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‘ELECTRICAL’ UNION NEWS *-’
"BOT Gives Hughes-Brees
Repeal Drive Big Push
The campaign of labor throughout the state. to repeal the
Hughes-Brees amendments to the N. Y. state unemployment
insurance Jaw continued to be spark-plugged last week by
miéanhers of UR Local adr,
With the bill of State Sen. Wil-
iam Bianchi, which would repent
Hughes-Brees and improve the law,
sCheduled, for! possible action hy
the ostate’ legislature next week,
304) members were canvassing all
Republican committeenon ind
wards and three “townships of
Schenectady County. . .
“SOL executive board members
personally ussumed responsibility
for contacting Republican commit.”
feomen in their eoniniunities.
Ao delegation fram) Or was
seheduled to meet in Albany on
Tuesday, February 1h with Re.
publicwh lowislative leaders,
Alréady. early in the week. over
50) Republican cammitteemen had
signed petitiens, which termed the
Hiuyhes-Brees amendments “an ine
. dustive sto the workings ten and
women ofthis state,” which makes
it more difficult te qualify,- and
O0) percent,
reduces: benefi
Brees . KK Ker
What kindof background a main
has who would yet a bill passed to
water down benefits for unemploy-
ed workers waserevealed lust week
whens Orlo | Brees (of Huyhes-
Brees} adiitued dn Binghamton
that he was a.member of the Ku
Klux Klan for many years.
Stewards Signing Up
‘213’ Sections 100%
The third shift is setting the
Pace in Bldg. 273 in making their
Union strong. Five sections hit
the 100 percent mark in meniber-
ship last. week. '
The UE ‘801" stewards doing the
job were J. Hurd, grinding; EH.
o Bukofl, “H Bay. erection: assembly; «
J, Fairelath, ‘} Bay erection assem
bly; B. Quackenbush, winding sec-
tions and Larry Geho, big lathe:
section, Fe Eom
Committee To Study
GE Works Changes
A. Repfesentation Committee
wus established by the UE ‘sor’
exeentive board last Monday to
_ study how changes in-management
structure in the GE Works might
affect handling of grievances-- and
to make recommendations for ‘vi?
“orpaniaational changes,
Those appointed ta the ecommit-
tee were: William = Mastrianni,
WA; Frank D’Amico, 40; James
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with wage talks set for Mareh
each Member,
Bldg. 69 Spurs Defense Fund
Showing the way to other buildings on how to build UE Local
3001's Defense Fund, werkers in Bldg. 69 on February 7 staged a
well attended lunch hour meeting.
William Mastrianni: told the meeting that “without funds -you
curt funcdior—much Jess fight."
und a contract renewal in Septem.
her, for which the Union must. have funds to conduct a fight,
Stewards are now follawing up in their groups to collect 85 from
‘301 Chief Shop Steward
He warned of battles ahead,
» they've been saddled
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A Fighting Fund
Wouldn't Have
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union is a. fighting union.
Defense Fund.
ica Insulator. plant righ ‘X
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VOTE Gu ORK RISE}
Increase Made Permanent, by|§
Some 1,000 woclen workers. ing
: New England have voted to accent If
A a permanent 50 per cent increase |
Ain work fonds to meet Southern jg
& competition.
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A Fighting Fund wouldn't have helped these textile workers
beat their employers’ attempts to worsen their conditions.
It wouldn't have helped becouse neither the AFL or CIO
But your union-— the UE — is a fighting union.
it doesn't give in to the bosses.. It does what a union is
supposed to do —~ fight the bosses ta improve conditions:
And. .-. a fighting union neéds a fighting fund.
Contribute your $5 today to build YOUR. UE Local 301
7,000.in Naw England to
Meet South's Inroads
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PITTSFIELD, Mass, Jan. 13 UP)
GE
Action Taken On Piled Up
via bad reat. Grievances In Bldg. 46
Building. 46, which supervision has made a trouble spot
on rate chiselling for many months, was getting top priority
action from ‘301' last week to end GE abuses.
ances on which the Union was de-
minding a quick redress, were:
“Despite two stappages in danu-
ary which brought promises of so-
lution, Foremen Hesa and Wood
continue to chisel on lathe, milling
and profile rates,
GE W ork:
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bining UE.
