301 NEWS
February 5, 1960
Central Labor Council Opposes Two Bills
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The Central Labor. Council,
Vol. 7, No. 6 The Voice of GE Workers, Local 30.
EDUCATIONAL CLASSES PLANNED
ON NEGOTIATIONS FOR 1960
AFL-CIO, Schenectady Area, met
Turbine News Reports ‘Halt-Facts’ |*eivowis, sensary 2, i806 ona
held its first formal business
On Settlement of Steel Strike (BNE Sucnectaay
~ As has Lee the practice of manageme nt in the past (and iti
GW probably always be so) the. Turbine Communicator, Issue 482,
27/60, ave out only “part of the facts" in their report on -the
tiement .of the recent steel dispute.
Leo Jandreai, President of the
newly merged unit, chaired the
mecting. Over 90 delegates from
44 local unions in Fulton, Scho-
harie, Montgomery, Hamilton and
Merve are additional gains which were not mentioned by the Schenectady Counties attended.
_ sompany paper:
The Central Labor Council went
WAGES: LAlthough thero is no‘ ris 6 a wages until Dec. 1, 1960,]on record as unanimously oppos-
the Company has agreed to pay’ all iusurance, costs heretofore paid| ing two ‘pending bills currently
by the employees which amounts. to" an. immediate increase of .U7{ before the N. Y. State. Legisla-
cents. In their take-home pay. Or
wlditional. raiso of 7 cents per
.1961. There will also be inerea
- cents on Dec, 1, 1960, and a 1 cer
incentive increases.
COST OF LIVING: Seventeen ce
ontly Into the present job rates and another 6 cents has been
provided for If tho cost of insurance: : Anes: not increase or if the
cost of Mving increases,
Dee. 1, 1960, they will get an|ture, They are opposed to:
“TOWNSEND SPEAKS AT ROTARY LUNCHEON
yd another 7 cents on Oct. I,
by classifications equal to 2}:
ase on Oct. 1, 106)... plus
1,8P 1590 introduced by Sen
Hatfield
AP 731, Assemblyman Wate
which would allow children
has ‘boon incorporated perman-|12 years of age, with farm. wi "Ke
permit, to assist in helping. work. .
harvest of ‘berries, fruits and
vegetables for 4 hours in any
WORK RULES: remain uncharged. on addition: (a) Settlement }‘one work day between 9 A.M. and
Allen Townsend, Ass't. Bus. Agt'
of Local 301,was invited to speak ©
before -the Middlebure, N.Y. Rotary
Club at a luncheon on Thursday,
Feb. “4th, of last week,
Townsend spoke on the "History
and Inner Workings of Local 301"
before a record turnout of 38
members. .(The usual number in att~'
endance at these dinners is about
20) After the 17 minute talk, a
lively question and answer period
which followed showed that the group
was primarily concerned with:
"Collective Bargaining" and
how it is applied in negotiations
will be the main topic of discuss-
‘lon at the.next Educational Session
g planned for April
of this years
Ben Segal, Educational Director
of the International IUE, will con-
)duct the classes in cooperation with
Local 301's Educational Committee |
headed by James C. Carey, Chairman,
This will be a continuation of
the sessions which started. last
Summer and is designed to prepare
the Executive Board Members, Stewards
and the membership for the coming
pa aaah ies this year when our
of -grievances will be encouraged at tho local. level, (b) a joint}4 P.M; and when school is not in
commitice consisting of representatives of labor and. management|session ... if accompanied by a
was.set up to study the work rules and make recommendations by:
Nov. 1960.and (c) another joint committe Is studying job classifi-
cations, wage Incentives, seniority, etc.
