ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
Friday. January 18, 1952
UE Did Best Job on Women! S Rates, Says U.S. Labor Dept.
UE. tops the list of unions. whieh
helped: establish, the principle of
equal gay. for women in png
according toca study by the U.S
‘ Department of Labor,
Ine the electrical industry ‘the
payment of equal rates to.men and
Women doing the same jobse. res
sulted from: the union’s (UE) ace
ity,” the ‘study reported.
“The Labor “Lept. noted that by
1948, “the United Electrical, Radio
and. Machine “Workers
covering at least 800
which included ° ‘the
clause. ‘The
Workers had. about » 50
ments.”” ; ‘
ay ‘way of further contrast the
* equal-pay
agree-
of America’
had about 150. signeds agi‘eements:
factories, .
United Automobile -
Bove rnment pointedly: stated,
“equal pay -not.-mentioned” in
IUF’s contract with the GE plant.
in Syracuse. |
quoted as dismissing a list of men’s
rates with the observation, “they
(GE) wouldn't be paying women
these rates.”. The “report could
not cite’a single instanee where
TUE-CIO took action to narrow the
unjust wage differential,
While UE has made noteworthy “
progress toward wiping. out rate
discrimination where men and wo-
men perform ‘the. same work, much
remains to be done to raise the
rates of so-called: “women's jobs"
“The government repott..ealled’ -
“ “Case Studies In Equal Pay. for
said of “women’s" jobs
Women,”
An IUE official is.
that they “naid substantially loss
‘han, men's jobs that. required no
more and sometimes even less skill
and effort.”
An unnamed GE. represéntative
explained to the Labor De-
“partment that “because women's
joh” apporturiitien have heen rela-
tively limited in the past, it has
been: possible to git them to work
for less.than men, and employers
structure,
took advantage of the fact to un-
der-pay wonien.” .
GE-and other companies, the
port observes, admit that 6
tends to undermine the entire wage
It also makes it desir-
able, from a company viewpoint,
to make more and more jobs “wo-
men’s jobs.” .
‘The UF position is that jobs
should “be ‘classified and rated ac-
cording to: content regardless of
whether they are performed by
men sor women, The Labor De-
partment veport noies that a radio
plant in’ UE Local 430 has heen
able to establish this principle:
Theresare’ no lower- rated “women's
jobs,""in this plant, the “iivestiga-
tion disclosed. .
~ Layoffs Cut Deeper
In Industrial
or omen with less ‘than March
1043. service will be moved out of
“Industrial Control within two ¢
weeks, according to, management. °
Suitable jobs must be found fot
them, “
Business - Agent “Leo-dandrean
osays three: factors determine a
suitable job: RATE, SHIFT, NA-
Control
TURE OF WORK,
Since he was assigned to hund-'
ling layoff cases full-time,” Assist-
ant Business Agent .Fred Shee-
han .hus worked on 60 individual
cases involving. seniority rights.
He said today that the company is
not settling. grievances fast
enough, 4
Would You Like
MORE SPORTS EVENTS
On Your TV. Se reen?,
. ~ WRESTLING
GE: owns the only T TV outlet in. “the Copital Araeis
get to see more shows’ only if. there i is one or more channels.
Sign the UE ‘Local. 301 Petition to the Federal Communica.
tions ‘Commission for more, outlets for Schenectady os More
entertainment whe a hones: o see what You" want to "see.
BASKETBALL
RACING |
BOXING
HOCKEY
You can
REORGANIZATION
OF EXECUTIVE BOARD
Proposals for the réorganization
of representation on the UE Local
301 Executive, Board: were “dis-
cussed at length at the Board’s.
meeting January 14, with a sub+
committee of five appointed — to
-bring’ in final “proposals for adop-
tion at the next meeting.
- The’ Board’s proposals will ‘he
placed before the. Lock 301 mem-
bership meeting in February for
final action.
date will, be, set. for the election of
Executive Board members. ,
‘Those Board ‘members serving
‘on the subcommittee are: Rossitter
‘Lighthall, “Bide. 46; William Stew-
art,.273) Anthony Esposito. 58;
Fay Hildreth, 269 and
Friedlander, 17,
UE Delegates 2
In Washington
(Continued from Page 1)
‘sented'with the petitions. of
union’-members for wage ‘ins.
creases ——- won by ‘collective
bargaining. and strike actions.
