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Cable Strikers
Fight AFL Rai
ight AFLRaid
Fuced with one of the most vi-
cious raids in labor history, the
General Cable strikers
closed ranks this week and renew-
ed their determination to attain a
settlement of their 16-week-old
strike which will protect the union
conditions won through seven. years
of representation by UE Local 331.
The new attack on the Cable
strikers came from the AFL elec-
trical workers union (IBEW). For
many weeks:now, the IBEW-AFL
has ‘been maneuvering behind the
scenes and delaying a strike set-
tlement. ‘
Finally, last week the raid came
out into the open when a handful
of shop stewards signed their
names to a newspaper advertise-
ment aimed at splitting the work-
ers,
A scant 24 hours later, the Cable
workers struck back, A meeting
attended by 850 members of the
1,850-person local’ voted unani-
“ mously to continue the strike and
expressed. complete confidence in
WE leadership. They’ condemned
the IBEW ‘and the few who sold
out to it as strikebreakers “and
company agents. “ :
The next day, the local publish-
ed.an ad signed by 75 officers and
stewards which called on the AFL
to get out of town and stop block-
ing a strike settlement. They
pointed: out that the raid was
timed to coincide with a meeting
with a top panel of the U. S. Con-
ciliation Service aimed at settling
the walkout.
The General Cable strike in
Rome, Los Angeles and IEmery-
Ville, Calif, began on June 1 after
the company had terminated the
union contract.
in Rome .
| A Real Funny Book
The Republican Party has
picked the perfect medium to
present its views on the Taft-
Hartley. law—a comic book.
It’s a real educational job.
Among the things to be learned
from it are that the working
people of America love T-H
even if it costs each of them
hundreds of dollars a year. This
love for the National Associa-
tion of Manufacturers’ pet sta-
tule stems from the fact that it
“frees” the workers from the
“bad guys’—union leaders.
These hombres are painted. as
ruthless gangsters whose main
task.in life. is keeping out of
range of ‘Two-Gun Bob. Taft.
(Next month: The Man from
Mars) ,
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Big Advance Ticket Sale
Expands Amusement Plans
A large advance ticket sale for the big UE Local 301 Field
Day, which will be held a week from Sunday at the Columbian
Park on Dunnsville Road, has enabled the activities committee
to round-up numerous professional
entertainment. features.
These features, including profes-
sional wrestlers and boxers, top
night club acts and circus perform-
ers, round out a full program for
the day. One of the chief points of
interest will be a baseball game
between two of the top Little
League teams in the area. For
those who themselves feel in need
of exercise, a number of athletic
1 Year Ago— UE 301 Routed
IUE-CIO Raiders in Election
It was one year ago this week, on Sept. 14, 1951 to be ex-
act, that the IUE-CIO raiders were driven out of Schenectady
by the overwhelming vote of GE workers.
The splitters had come to Sche-
nectady expressing confidence that
they could capture the bargaining
F unit here. They left, tails between
their legs, under. the weight of an
11,542 to 4,851 vote for UE Local
301 in an NLEB election.
Their red-baiting and smearing
had failed to confuse the workers
here,
accomplishment was too much for
the splitters,
Since that smashing victory, UIE
has consolidated its position in
Schenectady. ‘The local member-
ship has grown steadily, unhamp- -
ered by IUE-CIO sabotage.
However, the victory didn’t come
cheaply. In order to tur back
Carey’s raiders, the UE both na-
tionally and locally had to spend
tens of thousands of dollars for or-
ganization and, publicity.
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The 15-year record of UL *
lt is largely the realization that
a depleted treasury is a weapon in
the hands of those who would de-
stroy. the union, that has prompted
the leadership of UE to ask the
members to approve.a 50¢ monthly
dues increase, Such an increase
would enable the union to maintain
an adequate defense fund, and to
build a badly-needéd ‘new union
hall.
Thus far, a large majority of
those approached have-agreed that
the need for new funds exists, and
have signed approval of o dues in-
crease in a petition being circulat-
ed ‘throughout the works. How-
ever, about half of the members
still have not been approached.
