Electrical Union News, 1953 March 6

EQUALITY FOR ALL.

This is the slogan under which the local fair em-

ployment practices committee is working ‘to end all discrimination in pay

and in hiring at the Schenectady GE works. Pictured above are John—

Saccdcio and Wayman Lewis, who were elected as chairman and secretary
“of the committee at an organizational meeting last week.

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FEPC Group Maps 1953 Drive
To End GE's Discrimination

301 Delegation To Press

N.Y. Legislative Program

UE Local 301 will send a special committee to. Albany

Wednesday to work’ for passage of ‘3 union-sponsored meas-
ures to improve’ workmen’s compensation, and to testify for

Urge Final McCarran .

Repeal Petition Push

Local 801 stewarils were urged
this week to clean “up, the MeCar-

vun-Walter immigration law repeal °

petition campaign this week so that
the? thousands® of signatures col-
lected up to” now could be sent to
the two U. S. Senators. from New
York, Herbert Lehman and Irving
Ives, and to Rep. Bernard Kearney.

The petition drive has been on
for more than a month during
which UE's. demand for repeal. of
the vicious law drew wide support

_fram Schenectady religious and
community leaders. | ‘

Opposition to’. the’ MeCarran-
Walter law has been growing
throughout , the- country with al-

A program to end discrimination against workers on ac- -most all national. labor organiza-
count of color, nationality or sex was outlined by the UE Local
301 fair‘employment practices committee at its 1958 organiza-

tional meeting last week, The FEP
committee elected John Saccacio,
Building 52, as chairman and Way-
man Lewis, 52, as secretary...

Chief aim of the committee, as’
set forth in its preliminary. pro-
gram, is to make its services avail-
able to any worker in the Schenee-
tudy GE works who feels he is be-
ing diseriminated against. The
committee iso plans to.make every
effort to see that Negro workers
are given an equal opportunity in
hiring and upgrading.

Pointing to the need for wide
edueation.on the importance of the
fight against. discrimination, the
committee drew up 2 program de-
signed to’ acquaint the union mem-
bership with the need to make the
fight against discrimination in. or-
det to protect the wages, job secur-
ity and working conditions of all
workers in the plant.

Another plan made by the com-
mittee was to invite Ermest Thom
son, secretary of UE’s natiomsl
FEP eommittee to Schenectady. to

UE Wins New Shop

_ UE. overwhelmingly won bar-
gaining rights for the workers of
the Victor Safe and Eauipment Co.
in North Tonawanda, N. Y., as the
result of an NLRB election Wed-
nesday. ‘There was only one “no
union” vote cast against. the union.
Victor Safe is a dummy corpora-
‘tion: set-up: by Remington -Rand.-
UE has the bargaining rights for
the big Rem Rand ‘plant in North
Tonawanda,

campaign

4 ® Friday, February 27, 1953

iscuss. methods of tying-the 3801
with the drives be
ing conducted by. locals’ throughout
the country. .

The committee plans to meet on

tions joining with -religious and
nationality’ groups in the fight for
repeal. The law is a vicious act

which discriminates against. many -

national groups, and is pointedly
anti-labor, Many persons, inelud-
ing ex-President Truman, have .de-
nounced it as being very close to

a regular basis once every 2 weeks.the Nazi concepts of racism:

for passage’ of the Ostrander
umendment to protect public hun
ing and fishing preserves.

The committee will be'set up b
the union’s legislative sub-commit-
tee, which is under the chairman-
ship of Bill Stewart, Building 275,
Members of the group will visit
the 2 Schenectady legislators, State
Sen, Thomas Campbell and Assem-
blyman Oswald Heck, to urge them
to make un-all-out effort to secure
passage of the pro-union legisla-
tion,

The compensation bills all have
been. introduced into the legisla-
ture. They would increase maxi-

“mum weekly payments from $32 to

$40, provide payment for partial
silicosis disability and for time lost
at compensation hearings and med-
ical examinaitons. ‘
The Ostrander amendment is de-
signed to prevent politicians from
allowing private power companies
to grab off lands in the Adirondack
State Park. These lands belong to
the people of the ,State, and the
measure would’ require. a vote of
the people at clection time before
<iny of the lands could be, sold.
~ Many UE. locals, as well
other unions, have endorsed t
Ostrander amendment which mus’
puss this legislature to have a
chitnee of becoming law.

