LABOR-MaNAGE MENT EXHTBs TION TO BE. HELD IN ALBANY, STARTING MAY 26TH
“The City of Albany, Capital. of
the Empire State, will be the site _
wae ae ae of this year's outstanding Labor=
pene ee eee Ea Management event in the State. The
~ AEE 6th Annual Empire State ee
Tee yey . l . :
Jandreau, speaking at a agement. Exh bition opens to
meets ee the Aaeter ian Peetesnant public on ‘Thursday, he Sheraton ‘e,
Ministerial Association last Monday} three-day stand at the
said, "The Church and the Labor- Ten Eyck Hotel, :
t share one,important goal..; ty ue
Ben the lives of Americans more The Empire. State Labor-Manage-
. y ment Exhibition in the past has
veer and more secures attracted thousands to view the
nt on to say... exciting displays set up by business
age Ree raD wen distorted im. firms and. trade SeDaL Away Leeot
pression of the Labor Movement in | unions, non~ ~profit organiz
the minds of many people as the government agencies,
result of the McClellan Hearings
and anti-union propaganda campaign
that stemmed forth from these
hearings,
&
The 6th Empire State Labor-Man-
agement Exhibition is billed.as the
State's biggest "give-away show",
with countless ices Se anet ho:
| ave. i handed out:.to
"We, have our bad element in scheduled ‘to be a
the tahoe Movement, those men who Rad?os, typewriters, Sports ea een,
a eeking. to: destroy the out- resses, men a
standing gains that organized labor artificial flowers, hosiery, rela
( plished in its work over day and anniversary nong the gi oP er
the past years. They do it solely. food products, are among the gifts
. for the purpose of. thelr own self- | distributed. a | |
interest. However, while we are — . FREE
Admission to the show is
plagied rae bee ene iy were and it is expected to draw visitors
no different, nor are they more
prevalent in "the Labor Movement, from the entire Capitol District.
-than we-find existing throughout . .
the rest of our society. — a _
‘MANGINO ADDRESSES H.S, STUDENTS
"We in the Labor Movement are
ish econemic group...we . 2. .
knew oun welfare is tied to the Joseph Mangino, Chief Steward
11 of:our fellow of Local 301, in answer to a req-
Nmericenc’, a vandtecn said. "Our | uest from the Shalmont High School,
f students
rogram is a positive program which; addressed two ‘classes 0
is eood for all imerLvans and which] on the "History of Local 301".
will help make America strong."
A good many interested students
to hear labor's
andreau went on to explain | attended the lecture to
the Legislative Program of the side of problems which labor unions
AFL-CIO 2 '|are faced. with in our: community,
; and to find out "What the Future Has
A question and answer period in Store for American Labor".
i talk.
followed the Business Agent's ‘Mangino was flooded with
questions. which ranged from collect-
~— ive bargaining machine? y bo ronal
a 7
LAST WEEKtS WINNGRS --WSNY ion, The-students. showed a ke .
i yi SLUB- fort interest in labor problems, the key
saan RaSERS GLUE sonia! to their solution.and a to the
i is a list of the of labor's contribution to the |
wimers on the Barly Riser's Club | health and welfare of the community
last week: asa whole.
Ralph Irish . tala Deere
ici i —_ ton -
Revamere ieeee i we Smae “if possible, attend one of our
Art. Jewett Tom Kalament | union meetings.
Gary Palleschi Mrs Blanchard
Georgia Dagastino Don LaRocque |
Stella Bandosik. ...G,..Armstrong
Judith “Sessions
Many of them expressed their |
on
"LABOR LOOKS AT THE NEWS"
Sponsored by Local 301, IVE
was Gary Palleschi; who was awarde
This week's Jack-pot winner {
10,000 stamps.
Every Sat. Bves-=-6:45 Pott
Tune in each morning 6:00. a.me ~ WSNY --- 1240 on your Dial
7:30 aym. « WSNY = 1240 on your
dial for the "Early Risers".
(See Page 2)
desire to visit our union office and
AFL-CIO.
