ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
Labor Criticism
Gives Campbell
The Squirms
State Sen.. Thomas F, Campbell
has been extended an invitation by
the 307? executive board te attend
“the hext Cniot® membership meet-
ing if he wants to, avail himself of .
the oppertunity to further set his ¢
record straight.
-The-invilalion was exténded fol-
lowing the reading: of a two page
letter from Campbell ins which he
complained that the ‘301’ NISWS
was not presenting «“true facts”
about him. :
The point: at issue is Local
301'secharge, as printed in the
NEWS, that Campbell told a
‘300? committee he'd try to
win, repeal of some—not all-—
Hughes - Brees unemployment
insurance law amendments.
Gampbell says this is a “delib-
eriute untruth,” which the Board
‘felt proved two things. He in ef-
fect: says 01’ members who saw
him are Hars—and it bears’) out
UK's charge thit he turned. his
‘back on the major demand of his
labor constituency. .
. Campbell further made the dum-
uging admission in his letter that.
a’ senate committee recommended
no Hughes-Brees changes and he
decided to “abide. by their decis-
ion,” rather than the wishes of his
own voters. .
Campbell. also says he did his
job by arranging a meeting for UE
with Republican legislative lead-
ers, Which the AFL attended, infer-
ring’ that he.did his job for labor
by arranging! a meeting, while ad-
mitting he did nothing else.
Board members generally felt
Campbell is alurmed at the pros-
pect that labor may do to hint next
November what labor: did to ex-
Mayor Begley last fall for his
anti-labor record, and noted that
Campbell should get eredit for his
commitment ..to vote aaginst the
lewin-Travia bill. which would re-
strict union political action.
‘Do Nothing’
In the second shortest session.
in history, the State Legislature
adjourned what .labor_ generally
regarded as a. ‘do-nothing” ses
sion dictated by Gov. Thomas FE.
Dewey. AH workmen's, compen.
sation bills that labor’ wanted
were killed in committee, repeal
of Hughes-Brees was killed,
with the. Republican . majority
exercising an iron hand over all
-} levislation. New York City had
its three percent sales tax con-
tinued and a $60 parking tax
added. ’
SPELLING IT OUT.
The ‘301° Activities Commmittee is. seer
schedule of social funetions and activities: for the membership in the year ahez
Rossi, 60; Ralph Pipe, 52; Michael Rakviea,
seeretary, 28; O. B. “Bucky” Phillips,
“above ‘at its first ‘session planning a full
Seen L tor. a }
3; Philip Cognetta, 52; William Garrison; 73A; Ann De Celli,
chairman, 285; Fred Pacelli, 46 and Michael Riggi, 60.
Anthony
ilson
ushes To |
3ig Steel |
Charles E., Wilson proved dramatically this week.that he’s still working the samé side of
ail
osses
the street as Defense Mobilizer as he did when he was GE President — the employers’ side.
After meeting: with steel executives last week in. New York Cit:
dent Truman, Wilson announced
he was out to drastically cut. down
the inadequate improvements rec-
“ommended by the “WSB that the_
CIO steel union accepted. Acting
like the anti-labor Wilson that GE
“workers have grown familiar with
through the years, Wilson ignored:
The WSB chairman’s statement
that the steel recommendations “do.
not set a new pattern or start an-
other round of inerenses or fringe
adjustments for industry gener
ally.”
ysteel contracts have not been
re-opened on non-wage issues since
1945 and CIO Pres. Philip Murray
had said “the workers in steel are
omerely requesting “they” be ae-
corded substuntially the same pro-
tections that are generally preval-
ent. throughout American indus-
try.” ; 7
The ‘real gimmick in Wil-
son’s action’ was considered
the fact that steel is only per-
mitted a $3 a ton increase un-
der stabilization and the indus.
aeting as their front man.
There was a distinet possibility
that Wilson acting so flagrantly on
behalf of big business as “assist-
ant” president’ might explode the
whole wage freeze he set up for
the employers, with labor members
finaly waking up and walking out
of this employer.set up that has
‘frozen: collective bargaining—while
taxes, prices and ‘profits keep go-
ing up.