| _ Question

and Answer Cormer |

Every day in the shops, stewards
and other active union members are
approached by some of thetr fellow
workers and asked questions about our
union, UE, Some of ieee questions
keep popping up over and over again.
Bee he the EU News has de-
cided ‘to launch this new feature in
which some of the most. common in-
quiries are ‘put down, together: with
what we feel are honest-and- complete
replies, ys

Question: UE has again pro-
yosed joint action against the com-
pany by all unions with bargaining

“rights in the chain. When we made

a similar proposal last year, Carey
of the IUE-CCIO used it as an ex-
cuse for a vicious, red-baiting at-
tack on our union. “In'yiew of this;
why do we again call for joint ac-
tion? s

Answer: The position of UE has
always been that the main fight for
better wages and working condi-
.tions..must..always. be. against .the

company. Almost all of the major.
benefits in. our contract were won

before the Carey-led split in 1949.

Since then, all GE workers, regard-
less of affilintion, have suffered
from the company’s ‘ability to play
one union off against another, For
this reason, it’ is ‘important that
the rank and. file of «all unions in
the chain understand the import-
nnce of united action. The purpose
of the latest Ul eall for such -ac-
tion is to make the. members of
others unions aware’ of the situa-
tion and to rally them for a united
fight against the company and for

better wages and Working condi-

tions,

. Question: How ean anyone who
has signed a non-Communist affi-

davit be framed when the affidav- .

its stated the truth?

-Answer: History has shown that
by the use of perjurers, criminal
characters and professional stool-
_pigeons,. frameups have..been.con-
eocted against unionists by employ-
ers, The Harry Bridges case is a
good example of this, as is the

frameup: of CIO packinghouse”
workers’ leader Anthony Valentino
on charges of falsely signing a
non-Communist affidavit.

Question: Does the non-Com-
munist affidavit. refer only to mem-

bership in the Communist Party?

Answer: No. It also refers to
vague “alfillation” with the Com-
munist Party and. “belief in or
support of any ‘organization that

believes or. teaches: overthrow of .

the government.” This vagueness
‘ts deliberately put into the Taft-
Hartley law to open the door for
all sorts of frameups. It should be
remembered that throughout the
history of the Inbor movement

big corporations and their ages
in the government -have regarded
the very organization of unions as
“conspiratorial,” and all too often,
they have sought..to. make. loyalty:
to the country,mean loyalty to the
corporations with low wages and
sweatshop working conditions.

ELECTRICAL UNION. NEWS

SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK .

Friday, March 6, 1953

Waterloo, Iowa--Workers at the
fowa Public Service Co. have given
UIE Loval 209F'a one-sided vote of
confidence in an NLRB election.
UIE reecived 57 votes against a
lone balldt for the AFL electric.
ians :

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Denver—Four top officers of the
International Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers have called
on all of labor to “unite its ranks,
first to prevent big business amend-
‘ments to the Taft-Hartley law, and
then to repeal outright the law.”
Mine-Mill’s leaders cited. current
attempts to ban industrywide bar-
gaining as proof that T-H was set-
ting the standards_for new_‘and
even more’ vicious. legislation.
“Pranklin D. Roosevelt was right
in linking the Wagner Act with the
_ Bill of Rights,” the union. officers

sserted.
ee

Los Angeles—Westinghouse was
aeeused this week of attempting to
do away with seniority rights for
workers in 4 Pacific Coast plants,

those in Seattle, Los Angeles, I'm-.

eryville, Cal. and Sunnyvale Cal.
The corporation was reported by
UE International Representative
Bill Eleonin to be launching the
drive against plantwide seniority
at the new Sunnyvale factory by
attempting to write a local supple.
ment
rule,
ki &

Trenton, N. Ji—GE-> has shut
down. down its plant’ here and
moved all operations to Louisville.
he company’s action cost- 1,100
‘workers, represented by the IUE-
CIO, their jobs. GE had promised
the workers in Trenton that they
would be’compensated in case of a
plant shutdown. However, when
. the actual closing took. place, the
company reneged on this promise.