Vol.'7 m™-No. 15 — The Voice of GE Workers, Local 301, Schenectady, N.Y. April 15, 1960
Local 307 Prepares F or 1760 ) Negotiations
MAKE IT A DATE!
Attend Your
Union Meeting
—
"301 News" Wins
As Laber Editers
Local 3021's union hewspaper received four awards ‘at 9¢ Fitth
Annual Editor's Conference at Rutgers University last week,
“. cai cel
Labor editorg from the States
of New Jersey, New York ‘and
Pennsylvania gathered together to
discuss ways and means of im-
proving’ and: strengthening the
Labor Press at Rutgers on Satur-
day, April 9th.
ART CHRISTOPHER, our edi-
tor, received awards in four out
of six categories entered in the
Annual Labor Newspaper Com-
petition, The awards were as
follows: :
© FIRST PLACH—Gonoral Edl-
torial Excellence
® FIRST PLACE—Best Original
Editorial
® SECOND PLACE—Best orig-|
Four Awards —
Meet at Rutgers
® SECOND PLACE—Best Article
Dealing on World Aftairs,
("Foreign Competition”)
The judging. was done: by- the
Staff of the Rutgers School of
Journalism, | A: Beichman,
N. J. Press Ass Daniel Caruso,
Editor, Long Branch Record, NJ,
and Bornard YForer, Rutgers La-
Under | the ‘leadership of the
‘officers of-Local 301, an intensive
educational program was ‘launch-
ed this week in an effort to pre-
Pare ‘our members for the conung
negotiations in 1960,
Ben Segal, IUE Educational Di-
rector and Joe Swire, IUE Diree-
tor ‘of Pensions’ and ‘Insurance,
.conducted fout:groups in a 3-day
session on “Negotiations for 1960,"
“GH” Propaganda and Lines of
Communications,” “Pensions and
/Tnsurance” and many other sub-
jects relating to our Union Pro»
grani for the coming monthg
ahead,
“Be Prepared’ was. the slogan
adopted by the members and
Stewards who attended the edu-
cational sessions: All classes
were well: attended and the stu-
dents showed a. great enthusingm
in learning more about the part
they will play in the near future, ¢
Ben Segal and Joe Swire are to
be- commended for the excellent
job they did and for the enthus-
iasm shown in their program,
which was conducted with the co-
Operation of Leo Jandreau and
the Officers and Executive Board
Members of Local 301,
Tho students, too, are to he
conmnended for the fact that “no
President oft isterm Labor | lost time’ was involved in the
Press Conferai joyd Burns, | Course of the 8-day sessions,
Core ee eee wee
bor Program,
Workshops were held during the
full day session, on Photography,
Editorial Writing, Layouts, Fea-
fure Writing, and on muiny other
phases of publishing «a good read-
able Howspaper,
Well over 100 Local Labor Edi-
"LABOR LOOKS
” AT THE NEWS"
_ Dial 1240 — WSNY
Sponsored by Local 301, JUE
Every Sat, 6:45-7:00 P.M..
inal Photo
tors attended. Powe een m ewe eee eee meee
cs
Page Two
LOCAL 301 NEWS
LOCAL 30! IUE NEWS
AFL-CIO
“OFFICIAL, ORGAN OF LOCAL 301,
REPESENTING SCHENECTADY
GE WORKERS |
Published by the Editorial Committee
Prasident ..... +. John H, Shambo
Vico Presidant . . William J. Kelly
Troasurer Pat J, Donato
Recording Secretary .... Rey V. Schaffer
Ass't Recording Socretary..David Guan
Chlof Shop Steward ... Josaph Mangino
Business Agant Leo Jandreau
121 Erlo Blvd. Schenectady. 5, N. Y.
Editor — Art Christopher
Scholarship
Fund Rules
Outlined
The executive board of “Local
301 adopted the following rules
concerning the scholarship fund
for which collections are now he-
ing made. :
he board. decided that recip-
ients must be children of mem-
bers of the union; that they must
make application for the fund;
that standard rules be used for
making the award; that a fin-
ancial need is obvious and that
a union committee will serve with
making the final selection,
Frank Masterson, chairman of
the fund raising committee, re-
ported the scholarship drive has
collected only §316 to date but
that there were still many shop
stewardg who have not reported.