A wood union policy for UE 801" members is the Good: Neighbor Policy—Organize: Your Neighbor Next
Door. 01 officers have urged members to talk to friends, relatives or neighbors who work at Mica and tell
them of the benefits of UE membership, Contact UE Field Organizers Joseph Infante or Ann Adour at the
“o> *$OL" Mall.tur information. The picture above was taken at a Mica meeting last week.
Between 80 and JO time studies
in six months have been taken on
protiles, radio drill, sensitive drills, .
lathes, boreamaties and jig borers
for the purpose of standardizing
prices, but prices have been made
“speeial,” contrary to contract. A
list of drawing numbers are beings
checked, to be warked out to the
Union's satisfaction, .
Workers say there is no excuse
for supervision still calling TG 190
units in a state of “development"
after tivo years, They claim it
was developed in the. tool ryan.
Higher vates are demanded for
miscellaneous, machine operators,
where GE has proposed cute ty
save $80,000 fa INR. An ene
sought ta foreman's attempt.
make workers tell how muiny pieces
produced in a day. .
Management has agreed’ to, make
All C work Borate can drill pre
to cease playing first shift operat.
ors against second on time studies
“and to equalize overtime for oper-
aturs by keeping an overtime bouk.
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THE VOICE OF THE UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA — LOCAL 301, UE
Vol. 10 — No. 7
. ; “SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK ‘
Thursday, February 21, 1952
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Tonawanda, N. Y¥,—UE Locals
in this, area have won increases
ranging -from, six to 22 cents, for.
5,000 workers in eight plants. . -
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San Francisco—Following notice
by the Marine, Cooks & Stewards
that no more members would sign
on ships unless 2-40 hour week
was put into effect, the WSB end-
ed its months-long stall in approv-
ing this work-week and granted
approval. The union. threatencd
similar action on any other gains
the: WSB might stall in the future. |
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Syracuse, N, Y.—UE Loeal $23
has won increases of tive cents an
-hour" for hourly workers. and six
cents for day workers at Globe
Forge as a partial settlement while
“negotiations continue.
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O)sersti W. Yan
7 Newell, W. Va.—Five plants of
the Homer Laughlin China Co. re-
sumed worl when 600 AFL pot-
tery ‘workers returned to work aft-
er four days when the company re-
hired cight. discharged eniployees.
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Powal, Vt-—Workers at Warren
Wire Works, members of an indes
pendent union, have voted for UE
to represent them hy a tally of 70
ta 10, ‘
kook oF
Detroit—-The 5,600 CIO) rubber
sworkers at the U.S. Rubber plant
here have walked out three times
in one week to protest speed-up.
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Evansville, Thd—UE Loeal 818
members at the big Servel refrig-
erator plant staged two 100) per-
cent shutdowns to win six cents an
hour inereases retroactive to Dec.
24, another 842 cents in June, with
~ hundreds of workers getting: six to
22 eents additional — increases
through a boost in the wuaranteed
rate on incentive,
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C fort’ Wayne, Ind.—UE Local 916
Signed up*104 new members in one
month at. the Parnsworth plant.
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Chicago -~ Suspension of two
members-of the grievance commit-"~
tee provoked « stoppage by 8,500
UE members in the International
Harvester Works here,
UE
The GE 3.58 percent increase has
past week lit a fuse under GE and the
While GE strained to give birth t
“blowing off on the stall and, to-
gether. with the IU, was issuing
daily “press releases, but. little else,.
UE members on many fronts were
expresking: the deep anger of ‘elec:
trical workers’ over the long delay
--and acting to secure prompt pay-
ment. of the full wage increase.
Among the developments were:
Us ‘301’ members unanimously
expressed their rejection of | uny
partial “deal” by GE at building
meetings on Feb. 18.00 c
National UE officers, Pres. Al-
bert Fitzgerald, See’y-Treas, Jul-
ius Emspak and Director: of Or”
ganization James J. Matles-on tho
same dayomet with Nathan Fein: -
singer and Prederick Bullen, chair-
man. and viee chaiman of the
Wage Stabilization Board.
They insisted that the: GE in-
creases required no. waiting for
any new productivity formula by
the WSB, since it was not filed on
that basis—but on the basis of the
historieal wage pattern — of. the
vleotical industry to other indus-
ivies, and should be approved at
once on the basis of inequity.