GE. workers, who are confronted
y and then flying to see Presi-
“with GE using. Wilson's freeze for- the fight of the steel workers and
mulx to offer only.a -1.86 percent
increase, were united in supporting.
urging an end to the whole em
ployer wage freeze program,
Wages
Holidays
Premium
Pay
Shift
Differentials
Incentive
Pay
Vacations
Senio rity
Comparing UE and CIO Steel s
A point-by-comparison of the WSB's. major CIO steel recom.
mendations with what UE has won demonstrates clearly why all
of labor must back up the steel union's
Mobilizer Charles “EB, “Wilson water it down,
still wouldn’t have “caught-up.”* To let Wilson “water it down”
-would seriously hurt other union:
improve their already better conditions. Here's the comparison:
cio: Steel
1214 eonts ax of dan 1, 1952
(This Is steel's 151 wage
_ Inerense)
Avother 6 cents for the next
IK) months, endhi duly 1,
10 2M veuts an duly
152 wid 24 vents ou. dan
ae
SIs pai holiduys
2 dy PE
14 time for Sunday work
ws such utter dan. t, 168.
Tye dime for wotk after Al
hours, as diy past’ aceording
to Federal law. Double time
He for holidays, Straticted
time for Satarday work as
seh :
6 vents for second Ahite
Seeents for thledeshitt
Steel Unto sildts agree
ments on this. are “undue
wand “tmpractionl coms
Splleated. untulrand erratio
nid usked .new. protections
bused an Ctulrdas's pay for
falr day's wark WSK re-
ferred it back, No change.
Three weeks utter Ld soup.
Stet usted that sealarity be
determing tetor in layot'ts
aud rehiring. WSB referred
it buela No ehanges
fight not to let Defense -
such as UE—in their efforts to
MG tine for Saturday work
Seniority has been determine
Kt shows that steel
UE
1) to 17 vents CAn averige
15 cents Inerenne far 151)
No elosed' coutrnet. A
WAKE reotener now mud Te-
opening of entice contract in
September.
Siv pad hollditys sles Ha,
Seven sluew TOE,
Double Hime for Sundays
wid holidays us such since
toe ¢
ws such sloee Td.
This ix paid regardless at
Aumhee of hours worked pre
viously in the week,
106% of uvernge earnings
for hoth shifts,
A oprlee ean't be chinged un-
Jens there ix wu change of
methad and present earnlags
ure cunranteed in case of aR,
ehane cof method on stand. SX
ued price, i
Three weeks utter 13 years.
(Won tn 181)
ing fuctor on huvolts and re-
tirlug in UL contraet. for
Many years,
rome HAAN RMACLER HUA TAME ET BAC TRIER NO AN
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THE VOICE OF THE UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE, WORKERS OF AMERICA — LOCAL 30!, UE
Vol. 10 — No: 13
N@ ROOM ONLY. UE Local 301 stewards jam-
* tune from a one-percent offer a
Over 500 UE 301 stewards, meeting at a wa
» gall” GE's attempt to shove over'a Charle
gram inside the Schenectady Works and t
The stewards, who occupied every
available scat and spilled over into
standing room only in the rear of
the hall, came to. the conference
armed with the: rejection of Gl’s
offer by ‘members in building after
building: and their. avowed determ-
ination to bring a change in GE's
attitude, , ‘ A
"GE’s profits before taxes
(which is the-way a worker's
wage is figured) set an-all-time
high last year, it was pointed
out, hitting a peak of $415,617-
000 — which averages over
$2,000 in profits sweated out
wf each GE worker,
Speakers at the conference were
eo Jandrean, ‘801’ business agent;
Julius Emspak, UE. general sec-
retaiy-treasurer and James J. Mat-
les, UE Director of Organization.