. Schenectady Petition ,
A’ petition. to. the. Wage.
Freeze Board, circulating. in
the Schenectady Works states
that while the amount of GB's
wage increase is small com-
-pared to’cost of living and
taxes, it is needed and should
be approved’ without delay.
Upon. the return of the
~ Washington delegation which
‘faces an all-night journey
"home, a full report will be
made to.the membership. The
delegates'* have: earned ‘the
Atcthe sate time. a”
: :
Sidney
thanks of every GE worker, »
_to attend’'a conference.’ at,
Propose Changes.
In Jobless Law —
F (Continued from Page 1)
a UE 801 lobby ‘in ‘Albany forcr
peal of the amendments including
a provision for a -7-week penalty
waiting’ period for, strikers:
- Petitions advocating impo’)
ments in the law will be cireulater
in the Schenectady. Works and lo-
cal officers are ‘authorized by the
Executive Board to: contact APL,
CIO and political leaders for sup-
“pert of the UE campaign,’ he
Phe union is asking that maxi-
num unemploy ment insurance
benefits be raised from $30 for 26
weeks to, $40 for 52. weeks, A_ bill
containing these ‘features as well.
as ‘repeal of the Hughes-Brees
provisions has been introduced into
the Legislature by State Senator
“William J. Bianehi, a Republican
who ran with
American’ Labor
arty support. :
The Executive Board voted ‘to
send a delegate to New York’ City
AFL.
CIO and. independent, trade union-
‘ists called hy ‘Senator Bianchi. for.
January 19, There will be a state-
wide labor Jobby'i in Albany in sup--
pért of the Bianchi bill on January
2a, : ‘
Clifford MeAvoy,* UB represen-
tative who is legislative ditector.
for New, York, submitted to
local board a’ program for amelt
ing’ state compensation laws to
provide. maximum weekly pay-
ments of $40 instead of $32, com-
“pensation for _ partially: disabled
silicosis victims and payment for
time lost in, medical examinations ,
and ‘treatment,
een it Se OAARCTERENRTAE LLC NAN NETNN Aemeee
L UNIon
_ THE VOICE OF .THE UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
— LOCAL 301, UE
1) — No.. 3
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
They Went...
eu went to Washington:
Christman, 18; Miles Moon, )
Anthony Esposito, 58; RoR.
“Roberts, 81; Paul E. Rosa, 60;
Anthony DeBiase, 69; Fred Bul-
mer, 69; Edward
593 J. Gordon Ouimette, 46 (2nd
shilt): Albert Davis, 10; Wil-
liam A, Stewart, 273; J. I. Tun-
ney and Arthur MeAleavy, Cart,
5: De TL. Gauvreau, 278 (2nd
shift} ;. Edmund: Caller, 17; H.
Marhafer, 893 HS R. Haeckelbert,
16; Joseph Mo Daniels, 283;
dack i Kelmer, | 273; Larry
Gebo, > K. O'Brien, Researeh
Lighthall, 46; Plc yd Thonias,
Marvin “Rumrill, 273 and James
Dee Masseo, 49, “
saa They Saw
The UF ‘301° delegation. to
Washington, saw. the following
officials:
“beliman and Erving M. Ives tind
Rep. BOW. Kearney: « ~
AL the Wage Stabilization
—foard,: they. saw: Harry Weiss,
exéeutive director of WSB; Leo
Lighther, director of the office
for independent unions; Ralph
Devys, industry member of,
tive .seeretary for industry
members of WSR.
Those members of UE Local
Joseph Keraghan,, 10; W. iitiam.
J. Dondalski,.
ale hc Pitueei, 697 Rossiter
CAPS W. Burdick, WP. 525.
Ue So Senators Herbert H.
WSBrand® ‘Herbert Kelly, execu:
ike.
| SCHENE TADY, NY.