‘The WSB officials agreed to
reconsider the case on this
| Starts Thawing Freeze
jumped 17,000 ‘steps ahead because UE. members this
wage freeze board which has been stalling approval.
o a 1.08 percent bribe to its workers to keep the lid from:
percent increase,
to throw out.
~The Answer '301'.Gave GE
_,, GE got its answer right in its own backyard to its ‘attempt
to: “throw a bone” to its workers instead of doing something to
get its industry members on the WSB ‘to approve the full 3.58
Workers in every building of the GE Works were called to
lunch-hour membership meetings by their UE ‘301’ executive
board members on Feb, 13 to discuss the 1.08 “bone” GE wants
Without exception, every building was unanimous in. ex-
pressing its opinion in no uncertain terms that it wanted to be
no party to uny peanut “deal” by GE that would help take it
off the spot for ity clear-cut responsibility to get ity industry
“members on the WSB to-approve the entire 3.58,
basis —-which has“moved the
GE, Westinghouse and .Syl-
vania nheud of 17,000 casen it
was lodged behind,
A joint meeting of UE's: GE,
Westinghouse and International
Harvester Conference Boards in
New York City appointed a joint
steering committee to fight for ap-
proval. of all past inereasse and
win further increases,
New wage demands will be
filed with GE under the Mareh
fi wage reopener to win sub-
stantial general increases, nar-
‘rowing geographical <differen-
tials, improying women's and
skilled workers rates,
Over 100 Conference Board dele-
gates descended on Washington on
Monday, Feb, 18. ,
From House Majority Leader
John MaeCormack ‘and Minority
Leader Joseph Martin they secured
letters tothe WSB urging prompt
action on the GE, Westinghouse
and Sylvania cases. Sen. James
Dutt, of Pennsylvania, wrote a
Contlaued on fiage 4
further increases in approaching negotiations and to end the wage freeze. UE Local 301 delegates Fred.
Pacelli'and James Cognetta. are‘seen at second table from front,
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ELECTRICAL
UNION NEWS
Thursday, February ‘21, 1952
GE Works Changes
Hamper Grievance
Settlements ..
GE might have improved its
manufacturing operations during:
the past two years in the Schenee-
tady Works —- but hand-in-hand
there has been a worsening. of col-
lective “bargaining on grievances.
The result hus been a gradual
step-up ‘of buck-passing on griev-
ances—with GE professing its left
hand doesn’t. know what the right
is doing.
The problem results from decen-
traled authority, with various di-
visions assigned full control of all
manufactuting operations relating
to cost—with the exception of Un
ion grievances,
Grievances ‘still go to Bldp. 41, .
the management level, instead of
being properly settled in the divis-
fons. Bldg. 41 then tosses the
grievances back to the division and
the division tosses it back to Bldg. .
41, °
weck that GE ‘can’t have its cake
and eat it, too, and that the Union
will take-every measure necessary
to end this. practice. ‘301’ will in-
sist that complete authority on
grievances po along with author-
ity on manufacturing in any di-
vision that is given full control of
operations.
The ‘301’ executive board, at its
last meeting, established a special
committee to study the problem
and make recommendations. The
Union. will also propose any con-
tract modifications needed to cope
with a situation that GE is trying
to take advantage of,
-. apart.
‘301’ . officers ‘pointed out last . Dr. George Taylor, has been a
_ Dr F » has ‘been x
‘Taylor Named]
SArbitrator of}
.C. 1. 0. Disputes}
A ix-Head of W. L: B. to Rules
on Jurisdictional Rows3/§
Will Get $15,000 a Year]
Appointinent of Dr. George W./¢
Taylor to decide all disputes which) }
@cr‘st_ and may arise among C, 1, 0.
ms was announced yesterday! §
‘Philip Murray, C. I. O. pres-|#
nt. Dr, Taylor, fifty-one, is) §
rofessor of economics at Lhe Uni-
of Pennsylvania, . He was] 9
‘chairian, of the National Wary g&
“Uabor Board in World War IT ania
seen chairman’ of the Wage'§
Stabilization Board
RALDERS, INC. The ClO, whieh
has spent millions of dollars
" splitting’ and disrupting workers
in other unions, now finds it can’t
keep its own unions from raid-
ing each other, Last week they
appointed an Arbitrator at $15,-
000 a year to try to keep its un-
ions from’ tearing each other
The man CIO appointed,
big help to employers as head of
the old War Labor Board and the
Wage Stabilization Board. UE,
before it left CIO, warned that.
