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LOCAL 301 NEWS
March 4, 1960
Central Labor Council Opposes “Surpl
¥oley to operate the Foundry.
nu S0-day moratorium on seniori
complete domination of the Uni
mands. It is now reported thi
Ludlow Foundry Units Closed
The Ludlow .Foundry’s Troy and Cohoes Units were closed
down without notice to the workers on January 15; 1960.
On February 12th, 1960, a Mr. Daniel C. Richman who had
purchased 6696 of the stock, was given permission by Fed. Judge
On February 19,1960, the TUE, TAM and Molders Union met
with the Company’s lawyer. The Unions were presented with a
detailed list of Company demands which include: A 5c cut in
pay, one less holiday, a piece worle system at day rate wages,
wash-up period limitation, elimination .of night shift bonus. and
The membership unanimously rejected) the Company's de-
vision to operate the plant which may foment labor trouble.
ty, departmental seniority, rigid
ons by the Company.
ut the Company is using super-
‘Congressman "Flattered' by Role as Prime Target
National GOP Is Taking
Aim at Rep. Stratton —
_ Republicans on the national’
level aro so certain Democratic
Rep. Stratton will be a candidate
for reelection that they have made
him one of three prime targets for
(he 1960 campaign.
Stratton is one of scores of
Democratic House members at.
Which the National Republican
Congressional Committee will aim
its strongest ammunition this year
in a GOP effort to win control of
the House,
‘Two Others Listed
‘Only two other Democratic con-
gressmen from New York will be
principal targets of the GOP com-
mittee — formerly known as the
Republican Congressional Cam-
paign Committee — which works
for the election of Republican
House members,
The designation apparently has
not upset Stratton, who told the
Assoclated Press he feels certain
the people of the 82nd District
“will demonstrate that they vote
on performance rather than on
party lines.”
While he has made no announce-
ment, Stratton is considered in
focal political circles as a certainty
to seek reclection,
Farry A. Moss Jr. of Glovers-
ville, director of apprentice train-
ing in the State Labor Depart-
ment and executive secretary of
{he American Init Glove Assocla-
tion, is expected to be the Repub-
lican candidate.
The other Democratic congress-
men who will share the GOP spot-.
light with Stratton are Rep. Thad-
deus J. Dulski of Buffalo” and
James J, Delaney of Queens, ~
‘Marginal’ Districts
Rep. William E.. Miller of Nia-
gara, County, chairman of thé Na-
tional Republican Congressional
Committee, told Associated Press
the Stratton and Dulski districts
are marginal and easily could go
Republican while Delaney has
been‘Wwinning elections because the
Republicans failed to g ut and
vote, ow ;
Delaney told AP, “I'ma. target
for everything.” Bag
Stratton also said he was “flat-
tered they should consider me
worth all that attention.”
Dulski said that he was not
alarmed, that he would’run on his
record. and that the Democrats
were “going to find a candidate to
keep Miller busy ... We're going
to make it difficult for him.”
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us Food” Distribution
-@ The. Central Labor Council,
Sch'dy Area, AFL-CIO is unani-
mously opposed to the recommen-
dations made by Gov. Rockefeller
revarding the distribution of Sur-
plus Food in his Executive. Budget
for the State of New York for
1960-61,,
We. believe that these recom-
mendations are “unfair” because
they place the burden of handling
and distributing Surplus Food on
the Counties of New York State.
Since the Counties have already
made up and passed their budgets
for the year, they have not’ pro-
vided funds for this type.of a
program.
. The Surplus Foods Program
has been a wonderful thing for
those unfortunate people with
limited unemployed incomes, It
has helped them to maintain
some standard of living without
becoming welfare cases,
Local Distribution
“ We also recommend that Sur-
plus Foods be distributed through
local merchants upon receipt of
a voucher from the recipient for
the following reasons:
a) Many of these people do not
have available transportation to
carry large quantities of food
over a long distance. | :
b) This food is paid for by our
tax dollars... it is not a charity
... Therefore ‘the recipient should
not be degraded by being forced
to report to one central location
to receive his food.
¢) It would make this food more
easily available to the consumer.
We, therefore, oppose the above
mentioned recommendations for
the handling of Surplus Food by
the Counties of New York State
and recommend that the State
of New York assume this task as
in the past.
OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE
BOARD,
Central Labor Council,
AFL-CIO, Sch'dy Area
25,000 members)
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fear of illness,
_Vol. 7, No. 10 The Voice of GE Workers, Local 301
Aoremaney
VIOLATION OF THE CONTRACT ON
March 11, 1960
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CAN YOU AFFORD TO BE 65. ?
_ Are you retired..,or abott to
be retired?
Do you have aging parents.
whose health and happiness is your
concern?
Do you agree that workers who
have earned honorable retirement
Should be protected from the crush-
ing costs of illness?
If so, then you have a stake’
in the FORAND BILL (HR 4700).
The Forand Bill attacks the
most tragic unsolved social welfare
problem of our day...the human and
financial disaster that illness
_ This problem is so vital that
it can no longer be brushed aside,
This session of Congress must act,
soon, on this important legis-
lation.
_ Let's all go home tonight and
write that letter or postcard to
our representatives in Washington,
urging them to take immediate acti
to get this bill out on'the House
floor for a quick, sure passage,
RECALL SETTLED SATISFACTORILY
‘A recent case filed from the
Union Hall charging the MAC Dept.
with violation of the contract on
recall was settled satisfactorily
last month,
In this case the Company viol-
ated the contract by recalling a
Class A Electrician with 9/17/46
service who was out of the plant on
lack of work to a crane and elevator
repair job opening. We pointed out
to the Company that there were many
Class "A" Electricians with as much
as three more years service who were
working on lower rated jobs within
jthe plant. We contended that the
longest service of these Electricians
should have been placed on this
opening rather than recall the shorte:
service man from the street, -
At a second step meeting on. this
“imposes upon the aged and the aging case we were.unable to move the
Company negotiators from this ridic-
julous position, At this point we
referred this principled case to the
New York Level, Before it could be
discussed on:that level, the Company
took a second look at the case, Upon
taking this second look, they then
decided that the Union was right
after all. Therefore, @hey resolved
the case by laying off She short
ajservice man and placing a Class "A"
Electrician on the Job with 2/5/43
service, This was exactly what we
had requested in the first place,
YOUR LETTER MAY DECIDE: {This is a fine example of the Union
Whether retired workers, now
or later, must seek public relief
or become burdens to their children
when severe illness strikes.
in action, protecting the rights
of its members,
WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES GROUP
Whether those who have earned
the right to independent retire~
ment will lose that right because
of illness, .
; Whether you, in your turn, can
Look forward to retirement without
Women delegates representing. the
local unions in the Central Labor
Gouncil, AFL-CIO, Schenectady Area,
met at the IVE Auditorium here last
month to launch a program on polit-
ical education for 196 .
Mrs, Betty Doto, representing
the New York State AFL=-CIO's. Women’s
DON'T DELAY. «WRITE TODAY!
Officers ==» 6:00 pam. |
“Executive Board - 7:30 pom.
March l&th, 1960
Activities Dept., conducted the
meetings
Mrs. Doto stated that the pur-
pose of the.Women'ts Activities Dept
is to achieve full participation of
women trade union members, and of thes
wives, widows, sisters and daughters
(cont'd. reverse side)
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