Until. everyone has a chance. to
voice his or her sentiment, no ac-
tion will be taken,
hird shift delega Those
and” William “Stewart,
events in’ whieh they can partic
pate will be on tap.
That will still leave plenty of,
room in the spacious field day
grounds for a dozen carnival con-
cessions plus refreshment stands
at which hamburgers, hot dogs,
popcorn, soda pop and lots more
will be on sale-at pre-inflation
prices.
It iooks as if the $2,000-list of
valuable prizes will be swelled con-
siderably before next Sunday. A
number of Schenectady merchants
have offered to contribute extra
gifts to be awarded to people at-
tending the field day.
As for .the regular prizes,
they will be awarded to the
many lucky ticket holders re-
gardless of whether they at-
tend the field day. ‘Tickets
sell at three for only 50c, and
they make the purchasers elig-
ible to win awards which in-
elude a $400 combination re-
frigerator and deep freeze, a
TV set, a vacuum cleaner and
many other valuable items.
In addition there willbe a
$100 bicycle given away as a
door prize.
Activities committee chairman
O. B. Phillips reported that pro-
gress was beIng made toward com-
pleting field day arrangements.
However, Phillips emphasized that
there still was a need for volun-
teers to aid the committee in trans-
porting exhibits to the grounds
and in helping owt with the actual
running of events. Those ‘inter-
ested should contact Phillips or
Marshal White at the union hall.
secsealed are Helen Quirini, Leo Jandreau
The standees “are William Mastriani, Frank
D’Amico, Cognetta and Lawrence Gebo.
gation is UE Seeretary-Treasurer Julius Emspak, a charter member of
The 10th member of the dele-
Local 301.
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
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Friday, September 26, 1952
» Big Round-the-Clock
Detroit—UE Local 947 has won
an 8¢ hourly wage increase with a
wage ‘reopener in six months for
workers at Seneca Electric.
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Los Angeles—aA strike last week
against ‘the Douglas .Aireraft Co.
El Segundo ‘plant raised the num-
her of warplane workers on the
street to 35,000. The 10,000 Doug-
las workers walked out after a
secret ballot vote had favored
strike aetion to back demands for
a 10¢ hourly increase. Previously
25,000, Lockheed workers had hit
the bricks. They are all members
of the AFL machinists union.
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Cleveland —_Airmaze workers
have gained a total of 7e an hour
in wuge increases us a result of
( )-gotiation efforts by Uf Local
735. Four cents of the raise ‘is
retroactive to last November. It
had been held up for many months
by the Wage Stabilization Board,
The other 8c was just agreed upon.
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San Franciseo—The plan fer a
labor unity conference proposed by
John L. Lewis was approved last
week by the independent Marine
Cooks and Stewards union. ~The
indorsement was contained in a
wire by MCS President Hugh Bry-
son to the Mine Workers leader.
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Fort Wayne, Ind —UE District
Coungil nine, representing workers
in Indiana and Michigan, have held
a special meeting designed to map
plans for political action in the two
states. A poll among UE mem-
bership to determine what ques- -
tions would be asked of all eandi-
“dates was launched.
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‘Washington -- Agreement this
_week on major terms of a new con-
" Yyaet in the northeastern coal fields
averted a strike of 200,000. United
Mine Workers, and won for the
miners a $1.90 daily wage increase
and a 10¢ a ton additional royalty
for the union’s welfare fund. The
“aecord between the union and the
operators was reached only a few
hours before a strike deadline... In-
addition to the economic gains, 2
number of other fringe improve:
ments «were reported.
SCHENECTADY, NEW. YORK
Program
Planned for Field Day Sunday
Columbian Park on Dunnsville Road will be the center of attraction Sunday for thousands
>of members of UE Local 301, their families and friends of the union. ‘They will come out to
the park for what.promises to be one of the biggest Field Day
Mere cece che eis
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SCALING THE HEIGHTS.