TAKE-OFF 'VFIME, ULE Local
WSB are seen at 10 p.m,” Wednesday night, Jan, 13,
Friday, Venus 25; 1952
Bocnad 7
NCREASE
> WAGE 1 FREEZE. BOAR
to urge ‘action on their wage increase from the
look. gu age Veashington, D.C
- just before. they. boarded their chartered bus and ~
bers, ; descended on Washing
over the long delay and stall-
ing of the wage freeze board
in approving their 3.58 per-
cont Inébease--and will regard any
_ further delay as. proaf the board
s game af stallityy
approval until new wage negotia->
is playing Gs
tions begin next month, .
The vesult.of their visit is like-
ly to havea” far-reaching. effeet. on
wage petitions invalving a total
cof 828,000 workers in the GE,
Westinghouse-and Sylvania: chains,
The 801" delegates, whose dst
Hime cand) expenses were paid thay
contributions of menibers from the
various buildings they represented,
savried with them thousands. of
signatures on petitions addressed
to the Wage ‘Stabiliz tion Board),
demanding prompt approval of the
inerease, .
. Before the day was over: they
had accomplished the following: "
© Left the petitions with Senators
Herbert H. Lehman and Irving M.
Tyes,;"who promised to™turn™ them:
over.to WSB with ‘recommenda.
tions: for. approval.” 4 t
'. @ Visited the’ office: of Congré
a retets Spur
ge
mecreases
oA chartered Greyhound bus, ‘filled with determined CE Local 301 mem:
ton; D. C. on Thursday; Jan. 17, and made clear in
no uncertain ter ms that 19 000 ¢ GE w orke rs in Scheneet ady
No Freeze Here!
oe
Sag.
“| PROFITS INCREASE
1930-51 (9 Months}
american Woolen
General Cable
US, Rubber.
. Sylvania. Electric
- Unt, Harvester ..
‘Douglas Aireraft
Westinghouse
General Electric
© U, S, Steek ..
duPont .....
wan BW. Kenrney, who said the
WSB told him the case would be
acted upon shortly:
“@ Met. with ‘ofticials of WSB and
sharply pointed out: the: need for
GE. -workers “getting the increase
in short order..
Made. clear. that the special
‘problems of ‘toolmakers must be
given particular attention ‘by the
; “ WSB, which. must. reverse its pre-
‘ious decision not to establish tool-—
makers standardsor face the con-
sequences. of creating a shortage
< of toolmakers.
are weary and angry.
The, UE delegation, the onty un-
jon out of 80 in the GE chain to
take such action, returned home.
with the opinion that GE doesn't
Want the jnerease approved new,
but would prefer that it be stalled
until new newotiations hegin;-in
the hope of creating. confusion.
This suspicion was strenethened
by the convietion that if GE ex-
verted its influence to get the in-
erease appro edi
up matters ina hurry,
Harry Weiss, WSB executive di-
rector, Was reluctant to meet with
any of the “Ol! delegates, and fi-
nally agreed to see six. He was
vurtly told he'd see all if they had
to sit in his outer office the rest! -!
of the week, Weiss then saw the
entire group, -
Russ Nixon, UE Washington”
Representative, who handled “ar.
rangements, termed the day’s! ac-
tivities a great success, “It work-
“ud Gut’ Very Well,” said Nixon, ® “Tt
placed the proper impact’ on the
WSB from the men and women
who work in thé shops.”
it would speed «>
2
ELECTRICAL “UNION NEWS:
c
The Checkered Career
Senator Hubert H. "Humphrey
quicker than any man’ inthe Senate.”
“talks faster, demands “and promises mere, and forgets’ it
This: description is contained in-an article appear-
ing in the current issue of a national labor magazine about the man who has announced he
is picking up the ‘tawdry mantle
in ‘1952 of those employer. agents
who haye in recent years set their
.cap on ‘disrupting the unity of
‘workers in the electrical industry.
The author ‘is @ person . who
knows both the Senator from Min-
nesota and the electrical industry
from first-hand experience—UE
Field Organizer Anthony De Maio,
from Minneapolis, ‘Minn.
