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1952-09-01
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Vol. 16 No. 9
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For the Benefit of All the People
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WSB APPROVES 10-CENT
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September,
1952
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‘‘Enemy No. One’’ of the UAW-CIO Competitive Shop Department is the corporation which tries to establish ‘‘runaway’’
plants in low-pay areas. Such plants constitute a threat to
the wages and living standards of UAW-CIO members. It is
a standing rule of the Department, which is under the direction of Vice-President Richard Gosser, that such plants be
Fact Sheets with a punch are eagerly accept-
ed at the plant gate of the Lima Excello plant.
given first attention. When Excello Corporation, whose workers in Detroit are represented by Local 49, UAW-CIO, started
One
worker
(second
from
right)
He starts reading it immediately.
doesn’t wi
to erect a plant at Lima, Ohio, the Department assigned a
representative to observe its progress. As soon as hiring began,
organizers were sent in by Gosser and Regional Director
Charles Ballard. Later Local 49 sent in some members to help,
one of whom appears at the extreme right in the group of
Lima Excello workers and UAW-CIO Representatives.
The work of the Competitive Shop Department organizers has |
effective. The Excello workers have lost their timidity. They no lott
have to be sought by the UAW-CIO Representatives. In the clo)
stages of the drive they go to the union office to sign membership}
plications.
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As they pass through the gate, Excello employeesat the Lima plant eagerly accept
UAW-CIO literature material developed by the Competitive Shop Department,
Postscript
The activities pictured on this pj
resulted in a victory for the VAW-(
by the score,
UAW-CIO ... 292!
NO UNION.. 45)
The victory means higher wages i
real security for the Lima-Exce|
workers, and of utmost importal
protection of the jobs, wages and sé
rity of UAW-CIO Local 49 membei
It also means the founding of a n
UAW-CIO
3
Excello workers flock to the UAW-CIO Hall to listen
attentively to Competitive
Shop
organizers explain the
reason they should vote for t
ing NLRB
election.
local, Local 1039, and m
strength to the rising UAW-CIO
ence in the city.
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UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKER
Veterans of Korea Give
Us a Lesson in Democracy
Remember the story about the group of GIs
Korea sitting together in the waiting room of a
in a small southern town?
just back from
railroad station
that the Negro
and suggested
An attendant approached
in the group should step into the “Colored Waiting Room.”
A white soldier spoke up quickly:
“Look chum, he’s staying right here.
huddled
same
in the
together
hole,
fox
same
and
fox hole, we can share the same waiting
put
“Tf you’d
on
and
a uniform
spend a
days and
spent
We
if we
room.
little
nights
share
the
like we
did,
workers
had
could
time
GI
perhaps you’d become a little color blind too—at least where
black and white is concerned.”
This incident occurred in a small southern town. But in towns
and cities throughout the nation—north, south, east and west—
the story is being repeated.
A friend of ours surveying housing and employment conditions
in defense areas tells us that many veterans of the Korean war
are perhaps the most outspoken champions of civil rights he’s
ever
met.
n
poor
when
a
California
housing.
a few
Plans
city,
example,
for
for a new
individuals
with
a
housing
loud
aircraft
plant
development
voice
were
demanded
snagged
segregated
housing,
up, quietly but firmly.
veterans spoke
of Korea
A group
“Over there
“This discrimination stuff is nonsense,” they said.
we fought together, slept together, ate together—and learned to
live together. We can do the same thing here.”
These were not Yankee “liberals” speaking. They were American boys who had no particular ideas on the subject. of race
They learned somediscrimination until they fought in Korea.
thing there, obviously, that too many people at home have yet
to learn.
Call it understanding.
Call it democracy.
Call it decency.
Whatever the name, these boys who’ve fought in_Korea for
freedom are now teaching some of their fellow Americans the
true meaning of freedom.
Let’s hope some of us who’ve been lucky enough to stay safely
at home will listen carefully to their message.
—From
the Oil Worker.
ALCOA Signs Master Pact;
222-Cent Package Won
A new contract providing a package of 2214 cents an hour
for workers in four plants of the Aluminum Company of Ameriea (ALCOA) has just been negotiated by UAW-CIO and approved by the Wage Stabilization Board. In addition to the increased benefits, a Master Contract was negotiated—the first
for the UAW-CIO ALCOA plants.