He. pointed out, that if every
member gave only $1.00, there
would be well over $9,000 available
for deserving youngsters who
want to go to college, :
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Labor Programs
WRGB-TV — Every Sat.
12:45 P.M. — Channel 6
“Amoricans at Work”
“Labor Looks at the News”
6:45 PLM, — Every Sat. Eve.
WSNY
“Washington Reports”
WSNY Radio — Dial 1240
Every Sat.. Evening 7 P.M.
WCSS Sunday 2 P. M,
\ Editorial:
“Are We 2nd Class Citizens?”
On 11/11/59 a docket was initiated on behalf of all 3rd shift
employees in Steam Turbine. In it we protested the closing of the
First Aid and Dispensary facilities located in Bldg. #273 which had
heretofore been servicing the 3rd shift employees.
The company's answer was that, the matter had been brought
to the attention of management and that they felt there would be
adequate medical service available to 3rd shift workers. Needless
to say, we were not satisfied with the answer and moved the case
to the second level.
We met.representatives of Labor Relations and were informed
by them, thatthe reason for closing the First: Aid and Dispensary:
| facilities was because of the reduction in forces on the 3rd shift in
Turbine and that they felt the personnol'in the Industrial Clinic
would be able to provide medical care for injured persons on 3rd
shift in Turbine. “
LIFE OR DEATH
We pointed out to the company representatives at that time,
that in case of serious accident, the added :time clement involved
in administering prompt medical aid because of this ‘change, could
very well mean the difference between life or death, It was also
brought to their attention, that there was still over 300 employees
working the third shift in ‘Turbine, therefore, we felt that there was
Justification on our part to request the restoration of First Aid and
Dispensary service on the 8rd shift. They agreed to take another
look at the situation. Since then, 6 months have elapsed and nothing
‘has been done to correct the condition.
- On 3/29/60 the 2nd and 3rd shift Board Members of Turbine
together With Co-ordinator Ralph Vitallo and Ass’t Recording
Secretary, Dave Gunn, met with Mr, R. Brearton and some members
of his stafl, to discuss Case #468 which dealt with practices which
‘we felt were discriminatory against the 2nd and 3rd shift employees,
one of which, was the closing of the First Aid and Dispensary
service on 3rd shift.
ACCIDENTS OCCUR
Several accidents have occurred since the said closing, where the
injured had to wait anywhere from 20 minutes to 35 minutes before
(ransportation was provided. In the majority of these cases, the
injured had to be transported all the way to Ellis Hospital. This
meant an additional 20 minutes to 4% hour before he received any
medical attention. P
These cases’ were brought to the attention of the company
representatives present. We also mentioned, that in not one of these
ciises, Was a male nurse or someone experienced in rendering: First
Aid present when the transportation vehicle arrived to transport
the injured worker, thus creating the added hazard .of inflicting
further damage, by having sgmeone inexperienced directing the
transported, a
THE POWERS THAT BE
Appurently, the powers that be, in General Electric, have become
so obsessed by their Cost Reduction Program, that they are willing
to jeopardize the physical well being of the 8rd shift employces, by
tliminating the cost of maintaining the First Aid and Dispensary
service on the 8rd shift. Although we. are 8rd shift employees,. we
feel that we should not be treated as second class citizens, and. that
our lives are just as precious to our families and to us, ay are the
lives of other employees of General Electric to thelr “respective
tumilies. Because of this, we feel that we-are entitled to the same
medieal services that are rendered to other employees.
a! ‘ JOHN A, MARTUCCI, (Board Member)
April 15, 1960
manner in which the injured worker should be handled while being -
April 15, 1960
LOCAL 301 NEWS. Page Three
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AID FOR DEPRESSED AREA URGED
The tripartite Federal Advisory
Couneil on Employment Security
called’ “for a program of financial
assistance to communities which
“exhibit tendencies” toward per-
sistent unemployment but which
have not yet “deteriorated to the
point of becoming classified as
chronic labor surplus areas.”