INSURANCE which was paid in part by the employee will now be
pald for entirely by tho Company. This amounts to 7 cents more
‘parent or with a, parent's written
consent. The bill has been re-
ported out of committee,
The Central Labor Counell op-
poses the Bill.as establishing a
an hour in take-home pay .. . also the maximum. coverago was precedent for encouraging Child
Ltted to $6,500, weekly sickness and accident, ber
to $68. per weok and the employer has agreed: t
for G months after a person has been laid-off. ¢
PENSIONS: Pensioners will get 13 weeks’ pay upon retirement
which fs estimated at about $1,500 in. addition to their monthly
pension, (This more than made up for the 116 days pay lost while
out. on. strike), In addition the provious minimum of $2.50 per
month was increased to $2.60 per month. Full retirement will be
eranted to those 55 years of age or over who have 20 years of
service if they lose their jobs because of layoffs, permanent shut-
downs, or sickness.
SUB: The presont Supplemental Unemployment Benefits will be
continued and the Company will contribute another 3 cents per hour
plus 10Us of another 2 cents per hour, I0U’s paid in recent years
which were cancelled by the Company last July, have been restored.
UNION SECURITY: Tho union shop is continued in the new con-
tract and in all so-called “Right-to-Work’” States, workers are
required to pay a service charge to union each month equal to
union dues and any assessments,
SUNIORITY: If a person is Inyed off for lack of work, or for
physical disability his service will be retained for 5 yenrs' instead
of the previous 2 yeur limit
DAVID McDonald, Preside nt of the Stechworkers Union, sumined
it up as one of the best contracts ever neotiated with the Sterl
Companics and hig Union.
"Shop Talk”
WSNY (1240) overy morning
with DON WEEKS and BILL]
DUFFY 6-7 A.M., featuring GH}:
Shop Personal News, Bowling
Scores, News, Sports, Music, and
a nd
"LABOR LOOKS
AT THE NEWS"
Dial 1240 —- WSNY
Local 301 News and Interviews,
‘Please send all news items to
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Labor and taking away ‘work from.
grown-ups during this period of
vital. unemployment in the area.
2. The Council is also vigor-
ously opposed to the dangerous
Pierce-Mason Bill to undermine
the anti-injunction safeguards now
contained..in the State’s Civil
Pratice Act as now being moved
by the antl-labor forces in the
Legislature. .
Other business accomplished
was the setting up of permanent
committees for 1960.
the following committees:
Joseph Badalucco, Barber's: Un-
ion, Credentials; . David Danzig,
COPE, Steelworkers; Mrs, Har-
viet Pease, Legislative, Teachers;
Paul Canders, Organizational,
Sheetmetal Workers;. and Public
Relations, William, Donlan, Typo-
graphical,
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Labor Programs
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12:45 P.M, — Channel 6
“Americans at, Work”
“Labor Looks at the News”
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“Washington “Reports”
' WSNY Radio — Dial 1240
: ‘Every § Sat. Evening 7 PM.
wess Sunday 2 P, M.
Listed below are chairmen of
-economic Weapon at the members! dis-
‘demands. He also pointed out that
‘Local 301 has only struck once in
“Weapon "indiscriminately",
(Bee ae
; a) AUTOMATION - and whether it would}
result in mass unemployment of the
people who are presently working in
SAshOSh eG offices, etc.
b) THE LOSS OF TURBINE orders to
foreign countries in last year's
bidding on TVA contracts. Incident-.
ally, it was pointed out (to their
amazement) that if the labor was
furnished free of. charge, the bids
would still have been too high to
get the orders, and concerning
ce) STRIKES - they wanted to know if
there wasn't some alternative on. ye
part of union membérs to the us
the’ strike weapon, Townsend relat.
‘that the strike was the only final
posal which could be used to force
cenagement to give in to their just
the past 25 years, which proves that
Our Local doesn't use the strike
Allen received a warm reception
from the members of the M: ddleburg
‘Rotary Club and was aské to. come
back again sometime in the near.
Suture by Julius Westheimer, Pres,
ev. Joel Shippey acted as Master-
of~Ceremonies,'
dnyear contract expires. a
Last Summer a total of 140
Board Members and Stewards attended
classes in July and Sept. which
covered "The Union Program",
Communications", "GE Propaganda",
"Public Speaking", "Economics" and
a variety of other Bpbgectss
This is just one of the many
planned programs. for 1960 in an
effort to avert a strike with the
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