Throughout the summer CIO and AFL unions in Muskegon, Michigan, have sponsored
a day camp for children on the shores of Lake Michigan. The camp is open to all children
and provides supervised recreation. The happy smiles on the faces of the five little girls
above show how successful this civic enterprise is,
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UAW;; Chicago Election Won
The workers in all five divisions of the Motor Products Corporation are now represented by the UAW-CIO.
The supremacy of the UAW-CIO®
was firmly established in a National Labor Relations Board election on August
15 at the Deep
Freeze
nois,
Plant,
and
Deep
North
Chicago,
Freeze
IIli-
Appliance
Plant at Lake Bluff in the same
state. Both plants are in UAW-CIO
Region 4.
The UAW-CIO defeated the Ironworkers-AFL to climax dramatic
demonstration of UAW-CIO
.cooperation on the organizing front.
The agreement covers workers in@————————
Commenting
upon
the victory,
Region 4 Director Pat Greathouse
Chicago, Cleveland, Vernon, Calisaid:
fornia, and Garwood, New Jersey,
“The
organizing
campaign
at
OLD
FORGE,
Penna.
— The
plants.
these plants was an up-hill fight.
newest
union
in
Old
Forge
is
The pact provides for the 10 per
| The! victory was accomplished only
In an NLRB
the
UAW-CIO.
cent hourly increase retroactive to
| because of the perfect coordination
election at the Maxson Corpo| of the efforts of the organizers as16
will average
10 which
March
ration, the UAW shellacked the
signed by Vice-President
Richard
cents an hour, and an additional
United Mine Workers’ District
| Gosser from the Competitive Shop
50, 369 to 145.
four cents an hour retroactive to
jand
Die
Casting
Departments,
July 1. The eligibility requirement
members of my own staff.and the
for three weeks’ vacation was re- three weeks of negotiations in Chi- persons sent in to help during the
duced from 25 years to 15 years. cago.
The settlement closely fol- closing stages of the drive by other
Motor
Product
Locals.”
Shift premiums were increased
lows the pattern set by the United
The vote was:
three cents an hour for the second Steelworkers in their contract covWAW-OIO
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526
and third shift.
ering nine ALCOA plants, which in
Iron Workers-AFL ....... 423
Improvements Were made in the turn closely follows the settlement
In the first election
held
two
sick and accident and hospitaliza- of the steel strike by the United weeks earlier the IAM was eliminated.
tion benefits.
Steelworkers,
In that election the score was:
Employes working under the inPreyious
UAW-CIO
contracts
Forges Ahead
centive plan, about half of the number
of
employes,
received
an
addi-
tional increase of three cents to six
cents an
tion
hour
of two
bonus
agreement
the elimina-
classes,
was reached after
ALCOA
were
on an individual
plant basis for the three plants located in California, Chicago,
and
Cleveland. The Garwood, New Jersey,
plant
was
recently
won
by
UAW-CIO in an NLRB election.
TAW-OHOE eo casas cas 442
Iron Workers-AFL ....... 338
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No Minion re nent sotto
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“One ofthe reasons,” said Inter-
national
Pearson,
Representative
Harvey
of Greathouse’s staff, who
was in charge of the drive, “that
our job was particularly difficult
was the-fact that the other two
unions
had
represented
the employes for many
years.
Because
of this they had their organizers
right in the plants with full freedom
to
contact
every
employe.
On the other hand, the UAW-CIO
had to do all its work outside the
plant.”
The campaign of the UAW-CIO
was
further
complicated
because
the Deep Freeze Appliance Plant
was located in the open countryside
and
the
homes
of its employes
were scattered over a 50-mile radius.
“While there were only approximately
1,100 employes
eligible
to
vote
number
gaining
when
in
the
election,
of employes
unit will be
the
deep
freeze
the
total
in the barabout 4,000
appliance
plant
reaches
its full complement.
A charter for the new local will
be issued by the International Un-
ion in the néar future. It will double the UAW-CIO
membership in
Lake
county.
Incidentally,
four
Lake county locals are worthy of
special mention for their contributions to the success of the drive.
They are:
Locals 992 (Houdaille-Hershey),
1163
(Potter Manufacturing)
and
470
(Shurhit
Products.)
Elected as a temporary Bargaining Committee are Dick Patterson,
Bill Welch, Tom
Carraher, chairman; Tony Rogodino, Harry Fell-
Competitive
Shop
Department
Wage-Hours
Division
Assistant
Richard Reisinger announces that
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the current revisions for insertion
in the foundry Wage-Hours
Rate
Book, published last fall under the
sirection
of Vice-President
Richard Gosser, are printed and will be
in the mail early in September.