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Peoria, Il--Employees of the

‘ Cy Furnace Co. will receive 12¢

e per hour on their paychecks
as the result of a new agreement
negotiated by UE Local 185F.

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“York, “Pa.—Woniea” niembers of
the AFL Internaitonal Ladies Gar-'

ment Workers Union ‘staged a 2-
day -sitdown strike last week in an
effort to bolster their demands for
better piece work rates.

making unit seniority the’

UE Makes Economic Reopener Demands
As Support Grows for United Pay Fight

UE’s national negotiating committee served notice on GE this week that the union is
determined to win real. wage increases for General Electric workers in 1953. The committee
presented management with a 3-point economic package demand as wage reopener talks be-

BULLETIN!

_. -UE Local 301’s delegation to
Albany visited with Sen. Thomas
Campbell and-Assemblyman Os-
wald Heck Wednesday after-
noon and received promises from
both legislators that they would
fully support the union-backed
measure to provide compensa-
tion for partial. silicosis disa-
bility. They also pledged care-
ful consideration of the union’s
position on measures for im.
proving workinen’s compensa-
tion and unemployment insur-
ance benefits, particularly on
the bill to raise maximum week-
ly Benefits from $32 and $30 a
week. Heck agreed, “You can’t’
go far on $30 a ‘week “these
days.”

The story below: was written
before the actual meeting with
Campbell and Heck.

301 Group Works
For Albany Bills

A special 8-member committee
from Uls Local 301 went to Albany
Wednesday to muster support for
union-bucked measures to improve
workmen’s compensation and un-
employment insuranée laws,.and to
testify on behalf of a bill to. pro-
tect public hunting and fishing
preserves in the Adirondacks.

Local 8301's “lobby” was headed
by William Stewart, 278, chairman
of the union’s legislative sub-com-
mittee. Also in the group were
Peter Pisano, 77, and Henry Burke,
273, Pisano. is chairman of the
Schenectady 9th ward Democratic
club, and Burke is Republican su-
pervisor in the same ward.

First job of the committee was a

, 0 2 Schenectady legisla-
tors, Sen, Thomas Campbell and
Assemblyman Oswald Heck. Heck,
as speaker of the assembly, is con-
sidered to be the one man capable
of mobilizing the greatest’strength
behind the UL-supported measures.

The important conservation mea-
sure advocated by the loeal is. the
Ostrander amendment. This con-
stitutional change would” require
public review of the’ sale” of any
state lunds to private interests, It
is designed to prevent politicians
from selling the dlready limited
public recreational facilities to
greedy private power interests,

gan in New York ‘City yesterday.
The package included:

® A General wage increase.

® Payment. in time _or money
for the 2 1953 holidays which fall

» on Saturdays,

® Special wage increasse for

~ skilled workers and wonien, and to

end all geographical discrimination.

The reopener demands, were
framed as a part of an overall pro-
gram for the year. This program
will be expanded in the September
contract negotiations to. include
pensions, insurance, day workers
rates and other. important pact
issues.’ .

The union's negotiating commit-

_‘tee, which includes Loeal 301 Bus-
‘iness Agent Leo Jandreau,. made it
clear that, with the wage fréeze
off, the company could have no ex-
cuse for not granting UE’s de-
‘mands which are based on the real
needs of the workers and on the
tremendous profits made by the
company from the ever increasing
productivity of GE employees.

Of particular importanee during
these talks is the demund for pay-
ment for the Suturday holidays,
Decoration Duy and July 4. The
union takes the position that if the
company is unwilling to grant the
holidays directly, it must make up
for it through an equivalent. spe-
celal wage increase.