CIOs’ raiding could only harnv
the workers of all unions—and
called ihen, as it does now, for
unity of all unions to fight the
corporations—not each other.
Notice on Dues
As of March 1, based on UE con-
stitutional changes, a full month’s
dues must be paid by all members
who have worked at least five days
in one month, |
New Progression
Chart Won By
BLITZ BONES ne
“Bldg. 273 Welders
A Union subcommittee has work-
ed out and reached agteement with
GE on a’ satisfactory, progression
chart for welders in Bldg. 273, :
The agreement, which guarin-
tees all moves will be made by sen-
jority, qualification and consent of
the worker involved, provides:
Lagging and stator assembly
welders can now go to the. top rute
of $1.865 in the hot booth. Previ-
ously, laggers were stuck at $1.81
and stator at $1,754.
Only hot booth welders will now
go to pipe welding.
In the. K15 booth, opportunity is
provided for special welding class-
ification, which pays $1.865. -For-
merly, welders were only in K-15
for temporary periods and couldn't
get highest rate permanently be-
cause GE used. the gimmick of
“special” rating... When
would go to the old rate, -
On this “special” vate the lower
pipe weld didn’t get a chance at
the special rate because welders
would be switehed from the hot
booth. The hot booth weldeis ob-
jected ‘because they often caught
colds, . ; :
The subcommittee, which work-
ed out the problem with GE and
the groups of: welders concerned,
consisted of:
Delmar L. Gebert, M. E. Free-
man, Arthur Owens, John Lynch,
Robert Barnes, Douglas DeFarge
and ‘801’ Asst... Business Agent
William Templeton.
1 work
would catch up, back the men
< Lp CHARLIE WISON SAY IF HE KNEW
WHAT. WOULD ees
Bidg. 46 Assemblers
Seek Better Rates
Another ‘grievance in’ Bldg. 16,
which’ has beech a sore-spot for
many months because of Gi chisel-
ling and cutting on rates, has been
taken up at the management level.
Twenty-three B assemblers, with
10 years or more service, haven't
been classified to A while new men
are hired at.the gate and are mak-
ing, C after breaking-in period.
The assemblers “demand that
some be upgraded-to A and that,
an end be brought to the practice
of B men who break in new work-
ers being transferred. 10 Bldg. 60,
while new men stay in Bldg. 46.
The workers’ maintain’ this has
resulted in a lack of* leaders anc
instructors for breaking in asseng
blers and C and B men, causing
confusion and lack of knowledve
on very important government
work.
UE Around the Clock
They’re building” .the Union
around the: clock in the big lathe
section in Bldg. 2738. UE member-
ship on all three shifts has. heen.
at the 100 percent mark for sev-
eral months now. .. '
Bldg. 16: A group in shipping
requests that breuking-in-rates for
new packers be adjusted to the
same as paid in Bldg, 278, When
turbine was in Bldg. 60, both large
motor and generator -had same
rate, Since discontinued, the group
now pays part of the sharing rate
for breaking in new packers.
Bldg. 17: Edmund Calleo, punch
press, demands additional material
handler. for front crane, Since one
was transferred out there has only
been one left, violating a standard,
practice of years. ‘
Bldg. 28: “Anne Herrington, A &
O, protests her’ transfer out of
Bldg. 28 since there is fio lack of
work, Demands placement on job _
“In 28 for which’she is qualified.
Bldg. 46: A price for all vepair
jobs’ is demanded. Wilfred B,
‘formed
Thousands of grievances are handled by UE Local 301
cach year at all levels from the steward up to final appeal
in New York City
To keep members posted, we shall
cach week list some of the grievances that have not been
seltled at the steward-foreman level and have been re-
ferred to the executive board-management level,
Jump, Jr. performed a job on pro-
filer and passed inspection. When
foreman brought it back for repair
he refused to pay a price and in-
Steward J. Welch he
wouldn’t price any repair jobs on
the floor, ;
Bldg. 68: Foreman ‘F. Nowicki
informed Steward M, Porter he
had no jurisdiction in raising com-
nlaint of. Ezabeth Relyea, porea-
“lain, that she was doing work not
normally within: production: check-
er’s work, and was forced ta ne-
cept responsibilities not-reflected
in job rate of $1.29, A reclassifi-
cation and upgrading more in line
with her duties is requested.