The revised sections will be sent
to each individual and organization which the records indicate received the original book.
He also said that work is progressing
on the
forthcoming
revision of the Skilled Trades Rate
Book. It is believed that it will be
ready in about three months,
ers, Tom Baker and Tom Parker,
The company
has already agreed
to a modified union shop and retroactivity to date of election of
all wage increases that may be negotiated.
In addition
to the members
named on the Bargaining Committee the following employes
were
very
active
in
the
organization
campaign:
Jimmy
Miller,
Jim
Stevens,
Frances
and
Lois
Hettler,
Copanos.
Venita
Bourland
Other Motor Products Loéals are
203, Detroit; Motor Product Unit
of Local
195,
Windsor,
Canadayj
1039,
Marion,
Ohio.
These locals sent to help on the
drive, respectively: President Don
Cessna,
and
Trustee
Jack
Cook;
Vice-Chairman Alfred Parent, and
President Harvey Davidson.
On the drive from Gosser’s staff
were Fred Lohagen, Die Casting
Department, and Bill Bowman, of
the Competitive Shop Department,
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The
through
with
Foundry Rate
Revisions Ready
All Motor Products Plants in
Very proud of its Union pioneers, above, is Local 661 of Jackson, Michigan,
representing the workers at the Sparks Withington Company. All these Local
661 members have retired with pensions negotiated by their Union. The
youngsters at right haven’t quite reached retirement age yet. They are mem-
bers of the Local’s Pension Committee. The pension plan, like all those negotiated by the UAW-CIO,
has joint Union-Company administration.
UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKER
September, 1952
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A Aircraft Conference to Hear Reports on
Year's Progress, Pl an for Future Gains
Detroit Host
To Cl0 Golf
Championships
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Delegates representing UAW-CIO aircraft workers throughout the United States and Canada will gather in Chicago at the
pions and duffers alike”... aptly
deseribes the Fourth Annual International CIO Golf Championships
made
has
program,
necessary
over-all
establishment of one
tional’ Conference.
significant
Such
aircraft
automatic
bargaining
wage
“Na-
programs
progression
at
Detroit Auxiliaries
Aid in Registration
from
\ing
in
baby
as
and
these
One of the features of this year’s
Conference will be the introduction
did
they
encouraging
themselves
eligible
the
under
the UAW-CIO.
people
to
under
the
banner
the
OFFICERS
SPEAK
the
to Livingston,
In addition
other three top officers of the International Union will address the
three-day
the
during’
delegates
P.
Walter
President
Conference,
Reuther is scheduled as the main
speaker Sunday, October 5, while
Mazey
Emil
Secretary-Treasurer
and Vice-President Richard Gosser
will speak on Friday and Saturday,
respectively.
A highlight of the Aircraft Con-
ference
Anna
will
be
Rosenberg,
the
Assistant
with
Secre-
will discuss
production
tary of Defense, who
American
entire
the
picture,
of
appearance
particular
reference
to the production of aircraft for the
defense program.
The
report
Conference
from
Livingston
is considered to be
most
eventful
and
years
in
the
will
history
hear
on
a
what
one of the
progressive
of
aircraft
in
Aircraft
Birmingham,
Alabama;
Canadian Car and Foundry, Ltd., of
Fort William, Ontario, major aircraft parts producer in Canada, and
others.
on the
will be heard
Reports
recent North American arbitration
case,
the
break-through
on
the
aircraft-auto wage differential, the
famous
that
and
strike
Douglas
wage case, along with others.
Of
particular
significance
in
this year’s Conference will be the
attendance of representatives
automotive
of the
some
from
plants that are now performing
a substantial amount of*aircraft
work in line with the requiredefense
national
of the
ments
production program.
Paul M. Russo, Assistant Director of the National Aircraft Department, is in charge of arrangements and will chair the Conference.
will
and
can you read the small type, Mr. Jones?”
UAW Wins Award
For Aiding Blind
Raymond
3,
Region
H. Berndt,
UAW-CIO,
Director of
announced
"Plant
Gives
“Awarded to the UAW of CIO for|
their recognition
of
skills of blind persons
operation
ing
blind
with
abilities and
and their co-
industry
people
on
in
equal
accept-
basis
be
and
a few
other
years ago Fred
1022
of Local
UAW
members
de-
cided to put out a newspaper, so
Local 1022 (Barrett) and Local 373
(Advance
Aluminum) | started
a
four-page
tabloid.
Now it is a robust 12 to 16-pager
with a circulation of 20,000, and it
serves 20 small UAW-CIO locals.