Rene and dim,
Ti eee
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lists who
topflight ladder aeri
will perform for UE members at the 30! Field Day Sunday are shown
‘going through their paces in the pieture above.
Unanimous Vote for Top.
Officers Shows VE Unity
Reflecting the unity which prevailed throughout’he UE.
convention in Cleveland last week, the delegates voted unani-
mously to re-elect all three of the union’s national officers.
The vote of confidence was ex-
tended to President Albert E. Fitz-
gerald, Secretary-Treasurer Julius
mspak and Director of Organiza-
lion James Matles. Emspak is a
charter member of UE Loeal 301,
who left the Schenectady GE works
in the early days of the union to
aecept the post of secretary-treas-
urer, ;
Similarly, there were no major
disagreements on the resolutions
which will set UE national policy
for the next year. Any differences
that did exist.were ironed out by
compromises arrived at in the
resolutions committee.
Three members of the 10-person
Local 3801 delegation served in key
committee posts during. the con-
vention, President James
“ proup; Chief Shop Steward Wil-
liam Mastriani functioned on the
constitution committee; and Busi-
ness Agent Leo Jandreau worked
with the resolutions unit.
Cogs |
netta was on the officers’ report
Board Asks Members
To Approve GE Accord
The Ul Loeal 801 executive
board voted Monday night to ree-
ommend ratification of the nation-
al agreement with General Elec-
trie which was concluded the week
before last. : :
The board’s action, which awas__
unanimous, followed a veport on ~
the accord by Business Agent Lea’
Jandreau, 301 member of the UE-
GE national negotiating commit-
tee. Jandvreau also reported that
the UE-GIc conference board Jhad
approved the agreement. This ap-
proval came during ‘a special mect-
ing of the conference group called
“in Cleveland last Thui'sday.”
Jandveau, emphasized that while
the agreement did not fully meet
the needs of GE workers, it did
incorporate many gains obtained
‘through negotiations.
programs ever staged by the
local. From 11 a.m. to 11 p.m,, the
events will continue in a round-the-
clock entertainment session featur-
ing sports, professional “entertain-
ment, carnival games, wrestling
matches and, plenty of food and.
drink for all.
‘Not: to be forgotten is the
drawing for $2,000 worth. of
valuable prizes scheduled to be
held. at 5:00 pam. One-half
hour later there will be another
drawing, this time for the gate
prize,.a beautiful Black Pan-
“ther bieycie.
For the kids, a full program of
games will be-vondueted through-
out the day. The adults are’ ex-
pected to get as much fun as the
younger set out of the scheduled
Little Leayue baseball game. Bat-
ter up time is 1:00 pm.
Two Schenectady men who have
played their act throughout the
country’ will head the wrestling
ecard, The opposing gladiators will
hit the mat at 4:00 pm. They are
Steve Budynas and Tommy Giorgio,
A man, a woman and a ehimpan-
zee will share the spotlight when
the Field Day show goes on, They
are ladder acrialists Rene and Jim,
and Koko, a performing monkey
with a sénse of humor,
Capping a full day will. be
an evening of daneing under
the stars with Joe Rosetti and
his orchestra. providing the
romantic background,
The program is planned so that
everyone who attends will have a
good time. But for many Field
Day guests, the enjoyment will go
on long after the day is over. They
will be the winners of the 25 valu-
-able prizes which will be awarded
to field day ticket, holders,
A big $400, cight cubie foot re-
frigerator-dcep freeze combination
heads the list of awards,
Field Day Program
The program of events for Sun-
day’s Field Day at Columbian Park
is_as follows: coe
IT aan.O pening,
T pameuLittl League Baseball
3 pm Stage show
4 pm Wrestling
5 pam.....Drawings
& pam -Dancing to 11 o’clock.
TE tam Re EY Ste Se SEP TO
NLRB Ballot -
To Crush Raid
Striking General Cable workers
in Rome poured out this week to
work for their union in the face of a
strike-breaking raid by the IBEW-
AFL. The complete crushing - of
the raiders appeared likely as
the Cable workers go to the polls
today to vote in an NLRB repre-
sentation election.
