IUE-CIO Local 301 News, 1955 October 7

sands’-of: grievances at. all. levels
each. year,.-These are just a few
examples -of cases, «not Settled: at
steward-foreman level; to be pro-
cessed at management level,

. Bldg. 285: - Theodore - Budka,
Stockroom
setvice has been laid’ off due to
lack of work.’ Union demands: prop-

er placement,

Bldg. 46; [eon Bogardus, In-
‘duction Hardening and Dev. -Oper-
ator in-Shop Steward Ohaniesian’s
group,is performing work beyond
his classifications Union demands
proper reclassi cation and vate in-
crease, ~ oN me

Bldg. 163°
Steward.» Failing. protests inade-
quite crane wait allowance under

present conditions, Union demands,

3 Baumann correct this condition,

Bldg, 273: Group- under Shop
Steward F. Michaud demand proper

planning be, used for-layout on flat ~

Jobs with holes dimensioned verti-
‘ally and horizontally ag in the
suse of dewey 505G168 Pt. 8, >

Bldg. 69: Winifred Wasielewshi,
aun Assembler: with 1942 . service,

has. not reecived suitable olfers aft. ;

rapa

IUE-CIO LOCAL 301. NEWS :
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF LOCAL 301, ©’

“REPRESENTING SCHENECTADY
: “GE WORKERS

“Published by thu Editorial’ Committes
James J, Cognatia
--.-Josoph’ Alots
Joseph Whitbeck
w---=Milos Moon
Allan E. Townsend
William" Mastelant |

Recording Ya.

Ass't Rocording Socra

Chief Shop Steward
Business, Agont.—..

JOT LIBERTY ST.- ECTADY, N.Y, «

IVE Local 301 handles. thous

Pallymian with -1940°

Group under Shop

-« oo. Jandraay.|. .

On the Job.

TUE-C1O 501 = .]

er ‘inyott ds ud to lack of work, Une
ion demands proper placement,

Bldex 273: RoLa Pierre, Av Ku *

tny and F. Starita, welders in Shop
Steward W. Stewart's section, pro-
test’ dis ination shown ‘in’ the
course of instruction and tests for
welders’ — hand care — special,
Union demands: -misnagement cor-
rect this situation,

Bldg. 663, Group | in Shop Steward
Cc. Scotts section protest inade-
quate: prices for all operiutions: (ns-
semble, weld, shot blast, chip) on

stator frame BLGCBE7, Union de-,
mands proper inérease ‘in prices,

Bldg. 89: Reba “Harrington, Class
“G? Test Operator with 1940 serv.

ice, has béen laid off due to lack of

w ork, Unidn demands proper place-
ment.

Bldg. 109; Yolanda James, Wind

~ Tnsulated Wire Operator, has not
*peceived suitable offer
_.due ‘to luek of “work, - Union :de-

after layoll

minds propet placement. «

Bldg. 49:, Joseph Wandertich, 2.
Miller, George’ Patierne und A,
Merendo did’ aiot receive. proper

rate when transferred from Bld.
273 to Bldg. 49 Assembly, Union
demands retr dachive adjustment to
Job rate.

Bldg. 15+ A, Banotto, Irregular
Puneh Vress Operator with 1925
senvla requests transfer to a suit-
able job. ,

oo Blde. 14+. Viola Moore; presently?
working in Office Facilities group,
based on her. service should be.

phiced on. a production job.

Bldg. ‘5; Prank ‘Brua, General .
: Utility Man, did not receive proper

offer when he Yetuined for work
after absence due to illness. ‘Union

demands: this miin” with’ 1928 sen.”

iee be properly placed,

Workmen’ § Compensation Board's: New
Procedures Weighed Against 4nj jured

A avrecent investigation of .the
Worknien’s Compensation proced-:
ures and the so-culled high cost of
compensution benefits: to- employers
has brought about ‘some changes
in the Board’s procedures, . These

chanyes, however, instead of: aime.

ing at relieving the unhappy situ-
ation of injured. workers has been
directed. at making them a “reat
deal more unhappy.

ing of the injured worker, .

