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The General Motors Corporation followed the Ford settlement with the VAW-CIQ,:eranting wag :
G . rh,
incréases and contract improvements amounting tora cost of over 20c an hour-in-a 3-ye ntract. The
Electrical: Division of General Motors received: the same benefits as the Automobile Divis ar '
The settlement in General Motors.establishes a pattern for contract negauations throughout the coun-
try; likewise, it establishes a goal in the Electrical Industry for employces such as General Electric to dupli-
cate. General. Electric is the: largest employer in the Electrical Industry while General Motors is the larg-
est in the Auto Industry. However, General Motors employs more people than Genéral Electric . The
Ford Motor Company, on the other hand, is smaller than General Electric. So size of the corporation or
its position in the industry should not bea justified reason to refuse to do equally as well as the others.
The General Motors settlement was’as follows:
Guaranteed Annual Wage 8. Lost Time Paid by Company
Employees laid off due to lack of work Shop Stewards will be paid up to 2h
will be paid 656% of their regular wages hours a week by the. Company for lost
for a period of 4 weeks, If the unemploy- time in. handling grievances. TExecutive
ent, lists beyond 4 wecks, the employe Bourd Members are paid up to 15 hours a
ive GOGe of his regular wage for weck for lost time caused by Union duties.
onal 22 weeks. ‘The payment will
he form of his Unemployment In-
1S EMER IS TR
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July 1, 1955 |
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A capacity crowd at LUE. Local 301’s Annual Field Day
last Sunday enjoyed the program planned and carried out by
the Activities Committee.
Many ‘members volunteered to
assist the-committee in meeting the
deniand for refreshments and cin
ecarrying out the program.
Part of the crowd is shown iclow
watching one of the entertainment
provided the crowd with some ac- — children’s pr
.» tion-packed. matches,
Many..‘interesting © games, were
provided for the youngsters and as
usual the: pony rides was one of
the most’. popular iittractions. In
addition ‘to ‘the gate prizes every
youngster present received ‘a free
ticket fora special dr:
SStg EE ATSC
Althuugh the: huge crowd was be-
yond expectations, the entire pro-
gram. was carried off smoothly as
the Activities Committee received
adequate help from members on
the grounds.” All in all the whole
‘day added up to another hure suc-
_ cess for TUE -Loeal 301.
pany, an employee. may leave for personal
reasons. He is eligible for 4 compaty
pension upon reaching the age of 5,
sree
performances. The scheduled Lit-
tle League baseball game had to be
cancelled sinee,the National Head-
quarters would. not sanction an ex-
hibition game. Boxing and wres-
tling matches were substituted and
Union representatives are included “in
the company Pension Plan. even though
they are on leave of absence,
opment
Cost of Living Plan ; 14,
. Sickness Insurance *'
Wayes shall be adjusted due to cost of
surance benefits and the balance paid by
the Company. The cost of this is esti-
mated at. be an hour.
Wage Increase
The contract runs for 3 years, until May
29, 1988,
grant a 244% inerease with a minimum of
Ge an hour to all employees covered by the
contract.
Inequity Fund
The Company agreed to establish a ‘fund
tu correct: inequities in rates by allocating
2e-un hour for this purpose.
They also agreed to pay the skilled
workers an additional 8¢.an hour-over and
above the 244% general increase.
Second and Third Shift Bonus
". At present the shift bonus is 74
wits increased to 10%.
Vacations
Employees between 10 years and 1h
years were granted additional vacation al-
lowances of extra ditys over the two weeks
vacation, Three weeks are granted after
15 years of service.
Jury Duty
Additional payment are made to those
serving on j
“Union Shop: : ;
All employees: ins the bargaining unit
must hecoine members of the Union,
‘Satisfactory Settlement of 11 Points
Here i is TUE-CLO’s 11 point program for G.E. w ol rkers 3
|. Guaranteed annual employment
Substantial wage merease
Lae pn wide
Ikach year the Company will ,
pininwm 1 bir mg rate
ing rise or fall as reported. by the U. §
Jepartment af Labor's Cost of Living In-
dex, The adjustment will be made on”
the biisis of Ie an hour fot every % point.
on the Index.
Pensions
The Pension Plan is paid fot by the
Company — employees do not contribute.
An eligible employee will receive $2.25 a
ve'month for every year of service with the
Company. There is no limit on the num-
ber of years of service. This is in addi-
tion to his Social Security benefits,
An employee may work until he reaches
the age of 68 hefore he is compelled to
retire.