Throughout the week, hundreds
of Cable workers jammed into the
UE Local 881 hall to volunteer
their services. Most of them went
out in a door-to-door visiting cam-
paign aimed at.explaining the is-
sucs to every striker,
It..seemed certain that a defeat
for the AFL would mean a quick
settlement of the 17-week-old
strike. It has been largely the
IBEW interference that has block-
ed a strike settlement in recent
weeks. A meeting between’ UE
national. negotiators and the com-
pany under the auspices of the
U. S. Conciliation service is sched-
uled to be held in New York City
Monday. This meeting could easily
‘mean an end to the strike which
/was forced on UE members in
Rome, Los Angeles: and Emery-
ville, California, on June 1,
Meanwhile, the. Cable workers
were cheered by news of new sup-
port from UE Local 301. The
Schenectady executive board vated
an additional $100 in strike aid to.
the Rome shop.
Prices Rise Again
It’s hardly news but retail
prices paid by workers’ families
were up again according to the
latest: figures of the U. S. Bur-
eau of Labor Statistics. ,
The climb established a new
all-time cost-of-living high, The
COL index stood. at the record
191.1 on Aug. 15. The figure is
hased on: an average of the
19385-1939 retail prices. The rise
in the last recorded month was
0.246. - oo
The BLS figures have been
shown to be much too low by
UB and other union economists
who maintain that it is rigged
against the working people.
Wages remain frozen.
Czaban Benefit
Set for Oct. 12
A benefit program ‘to. aid the
paralyzed son of a UE: Local 801
worker has been scheduled for
Schenectady Staditim on Oct. 12.
The program will feature a Little
League ball game. :
The event will be staged’ to hon-
or Danny Czaban, 17-year-old son
of Tony Czaban of the Small and
Medium Motor Division, long. sn
active UE member.
swimming accident. Since then he
has required constant hospital
treatment, and. family funds have
been exhausted. The unfortunate
situation is complicated by the. ill-
ness of the elder Czaban.
Young Danny .
was —injured last summer in a~
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Plan Varied Registration —
Drive in Next Few Weeks
A major campaign to get all of its members to register:
to vote in the November elections will be launched in the next
week by Local 301. The details of the campaign were worked
Vote Help for Victims
In Wisconsin Lockout
The 801 executive board voted
Monday night to, send $100- to help
locked-out Marathon Electric work-
_ers who have been hitting the
bricks for more than six months.
The contribution was made in an-
swer to an appeal for funds from
the Marathon UE Local.
. More than 750 members of -UE
Local 1113 have been out of the -
shop’ due to the company lockout
which followed protests by the
workers against numerous con-
tract violations and wage cuts.
Members of ‘almost all union’ lo-.
cals:in the area have ‘been sup-
porting the Wausau workers de-
spite attempts by the IBEW-AFL
to herd scabs into the plant, This
support has been a key factor in
enabling the Ul members to fight
-back against police intimidation,
which has resulted in more than 40
arrests of pickets and strike lead-
ers, and against a Taft-Hartley
law suit of $10,000 for each day
that the work stoppage continues.
out at the executive board meet-
ing Monday night. 1)
Among the ideas discussed wer”
the hiring of sound trucks,’ the
publication of literature, the dis-
tribution of luminous automobile
bumper stickers and the use of the
local’s newspaper, all in the vote
registration drive.
Registration days in Sche-
nectady' will be on Oct. 3, 4, 10
. and 11. Failure to sign up on
one of these days will mean
the loss of the right to vote in
November. “4 8
In the discussion of the regis-
tration campaign, it was pointed
out that union members will have
a particularly important stake in
the forthcoming elections. Ever
since the end of the war, the big
business lobbyists have been using
government agencies’ in a’ major
effort to.destroy the union move-
ment. The Taft-Hartley law, the
wage freeze and the witch-hunting
“investigations” aimed at splitting
the working people have been only.
“a few of the accomplishments of
the corporations’ program.