Thee Union's, lawyér; Mr.» Leon
Novak, ‘reports that the Board's
procedures have almost entirely de-
stroyed a basic legal tight: for an
injured worker .to be pr otected for

the results of. his injury for the |

period of 18. years from, the date of
the aceident, as provided by law.

Under nornial “ circumstances,

Avhen an injured “iv orker has res:
turned to work: at full pay ‘and Has

reached the point where he needed

no further medical’ treatment, -his

case would be closed with the un-

derstanding that the State Leyisla- *

ture has_ provided for the reopen-

They have also °
added immeasurably to the suffer.

“ing of the cause, in ‘case it’ vas: nec-

essary, at any time within 18: ‘years
from the accident upon the filing of”
a medical report.

Today, ‘the Workmen’s ‘Compen-

sdtion Board refuses to ‘reopen a

ease, fora eeur rence , .of the injuty,
even’ when the worker's doctor 1e-
ports clearly’ and without doubt.
that the injured worker is again in «

» need of some medical treatment in

order. to keep’ the ‘tly employ.

* able, a is :

This position on, the part-of the
Workmen’s ‘Compensation Board
‘has become’ so callous "as to cause
even ‘the ‘hard= boiled insurance

companies.to wonder what role the “
Workmei’s.Compensation Board is:
-trying to play. The actual saving.
> to these .companies,
“new procedur ¢, is. not great: enough

‘by the Board’s

in actual ¢iish,” to save them front

‘the embarrassment caused by, mis-

ery and? suffering, - A+ demand is
being ‘made by "Local 301 that the.
Workmen's - Compensation Board

“return to sanity in handling t}”
 wPairs of

F unfortunate, injure.

workers,

Comparison of Pension Plans

» (Continued from. Page 2)

a variaawacayncmci gs ‘NEW PLAN*
ice will receive the, supplemental benefit payable tnder the Brent plan’

(845) up to the age of eligibility for Social Security. benefits. _ If: ‘optional
retirement should occur after attainment of age 60, she would be eligible
for the new supplemental, payment of $55,

After the effective date of the proposal, if, optional ‘retivement ocewrs:

prior to attainment of age 60, the puaranteed minimum would be the;
sume us that provided by the. present pension. plan... If -optional ee ;
ment occtira after attainment of age 60 ov if disability reti

taranteed minimum a

she would vecelve the propased ne

nent oe is

anf

Lhe Vv vice q GE Workers Local: BOL, Schenectady, N, Y."

S October 7 7, 1955

HOME FOR IVE LOCAL 301.

Excavation To Start This

Ve

EnpNstraneavensy

The. drcani of the:! ‘old timer”

building w ‘ill start.

“The building will be located nearer to the plant
on Wan Guysling Ave., where the Union owns ‘ap-
proximately 300 feet of street, frontage. A large and
modern ‘auditorium will provide | ample space for
membership_.meetings,: with a. banquet. hall .and.

kitchen that: will exceed any similar facilities in the’

County ‘of Schenectady. The Union administr ative
offices for grievances and bookkeeping, along with
the. Legal and. Workmen's. Compensation..Depart-...
ment, will be loc ated on the main floor. Provisions

“aid the hope of.
our members are being realized this month. when éx-".
cavation work for ‘the construction of a new Union’

. for Bowling Alleys i in the future a are ‘provided for on

the lower level of the ¢ building. were 7
The very, latest heating, lighting and air condi:

tioning systenis. will” be installed in the | -building.:

While the architect has provided in the building

plans for all the minimum requirements for the effici-

ent oper ation of the new Union Headquarters, care

and stress are being made on'the materials used, for .
_.the purpose of minimum. upkeep. and. maintenance.