Gh’s: offer of 1.86 percent ine
cease, ‘based ‘on the government's
Bureau of Labor Statistics, has al-_
rently shrunk to 1.08 percent and”
before the next announcement is
SCHENECTADY, NEW. YORK
nd’ get down to genuine collective bargaining
Friday, April 4, 1952
“st.
packed the Union Hall last Monday night as they .charted a program to change GE’s
on. wage increases its workers are demanding. :
Fighting
's 1% Tune
age conference in the Union Hall, Monday, March 31, branded as “
y Wilson one percent wage formula in the current wage rr
hroughout the chain to mobilize the rank and file in a fight to change GE's tune.
unmitigated
eopener and charted a pro-
made could fall below one percent
or down to zero, On other wage
demands, GE said: they '“weren’t
‘subject to negotiations” in this
wage veopener,
Stewards .made* clear that their
4301’ delegates to’ the National UL’
Wage Conference in Buffalo, April”
19, 20, should join in setting the
specific amount of general inerease
to be sought from GE. They spell-
ed out the special wage demands to
-be fouwht for that GE says are
not a subject for ‘negotiations, in-
eluding: 9
® Aiming for the 45 cent in-
~erease tool and diemakerfs and
building trades craftsmen are
seeking, based ona Wage Sta-
bilization Board survey made
the day.
UE Wage Conference.
| National UE Wage Conference
Three important meetings to chart UE’s wage and collective
> bargaining. course in the months ahead will take place: in Buffalo,
N. Y. on April 18, 19, 20. ,
On April_18, the UE Géeneral Executive Board will méet during
Friday evening, the GE and Westinghouse Conference
Boards will meet and all. day Saturday and Sunday, delegates from
UE locals. throughout the country
Major attention will center on setting
_ specific wage demand objectives and mapping national and com-
_ munity campaigns to-achieve the economic demands. come peers sa |
UE Local 301 will elect its delegates to the UE National
‘Wage Conference ‘at its. membership meeting, Monday, April 7.
‘301’ GE Conference Board delegates are: Leo Jandreau, business
agent; James J. Cognetta, president; and Fred Pacelli, second shift
executive board member-at-large. |
will hold a two day National
last fall — and killed by em-
ployer pressure, They voted
to back this fight. by mobilizing
skilled workers in all GE
plants and in other unions.
* To eliminate the 9 cent dif-
ferential: between the average
woman's job and the lowest
men's job, with no woman
making lower than common
laborer’s rate. .
®To cut GE’s geographical
differentials — through which
GE builds new tax-paid plants
and gets the same work. done
‘in lower-paid communities for
20 to 30 cents an hour cheaper
—but continues to sell at the
same price to consumers. This
threatens rates and jobs‘in all
GE plants, :
“300? Chief Shop Steward Wil-
liam) Mastrianni called apon all.
stewards ‘to back up the program
by calling meetings in their groups,“
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ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS .
Thousands of grievances are handled by UE Local 301
each year at all levels from the steward up to final appeal
in New York City, To keep members. posted, we shall
each week list some of the grievances that have not been
Bldg. 10C. J. Chischiaretta, A&
OS, on second shift*for six. years,
was promised first available open-
ing on first shift, but foreman re-
fused when opening existed. He
demands. first shift job, a
Bldg. .15:- S. Ruziecki, punch
press, demands his desk be moved
to’ more suitable location because
vibration of large punch press next
to him interferes with his perform-
ance of close inspection of: small
parts. . . 5 .
Bldg. 16: A group demands high-
er classification on. spin bearings
machine.. Work was done for near-
ly six years at average earnings by
bearing group and recently given
to babbit room group at a day rate.
paying only $1.65 an hour. we
A_ group of painters demand a
revalulation, with reclassification
and higher job rate in line with de-'
gree of skill performed. on paint-
Ing and spray work of high caliber
to produce high finish. .
A group of class D testers doing
. Class C testing demand a reclassifi-
cation to C. _
Bldg. 17: Reuben Mickle, George
Groinex, Albert Galpin and Joseph
Jablonski feel their set up rate is
inadequate and requést: an increase
to $1.65 an hour. :
Charles. Vartanessian requests
one hour pay for time spent.on ex-
cess grind job on Mareh 17, 1952.