Optional Pension at 60 Years
An employee may retire at age 60. He
will receive $4.50 a month for every year
of service. When he becomes 65 and So-
cial Security payments start, his company
pension will drop to the standard monthly
retirement rate of $2.25,
Disability Provision
After 15 years of service, if an employee
The Sickness Insurance runs for a total
of 26 weeks, Its benefits vary depending
on the hourly rate of the employees.
- 85.00 per week
40,00 per week
45.00 per week
up to 1.50-per-hour
to 1.74
4.to 1.99
to 2.24
> to 2.49
to 2.74
to 2.99
to 3.25
and over
45.00 per weck
60.00 per week
65.00 per week
70.00 per week
75.00 per week
Hospitalization
The plan covering the General Motors
employees is the Michigan Blue Cross. An
employee is entitled to a semi-private
room for a maximum of 120 days without
cost. Doctors visits at $5.00 a day while
in hospital up to $150.00.
_ All hospital additional expenses suéh
as X-rnys, medicine, ete, are paid in full.
A surgical schedule ranging up to $r00
maximum to cover vost of operation is
50.00 per aveek
hecomes permanently disabled, he is en- included.
titled to a-p t the rate of $4.50 per
month for ear of service regard-
less of ag '
The employees were granted an improved
Life Insurance Plan, The cast of, the health,
hospite fzation and: insurance plans are born
\ bythe: Company and the balanee. by the
employees.
Vested Rights ;
After 10 years of servie ths om-
est Answer
so Improvements i iM pensions and i insurance
. Improvements’ in holidays
Better vacation plan
Sick and: death: leave -
More protection for incentive
: Union Shop °
DEC EW TSN TA BDL INI ROE
aaa ee ern a
Ly SANE RS Sentee ee
COMBINED MEETING
Shop Steward & Membership
Report of Committees
Regular Order of Business |
MONDAY, JULY 18, 1955
“1:00 p.m.—2nd shift ~
7:30 pam.—Ist and 8rd shifts
Meeting. will ‘be held at
KRUEGER’S HALL
Corner South: Ferry and Liberty Streets
Planned Stoppages and Open House
. The local press last week carried a statement that on the’
day of Open House, Mr. Stevens met with officials of Local
301-and arranged for the Union to cancel planned walkouts.
We do not know who was responsible for the statement but we
do declare that it was an outright falsehood.
‘Here are the facts in the matter: Long before the date
pen House had been announced the Building Trades had
“Set up a Committee and planned a noon hour meeting in pro- .
test of their work being |
farmed out and to continue “through
the grievance procedure to have this practice stopped,
As a courtesy to the Company, the employees and their
families, this noon hour meeting was called off, after, a meet-
Conti hued on ge 4
Mati t
LOR eee
SSS SD: pO: woos
» “UE Local 3010...
Helen Nic hols, Bld v. 269
Helen‘works in Bldg: 269 on Ist
shift us a Painter and Sprayer and
has 14 years of 5
service with. the
Company.
She has been
vactive on many
women’s com-
mittees and has
also. served on
Local 301’s Trial
Committee, and
the Election
Committee, Fite’ :
Helen resides at 418 Craig St.
in Schenectady.
Joseph Drozdowski, Bldg. 28
Joc has 14 yerrs of service with
the Company and works as a
Grinder in Bldg.
28 on the 1st
shift.
He has been |
active in) many
Union affairs
and served_sev-
eral years as
Shop Stew: ard
As an Executive
Board “Member,
he represents Bldgs. 10A, 24, 26
and 28.
He and his wife, Frances, with
their two sons, Joseph, age 12, and
John, age 6, live in Schenectady on
2137 Curry Road.
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} Labor Asked to Aid Commissioner —
a “Meet Your 4
| ExecutiveBoard }
N.Y. State Business
Speaking in Rochester before the
annul convention. of the ~ Union
Label and Service Trades Depart- .
ment.,of the State of New York,
AFL, Commerce Commissioner. Ed-
ward T. Dickinson last week asked
organized lubor to place its support
» behind the effort to create new and
expanding business . opportunities
in the State. He praised labor's
record of cooperation with business
und its “enlightened interest” in
the economic ‘advancement of the
State. ,
The Commissioner asked an end
to the “underselling” of N. Y. State
and outlined research, programs
now underway in the department.
These include studies of growth. in-
dustries and exploration of un-
tapped markets that may exist in
New York for local industry.
He commended communities
where plans for industrial develop-
ment are’ based on the ‘economic
realities of regionalism and offered
department help to small-business
in meeting, marketing or technalo-
‘gical problems.
“Attracting to the State new
plants and additional tourists are
two very important sales areas for
the department”, Commissioner
Dickinson said. “These represent
net new business that is generated
in the State and to.them we should
be devoting a great deal of our
effort”.