 Followi ing ‘the excavation work, plans will be let
out for bids on the footings or oiling , whichever will
be necessary, to be used for the foundation, °

_-Regular. reports-on-the-progress-of-the new build=
ing w ill be made i in this paper from time to time.

TNA am nem A NOTA RONEN EAS

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‘TUE Local 301 handles thou-

Gands of grievances at all levels,
each year. ‘These are just a few
examples of cases, not ‘Settled at
steward-foreman level, to .be pro-
cessed at management level.

, Knolls: An opening Hus been cre- >
ated for a Lab worker in group: un-

. der. Shop Steward A. Villano, Union
demands opening be filled:

cate Group under Shop Steward
; Kaiser ‘protest improper layoff
acid attempted job devaluation, Un-
ion demands this’ prachles be
“stopped. ‘

Bldg. 5: Shop Stew ard L. Dugas

protests ‘safety hazards on-the job..

Union demands proper equipment
- be furnished*and adequate help as~
* signed to the work.

Bldg. 8: Group under Shop Stew-
-ard. R. Leonard. protest’ proposed -
‘eut in job rate for'Wax Investment.
: Unien demands present rate be re-
tuined. -

Bldg. 11: L. Rose, Accumulator .
with 1942: service, has been laid off
due to lack of work. Union demands
proper placement.

Bldg. 12: Idell_ Molineaux has not. :
received sufficient breaking. in’ on
Hand Taping job. Union demands

. Management.correct this situation.

Bldg. 13: Ma rshall
Switchboard Operator, was, en-
gaged-by G.E:-in May 1928, yet has
been -informed ‘his service date is
July 1928; Union demands. restora-

tion of service, a

. Bldg. 18: Harry Gasioxd, Mater-
ial"Handler, is’ able to return to
-work after absence due to illness.
Union demands proper placement.

Bldg. 23: Rita Baluch, Elevator
Operator, has been, laid off due to
~ lack of work. Union demands prop-
~ ar placement.

Bidg. 24: 5: ‘Skoda, Milling Ma- °
chine Operator in Shop Steward'J. .
Rakvica’s group, protests arbitrary.
‘changing of. job classification, Un-
ion ‘demands ‘management: correct
this situation.

. Bldg. 28: Shop | Steward Toni,
» Smith’ ‘protests foreman Wege’s
‘performing. set up and.<porter’s
work. Union “demands this situa-.
tion be corrected,

Bldg. 37: William Boyden, Class
“A” Wireman with 1940 service, has
been laid. off due to lack of work.
Union demands proper placement. :

Bldg. 40: Tape Machine Coil Op-.
erators under Shop Steward E.
Kennedy pratest unequal distribu-
tion of work resulting in loss of
- ournings. Union demands’ manage-

ment correct this situation... ‘

Bldg. 46: J. Chiachiaretta, Uni-

ersal Grinder in Shop Steward J.
Duiewiens) -group,--is- performing
work beyond his classification. Un:
ion demands proper reclassifleatior
and rate adjustment. i

Bldgs 49: Welders in Shop Stew-
ard de O’Gorman's group protest
supervision’s attempt to require
~ that, they waive. premium, pay.
ion ‘demands manugement correct

, off due to lack of work.

-assembly.of air shields, chutes

White, :

Un- _

IUE-C1O 301
On the Job

a fits 59: F¥ancis Hekirk, Class
“A” Cranefollower, has been laid
Union es
mands proper placement. .

‘Bldg. 50: Packers in Shop Stew-

ard G. Volpe’s, group have lost time
due tolack of work; therefore, they
demand reduction of forces aceord-
ing to Contracts

Bldg. 52: ‘Sheet Metal. Workers
n Shop Steward *R.
group’ protest, inadequate prices for
and
barriers, Conditions as of time
study have not been
und proper equipment is not avail-
able. Union demands proper. ad

justment.