De Maio characterizes Humph-
bey’s career as one in which he has
displayedia “demagogic ability to
be all things to all-men.”» He cites
as particularly significant the fact
that “big business newspapers did
not attack Humphrey” when che
ran for the U, 8, Senate in 1948,
despite the fact ‘he was ‘the per-
“sonal choice of the “-AFL’s , Bill
Green and CIO’s Phil Murray,"ad-
dressed both CIO “and AIL con-
ventions, and proclaimed. he was
for repeal of the,Taft-Hartley Act,
for civil rights for Negroes in the
South, for expanding housing, so-
cial security and a federal. enn
“bil. % ‘ .
“In fact,” says Di Maio, he * was
“for anything: and everything that
voters wanted.”
The key - this failure of ‘the
big business press to © attack
Humphrey is contained in his sub-
sequent record in the Senate, where
as the UE organizer points .out,
“the glib junior Senator from Min-
nesota .. . during the past two
Nears has sold out on every prom-
ise he made.”
“He abandoned the fight for
Taft-Hartley.” repeal’ and joined
+, hands with Taft in introducing a
“minor amendment to the law, elim:
inating the ‘need for -mion shop
elections, Now he has
Taft. in’ spearheading
‘investigations.’ B
In addition, Humphrey Kas: join-
ed in whitewashing corrupt office-
holders, supports heavier tax bur-
dens on workers.and : “thes WARE
freeze. : =
De “Maio also makes the point
that General Mills, giant food cor-
poration, which sponsored Humph-
rey as a radio broadcaster before
he was elected mayor of Minneap-
. olis in 1944, has continued to sup-
port him throughout: his, Dalistesil
enreer,
Workers are cia wise ‘to Taft,
the un-American Committee and
replaced »
_anti-labor:
i
other well known anti-labor figures
“and committees to fall for their
“disruption and anti-labor attacks,
De Maio asserts, and says that the
kind-of person needed fo"spearhéad
such an attack for big. business. in’ ™
UE Proposes: Changes
1952 is one -whohas labor and lib-
eral coloration, even though it's
phony.
Humphrey, who is. running for
the Minnesota presidential conven-
-tion votes, has now embarked on a
course to win further |
the big financiat: corporations.
- His. labor frierids, CIO’s Jim
Carey (an old’ had at-disruption
‘in the electrical industry)
Phil Murray, have furnished him
with 183 pages. of a “background
report” to*help him. in his ‘sinister
dims, the De Maio, article-in Mareh
of Labor points-out.
Workers in GE, who are ‘famil-
~ dar with all kinds of union;busters,
will certainly resent and reject
this “liberal” union-buster _ the
same as they have past common,
ordinary, garden-varicty types: of
union-busters. ° '
» (Next Week:
Tricks.). -
New , Face, Old
favor from -
and -
' victims. ;
aid to a vietim if he:is totally dis-
“Hint aay anybody: whe doesn't buy ittis -
Un-Anieriean!”
in Compensation Law
Needed improvements in the
New York State compensation law
that UE Local 801 is calling for in
the current session of the legisla-
ture in Albany were spelled out at
_ the last meeting of the _Union’s
‘Executive Board. 4 .
UE is seeking aid, to silicosis
The law now only gives
- qualified. UE members at the GE
Elmira plant ave ‘particularly ‘in-
terested in this’ legislation.
UE is seeking to have the pres-
ent $32 a week benefit payments
boosted to $40, with a longer du
tiow of payments.
UE is also seeking an amend-
ment, that would ‘provide payment
for the time a worker, has to spend
in visiting compensation offices
und having medical examinations.
EJ
Thousands of grievances are
. handled by 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 in this column list some
of the grievances that are being
' processed by the Union.
Building 52: A. new helper to"
eliminate’ lost time’ caused by de-
lays is asked for the 50 toh crane
in welded products. J. Donadio
and. E. Kowalski claim. beeause of
changes in size and weight of stat-
or frames-being fabricated, the 50
ton crane. has) been borrowing, a.
helper from the* 100 ton crane,
causing delay and confusion,
Building 285: A group in eon.
trol is protesting a foreman de-
voting 10066 of his time operating
a milling’ machine and otherwise
“breaking in a new employee, po-
ing beyond normal procedure, De-
mand is made that a fellow em-
ployee act’ as “‘instiuctor, "as ds iis-
ually done, »
- Building a7a: A, Chinenktestin,
Turbine, a chipper for 21 years,
has a doctor's certificate that he *
is no longer able to do this work.