Bldg. 69: Rose Catansare, de-
mands. -2,20--per Cy prlee “be the
same for two identical fobs, one of
which now pays $1.95 per C. and
the other $2.20 per ©, -
Bldg. 738A: A group in indus-
trial control requests management
live up to its agreements that com-
pensating time on old standard
eubieles remain 31 pereent and the
new cubicle shall be 16 percent
compensating time, -
Bldg. 77: A group in chemienl
“ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS
UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE
WORKERS OF AMERICA (UE)
Local 301
= atgue sseres
Published by the Editorial Committee
Ass't Recording Secrelary...-Frank D'Amico
Treasurer, aaneeeeeunns.-- Holon Quirint
Vico-Prosident ... Roy Schaffer
Recording Secretary.
..-Presteent.
Chief. Shop Steward
Business Agont......
301 LIBERTY ST SCHENECTADY 5, N. Y.
requests an investigation of over-
time, since it’s felt it’s possible to
maintain a better equalization of
overtime,
Bldg, 273: Lestie, C. Goodwill
protests cut in standard price for
Drawing 1070777, claiming new
cutters are inefficient and estimate
of decrease in cutting time is in-
correct, A proper adjustment is
demanded, :
FP, Karolak requests a one step
increase, He says his job of weld-
ing for lagers, exciter assemblers
and electricians is) nob properly
rated.
A group of tool prinders, now
classified as B, B intemnediate ¢
A, demand that B intermediate
eliminated, leaving A and B wit]
two step differential. :
Roland) Hewbury and Joseph
De Sarbo were prevented from
punching their time cards on Feb,
“2 by Foreman.T. MeNutt. They de-:
mand three how's report-in time as
provided in Article V-8-d of the
UL contract. .
‘Thursday, February 21 rl 952
us
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, When the newly elected
Ol executive board held its’ first meeting on
~Monday, Feb. 11, its first order of business was building the Union’s Fighting Fund, Board members are
seen above showering their $5 at Helen Quirini, ‘301° treasurer.
Object of the drive is $5 from. each
member to build up"UE Local 301's Defense Fund for coming battles in Mareh and September for wage
and contract improvements.
Erie GE Local 506 Spurs |
Fight To End Wage Freeze
The 10,000 member sister local of UE Local 301 at the
GE plant in Btie, Pa. is setting an example for the rest of the
labor movement throughout th
Bisabled Vets Helped
DAV Services.
Help for any disabled war vet-
eray who ig not getting benefits to
which he is entitled has been of-
fered by Dominick Tiscione, com-
mander of ‘the Lt. V. QO. Fryer
chapter of the Disabled American
Veterans.
Tiscione, a UF) member, points
out that the DAV has seeured fw
benefits for several veterans int
cent weeks, Advice on ‘veterans
righls and problems is offered free
hy DAV service officers in Sche-
nectady,
Purther. information can he ob-
tained by contacting Tiscione at
6-3392 at home or 746. in the
Works, or attending DAV mect-
ings the first Tuesday of cach
month ab the Tegion Home on
Chrysler Ave.
Alert Stewards Halt
Cuts in Building 15
Alertness andesprompt action by
Stewards 1%. Borst and Fy Gauvreau
in Bldg. LB have halted four recent
Ympts to cut prices by more
‘ in #10. ;
Taatest attempt squelehed was: a
revised PW table on shear and
grind that would have cut prices
~ by.as much as $20 a thousand, -In |
rejeeting the proposed table, Gauy-
reau pointed ont that all the prices
in this group’ were. standard and
“gould not be cut.
@ country on how to. mobilize
maximum labor support; regard.
less of affiliation, to end the wage
freeze. . . 7 ;
On the one single issue of end-
ing the wage freeze, UE Local 606
has enlisted the support of 14 AIL,
CIO and independent unions in
Eric and formed the United Labor
Committee — to
Freeze.
In a hall-page advertiséiment’on
Feb. 18 in the Evie Times, John
Nelson, UE Local 606 president;
Joe Luciano, CLO Rubber Local 61
president and Elmer Smith, Cio
Steel Loval 1573 president, called
for an end to the {¥eeze and ap-
peated for community support.