Bldg. 53: : Emily. Schubert, In-
spector with 1941 service. has been

laid off due to lack of work. Union

demands proper placement,

Bldg. 57:.. Group under Shop
Steward W.. Laskevich protest use

‘of Apprentice’ on production, work

while, not under stipervision: of a

- Journeyrian. Union demands man-

agement correct this situation. .

Bldg. 60:, Group. under Shop
Steward W. Martin «protest. pro-

cedure for checking discrepancies.

and shortages in’ their paychecks.
Union demands management cor:
rect: this situation, a

‘Bldg. 68: ‘Shop, Steward L Prahl
protests lack of instruction given
to Ruth Miller presently breaking
in on, glazing job. Union demands:
management: correct: this ‘condition.

Bldg. 76: Since a recent redue-

tion in forces the workload for

froup under Shop Steward S. Ga=
bryluk has again’ increased. Union
demands F. Eierstock, former Skid-
maker with. 1943 service be re-
called. -

Bldg. 77: Anna ‘Dawson, inst
fied as a Packer in Shop:Steward P. |

Pisano’s group. is performing la-
belling work, Union demands prop-
er rate increase.

. Bldg. 105: Trene McNuti,- As-

: peniole Bench, has been laid of due
to lack of work, Union demands
proper. placement.

‘ Bldg. 107: Painters in Shop
Steward E. ‘Kolodzinski’s group
protest assignment of their work
to other departments in. violation

management correct this situation.
Bldg: 273: Group‘ under Shop

. Steward F, Bradshaw protest cut in

standard price where there . has

. been no change in’ method— Union

demands
stored.
Bldg. 273:
Steward J. “Laponia’s group pro-
tests excessive delay in processing.
extra cost’ vouchers. Union de-
mands
condition.

Bide. 269: - Loretta Heffernan,
Glass“Worker Machine: Seal-In; in
Shop Steward Y. Harrison’s group
is not receiving proper instruction
while on break in. Union. demands
management correct this situation.

Bldg. 285: : Meyer Siegel, Power
Hack Saw Operator with 1942 serv-

standard price. be | re-

ice, has been laid off die to lack of,

work, Uni

demands proper place-
ment. " :

Tacobucci’s

maintained «

J. McCarthy in Shop

mdnagement correct’ this _

UE Abandons Bloomfield, NJ. General
Electric, Local 422 — Election Today .

A consent election will be held today at the’ G.E. plant o ~

Economic Briefs

Unemployment: . The number of

people .out of work and seeking

employment .totaled 2.5 million in

‘July, down ‘about 200,000: fromthe
previous month but 1 million great- -

cr than in, the same -month- two
years ago. In addition, the. govern-

ment clussified 81 larger and 101-
areas as.

smaller labor market °
of* substantial uremploy-

(which means. that’ more

“areas.
ment”

than 6% of the labor ‘toree. is with: |

out work), Two years ago only 16
larger areas and 23° smaller areas
were 80 classified,

‘ to me ae,

ats:

__ Industrial Production? The indus-
trial production index rose 1 point

between June and July to a record

high reading of 140. Significantly,
July 1955 production was 2% high-
er: than ‘in the same month-'two
years ago but employment was 4%
lower.. zit

"
% Be oa

Auto Air-conditioners: Air con-
ditioned automobiles may: soon be
as commonplace as automobiles

with automatic transmissions and _
radios. During the first’six months

of 1965, sales of 150,000 auto air-

conditioners exceeded all the previ-_ «|

ous totals put together. . According
to the GM Frigidaire Division, GM

“alone will ‘be turning out one mil-

lion air conditioned automobiles an-
nually by 1961."

“£301 LIBERTY’ ST.

‘Bloomfield, N. J., UE: Local 422, a unit of 300 salaried workers”

On, September 14, 1955, IUE-CIO
-filed an -NLRB petition for this .