- The'demand for the skiNed work-
ers is based on findings of a spe-
cial U.S. government panel last
year. The panel recommended big,

STEWARDS TAKE OATH. Five new shop stewards were in.
Pietured above: are Ben Traczyk, Building

Monday’s stewards’ meeting.

pay hikes for craftsmen to restore
their traditional position at the
top of the national wage scale. The
companies have sought to keep
skilled workers’ pay down in order
to put a low ceiling on. the wages
of allay tes
‘Wlso fighting for an end”
to discrimination in pay against
women workers. As a Llst.step to-
ward this, the union is determined
to establish ‘the right of every
womun worker to receive wages no
lower than those paid to common
labor. : oom, ‘

In fighting against. geographical
discrimination, UE is also taking
a position on behalf of all. workers
in the GE chain. As long as the -
company is able.to get away with
paying, starvation wages in unor-

‘ gunized-ureas of the South, it will

continue to move more and more
jobs away from northern plants.
As the negotiations opened in
New York, UE was busy bolster-
ing support for a united wage fight
against the company. in GIO plants
throughout the country. This cam-
paign is featured by leaflet distri-
butions at plants where other un-
ions have bargaining rights. These
leatlets explain the importance of

_united action regardless of union

wtiliation in order to gain bene
fits for all workers.

The union’s call for unity was

“reported to be getting a warm re-

sponse from rank and file members
of the 1UE-CLO and of the APL
and independent unions,

sworn in.at -

89; E. Bates, 23; and W. Kennedy, 23, who were sworn in at the meet-

ing of the lst and 3rd shifts.

The stewards who took the oath at the

UE Observers Say T-HRepeal
. Remains as Labor's Top Task |

UE legislative observers in Washington made it clear this

“e

week that the number one task which still faces the labor
movement this year is full repeal of the Taft-Hartley law.

The union’s Washington repre-
jf sentatives emphasized this as they
issued’ a summary of: proposed la-
bor legislation introduced in Con-
gress so far this year.
_ .In‘all, about 30 bills dealing with
organized labor have been put for-
ward, These measures range from
the proposals of a few courageous
congressmen to kill T-H and to
bring back the Wagner. Act, to
bills by big business agents in both
houses to destroy completely ‘or-
ganized labor in the U. S. 6

However, the pro-labor. bills have
received little publicity in the cor-
poration-controlled press, and it is
an unfortunate fact that organized
labor has not gotten together for
a united fight which could make
passage of a Taft-Hartley repealer
possible. ‘

On the other hand, the National
Association of Manufacturers has

marshalled. all of its” big guns
behind the attempts to'cripple all
unions. The pet NAM bill is ap-
parently the one ‘introduced by
Wingate Lucas, labor-hating vep-
resentative from Texas. This pro-
posal would ban industry-wide bar-
gaining and ‘in the words of Rep.
Franklin D, Roosevelt, Jr., it is:

“A bill that would pulverize the’

American trade union movement
into a hundred thousand plants and
company fragments, each operat-
ing in enforced isolation.”

_ Roosevelt further pointed out
that the Lucas bill, by outlawing
the right of a national’ union to
bargain for workers in 2 com-
peting corporations in one indus-
try (such as. GE and Westing-
house), would make it illegal for

“unions to “advise or participate

even in local plant or’ company
negotiations.”

SURE WE KNowS WHAT
HES DOING... DIDN'T
WE Do IT BACK IN

I9N29°

Bldg. 10: William Haverly is a
piece worker who was told to. take
a day work job. He requested a
lack of work pass but was refused
this by his foreman, The union
demands that Haverly get the
treatment to which he is entitled
under the contract.

Bldg. 11: Rotor stackers on 2nd
shift have lost considerable time
due to lack of work. Some of the
stackers have been loaned out to
Bldg. 60 where they are working
11% hours a day and Saturdays,
This work should be equally dis-
tributed, and the union demands
such equal distribution.

Bldg. 12:° Edward Girard and
Gordon Vincent are piece workers.
When they run short of work, Fore-
man Gardiner takes the position

» that available work on the floor be-
longs to the ist shift, and that
these operators can not do it. As
nu result, they are forced to suffer
loss ‘of carnings. The union de-
mands that sufficient. work. be is-
sued to the 2nd ‘shift workers, or
that the forces be reduced so as to
provide full time employment for
the group. no

Bldg. 15: Job 9850926-Gr, 1 has
3 operations with an overall price
of $6.75. It is too heavy for a
woman to handle and should: be
issued to a man, The union de-
minds that this be done.