The failure of many union mem
bers to take part in elections ae Cr close to $2,000:.° = :
made the anti-labor drive mu ‘& aed _
easier to mount. .
Thousands of grievances are handtea by UE Locat 3U}
each year at all levels from the steward up to final appeal
in New York City. To keep members posted, we shail
each week list some of the grievances that have not been
* Bldg. 19: Proper payment is de-
-manded on the following jobs: Dg.
8643420 S.O, 436-3001, time involv-
ed—2 hours and 20 minutes, and
made 3.28; De. 9101813. 8.0. 486-
4082, time involved 2:20, and. made
2.54. The total is 5.82, while the
actual thme involved is 9 hours,
B. A. Evans and L, Bossard work
on bracket, job Dg. 8249655-3, 5.0.
215-6836, Press 88, normally a 2
man job whieh previously paid
$5.30 per thousand for the operator
and $4.25 for the helper on 3/16
iron. Supervision has cut the rates
to $4.50 and $3.60 without a time
study. The men working on_ the
job believe that this is a complete-
ly unjust_cut and that the job is
now unsafe to run. The union de-
mands an investigation of safety
conditions, as well as a time study
the next time the job is run. :
A. Puszoli was hired for a spot
welding job but'is now being used
on flattening ‘and ‘straightening
work, She requested a return to
~her regular job and was told by the
foreman that it would only be a
“matter of a few days before she
would he rotating with other work-
ers. However, this promise has not
been carried aut, The union de-
mands that the promised rotation
be inmediately ‘begun. SOP eae
Bldg. 40: Aurelio Acevedo: is
classified as-an electric hand truck”
2-9 Friday, September 26, 1952
settled at the steward-foreman level and have been re-
ferred to the executive board-management level.
operator, but. since his job was
moved from the second to the first
floor, he-has been devoting the ma-
jovity of his time to material
handling. The union demands that
he be upgraded to material handler.
Bldg. 46: On Saturday, Sept. 6,
six men in the milling machine and
profile group were scheduled to
work, Normal practice is to have
1 or 2 inspectors from the group
come in on overtime. However, an
inspector from the jig bore section
was brought in, The union re-
gards this as deliberate diserimin-
ation against the two inspectors in
the group involved and demands
equal distribution of overtime in’
their cases,
Bldg. 52: A group building han-
gar: brackets complained that their
duties have so changed that the
current. pricing table no longer
covers. Management has agreed
and said that it is investigating
the situation. However, there is
‘no, indication as to when the in-
vestigation will be concluded. The
union feels that enough time has .
passed so that the workers should
at least know the prices they are
working for, and demands . that
this information be provided im-
mediately.
“A group ts protestitig the exees-~
sive errors being made in planning
and pricing of their work. They do
not dispute management’s prerog-
ative in selecting personnel for
this work, but they do feel that
they should be protected from
losses in earnings due to incom-
petent work in this field, The fore-
men’s answer to their complaint
does not indicate serious consid-
eration being given to the problem.
A supervision investigation is
therefore demanded.
Bldg. 60: Robert’M. Russell has
been “a tinsmith’s helper for 5
years. He has frequently requested
journeyman’s rating but has re-
ceived no- encouragement fronv his
foreman. He then took the matter
up with personnel with his: fore-
man’s knowledge. While he was
in Bldg. 1, the foreman called .on
-the phone and told personnel that
. Russell was not qualified as a tin-
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE
WORKERS OF AMERICA ({IE)
Local 301 .
. Published by the Editarlal Cammittee
" President...--..—-—.-—James J, Cognetta
Vice-Prasi wawnRoy Schaffer
Treasurar....