Bldg. 24: Josephine La Brant,
Winifred Haskin and: Barbara Sar-
nowski demand a job revaluation
and higher vate’ because of. added
responsibilities and. duties to their
job-as resistance check on Wheat-
stone Bridge test. :
Bldg. 29: An entire group under
Forelady Doberneck, performing
hand pasting sheets section, ask an
investigation of inadequate piece
work prices that prevent satisfac-
tory earnings.
Bldg. 46: John O’Reilly charges
he was improperly penalized with
a warning “notice for poor attend-
anee, He’s lost time beeause of
invalid mother and tried to keep
lost time to minimum, :
‘Bldg. 49: John E. Gilligan de-
mands additional tool crib keepers
hecause climination of attendant on
third shift has left entire load on
“ “Every MetberBring A Member’.
VE KOCAL 301
JOINT
MEETING
Members & Stewards
2nd SHIFT
Monday, April 7, 1952
1:30 P.M. (before work}
dst and 3rd SHIFTS
Monday, April 7, 1952
. 7:30 P.M,
- Local 302 Hall
Erie Blvd. & Liberty St.
settled at the steward-foreman (evel arid have been re- “
ferred to the executive board-management level,
one man, whereas. there are two
men on other shifts...
A change of shift premium is de-
wmanded for D. J. Mulligan, who
was shifted from third to first shift
for one. week to work.on new ma-
chine which failed to enable him to
pick up any knowledge that would
make: him more proficient in his
, usual line of work...
A group protests
men’s' room by supervision and
cites fact that no Bldg. 273 wash-
rooms are locked.
“ G. Purtell, promised a-day shift
job when an opening was available,
demands he be given the present
opening. . ,
E. Racazkowski was classified as
outside truck driver at the time:
this group got a one step increase.
He demands he get the one step
increase with retroactive pay.
Bldg. 52: Ralph Iacobucci and
James Stewart protest that large
water sight boxes prices are in-
adequate, with prices practically
.the same as for small boxes with
much fewer parts.
A group of cranemen and crane
followers protest failure- to call
them in for overtime when half of
.men on floor are,.and:that inexper-
jenced workers doing their work
creates safety hazard. ~
group protests inexperience
and inability ‘reflected by a per-
son’s performance in planning jobs.
Since practically all the work-.
ers they service are working on
Saturdays, a tool room group feels
they should get the same.
A group of hand burners demand
piece work,
Bldg. 57: Frank Barnes, classi-
fied as B crane follower, works
with A crane operator and demands
reclassification to A crane follower.
Bldg. 59: A group of tallymen,
now .on one rate, asks that an A
classification be established for
those required to be versatile for
total job, with a B rate for those
confined to one part of the job,
with the A rate to be three steps
higher than the B. .
Bldg. 60: A group charges the
depth control job was classified as
B without a management evalu-
ation committee, though job was
previously done in Bldg. 46 by A
assemblers. A revaluation by man-
agement evaluating committee is
* demanded. .
Bldg. 66: H. Craft, welded prod-
ucts, claims the price paid for re-
painting after cylinder back plates
‘and pipes are assembled and weld-
ed is not enough and demands an
adjustment in price. :
A price adjustment so that op-
erator can maintain his hourly rate:
is demanded on job where operat-
ors took a cut because of a change
of method.
A group demands that. standard
rractice of a $1.75 set up price for
each’ different part be maintained.
The foreman asserts the pricing
table is not standard and is moving
prices up and down to suit values
set by supervision. :
Bldg. 69:. Harold W. Reed ob-
jects, to Foreman 0. Whitbeck’s us:
ing: of Albert’ -Wachowicz, classi=
fied as grit blast operator, for a
half a dozen jobs in shop outside of
his regular work assignment.
Bldg. 76: Jack Alvarez, boxmak-
locking of:
ing, who performs several opera-
tions, demands reclassification to
highest rated part of job.