No, Prize Stub No.
1. Lady’s Diamond Ring 19829
2, Aluminum Boat 8201
3. Clothes Dryer 26629
4.5 H.P. Motor 13065
5. Box Trailer 11689
6. Golf ‘Club Oulfit “hy
4 ee Chair & Stools
8 Piece Luggage
9, Power Lawn Mower’ “5430
10. Swivel Top Cleaner 17556
11. Lane Cedar Chest 4979
12, Rotisserie 22089
13. Twin Brush Waxer 10864
14. Portable Phonograph 6895
15. Floor Circulating Fan 8249
16. Clock Radio 30808
| 17. Portable Radio 20291
18. M. Wash’ton Bedspread 25485
19.Man’s Electric Razor $887
20. Fishing Outfit, 10780
21, Steam Tron 18214
Winners of Field Day Prizes.
“VL W, Strobeck—RiD, J,
Name Address Blig.
E, Raco—1053 Roberta Rt. CAP
E. Latano, Jr.—-932 Pleasant St.
R. Kelly—-3083 Edgewood Ave. 278
C, Samuels—732 Eastern Ave.
H. Caschini--1546 Devine St. R.Lab °
Tom Golden—15238 Poster Ave, 278
Julia A. Moyer—Johnstown, N.Y.
8. C. Carbin—-202 Glen Ave,
Scotia 60-2
EE. P, Hewlett—2184 Story Ave.
P, Ausfelt—195 Parkland Ave,
Scotia 227
J. Sukatski—109A Dartmouth
Street - 298
‘D. Tiberio— 799
R, Lainhart—R.D.1, Altamont 16
W.C, Olszewski—1223 4th’
Avenue G.E. Lab.
Kileen Glennon 52
C. Doherty—243 New Scot- :
land Ave, Albany 52
C, Stage—2021 Amsterdam Ave.
Delanson
Thomas A. Herald—Rexford, -Y
W. AK. Travers--244 Union St.
Linda. Bordak
Lubin Names
Secretary
Mrs. Dollie Lowther Robinson
of, Brooklyn was named’ ‘ Secre-
tary of the State Labor Depart-
ment by Industrial Commissioner
Tsador Lubin and sworn in by Sec-
retary of State Carmine DeSapio
in the latter's office,
Mrs. Robinson, who
Mrs. Bertha Diggs Warnet,. has
had exterisive experience. ine'the
field of labor and industry.: “She
rose from the ranks of the laundry
workers to become assistant to
Mrs. Sidney Hillman, education di-
rector of the Laundry Workers
Joint Board, Amalgamated Cloth-—
ing Workers of America, CIO, in
1941. In 1945, she was appointed
education director. She also served
the ACWA as a .national repre-
sentative for several years, doing
organizing and community rela-
tions in Tennessee, Georgia, Flor-
ida and Mississippi.
Tn 1947 she served as a member
of the New York State Minimum
Wage Boards for the Laundry and
Cleaning and. Dyeing industries,
and from 1947-1951, wis a member
of the United States Department
of Labor Women’s Advisory Com-
mittee and the Trade Union Ad-
visory Committee to the Federal
Labor Department’s Children’s
Bureau,
Women’ s Meeting
Largely ‘Attended
Mary Bartlette presided as Chair-
man at the Women’s Meeting held
at Union Hall on June 16th. Presi-
dent James Cognetta, Chief: Stew-
ard Bill Mastriani, Joseph Whit-
beck, Chairman of the Placement
Committee and Ass’t Business
Agent Serafin Pita addressed: the
group. ;
The discussion included place-
ment, problems created by the atti-
tude of the Employment Office at
Bldg. One and Department super-
vision in refusing to. make suit-
able and comparable otfers to wom-
en when laid off for lack of work.
Tt was pointed out that employees
with shorter service were being
held on jobs while longer service
employees were being told these
same jobs were so undesirable that
they would refuse them. <* *
An investigation held by the
Placement Committee ‘has resulted
in the placement of three women
already,..after. finding. the. jobs.were
not undesirable,
The. Sight Conservation Society
of Northeastern New York reports
5,024 eye pledges on file as of
| Mareh.1, 1956,
«Westinghouse,
tario, Canada, and Local 555,
succeeds
hat Is GE's Answer?
“Ford and General Motors have conéiuded negotia-
tions with the CIO and
setting a pattern for ina
with these settlements;
e@.satisfactory settlements,
ost of us are familiar
ed iow is just a brief review
‘of the smaller companies that have reached satisfactory -
Settlements this year.