Bldg. 16: P. Flovio protests the
loss in earnings he is suffering be-
cause of lack of work brought
about by supervision’s adding of
workers to the group. The union
demands that management correct
this situation, i 8

~ “Inthe past few weeks, inspectors ©

have not been brought in. on Sun-
days although all 3 shifts of pro-
duction workers have been work-

2° Friday, Marcch 6, 1953

Fhousands of grievances are handled by UE Local 301
each year ut 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

‘settled at the: steward-foreman level and have been re-

ferred to the executive board-management level.

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ing, with foremen and operators - furnishing speeds and ‘feeds. re-

doing the inspection. The union de-
mands that the company bring the
inspectors. in for overtime work on
the same basis as other employees.

Bldg. 17: Edward Gagnon is
classified as a B lathe operator.
He has had. this classification since
8/10/52, when he was . upgraded

from C, However, his rate adjust- °

ment did not come until 7/14, The
union demands retroactive. pay. be-
tween these 2 dates, and a further
merit increase for Gagnon based
on his excellent performance,

Charles L. St. Onge is. classified
aus a B surface grinder operator,
but his work is strictly in the A
classification. He got his B classi-
fication .on 6/2/52, but his rate
wasn’t increased until 10/6. The
union demands -immediate reclassi-
fication to A and a retroactive pay
adjustment for the period from 6/2
to 10/6.

Bldg. 19: Andrew C. Nordlund

has worked only 8 Saturdays in’

1953, while the 8rd_ shift operator
on the job has worked every Sat-
urday. The union demands an end
to this discrimination and an equal
distribution of overtime.

Group under Foreman Maliszew-
ski demands equal distribution of
overtime on.punch press opera-
tions.

-~, Bldg. 46: Ralph Fischer request-

ed extra work payment on a job in
which excessive stock required a
rough and finish grind. Planning
calls for extra stock, but the fore-
man refuses’ payment of extra
work. He has indicated willing-
ness to pay only the inadequate

table price. The’ union demands ~~

the proper extra worl: payment.
Cylindrical grinder ~ operators
have asked to see the method card

quired by planning department.
However, Foreman Hartman has
refused to furnish such a card. As
a result, the workers have no way
of determining the time elements
on each job, The union demands
that they be furnished with a

_ method card.

Bldg. 69:. Group under Foreman
Lawrence has observed him work-
ing frequently on jobs belonging to
regular operators who do not have
sufficient work, The union de
mands this practice be stopped.

Group under Foreman J. Begley
protests the departure of super-
vision from the practice of issuing
individual vouchers covering all op-
erations, The union demands a re-
turn to the individual voucher sys-
tem, :

Bldg. 77: Past practice in 77 and
79 has been for Ist and 2nd shift
material handlers to be assigned
to supply necessary material for
8rd shift operations. This prac-
tice has. now’ been abandoned, and
the union demands that.it be re-
stored, —~

There is only one varnish maker
on 8rd shift assigned to cover op-

ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS

UNITED. ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE
WORKERS OF AMERICA (UE)

. Local 301
o> 2 =
Published by the Editorlal Comittee

Prosidont-..nn-nanen---Jamnos J, Cognelta
Vice President... w-----Josoph Atois
TPOASUT OP anawnnnnnnen----Jaseph Whitback
Recording Socretary-..--...--Roy Schaffor
‘Aaa't’ © RocordingSacratary.——_ Rudy © Rlistand
Chief Shop Steward-....William Mastrlant
Business Agent...---..-..-lee Jaondreau

401 LIBERTY ST. SCHENECTADY 5, N. Y.

erations in both 71 and .79. The
job involves loading and cooking’

hazardous chemicals at _tempera-

tures of around 800° C. In case of
an accident, the operator would be
helpless. Therefore, the union de-
mands elimination of this serious
safety hazard by the assignment,

a eauleiona) varnish maker to 4
shift.