E. C. Huestis, Leslie H. Matteson
and William H. De Hart, box, per-
' form class A millwork and demand
reclassification to ‘A with an in-
creased rate, a
Bldg. 107: Henry J. Caputo, a
mason helper, feels he has not been
given proper consideration for up-
grading, based on his: ability, ex-
perience and seniority.
Bldg. 273: A group demands
"$1.21 as proper. timing rate for
boring ‘mill-vertical turret-—-4 inch
Bullard class A, which now pays
$1.16, but was formerly classified
under boring mill vertical—up to -
8 alice with a timing rate of
A group demands reinstatement
of instructor H. Durran. His re-
moval has resulted in foreman op-
erating machines, outside his du-
ties, and his lack of adequate in-
structions causes much repair work
for which workers are not paid.
F. Starita demands an_adjust-
ment in rate and_ classification,
since he feels he’s improperly
classified_as welder hand-special.
Louis Sargent machined two op-
erations at standard table ‘price of
$10, but another job similar in con-
tent, except for welding together,
is priced at only $3. -Steward A.
» Dazewski demands table for old
standard prices and that new prices
be computed from it.
J. J. Burke, a tool crib keeper
class. A for eight years, protests
downgrading to. B and demands
restoration of his:class A, with re-
trouctive pay. Ba,
Budg. 285: R. Wetzel, downgrad-
ed one step from tool follower to
material moveman, demands res-
toration of rate. :
Warehouse:, Earnest Haverly,
classified as accumulator and in
charge of warchouse, feels he is
under-rated and demands | higher
classification with increased rate.
Campbell Ave.:. Leo Ezrow, Pas-
quale Perretta and Anthony Leone,
classified as class C stockkeepers,
feel their work and responsibilities
deserve B and A classifications and
increased rates, 0".
Lost and Found
Members have been urged to
avail themselves of the Lost &
Found Serviceavailable at the Pa-
trol Station in Bldg. 49- for any
articles they may have lost in the
Works. It was reported. last week
that there is a large backlog. of
unclaimed articles at the Patrol
Station.
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE
WORKERS OF AMERICA (UE) :
hocal 30%
Pubtlshed by the Edltorlal Committee’
Ass't Recording: Secratary......Frank D'Amico
Treasurer —-~----naeeennne Holan- Quictal
Vico-Prosidant .—.--2-----= Roy Schaffor
Recording Secrotary.......-Rudy Risstand
Prosidont eanneeneenn----.Jamos Cognatta
Chlof Shop’ Stoward ....Willlam Mastrlannt
Businoss Agontnnaeauneennenboo Jandreau
301 LIBERTY ST) SCHENECTADY 5, N. Y.
“Friday, April 4, 1952
dre you a loyal American or are you going to
ask me fur more pay?
Porter, Moveman Win.
Shared Overtime «
Discrimination against a move-
man and porter on’ overtime has
been halted in Bldg. 69. The Union
took*up the grievance of Reynolds
G. Baker, a moveman and R.. Olm-
stead, a porter, who were instruct-
ed not to come in on a Saturday
when Foreman J. Flicht@ called in
the rest of their group to work.
The two workers charged Plichta
was using a strictly speed-up prop-
osition, trying to get six days of
work in five, and. demanded this
type of discrimination be ended. .
They demanded the share of over-
time to which they’re entitled un-
dex the contract. Steward, D,¥. Pif ”
ucei handled the grievance,
DVA Veterans Clinic
Offers Free Advice -
‘UL member: Dontinick Tiscione,
commander of Lt. V. 0. Fryer
chapter 88 of the Disabled Veter-
ans Committee, announces that a
Veterans Clinic is now open every
Thursday evening from 8 to 10.
pm. at the Legion Post Memorial
Home on Chrisler Ave. ©
Free advice is available for vet- ;
erans, Tiscione said, on such prob-
lems as compensation, tax exemp-
tions; instrance and widows’ bene-
fits. - ,
Donato Elected
P. J. Donato was elected to the
‘801’ executive board in a special
election held on Mareh 26. He will
represent welded products workers
in Buildings 66, 52, 60 and 64. He
replaces Harry Bayliss, who was
compelled to resign for personal
reasons, won
Halts Intimidation
‘A grievance filed by Josephine
Strenka, a mica worker in Bldg. 29,
has” yesulted_ in ..Forelady.. Dober-..:
“neck receiving instructions to cense
intimidating, discriminating and
yeprimanding the worker, who is
not even under her supervision.