GE has no justifiable reason to refuse the demands
of. the TUE-CIO as summed'up in the 11 point program.
Bratford, On-
IUE-CIO
Metropolitan Area, N.Y¥.C Cc —
Local 408, IUE-CIO, represent-
ing 200 job shops (Optical)
Kaywood Mfg. Co. and Local
940, IUE-C10, St. Joseph, Mich.
‘Lenox Mfg. Co. and Local 1187,
IUE-C10, Chicago, IL
pe
Victor Adding Machine Co. and
Local 459, IUE-CIO, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Dollinger Corp, and Local 329,
TU E-CIO, Rochester, N. ¥
Evinrude Division. of Outboard,’
Marine & Mfg. Co. and Steel-
workers, CIO, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Plastergon Wall Board Co. and
Local 1231, Retail Workers, CIO,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Axelson Mfg. Co. and Local 795,
IAM. Niel inists. AFL, Los An-
geles, Calif.
56 Cincinnati produce firms and
Local 850,, Teamsters, AFL,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Creek Box Co. and Local 1021,
Paperworkers,. CIO, Battle
Creek, Michigan
Nu Line Plastics Impregnating
Co. and. Loeal 11, Chemical
~ Workers, AFL, Los Angeles,
Calif.
City of New York and Local 74,
Building Service Employees,
AFL, and Local 94, Engineers,
AF L New York, N. Y.
Gulf Heating Co. and Local
11-389 °- Oil, Chemical and
Atomic ‘Workers, CIO, Detroit,
Michigan
Ashland Oil & Refining Co. and
Local 11-450, Oil Worker: jS10,
Canton, Ohio t \)
Socony Vacuum. Qil Co. and Lo-
cal. 7-644, Oil Workers, CIO,
Hast St. Louis, Mo.
New England Road Builders
Association and Loeal 4, Hoist-
ing and Portable Engineers,
AFL, Boston, Mass.
“Arthur Winarich Co. ‘and Local
18-610, Oil, Chemieal and Atom-
ic Workers. ‘CIO, New ‘Bruns: ©
wiek, N. J. ,
Cohan Optieal Co. and Local 408,
TUR-CIO, New York, Ny Y,
membership;
wide senior: ity; 20c in automatic
12¢: strike settlement; Se to 13c¢
inequity adjustments on certain
occupations; 8 paid holidays
$5.00 to $10.00 per week increase
16.5 package;. min. 8%c; general
increase 59 to 8%; increase
min, rates by 17%c; increase
starting rate on Toolmakers
31¢e; Company will pay Hospital-
ization Insurance—doctors and
hospital; Company will pay for
total time spent on grievances.
10¢ an hour general wage raise;
increased Hospitalization Insur-
ance and surgical benefits
$10.00 per week increase; sick
leave, max. .13 weeks; full sen-
iority protection, and severance
pay; profit sharing. plan
7 paid holidays (an increase of
one holiday); maintenance of
checkoff; — plant-
Pp ssion with four selep- UPS,
He Penels payment of griev-
ante’ time
12¢ an hour general wage raise
7e an hour across the board
wage raise plus an additional
10c an hour for truck drivers
lle to 15¢ an hour wiige increase
1Ne an hour wage increase
10c an hour wage inerease
—
12e an hour wage inercase
1c an hour wage increase for
3500 employees
Ide an hour wage increase ret-,
roactive to Mareh 1, 1955
1Qe an hour wage increase ret-
roar 8 to Mareh 1, 1955
}
4.265 wage increase
30c an hour general ware raise
for 3,000 employees; 2 year con-
tract
“He an hor general wage raise
Whe an hour general ware
raise
aS
State Law Requires Company fo Poy
Compensation for Some Illnesses
As Well as Accidents .
Union Lawyer Explains Claims for ’
Occupational Disease:
When an accident: ’
worker, the worker is ir i
aware that something has happen-
ed to him and he reports: it to his
foreman immediately. There is ne
mistaking such, dn occurrence. The
worker has hurt a hand, a leg, a
shoulder, his back or some other
part of his body. There has been’.
a single incident which caused this
injury and the worker is able to
report to his foreman what hap
pened,
The Law, however, requires that
even certain types of sickness or
- disease be reported as soon as a
‘Worker becomes aware that he is
suffering from such a disease if
. the worker feels that this disease
resulted from the nature of “his!
work. 0.7 : mea
Take) for example, the worker
who works with cutting oils: and
who bréaks out with «a rash, Of
course, if the worker goes to his
own doctor with this condition, the
doctor may inform the worker that
the skin disease came from the
oils he used at work. In such in-
stances the worker should report
this as soon as he is able to. In
any event, however, a worker who
develops such a disease can con-
sult the Union’s Lawyer as to a
possible connection with his work
and the Union Lawyer will -advise
him as to how to go about investi-: -
gating this possible claim for com-
pensation.