Recording 5
> Chiof Shop: Steward... Willian’ Mastriant
Buslnoss Agontin—nnnmnannn-too Janda
301 LIBERTY ST. SCHENECTADY 5, N. Y.
smith. The union believes that
the foreman was going far beyond
his duties in taking this action, and
demands that this type of intimi-
dation against a worker be stop-
ped. It further requests that Rus-
sell be upgraded at the first op-
portunity, ‘
A. W. Herbert, E. J. Sullivan
and G, Snare are protesting the
methods being employed by screw
machine supervision. Because of
inefficient supervision and lack of
help in the tool crib during the 4-
week vacation period, jobs have
fallen behind schedule. Ass’t. Gen-
eral Foreman Bress has used har-
assment, intimidation and unreas-
onable pressure on the three com-
plainants and on other workers in
his efforts to get the work. out.
“The union demands that supervis-
ion immediately put a stop to the
tactics of Bress.
On job Dg. 9130910-3, the price
“has been changed without change
_ in method in violation of contract
article VI-5-d. The union demands
restoration of standard price,
Bldg. 66: H. Thuener. T. Moore
and A, Ciampino request payment
for all work done for the week
ending July 27. This has not been
done and the union demands igt
mediate payment.
. Bldg. 273: The floor assemblers
on stator frames in all three shifts
believe that the added responsibili-
ties assigned to them demand in-
creased skill and qualify them for
upgrading. Supervision..admits..to..
5 job changes, but actually there
have been many more. A three
step increase is demanded.
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. field day.
_. UE Convention Maps Renew
Fight on Sex Discrimination
The calling of a national women’s conference within the
next three months was decided upon by the UE national con-
vention in Cleveland last week after that action had been
BEWARE:
Wrestler Tommy
Giorgio is going
to try to throw
his weight around
to say nothing of
the 218 pounds of
his opponent
Steve Budynas in
a match planned
as one of the fea-
tures of the big
Field “ Day pro-
gram on Sunday.
Carnival Midway Spirit |
Will Reign at Field Day
The old carnival spirit is going to prevail Sunday at. the
Local 301 Field Day festivities at Columbian Pari. Special
game concessions will be set up throughout the park to provide
Here’s Complete List
Of Field Day Prizes. -
“ Here is a complete list of the
major prizes to be awarded at the’
big Field Day drawing. on Sunday.
The prizes have a combined valu
A refrigerator - deep. freeze
combination, an automatic
washing machine, a TV set, an
ironer, a vacuum cleaner, a
portable radio and:a floor cir-
culator ait conditioning unit.
Also an automatie blanket,
a ‘clock radio, five gallons of
top grade outside white paint,
an electric mixer and a ma-
chinist’s tool box.
Plus a tackle box, a pressure
cooker, a toaster, a sandwich
grill, a elock, a steam iron, a
glass fly rod, a rvom heater, a
kitchen clock and at least five
valuable. merchandise certifi-
rates redeemable at Schence-
tady stores,
All of these prizes will be award-
ed to ticket holders regardless of
whether or not they attend the
There will be several
other prizes, including a fully-
equipped bicycle, which can be won
only by, people at the Field Day.
Aid Community Chest
UE Loeal 301’s. executive board
‘oted Monday night to make a
$100 contribution to the Schenec-
tady Community Chest. The do-
nation was made on behalf of the
union as ‘an organization, and it
supplements ‘the heavy “contribu-
tions made by members. in the
shop. —
ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
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a genuine midway atmosphere.
For the adventurous — souls
umong the crowd, the wheel of
fortune will-spin fast and often,
with fany valuxble prizes offered
‘as the lure. Many other games of
skill and: chance will be on tap.
For the kids, the hot dogs, ham-
burgers,’soda pop and cotton candy
will be irresistible attractions. And
the strictly cost prices for all of
these things will make the feast
painless for their parents,
« Even those who are not lucky
enough to win any of the big
prizes that will be given away will
be able to take. something home
by which they can remember the
field day. The union is publishing.
a big souvenir book to be distri-.
buted free of charge to all those
who attend, :
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Sirike Aid Seen.
As Vital for All
The importance of aiding fellow
UE members.on strike was one of
the main points stressed during
the union convention last week..'
. It was pointed out by many dele-
gates that the big corporations
were engaged in an all-out drive
to destroy union conditions through-
out the country. The apparent
strategy of the companies is to
take on local unions and unions in
national chains one at a time. In
this way, big busines hopes to beat
down one section of the working
people after another, and, weaken
jhe entire labor movement.