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“Friday, April 4, 1952.
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Tame ‘Horsewhip’
General Foreman -
General Foreman R. Robinson.
Campbell Ave.-Race Track, who
Was warned.two months ago if he
continued his “horsewhip” treat-
ment of workers he might find no
one to whip some fine day, found
out last week it was all too true.
The man who boasted that as far
as he was concerned there was no
Union contract: he’d observe, was
compelled to’stand by on March 24
while his.workers.took an extra 15
minutes lunch hour to.discuss en-
foreement of Union conditiotis:
~The next morning Robinson was
able to do nothing but bite his lip
as no work started until 8:30 am.,
an hour later than usual. The re-
sult was that Robinson was’ called
into a three hour meeting in the
electronics superintendent's office,
along. with Howard McLean, ‘301’
Board member; and Stewards Louis
Passikoff, Frank Jennings and Eq-
mund Kelly. : o
Immediate action was. prothised
on grievances involving failure to
equalize overtime and paying work-
ers for good A and B work. :
Robinson was told to take the
handcufts off of foremen and ‘let
them settle grievances without in-
terference.
Robinson the following morning
ill insisted he didn’t agree with
_ the workers’ estimate of his con-'
duet, but McLean informed him the
workers’ opinion was what counted
and they were prepared to back it
up again, : _
At last report, the “horsewhip”
was on the shelf, with Robinson's
attitude showing a marked change
for the better on various issues
‘placed before him by Union mem- °
bers.
| Valley Forge Foundation,. a non-
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“Alert America”
April 3, 4,5
James J. 'Cognetta, UE Local
301 president, this week person-
ally urged members to ‘attend
“Alect America,” a giant road
show illustrating Civil Defense
procedures and showing how the
American’ people may take
greater part in the activity, will
be ‘in Schenectady at the State
Armory on Washington Avenue
on Thursday, Friday .and Sat-
urday, April 3, 4, and 5.
The show is ‘sponsored by the
profit organization which ad-
ministers national programs in
the public ‘interest. Shows in
Schenectady and Albany will be
the only ones in this part of
New York State. |
The_show..,will_be.. brought to
Schenectady by a motorcade of
trucks. It will be open to the
public.. There will be no ad-
mission charge.
UE Mica Organizing .
Drive Paying Off —
Mica Insulator workers were last
week finding out what the power of .
organization in UE can accomplish.
With over a majority rejecting the
company union in that plant and
joining UE, the company rushed
to put out a 4.2 percent wage in-
crease and get quick Wage Stabil-
ization Board approval. :
Mica workers, ignoring the ,com-
pany union officers, have also been .
taking up their grievances through
their UE stewards and getting re-
sults on a whole string of accumu-
lated grievances, Me
With a NLRB election not like-
ly to be set for some, weeks, Local
‘301 officers have urged that mem-
bers in GE continue to contact
friends and relatives in the ‘plant
and help sign up the shop.
‘Large Motor
An, explosive situation, in
division, provoked by General
long time, blew wide open last
in Bldgs. 12, 14 and 16 stopped
“work on Friday, March 28, and |
were joined by Bldg. 60. workers on
Monday, March 31. "
The blow-off was caused by an
accumulation of tnsettled griev-
ances involving contract violations
that supervision refused to settle
satisfactorily. These cases’ had been
referred to management level, but
with the lack of authority that ex-
ists there because of GE’s new de-
centralization policy in the Works,
“they were given the brush-off.
The final, issue involved. was ‘re-
fusal to put R. J. Leget, an ap-
‘prentice graduate with 22 years
Service, on a new 42 foot boring
“ mill’ machine, despite his ability,
experience and seniority, A nian
“with nine years’ service was put on
the machine.
piled-up grievances that provoked
the stoppage. A committee .com-
posed of ‘301’ Pres. James. J. Cog-
netta, John Oberlies, ‘301’ board
member; Stewards L. Wilkins, G..