Bldg. 265: Group of water tend-
ers have had additional duties and
responsibilities, including those of
turbine operators, assigned to
them, Therefore, the union de-
mands reevaluation of the jobs
with proper rate increases.

Bldg. 269: The union demands
clarification of the duties and class-
fication of Marvin Smith, He is
classified as a B hydrogen furnace
operator, but supervision utilizes
him on various assignments in-
cluding setups, spray room work
and other duties outside of his
classification, :

Piece workers under Foreman
O’Brien and Roche protest their
being removed from their jobs for
monthly inventory without proper
compensation, The union demands
that, if they must leave their jobs,
they be paid average earnings.

The company is using. Armando
Paolelli, H. S, Cornell and Michale
Mongelo, classified as maintenance
men, on production jobs. outside’
of their classification, As a xe-
sult, piece workers do not have
enough work, The union.demands
an end to this practice,

Bldg. 273: Charles Brothers pro-
tests against the foreman’s adjust-

work on roughing job 109B471. 4

this case, the foreman refused J
pay for extra work although. ad-
justed feed made it impossible to
do the work on the machine, and it
had to be done and paid for on an-
other machine. Standard price on

_ ment of feed on machine Bin.

this job-is $6.96 a hundred, with a’

$83.28 extra work payment, The
union demands payment in accord-
ance with these prices,

ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS

Sale of Giveaway Tix Highly
Successful as Drawing Nears

UE’ Local 301 members have only one more week to: get
in on the chance to win 6 valuable prizes to be awarded in the
union’s giveaway drawing on March 16. Tickets on the $350

worth of gifts continue to be sold

gmat the low price of 3 for only 25c.

As the drawing, which is to be

held at the regular March member-
ship meeting, came closer, many
workers apparently were stocking
up on the giveaway tickets, and
sales were booming. Among the
prizes to be drawn for are:

L A complete $100 Easter out-
fit for either a man or woman.

2. A $75 3-piece luggage set.

3. A $50 case of assorted liquor.

4. A $37.50. electric roaster.

5. A $25 machinist’s tool: box.

6. A $12.50 Shakespearian tool
box. .

_In addition, $5 will be given to
each seller of a winning ticket. The
sellers ‘also receive several free
chances out of every book they
. dispose-of, BO

Indications are that. this give-

away .will be even more success-,

ful than last year’s, when more
thari $1,400 was netted for the lo-

cal’s activities program. This year, -

proceeds from the drawing will be

lanned by the ‘activities commit-
tee. These events will include a
spring anniversary dance, a base-
ball booster -night,' field day, a
clambake and the union’s annual
Christmas party. Other events
may be added if-it--is- financially
" possible.

Ticket holders in the giveaway
program will not have to be pres-
ent ut the actual drawing to be
eligible to win any of the prizes.

Cian to’ help finance 5 big events

Meany Blasts T-H

AFL President “George Meany
this week called for changes in the
Taft-Hartley law that’ are so
sweeping that they would virtually

amount to outright repeal of the

slave labor act. |

Testifying before the House la-
bor committee, Meaney called ‘for.
the scrapping of almost every ma-
jov provision of T-H. Meany’s de-
mands included: :

The outlawing of strikebreaking
injunctions; abolition of the non-
communist oath, which he said re-
duces union members to the status
of second class citizenship; legali-
zation of closed shops and secon-

dary -boycotts; and the. return of,

Jabor’s right to make political éon-
tributions, :

READY FOR ACTION, Guy Peterson, Building 109,-an
273, are pictured as they took the oath of. office as 2nd shift shop stew-
ards Monday night. They joined the local’s 630 committee men and wom-

en who protect the union contract for 19,500 Schenectady GE workers.

8,2.00-Member Midwest
Local Votes To Quit IVE

'.. IUE-CIO suffered a crushing blow in the Midwest last
week when the largest local in the Illinois-Minnesota district

with the AFL teamsters, :

The seceding group was Local.

