon,.
in November, Q. 8 / {it seems appropriate ‘to go: over a |
* “+few facts of which our members, should
Despite ‘cdnstant presidential | be aware. €
“~prodding, and des spite “the obvious. Wee 3 an
“ public support for many of Pres. © I would advise a person “Going:
Kennedy's key’ legislative propos = on pension ta et eae Social
‘als, the 87th Congress has written Security Offic mut a month before
@ sorry record, « “ Bg retiring at the 7 oF 65, which is.
: aan the.age at which a G.£, worker must
ven with thecPres gident's ., ./etite under the rules of the Company,
party in control of Congress, most ” He should take with him to ‘the Social .
> Liberal legislation has traveled a -jSecurity Office his birth certificate -
rocky road to nowhere. The. reason, ox other proof of age and’his with- -
‘for this is clear: the President's. holding mecelpte showing. his earn-
control of: ‘Congres ss exists only. on’ | iiigs for each of the 10 veans: prior
papery i a BE» Me ae ‘peri ranents wo
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Most of ee conmadttees are in | Due to the fact that. 2 hag. no,
the ‘firm gril ip of Dixiecrat jeaders. choice but tov retire at aoe we he
poder. ‘Tha few goed bills which ne a Aeuld.¢ also. ke application, for’ un«
survive the hacking away procégs - {employment insurance during the: first
in committee butt their heads « weal of his ratire ement, ° He should.
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UNION MEMBERS' VOTES (Cont'd, ) FACTS FOR PENSIONERS (Cont'd. )
against the stone wall of the GOP+
. Dixiecrat coalition of conservat- | Vacat-
ives, : ” ion pay received at the time of re~
oy tirement would have no bearing on '
The Coalition's Record=--1961 % his eligibility for unemployment. in-
To os 5 fsurance for which he could qualify
In the first session of the: at once Remember that to’ qualify’
87th Congress, 1961, the coalition |for' unemployment insurance you must
scored some major victories, In be actively engaged in looking for
the Senate, on seven votes to weak= jwork,
en proposed civil rights legislat-« .
ion, it scoréd~a clean sweep, It Finally, if’a pensioner becomes
won on two votes to reduce the sick after retirement within the 28-
effectiveness of temporary unem= day period following tetirement, he
ployment compensation legislations Jean qualify for the % pay sick
one vote on school aid; three votes ibenefits for as much as 26 weeks,
on housing, cine | |provi he is sick-for that long
a period, ¢
_In the House, among other vic-
tories, the coalition triumphed on . Your representative at Union
two votes on minimum.wages two on Headquarters is always ready: help
Mexican farm labors; three on public any person going on pension byzans-
powers one on school aid (a big wering their questions and “givi
one == it killed the general aid to ineeded advice, _
education bill), . og
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Voting separately, neither the] . VAST..MAJORITY CONDEMNS UE LEAFLET :
Dixiecrats.nor conservative Repub= ; ;
licans can) muster a majority in "“Weethe Lathe Operators in the
Senate or’ House. But when they get |Large Machine Section, resent some un=
together, they can throttle any billknown characters presenting them-
At full potential, the coalition canjselves as our spokesmen and stating
swing 59 of the 100 Senate votes; |that we are being sold down the river
282, or 65. percent, of House votes, by our Union Officers, The recent
Translate these figures into con= - lleaflet has distorted. the whole pic«
_ gressional achievement, and the: ture and threatens disunity, We have
reason forthe drab record of the had the full cooperation of our. Union
87th Congress. is no mystery, in meetings and: negotiations with the
a a of — Coe, with fruitful results in back
‘Need Is Great for More Liberals pay and protection. to our earnings, -
£ at vn There is still more to be, done, but
“As long as the coalition re- this will not be “accomplished ° ‘ough «
> tains its power, just so long will flies and disruption,”
good legislation be endangered, No | woe al ee foe Ge
, number of presidential messages, © Ysigned/ /signed/ . .
“. proposals, or pressures == and.seem= Jos 0 rh rr es
ingly no amount of. public outcry -- |F. Khapik = «<P, Raviele”:
will’ alter this basic fact of cons. | Jj, Love. J. Ahearn,
gressional life, _ OF Soe 2 © 7d, Mnich »-° “3, Krasucki
er eee .« [Me Powers «> — Fy Widmer
. * The-only way to.alter the fact Von Stetina R, Male |.’
is to alter the makeup of the Con~ Barbers 2 3, Gabriele
gress enough to assure true control | J. Smialek . °--. Marshall
“by the administration, That means...“ ‘Tongue “Kruk . é
-at least 20-30 additional liberals’: Lenkewich ° ‘Braun? °
“ must’ be propelled into office on .L. Gebo . C Lewis ~
“the. strength of the November elect» ‘Reiter, _ Morris.
dons, and if they are to make it, ° ‘Lewis ° a _Lawlors 4
their vehicle must be'the votes of |W,-Clute © ° “Caruso
working people. — . ene BS La, Montgomery Lloyd °
® eo Mutphy m4, Whalen 9. ©
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The deepest pitfall facing —
labor's efforts to elect more liber ee sae
a7 Songressiien yee Same one that’ {UNEMPLOYMENT at 5.5% of the’ labor
te bea baste a a ote Seathy, ta’ force inched upward iin June,.,Non-,
ro ° a eas de “PORES apa NY eo, | farm jobext 7 Million were “1.2
“Failure to elect a Liberal Conw| Mei pi onnover ast years ad nate koe a
Oeee oir gee tat ebl: mean two more. |wa's 286,000 below last year, in- °°
years of legislative frustration,“ dicating -that “ mam tame ats
: <a wee aa Ar he, a gthat many are dropping’ out
, BO veers che country can ill affords v5 the. job. race. The average work=
week in manufacturing increased by»
fa.tenth of an hour.to 40.6 hours but...
“this was a less than seasonal gain,»
The officially unemployed numbered = |»:
4,9 million, a’seasonal.rise of three-
quarters of a million over Jun@s
The working men and woiten have
. -the..opportunity--on Election Day -to-~
-help:determine their future and the
“. future of our Nation. Your vote ‘«
“. Gan da it, Boe Bee en.
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