In our own union, the Interna-
tional Harvester workers, the men
und ‘women at General Cable, the
Marathon, Electric employees and
the GHR Foundry ‘workers ate
among ‘those who have been fore-
-ed to hit the bricks this year.
Local 201 delegates pointed out
that while General Electrie was
willing to settle on a reasonable
contract’ this year, the GE man-
agement will undoubtedly take a
different position next year if the
other corporations are successful
in beating down their employees
in the current strikes and lockouts,
The Harvester strike, which in-
volves $0,000 UE thembers, was
regarded as being of, particular
importance because it is taking .
pluce in a great national chain
which resembles GIF in many re-
spects,
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contra
they had worked.
ment.
Win Double Time in Shop Dispute
;
Ina cise typical of the many settled at the foreman-steward
level in the shop, four Building 60 workers have received double
time pay/for hours worked after midnight in accordance with the
The four workers involved were S. Bonezyk, A. Di Manno, R.
MacFarlane-and G. Moyle, all first shift erane-repairmen. Early
this*month, they were called at home by ‘Foreman MacHattie, and
_eisked to come to work on an emergency job at 9 pam.
to the plant and stayed on the job until 3 a.m.
When they received their paychecks, the four workers found
that they had received time and one-half pay for the six hours
Checking the contract with their steward, Louis
Di Caterina, they found that Article V Section 8 specified that day
workers who are called in or told to work after midnight are en-
titled to double time premium pay for all hours from midnight
until the regular starting time of their shift. nm
. The steward took the contract provision to the foreman, and
after cheeking if was agreed that the men were entitled ‘to the
double time for the three hours after midnight. | ;
Cases of this type are frequent and demonstrate the advan-
tages of the UE shop steward system, which gives every worker
representation where he needs it most, right on the job. i
after attempts by the steward to settle contract violations directly
with ‘the forenian fail, “that ‘the ‘ease is taken to ‘the next level,
negotiations in Building 41 between tha local and works manage-
They came
It is only
urged by Local 301 delegate Helen
Quirini and by several representa-
‘tives of other locals,
The decision was reached during
a special order of business on the
question of equal. rights for wo-
men in industry. During the course
of the debate, Sister Quirini also
urged’ a national women’s. demon-
stration ‘patterned. after the dem-
onstration in Schenectady earlier
this year. ; :
The 301 treasurer also took the |
opportunity to describe the wo-.
men’s conference which was held
in Syracuse in June. This confer-
"ence, ‘called by District Three,
brought together representatives
of local unions throughout upstate
New York. The conference was
aimed at planning a campaign
against the policy pursued by the
big corporations of paying women
workers less than men doing the
same or similar work. Women’s
conferences were-also held in sev-
eral other UE districts,
During the course of the special
debate, the accomplishments of UE
in eliminating pay discrimination
were described to the convention.:
‘However, it was pointed out that
there were still a number of short-
comings in our own organization
which weakened the fight. Speci-
fically cited, was the failure of
many local unions to give adequate
opportunities ta women in union
Teadership.
Elect Arthur L. Owens
As Trustee of National
Arthur L, Owens, a member of
the 801 delegation to the 17th UE
convention in Cleveland last week,
was elected by the delegates from
across the country as a national
trustee of-the union.
Others elected to the important
pést were Harold Briney of Local
610 and Charles Fay of Local 475,
- Margaret Cronin of Local 222 was:
named as alternate trustee.
Owens, a Building 273 worker,
was elected to the delegation from,
Schenectady as. one of the two rep-
resentatives of the second shift,
‘This was the first UE convention
which he has attended. He was
.placed in nomination by another
301 delegate, Treasurer Helen
Quirini.
The duties of the trustees are to
supervise a quarterly audit of the.
‘union's books and to safeguatd all ~~
properties of UE’s National organ-
ization. '
Friday, September 26, 1952 © 3
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