Foreman refused to transfer ‘him
to suitable work, though new em-
ployees are hired. Union secks
‘suitable work in Turbine. :
Building 81: Foreman West tried |.
to -persuade member to withdraw
from UE Local’ 301, a violation ‘of *~
Members:insist that GK:
contract,
compel the foreman: to cease and.
« desist these activities.
Stephen Farian complains hate
Foreman. West refused to accept a
grievance.. Later, he did. Union
insists foreman has no peropative
on acceptance of grievances and
‘supervision should inform, him,
Building 65: A group in power,
heat & light protests maintenance
Work, done by .operators during
holidays and week ends, when
there is clear understanding with
GE that operators only take care
of running maintenance. — Insists
this understanding be applied.
Building 28: A group of inspec-
tors class K are doing work of a
_ higher classification,
made they be reclassified to
Class J, wo
Building. 60: “Harmon D. Felt-
housen, Jr.,-working as welder re-
pairman for fivermonths at $1.86)
Demand. is.
ds performing same work us
"ers who get" top rate of $1.92.
$1.92 job rate is asked,
A.cable paige in. millwright di-
vision was told. to wor k Saturday
and Sunday, Jan 5, 6. Though
there was ample work, the regular
truck driver was not called in-—
with a cable gang member trans-
ferred to the job, Diseriminatien
_is charged and the group: insists
ethat any future week end work
‘must include the regular author-
ined driver,
A group in. Industrial
claim a wiring job is classified B,
which requires only one inspection.
Actually class A wiring is required
: aceording to specifications, which
_ requires: two inspections—one by
the Navy and one by'GE, A re-
valuation is asked, '
N,V. Webster, who has been do-
ing, millwright wark satisfactorily
for nearly 10 year's, asked foreman
to change him-from B'to A-classi-
fication,
or, took his-helper away and Web-
ster was given a different assign-
ment. Union charges this is a
penalty for asking for upgrading
and cites fact five men with less
service have been upgraded in Jast
six months. A thorough investi-
tation... of. the “Millwright depart-..
Ment is requested.
Cap. Ave. Plant: EF, ‘Bracken in
general engineering - -requests holi-
* day pay for Jan. I, since a doctot’s
certificate showed illness as reg-
Control
» Very
Theforeman, T, L.. Beav-'
son for not working Dee. 81 and
Jan, 2. The foreman refused to
return certificate and said it would
have be taken up at manage-
ment level,
Building 18: Edward Remeikz
Was vequested to go on second shift
for one month and was kept there
four months, after which he was
assigned first shift for one month
und is now. back on second. This
has gone on “for a year. Request,
Remeika be returned to first shift.
en job he or iginally worked.
Building 46: ) Richard Roberts,
classified T.R.M. On, operates dig
Brinder 60% of time, Maintaining
close tolerance’ and goad
work, | When he,asked for upgrad-
ing to B, “foreman said general
foreman had seen him drinking a
coke, he'd taken a Saturday off and
hadn't returned plug gages to tool
crib at end of day. Union charies
discrimination’ and requests ‘Rob-
erts be classified to Jig Grinder
Class B, with proper rate of pay.
‘Building 40: Frank Pfau, ¥
five’ Years eee. suffered in
tack in Nov, 1949 while at work.
His illness and lack of work pre-
vented his return to work until
Oct. 81, 1951. Requests that his
past service be restored, —-
L, L.- Gray, laid: off. itz June, 1949,”
Was not ablé."to return because of
‘lack of suitable work until May,
1951, He had seven years service
and feels this, service should be re--
stored to-his record,
years
‘
Fido January 25, 1952.
ELECTRICAL. UNION “NEWS”
The
From “i CVC a a s
Tiffin, Ohio—About
ers who were laid off at the GE
200. work:
plant here have been called .back - ;
as a result of a community cam- -
paign by UE Local 732, Countless
city and county leaders, ‘small bus-
inessmen and professionals signed
UK’s petitions, including Mayor
Virgil E, Bennehof, the county
commissioners; chief of police and
director of service and safety.