_ unit. UE:was duly notified by the

Board and invited to attend the us-

“ual NLRB conference to discuss a"

cénsent election. UE never showed.
up at this meeting. Consequently,
UE’s complete abandonnient of the ,
Local’ Union means that. it cannot: -
possibly. retain batgaining rights.
UE-has represented these sal-
avied workers continuously since ‘
1944, except for a short period (in~

1951-1952) when the unit tempor- _

arily affiliated with the AFL ‘Boil-
ermakers, In 1958, UE won an-

NLRB election for this unit und as’-

a ‘result UE Local 422 is currently
covered by the UL-GE contract.

Should these salaried ‘workers
vote IUE-CI0 today, they willbe

. immediately covered by the present
_IUE-CIO contract with G.E.

UR’s abandonment of Local 422
is one. more clinching proof of UE’s
bankruptcy and disintegration. Not
only_is Ul. totally unable to or-

ganize the unorganized, it ne :

even abandon part of its dwindling.
membership ° in the G.E,

the gains already won by IUE-CIO_

, this year.

°

IVE-ClO LOCAL-301 NEWS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF LOCAL 301,
~ REPRESENTING SCHENECTADY

; GE WORKERS

Published by tho Editorial Committee -
waeJames J, Cognotta

-_--Jasaph Aloly

Joseph Whitbock

Recdrding Secratary -=--Milos Moon” |]:
, Ass’ t Rocording Secretary ..Allen:E, Townsond
"Chiat Shop Steward William. Mastrlant
“Businass Agent. Leo Jandreau
ECTADY, N.Y.

~of local agreement. Union demands - -

SHIRT UNION LABEL:

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. launches union
label in shirts made by manufactirers-under inion contract: It
can: be.-found..on. the. lower shirt front. It is a guara

, coat ‘Wage and working conditions.

Oe would have wanted. '

. chain, |"
while still unable to win from kenon

‘uge worker, the cost is nominal.
your family, you should consult’ a lawyer

Tar » LEGAL Corner |

a Column Written by ‘Leon Novak of Novak & Diamond,
Attorneys)

Last: Will and Testament Protects |
. Family and Saves Money :

Workers sometimes believe that a Last Will and. mastamant i is néces-

sary only for the wealthy.

‘They think that upon a worker’s death, ac-

cumulated savings can go to the members of his family without ‘the need

to draw a will.

“When a worker dies, _ without having dvnwn’ a will, his property is.
* divided up, by law, in a way which may. be altogether different from the
‘way le contemplated or desired: His wife- gets one-third and the’ re-
maining two-thirds , goes to his child or, if he has more than one child,

the two-thirds is divided equally among the children. If-the worker owns’

a home, there is no guarantee that his homé may not have to be sold in
order to satisfy the law in making the above division of his assets,

Furthermore, if any of the children ‘are under 21 years of age and no -
will has been left, a ‘guardian is appointed by the Court.« The guardian
must furnish a bond and the.cogt. comes out of the worker's property.
In addition, the property remains in the hands of the guardian: until the
children reach the age of 21 and’any money used for their support during
their minority must be obtained upon an application to the Court. This
“means further expenses “paid out of the worker's property, ;

Sometimes it is “believed by workers that if they -own, everything. in. -
. ‘both husband’s and ‘wife’s names that they escape the need for making
This is far from being true.

uw will,

‘In ‘the fitst-instance, in this day of

uutomobiles, it is only sadly true, that,an accident can kill both fathcr
und mother leaving the children without ‘the protection of ‘the provisions
a wilh‘and the Court, without a guide by which to handlé the funds as

Moreover, joint ownership does not prevent you

or your wife from withdrawing moneys from the bank. and, too often,

dées death strike’ before the money has: been replaced. ,

: joint account empty but with the assets again to be divided iby law 1 rather

* than your wishes.

There are many other reasons why ‘elit are advisable and necessary.
The cost of drawing a will-is surprisingly small, In the case of the aver-

For the well-being of the members of

about drawing a will,

Dividends Uppish-
Dividend payments: for the first

_ goven months of 1955 totaled ' $5.3

_dillion, up ten per ‘cent over the
same period last year.

