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Vol. 9, No. 28
The Voice of G.E,
Workers, | Local 301” June: 22s 1962.
: ready,taken place indicate that
BUSINESS AGENT SPEAKS TO STATE EDUCATORS
ON AUTOMATION AND ITS MEANING TO EDUCATION
In a ' soeadh towa, Staff Conference of the New York State ‘Education
Department, Heo Jandreau, Business Agent of Local S01, said:
nihdle: we: in Organized: Labor welcome: ‘technological chatiges and see
a promise: ‘of. higher living, standards’
for all, greater: leisure time and
untold benefits for Mankind, we cannot close our eyes to the fact that
_there are pitfalls as well as promis
es. inherent inthis new technology,
"There is ho automatic oliacentees that the. poteneal benefit to
society will be transformed into rea
litye
"Automation: ‘and ‘technological changes Sresent a challenge to our
economic well- “being and social conscience,
»S0lve production problems
cannot create the necessary income to purchase their’add tional output,
almost human in the way the
RESPONSE TO COPE DRIVE EXCELLENT
. Members of Local. 301. have
“responded very well in ‘those de~ |
partments in which the: ‘COPE Drive -
has been conducted,
Chairman Wager, in announeing
the complete returns from two de=
partments, namely Gas Turbine and
* Research,stated that in both in-
stances all Shop. Stewards. on all”
shifts have sold one or more books.
Initial reports: from other
sections where the drive has ale ¢.
every Shop Steward aed sell at.
least one book.
This is an indication that
many of our members fully. realize 4
the importance of a. successful :
COPE Drive, ~.°
At stake this” year are 38
Senate seats, all seats in the
House and 35 governorships., But.
what really is. at stake says. COPE
Director James McDevitt “is the
_kind of government’ we get for the
‘next two Yoawe at least",
The. success of the COPE Dollar
Drive will depend upon the degree
of support on the part. of Union
“members and this will, in turn,
determine whether we will have a
good progressive government favor=
able to the working people or an
anti-labor government opposed to
ja larger number of unemployed,
While the new: machines are
they ‘still
"There is nat much value ina
‘new machine that Fies idle for lack
of sufficient purchasing power in
the hands of, the consumer to buy the
products of this machine. We need
an expanding ‘economy with sufficient
income in‘the hands of. the consumers
to purchase the increasing ouepye of
American Industry.
nWhile we are living St a time
when we have the largest labor force
at work in the history of the Nation,
we also have over a os MINEO ETL
rate, : : :
"We seem to bounce back:from
each recession", Jandreau said,: "with
After
the 1949 recession, unemployment .
averaged 3%, After the 1954 recess~
ion, we had 4% and after the 1958
recession, we had over 59%, According ~
to Ewan.Clague, the Commissioner of
the Bureau of Labor Statistics in.
Washington, we may be heading for .
another recession: in “1963 gM a ete he
Jandreau pointed out’ that he
raised these economic. problems bec-
ause educators are people concerned
with equipping. the. public with the
means of earning. a ‘living, thereby
contributing to the growth and pros
perity and well-being of our Nationa
Quoting the Commissioner of the BLS,
Jandreau said Clague predicts . that
during this decade 2 to 3 million
jobs will be lost as the. result. of
automation and technological ‘Sin
Unemptoynidat is ‘éspecially”
heavy among teenagers,: The: biggest
contributors to joblessness. CESS.
all interest of the working people,
cont'd, reverse sidé)
(conttd, “reverse side
~ COPE’ DRIVE (Cont'd, )
a _A greater portion of our COPE
-.. dollars will be used locally to
‘help’ support the candidacy of out-.
~dtanding individuals, such as John
-Shambo, candidate for State Assem=
blyman.: er ; *
The names of all Shop Stewards.
selling one or more books will be
piaced on the Honor Roll and the
announcement of.their names will be
made at the Jul
_ The final phase of the Drive
“will be concluded next week with
solicitations in Steam Turbine,
A complete financial réport will
be made at the July Membership
Meeting, Co
ae
Shop Stewards who desire
Speakers are’.asked to -contact Chait
“ twho will be prepared to go into
man Wager,
aaa
- DISABILITY PENSION
» Every. few days a pensioner
who. has left the plant. on optional
pension comes to the Union Office
~with-questions about his pension,
Upon questioning them, we find; that
in many.cases theymight possibly
have qualified for a disability
pension, The reason for this happ+
ening is. either a reluctance ‘to
admit they are disabled or ignor-
ance of the fact that a disability
pension is better for them than an
optional pensions
~. Anyone ‘who is, disabled and
of service may qualify for a -dis-.
ability pension, Remember there ~
is no minimum age and, therefore, ;
a worker could retire on disability
at any age providing he meets all
other requirements, Disability
pension is.a much better way of
‘retiring as this type of income is-
not taxable, In addition, free
insurance and hospitalization is
provided to age 65,- .
-_ The earliest optional pension
_ Can be obtained is at age 60 for
men and age 55 for women, However, |
in this type of pension, insurance
and hospitalization are paid by |
the pensioner to age 65.
ion, optional is -taxable,
; The: minimum amount of pension
“available is figured the same, The
minimum amount a pensioner would =...
receive under either type pension |
‘would’ be’ $3.00 per month for each.
year of service plus a supplemen-
tary payment of $65,00 per month,
In the case of a woman retiring at
age 55, the optional pension would
be figured at-a lower-rate,
When in need of advice, it.
a good idea’ to’ contact your Union
_ representative at Headquarters,
who has 15 or more years continuity
jhas been set for June 25th,
In addit-
BUSINESS AGENT SPEAKS (Cont'd.)
those young people.are the. school »
drop-outs, the boys; and girls with-~
out a high, school diploma Poe
- Men and women over 45'years of:
age make up a large share of the
ong term jobless, Once out of a
job, they*find it difficult to find
employment. © eee re oe
The, unsk#l led:and ‘semi-skilled
July, Membership Meeting,workers together account for 2 out
of every 5 of the hard. core. unem-
ployed, ' oa
Jandreau stressed the need to
encourage and help ‘every young person
to develop their abilities to the
fullest, Going to college is one
way, .but’ not the only way, We -need
doctors, slawyers and physicists, but —
we also’need intelligent young people
skilled occupations,
Jandreau summed up his remarks
with eight recommendations whereby
the Department of Education. could
{play an important role in-helping to
alleviate the problems resulting
from automation: and technological
change, — =
and .
Luther Evans, Director N.E.A. Pro-
ject on Educational Implications of
Automation, Washington, D. C,
. DEADLINE SET FOR SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE” |
Chairman Frank, Masterson has -
announced that the deadline for
Local 301's Scholarship Fund Drive
Shop
Stewards who have not as yet made
their returns to the Union Office
or the Board Member are requested
jJto do so as.soon as possible so that
ja complete tabulation can be made,
The Chairman suggests to. members
having children graduating this June,
who are interested:in making applic-
jation for the scholarship award, to
obtain their applications from either
the Executive Board Member, Shop
Steward or the Union Office. Scholar-
ship applications may be sent in to
the Union Offiee as soon as they
have been completed, The final
grading form from the school may be ©
sent in-atia‘later date,
"The Committee's goal is to
obtain sufficient contributions to
warrant the awarding of a $1,000
Scholarship. This can be accomplished
if. every member displays the same
generosity that has been shown in
_ {former fund drives.
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