UE’s Washington office, called on
government officials to protest the
lay-offs, a
x kok
Chicago—Rejecting: a six-cent ani.
hour offer, the CIO Packinghouse’
“Workers have ‘voted to “strike if
necessary” to win a larger wage
inerease from the Big Four-—
Swift,, Armour, Wilson and Cud-
ahys
ak ok ok
Richmond, Ind—After an 11-
week strike and 64 negotiating ses-
sions, members of UE 118-A have
won a 12. cent an hour’ increase,
improved vacations and. strength-
ened seniority on upgradings from
the Hayes Truck Appliance Co. ~
= ak ok Ok a,
Pittsburgh —. Unless agreement
is reached on wage demands by
February 1 with the Aluminum Co.”
of America, the United Steelwork-
ers, CIO, has announced that it
plans to strike the firm's 10 plants.
xk &k * we
Hastings-On-Hudson, 'N.° Y.
The Wage Stabilization Board has
approved an eight cents an hour
increase for UE Local. 404 mem-
bers working at the Anaconda
Wire & Gable Co. three cents
above the wage
UE’s settlement, which included
three weeks vacation alter 15
and additional increases. to
wipe out inequities for 250° work-
crs, surpasses those given the AFL
fund CIO by the same company.
ek ke * :
Minneapolis, Minn.—Frank Ros-
enblum, CIO’ Clothing Workers
secretary-treasurer, and a CIO °
vice president, warned 1,200 mem-
hers here that there is a “war
party” in the U. S., aiming to let
loose world destruction. Urging
action to halt these warmakers, he
red they are “hysterical, fear-.
Q bent on mass-suicide.and would
drag us down‘with them... It is
out duly to ‘prevent them.”
ek ok OF
San Francisco—A demand that |
all Jabor -ofti cials. -resign.from the.
Wage “Stabilization, Board’ was
voiced at a meeting’ of. the General
Council .of the National Union of
Marine Cooks & Stewards (Ind.).
‘transcends all brands of
“and,
freeze formula. ,
“|. Prosident
to SiR Ha LOST MOTION 18 ws PLANT...
Push for Ret Repeal.
Of Hughes-Brees
that it
labor.”
The person making the statement
was ‘State Sen, William Bianchi,
who has introduced legislation ‘to
repeal the Hughes-Biees amend-
ments to the N, Y. state unemplay-
ment insurance law,
All branches of labor, AFL, CIO
independent, proved his: re-
mark’ true at a state-wide confer-
ence held at the Hotel Brevoort ‘in
““This issue is so big”
New York. City on Saturday, Jan-~
uary 19. i
Dewey Brashear, UE Local 301's
legislative chairman, told the sev-
eral hundred unidnists at the meet
ing they could count on the full
support.of his union, and that the
membership and Executive Board
had already voted support to Sen.
Bianchi’s bill. He also told of the
problems UE members have had
with delays, super-rigid qualifica-
tions and brush-ofs from officials,
The conference was called by
Sen.” Bianehi, “Hundreds of un-
jonists from New York are’expect-
ed in Albany’to- register their sup’
port for his bill on Tuesday, Jan:
uary 29,
Correction
C = 8
The remark attributed to Fore-
‘man Sotile, Bldg. 69, in last week’s
News wag not made by him. Its
source Was Foreman Dickson “and
a*member of GE's personnel Dept.
We're. sorry.
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
UNTTED ELECTRICAL, RADIO &
MACHINE WORKERS Ol AMERICA
Behonectady GH Local 30l UE
Published by the Editorial Com. :
Ass't Recording’ Suceatary.....Frank D'Amico
Henry Kaminskt
> Treasurer wa. awe
Joseph:Mangine
‘Wlea-Erotidant
ing Secrata
oes ln abides ., William Kelly
~ Jamas Coanetta
Chiof Shop Stoward. ...
falas A --- teo Jandreau
Businass Agont
301 LIBERTY ST. SCHENECTADY, NOY.
“two” meetings
“Bldgs. 81,-.89, 285
“is having indigestion,”
Joba: Po Groan-y-
Grievance Action Needed
On Insurance Plan Beefs.