The same holds true for many
other types of occupational dis-
eases, These include loss of hear.
ing for workers who, like chippers,
work in a noisy atmosphere; also
lung conditions Hke bronchitis ‘or
silicosis. among workers in the
foundry and power house; and
many other types of illnesses.’
The rule for oceupational dis--
eases is the same.as ‘for accidents.
As soon as a. worker. becomes
aware or even. believes. that there.
is a connection between the type
of work he does*and the: illness
from which he is ‘suffering, he:
‘should report it promptly to’ his
foreman, :
IUE-CIO LOCAL 307 NEWS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF. LOCAL 301,
REPRE aeNING SCHENECTADY"
: WORKERS = *
30
James! J. Cogfetta
‘Jaxeph Alois,
Treasurar__ eh Whilbeck
Rocording nae Milos: Moon
Ass't Recording Socretary. Allen E, Townsend
Chief Shop Steward William Masteiani
Business Agont leo Jandroau
201 LIBERTY ST. °° SCHENECTADY, N. Y.
President-—
Vice Presid:
‘Day yesterday.
Published by -the-Editorlal: Gommittea:- ==]:
Judge Campbell Donates
To Christmas Fund
Following TUE Local 301'’s An-
nual..Field Day a letter was -re-
ceived from’ Surrogate Judge. Wil-
liam Campbell in which he »stated’,
“May I also express -my deepest’
appreciation. of the hospitality -ac-
corded'me by Local 301 at the. Field -.
From my’ stand-.
“point."it was a most enjoyable :
event,”
; Judge Campbell had been invited -
to make the drawing. for prize-
winners and during the course of
the day he expressed much interest
in’ Local 301’s activities and aceom-"
plishments. Upon learning that the
next important event the Activities
Committee will present is the Chil-
dren’s Christmas party, he pro-
ceeded to donate $25.00 to the af-
fair, Local 301 wishes to express
“ysis: we SB: gE: 5.8. ve FOB
tUE Local 301.
Meet Your
Executive Board
Edwin Davies, Bldg. 285
Ed is an Inspector and works im
Bldg. 285 on Ist shift. He has 2
years of service’:
with the Come
pany. ;
He writes a
sports column in
the Schenectady
Gazette cover-
ing local and na*
tional soccer
news and events.
Ed is Secretary-
.!Treasuier* ofthe Central N.Y.
State Soccer, Football Association
and. a'member of. the N, Y. State
Soccer’ Football. Association Cup
Committee. .
Ed and his: wife, Florence, with
their two children, Nancy and Ron--: .
ald live at 52 Waldorf Place, Sche-..”
Hecitatiy.
their appreciation to this generous
response. \
ML
Planned Stoppages and Open House
(Continued
from. Page 1). '
ing between the Bldg. Trades. Comniittee and Mr. Stevens at
8:30 that morning. At that-meeting’Mr. Stevens assured the
Committee that he would Bie pie ‘employrnent in the Bldg.
Trades as in the past. :
This agreement by th
ing was then reported i
work stoppages!
There were no: ‘pl
therefore there could be-no a;
been Company strategy’ to:
\
ion to cancel a rioon hour meet} *
press as'an agreement to cancel|
worl stoppages by, the Union,
eement to cancel. Could it have\,
ovoke labor trouble on the day \ \
eo)
of Open House in an attempt to damage the Union’s reputa- —
tion in the eyes of the public? Was it a coincidence that dur-
.ing that week there was an excessive amount of stalling by
supervision. and contract violations on grievances concerning.
prices and seniority?
We say that any work stoppages on the day of Open
House were caused by supervision—as they are any day—
through their refusal to settle grievances properly and
promptly.
Distortions in the press
are certainly not the answer,
sincere and honest negotiations of GE employees’ grievances
will eliminate any labor trouble:
’ 1. Guaranteed. annual
> employment ¢
Substantial wage
increase
1.25 chain-wide mini-
“mum. hiring rate
-Equal'pay for equal
work
Restoration of the
profit-sharing plan,
- Satisfactory Settlement of 11 Points
Best Answer
Here is IUE-CIO’s 11 point program for G.E. workers:
A Proposal Acceptable to GE Workers Will Prevent
Labor Trouble
6. Improvements i in pen-
sions and insurance
7. Improvements in
holidays
Better vacation plan
Sick and death leave
More protection for
incentive workers
11. Union shop
Deed