Labor Could Win Major Gains
In’ 53 Contract Negotiations

. With the wage freeze abandoned and contract negotia-
tions “on tap in nearly every major industry, the American

labor movement has an opportunity to make 1953 a year of:

major gains for working men and
women, In fact, a program of un-
ited actions by* the unions could
make this the 1st year since 1946
in which the workers improve their
living standards rather than just
barely keeping up with rising liv-
ing costs, ‘

In the electrical industry, wage
redpener talks with both GE and
Westinghouse will take place in
the next 2 months. In addition,
full contract negotiations are slat-

Upgrades Won in Turbine

Three Class. “C” Machinists-
Machine Repair men have been up-
graded in Turbine Division nego-
tiations with top management of
that Division at Step 2 of the
Grievance procedure.

J. Salerno, L. Craft and N. Plue
have been reclassified Class “B”
with a one step inerease effective
3/2/53. Shop Steward I. Rogers
and Executive Board members W.
Linka and R. Vitallo handled these
causes, ‘

LOCAL 301 UER & MWA

MEMBERSHIP MEETING

2nd SHIFT
‘Mon., Mar. 16,1953 — 1:00:P.M.

(Before Work)
ist and 3rd SHIFTS

‘Mon,, Mar. 16,1953 — 7:30 P.M.

LOCAL 303 HALL
REPORT OF WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS OF EXECUTIVE BOARD
“REPORT OF COMMITTEES °° oe
REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS
EXECUTIVE BOARD LOCAL 301 UE

FLECTRICAL UNION NEWS

ed for the fall.

Clothing worker's in a large part
of the country are already in ne-
gotiations, as are rubber and tex-
tile employees. Auto workers have
gotten a reopening of the 5-year
contract at General Motors, and it
is likely that similar breaks will
be made with the other big corpor-
ations. a

However, the summer and fall
months appear to be the crucial
period: during which a united labor
fight would pack the hardest punch.

The following groups will have ne- -

gotiations between June and Sep-
tember:

Steel workers, copper and brass
workers, coal miners, electrical
workers, communications workers,
aireraft workers, radio workers, oil
workers, longshoremen, zine work-
ers, ship builders and maritime
workers,

There can be no question that if
the unions agree on a program of
united action for all of these groups
major gains can be won. However,
only a united program is likely to
bring anything more than company
handouts. -, . ‘

Because of the possibilities of a
united fight, it can be-expected that
the big corporation interests which
control. Congress will. intensify
their attacks on the entire labor

movement; »-These-attacks- will-be:-

aimed at further splitting the
working people and at blocking all
moves toward unity,

of the union voted almost unanimousy to secede and affiliate

1145, which has 8,200 members em-
ployed by .the Minnedpolis-Honey-
well Regulator company. A -spe-
cial membership meeting voted the
action with only 14° workers’ vot-
ing to remain loyal. to CIO. An.
estimated 6,000 participated. in
the vote. The secession move ©
was led by. Robert Wishart, who
was, a national vice president of
IUE, and head of the Hennepin
County (Minneapolis) CIO council,

The Minneapolis-Honeywell move

“was not the only situation worry-

ing IVE top leadership: Carey and
his clique were also faced with the
secession of another major local,
the Warren, Pa, Sylvania workers.
They voted to leave the CIO and
join with the AFL machinists.

“At the same time, salaried work-
ers throughout the GE chain were
showing their disgust with Carey’s
neglect of their problems by leav-
ing IUk. The exodus started 2
months ago when 1,200 Erie GE
office employees voted’ overwhelm-
ingly to return to UE, and to ‘re-
unite with Erie production and
maintenance workers.

In Elmira, N. Y¥., where produc-
tion and maintenance workers are
also represented by UE, the small
office foree has quit TUE, and the
CIO union has been decertified
there, Similar deécertification moves

“have been started by IUE.salaried

workers at GE plants in Fort

Wayne and Decatur, Indiana.

Another GE Million

General Electric made $1-million
in extra profits from sex diserim-
ination in the Euclid Lamp shop
in Clevelund alone, a survey by
UE Local 707 has revealed. The
survey: was- based on- 2 comparison ~-
of unskilled labor -rates -for men
and women’s rates in the GE bulb
factory.

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