A great number of ‘complaints have arisen in the Works
over the insurance plan provisions that are in the UE‘contract
with GE for the first time.
called_on members and stewards to
clean up,, this situation by handling
any problem arising under the plan
the same as they- would a, griev-
ance concerning any other ee of
the GE contract.
“All parts: of the Agreement, are |
subject to the. grievance proced-
ure,” they stated, “therefore, the
insurance plan can properly be the
subject to Be diseussed with the
foreman, either orally or ‘with a
« Written” docket, demanding a re-
When in
member
diess of a complaint.
doubt, ‘the steward. or
-should contact the Union office for
help.”
Union, officers underlined the im-
: portance: of- following this’ proced-
‘ure to get- insurance plan bene-
fits:
When a member-is” out sick. and
in the hospital 18*hours -or' over,
the pink’ and yellow forms should
be filled ott. The forms are us-
ually’ available at local hospitals.
In any. event, make sure the prop-
-er forms are filled out by the doc-
tor and the hospital and sent into
the-company -promptly. The in-
surance starts with the first day
Officers o! of UE Local 301 this week
of ebuinen ee,
get forms at the Union office.)
(Any member can
If you’re in the hospital ‘under
18 hours, normally “no payments
are made, However, there are ex-
ceptions, such as: in cases of acci-
dent or where emergency treat-
ment is received not later than thé
day following the injury or where
surgery is performed at the hos-
pital, -In such cases, both pink
and yellow forms should be filled
‘ out. . is
In cases of continuing sickness
at home, only the pink form is re-
‘quired.
The greatest trouble that arises
“under the plan is in cases. where
the doctor has under-estimated the
date for return to work.
provided for on the reverse side of
the Pink form, sections 6d and Ge.
*.Payments. will stop if the doctor
does ‘not fill out this form with a°
‘change of date for return to work.
This should “be done three, to four:
days before the original date. set
to return to work, if it is obvious
you will not be able to resume
work.
Strengthen Seniority
in Control Lay-offs
The Union last week insisted in
at top Works. man-
agement’ level,; and, one.with the
personnel Dept, that strict senicr-
ity. shall prevail in all lay-offs)
with the highest seniority in all
cases able to exercise.its right to
bump for suitable jobs.
Argument centereed around acr-
onauties and electronics and: indus-
trial control. :
In‘ the former the: company: has
concentrated most of its short
service. workers, who, have less
than. six months service,
In the latter, widespread lay-otts
have oceurred since-Dee, 1, 1951 in
3 and 69° Lay-
offs have applied to workers with
service : dating backs to “March 1,
L438.” net
GE had refused ' to bump. any
more: workers “in: aeronautics and
electronics, claiming “the division
bumps were hindering» production
and slowing up government anili-
tary ‘orders. .
In addition to the fact this cent ,
many workers _ wouldn't. make
enough money to get indigestion,
sthere existed the danger that
“
and the:
miny might lose their service,
sinee they had turned down jobs
as unsuitable. Many jobs in this
division. are undesirable, requir-
ing continuous standing and fine
Work that is a great Strain on the
eyes.
Making clear that UE. isn't in-,
hindering production .
terested in
of government work, .
olficials insisted there
Local 301
must be
close adherence to the contract’ on.
seniority. It was also pointed out
that GE’s claims of production
losses and the difficulty of train-
ing for .the jobs were greatly, ex-
aggerated, sinee there are always
sufficient experienced worker's on
hand who know the work.
The mectings resulted in six ont
of 15 laid off workers being placed:
last week. GE has also agreed to
make a survey of all available
jobs so that laid-off workers will
be placed in suitable jobs. The Un-
jon is also seeking through the
survey to get a clear picture
definition of unsuitable jobs,
The company also said it ex-.
peets to resume full. seale produc-
tion ‘in industrial control in the
hear future, )
\
and,
5 a
This. is _
of.
tc lpine ose ee tespaap oe