The unanimous views of the
council's 2 labor, management
and public members were con-
tainedin a report to Labor Sec.
James P, Mitchell, The council {8}
a statutory body established’. to|
advise the Secretary of Labor“and
the Director of Employment Se-
curity on. policies relating to un-
“employment,
Persistent Joblessness
Its report was geared to a study
of persistent joblessness in the
nation. According to the most re-
cent Labor Dept, employment-un-
employment report, there were
964,000 persons unemployed 15
weeks or more in February, com-
pared to 617,000 long-term jobless
in pre-recession February 1957.
The report was made public as
the powerful House Rules Com-
mittee, ending a 10-month block-
ade of depressed, area legislation,
opened hearings on a $250 million,
Avdministration-opposed bill,
slightly smaller in scope than one
Pres. Eisenhower vetoed in 1958,
but far larger than the $57 million
recommended in current Adminis-
tration budget proposals,
Passage of aid-to-depressed
areas legislation is a key plank
in the AFL-CIO’s 12-point “Posi-
tive Program: for America,”
which organized labor has asked
Congress to enact before it ad-
journs in July for the Demo-
cratic and Republican presiden-
tial nominating conventions,
In’ dealing with persistent un-
employment, the committee called
for government financial support
for retraining jobless workers, in-
cluding financial ald to the job-'
jess whose unemployment insur-
ance benefits have been exhausted
or who are not covered by unem-
ployment assistance, but who are
undergoing approved training.
Rep. Stratton is. sponsoring a
“Depressed Areas Bill’ in the
House...
“Things to Think About”
By Frank Masterson
NEXT WEEK will end the Scholarship Drive. Please do your
share to make it successful, The scholarship does a ‘ald job...
it will enable some worthy young person. to :furthex: his ‘or her
education on a higher’plane and-it establishes Local 301 a8 a worth-
while organization, lending its assistance to many other community
‘projects in the area. Local 801 is one of the largest sponsors of
area boys going to YMCA Camp this. summer ‘of individual organiza-
in thé community. How about it, folks, let’s do a good job.
BID YOU KNOW THAT the Forand Bill, which is designed to. |
élpvour aged citizens who have limited.incomes and. are sorely in
‘need of a better medical program, is before the Senate and House
land is one of the hottest issues of 19607 It has recently drawn
more mail than any other bill of any kind before the Congress of
the United States, Do we help our senior citizens to maintain their
health and their pride, or de we subject thom to publie welfare and
other charities?) Write your Congressman today:
IT DEFENDS ON WHO PAYS
A Union plant meeting that was scheduled for 12 o'clock noon
in Bldg. 37 came on the same day a worker was to yeceive a
presentation from the group. This man was leaving on a pension
on short notice, _The foreman approachod the shop steward and
suggested that the presentation precede the meeting, The shop
steward remarked that the time wag short (30 minutes) and he
thought it would be better to run over on the employee's presentation”
if time ran out. The foreman said we owe this man something
and he should come first. The steward readily agreed that after 30
years, the Company did have ® moral obligation to this employee.
He then suggested that they make the presentation before 12 o'clock. .
The foreman's answer. was,.oh, we can’t do that! What happened
to-the moral obligatlon?
Paying your Union dues is only part of what makes a good
Union member. Your physical support is also vitally needed,
ATTEND YOUR MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS!
LEGAL CLINIC AT UNION OFFICE
MONDAYS 9 AM to 11.AM, 2 PM to 5 PM
Among other services provided “for members of Local 301
IUE is a Legal Clinic, The clinic is maintained at the Local
Union office and is open:to all members of the Union between
the hours of 9 A.M. to 11 A.M, and 2 P.M, and 5 P.M. every
Monday.
Union. members may avail’ themselves of the services of the
Union attorneys in Worlnnen's’ Compensation cases and other
logal matters.
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