Pointing out that the wage
freeze board is stalling 17,000
-cases, involving $5 million in wage
inereases, While corporation profits
wo on mounting, the ad called for:
An end to the wage freeze
and the Wage Stabilization
Board. Roll-back of prices.
Lifting of the tax burden on
workers. Resignation of all
labor members of the WSB.
Full support to the CIO Steel-
workers in their struggle
against the steel monopoly.
Full aid. to all unions engaged
in wage and bargaining fights.
The ad pointed out that the wage
freeze has not only nullified signed
agreements reached through col-
lective ,bargaining, but “it has
served Co stifle the operation of
collective bargaining itself.” Be-
‘ause the WSB stands behind them,
the ad said, “employers ore treat-
ine with contempt the just de-
mands of their employees.”
end the Wage
Bldgs. Push Fund
Five buildings combined at a
lunch-time meeting Jon, Thurs-
day, Feb, 14+to get the UE Lo-
cal 80L Defense Fund drive
launched with a bang.
. Nearly. 300 workers in Bldgs.
77, 734, 73, 67 and 71 came to
hear ‘301’ Chief Shop Steward
William Mastrianni tell of the
need for such.a fund as a war
chest, for coming ‘wage’ battles
with GE and to end the wage
freeze, Answers were supplied
to questions they had about the
use of the fund,
Several UE members paid
their $5 in full on the spot, with
stewards reporting collections
taking a big spurt in the days
following the meeting.
Mastrianni has urged execu-
tive board members to call sim-
ilar meetings in their divisions
to put the drive: over the top:
improvements Sought:
in Silicosis Benefits
UE has succeeded in. getting a
bill introduced in the N, Y. State
legislature to provide greater com-
pensation benefits for victims of
silicosis, a serious problem in both
the Schenectady and Elmira GE
plants.
Introduced: by State Sen. R.
Wachtel; the bill would provide
benelits for those partially dis-
abled. . The present bill only pays
for total disability, . Tt would also
provide payment. for “necessary
time spent in court,
Brees Wins Senate _
Seat by Minority.
Orlo Brees (of Hughes-Brees),
who recently admitted he’d been. a
Ku Klux Klan member for. years,
won out in his race for state sen-
ate last week, but with a minority
of the votes, An independent Re-
publican and a Democrat. had a
combined vole of 15,200 to Brees’
18,892. He trailed far behind in
Binghamton. °
Hughes-Brees
Repeal Drive
Gains Ground
The constant and unceasing cam-
paign of labor in New York State
to win repeal of the Hughes-Brees
amendments to the unemployment
insurance law was producing re-
sults last week, with the Republi-
can majority .in the state legisla-
ture for the ‘first time making
commitments for some changes.
UE. locals in Rome, Buffalo, E!-
mira, Tonawanda, Jamestown .and
New York City have been sparking -
the campaign, + .
In the forefront has been
UE Local 301. Canvassing all
Republican committeemen in.
the County of Schenectady,
‘301’ has not only secured the
signatures of over 60 commit-
teemen on petitions calling for
Hughes-Brees repeal, but also
obtained the support of the |
president of the Board of Sup-
ervisors and five other super-
_ Visors. a
On Tuesday afternoon of this
week, at presstime, Leo Jandreau,
801’ business agent; James Cog-
hetta, president;’ Dewey Brashear,
legislative chairman; together with
Clifford T. MeAvoy, UE District 3
and 4 legislative representative,
were mecting with top Republican
leaders in Albany to discuss need-
ed changes in the law.
Also invited to the meeting,
which was arranged by UR, were
the Albany representatives of CIO
and APL, .
Major stress has been placed on
the bill introduced by State Sen.
William Bianchi, which would re-
peal Hughes-Brees outright and
add improvements to the old law.
Regardless of the fate of the Bian-
chi bill, general’ feeling in labor
eiveles was that this bill has -pro-
vided the impetus for labor's re-
peal campaign.
Labor supports the Bianchi
proposals for $40 a week bene-’
fits and an additional $3 for
each dependent, 52 weeks max-
imum duration, no waiting
periods, no penalties for strik-
ers eliminating the “merit”
rating under which employers
get huge kick-backs, only $300
a year earning requirement in
-a year, benefits based on the
highest quarter of earnings,
_.N. Y, State to keep employ-.
ment and earning records—not
the applicant and cheeks to be
puid-as soon as a worker is
eligible, |