Seingenberger and. R:. Banagan,
plus Serafin Pita, assistant busi-:
Ness agent, on Tuesday won man-
agement’s agreement on the fol-
lowing: ; ;
Leger will be given the first op-
portunity for a better job on new
machines that will be installed.
GE agreed that in all future up-
gradings seniority will be given the
-full consideration provided in the
UE contract. ‘
A warning notice given Oberlics
for the stoppage was withdrawn.
Rail, Auto, Textile Get Pay Cuts © |
The cost-of-living “up and’ down
escalators” that were started in
the labor movement by CIO Auto
Workers Pres. Walter Reuther as:
a means of substituting charts for :
collective bargaining on wage in-.
ceases are proving to be the “fool’s
gold” that the United Mine Work-
ers, UE and other unions warned
about,
The escalator provides increases
Taree ge
“AND PRICES WILL
COME DOWN!
if the government BLS living cost
index shows an increase and a cut
in pay if the BLS figures move
down. mye ee
IUE-CIO Pres. James B. Carey
has tried to foist such escalators on
electrical workers and GE is trying
to use such an approach to avoid
paying a substantial wage increase.
The pay-off on the - escalator
clauses is coming in April. CIO
AND PRICES WILL
COME Pown!
northern textile workers, who have
such clauses, got a one cent’ cut
in wages last week, as did 1,150,000
_ Yailroad workers,’ based on.a BLS...
announcement that the index went
down on Feb. 15. oe
Reuther’s auto workers are riext
on the list, with no chance to get
the cut back until 1955, since Reu-
ther signed five year “closed” con- .
FoR MORE PAY!
‘AND PRICES WILL,
f
MR ALWE SHANE, ©
GE on Monday agreed to discuss
& Generator
—Stoppage Gets Results.
the large motor and generator
Foreman Andrew Terpak for a
week when about 2,000-workers
Terpak was instructed by the su-
.perintendent to ‘adopt a construc-
'- tive attitude toward UE stewards
. and let foremen settle grievances
at the shop level. This is expected
“to end the major gripe in the di-
vision, where Terpak was respon-
sible for grievances not being set-
tled and bouncing back’ and forth
between the division, and manage-
_ment level. . :
” Bldg. 17 Meeting
Backs Women
The first in what is planned as a
series of meetings to take up the
special demands of women in cur-
rent negotiations with GE was held
in Bldg. 17 on March 26, with a
gooil turnout of men and women. «
Helen Quirini, ‘301’
and. Sadie Iovinelli, ‘801’ executive
board member-at-large, laid’ stress
-on the need for. men to. understand
this. fight was their fight—that
“the higher rates.of men.
lovinelli cited ‘the, government
wartime exposure of Gli’s rate dis-
crimination’ towards women and
the progress made since’ by UE,
despite bitter GI resistance at
every step. She pointed out much
more needs to be done Quirini
urged support. by all workers of
the dockets on wire panelling work
now being discussed.
_ Rival Unions Unite
Against Harvester
UE’s appeal for a common fight
against International Harvester, as
it has appealed for such action in
GE, has: resulted in joint talks be-
ing held by three unions on the
question of wage classifications,
plecework Yates and other condi-
tions. *
Three locals, all at Harvester in-
dustrial power division plants, UE’s
Tarm Equipment Local 101 and
‘APL Federal Local 22631 at the
Milwaukee Works and CIO United
- Auto Workers, Local 6 at Melrose
Paik, IL, have agreed on joint re-
Sistanee to the “general. offensive
‘ ¢ Harvester Corp. against
Described as “mutual benefit”
talks, another joint meeting has...
» heen scheduled in April. UIE Local
101 opens negotiations with Har-
vester on May 1 and the other two
unions will begin talks on a health
and welfare plan in June,
treasurer
“lower rates for women threateiéd -
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