" Department: of Commerce ree
say that ‘nearly all industries re- «

ported; gains for the year so’ far,

particularly the chemical ‘industry.
- and most metal manufacturing and

- for ‘mining, ‘finanee, communica-

tions and gus utilities, .

Cocks Assisted

_ The Department ‘of Labor has.

won a decision from the Federal

Court of Appeals. at Los Angeles’
“and «

holding . that cooks, waiters’

“This leaves the’

‘| Election of District No. 3 ”

‘Local 301 1UE-ClO_
MEMBERSHIP

MEETING.

Mon., Oct. 17, 1955
2nd Shift—1 :00 P.M.

“"{ Before Work) ;
Ist end 3rd Shifts—
; 7: 330 P.M.

KRUEGER’S HALL

(LIBERTY and SOUTH FERRY STREETS.
‘Delegates «
Report of Committees
. Regular. Order of Business

EXECUTIVE BOARD
LOCAL 301, IUE-ClO

- Handling of Labor |

‘News Criticized

Rewnt handling of labor news by
the nation’s press has brought

nen fc from the liberal Catholic
> magazine Commonweal. :

na recent article it declared’ that
“many strikes go unreported and
mal-reported,” pointing to the fact

‘. that-a Safeway store 'strike'in New
York that had’ gone on for many,

weeks. without:a word about it in

most of the metropolitin papers.
The magazine. pointed out that

many newspapers have played up

. the story of a labor leader’s house

Janitors employed to operate the .

mess hall: and bunkhouse facilities

at the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company’s ‘Darwin mine, are en-

titled to the benefits of the Federal :

‘Minimum wage law.

“REGISTER TODAY!

_and swimming pool while complete-
-ly ignoring the sugar strike in the

south and the struggle of workers
for decent living standards.
magazine: concluded:

8

udiced reportage, and“ most impor-
tantly, the ruthless use of the wea-
pon of “blaékout!—simply -not re-
porting a story—is truly . subyers

sive to our way of life and_ merits

the strongest censure.”

1D LIKE TO HAVE
‘NEXT TUESDAY

GULP.ITS MY SILVER
‘ANNIVERSARY, SIF nc
_ AND. MY WIFE WANTS
TO GO OUT AND
(ER) CELEBRATE.

“because

The. ——
“Vote on Joining ClO

“The almost daily combination of »,
personal sniping, rigged and prej-'

‘One again the Joncrioni.

. Medical Association is shriek- .

ing’ ‘Socialism.’ Its trustees
have declared that’a’ Congres-
sional -bill to provide Social

’ Security payments for the to-

tally disabled is the keystone”
“of a piecemeal approach to
the socialization of medicine.”

' The trustees declared ‘the
present danger” to the profes-
sion'’s freedom is “greater’’

* than during its 1949-50 cam-

paign against’ the labor-

backed compulsory health in-

surance proposals. The. AMA.
in that campaign spent huge
sums in lobbying. * :

The trustees. moan that if

"the present bill is adopted

cash disability benefits .will be

extended gradually to the

temporarily disabled and even-

tually 'the federal government

will go-for compulsory health

insurance. “‘as a. necessary

counterpart to the cash beéne- .
fits program.” “

‘Such a combination-will be
“inevitable,” said the AMA,
the. government —
must control the treatment of
the disabled if it is to main-

tain any control- over the ex-

tent of the cash benefits.” |

The trustees .want the na-.
tion’s doctors “to take active ©
steps to develop a public cli-
mate that will permit the
members of the Senate to
vote against it” ca

The Alaska Fisherman's: Union

>, with 3500 members-will hold. a ref.

erendum at the end: of the 19655 fish- ~

“ing season om ‘affiliation “with the
“CIO as a-local industrial union, The

AFU is one of the oldest iimions. on”
the Pacific Coast.’ ; .

: ARE: WE GOING 10 §
7 HAVE TO DUT UP WITH:
f Hate S EVERY 2aNEARSE