Nicholas, secretary of the paper,
was made July 16, and the UAWit just
CIO was the only organization that explains, ‘‘Like Topsy,
received it,
grew.”
Director
Berndt
highly
praised
Other locals liked the idea and
Kentucky Locals 791, 817 and 862 began contributing news items and
for their action in participating in staff members. Soon its reputation
the fund-raising campaign
of the} spread all over
the Chicago area. It
Kentucky Federation for the Blind. | practically promoted itself.
The funds are used for the Kentucky School for the Blind.
The
with
other
Locals
employes.”
sponsored
The
exhibits
award
and|
booths at the annual picnic of the |
Kentucky Federation for the Blind|
to assist in raising funds.
EUREKA
COMES
IN
DAYTON, Ohio—Workers at the
Eureka Tool Company voted 19 to
7 to join the UAW-CIO
in a recent NLRB election.
the
golfers.
pate in the men’s
competition,
while
the women’s
competition
will be open to CIO members,
wives, sisters and daughters of
CIO members.
Big Voice in Chicago
President
to
All CIO
members
in good
standing are eligible to partici-
Gate News’
Small Locals
CHICAGO—Three
host
will
Council
Recreation
CIO
Detroit
Greater
the
that
stated
Director,
Recreation
UAW
Madar,
UAW-CIO,
1A,
and
1
the
by
Department
Recreation
Regions
Olga
tournament,
co-sponsored
be
will
in
individual
Prizes
the
announcing
and
such aircraft giants
Aircraft | UAW-CIO
“UAW-CIO
new
of the
Bell Aircraft in Fort Worth, Texas; | by
Wage and Data Manual” containAssociati8n of |
Indiana
the
Douglas Aircraft in Tulsa, Oklahoing complete collective bargaining
Workers for the Blind, Inc.
to all ma; AVCO in Bridgepopt, Connec
pertaining
data
research
ate of Merit” states
“Certific
The
Coffey
in
Can
ental
Contin
ticut;
UAW aircraft contracts.
ALL
and
winners
to
divisions.
UAW-CIO
ans was | i®icholas,
-ClO Magingi
pie UAW
ate
a “Certificate of Merit’
awarded
American
North
ville, Kansas;
Aviation, Fresno, California; Hayes
play
women’s
and
mixed
which
get
of
awarded
be
men
1
medal
36-holes
to
In
“Now,
of
at
competi-
with
ever,
best
also ba awarded to both gross
net winners in all flights.
ring-
ORGANIZATION GAINS
The report will include a review
of the organizational strides that
have
which
made
been
have
brought
tion
and
to vote.
leadership
and
team,
everything
to doorbell
sitting
gest
titles
Members of the UAW-CIO Auxiliaries in Detroit are driving for
a one-million registration in time
for the fall election.
helped break all existing
They
in Detroit
records
registration
when, as members of the “Ballot
orBattalion,” a community-wide
workers
UAW-CIO
devised
were
others
Conferences,
the
&
big-
the
be
to
is expected
tourney
coming
the
why
explains
also
It
1952.
20-21,
of September
end
week
the
on
Michigan,
Detroit,
Club,
try
Coun-
Valley
at Warren
held
to be
This Conference, recognized throughout the Nation as the
biggest and most significant et ideavor of its kind, provides the
basis for reviewing the work o the Union in aircraft plants as
well as establishing, through group action, the basie program
for forthcoming wage and cont ract negotiations.
ganization,
cham-
for
tournament
golf
“A
Morrison Hotel, October 3, 4, 5 for the Fourth Annual UAW-CIO
Aircraft Conference under the direction of the Union’s National
Aireraft Department,
The Conferences were instituted
in 1949 by Vice-President John W.
after he had assumed
Livingston
National
of the
directorship
the
The ConferAircraft Department.
were
year,
this
until
up
ences,
divided into two sections—one for
Eastern aircraft workers and the
other for Western aircraft workers.
Livingston stated that the growth
the
of
membership
aircraft
in
resulting from organiUAW-CIO,
zational gains as well as the increase in aircraft employment that
is caused by the defense production
11
Once
ing
times
established,
will
not
be
original
changed,
startand
post entries will be accepted until
10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 20,
but will necessitate a fee 50 per
cent higher than the regular fee
per each event.
Regular entry fees are as follows:
$6 for each four-man team representing local unions;
$3 for each
two-woman team representing local
} unions; $2 per player in individual
men’s and women’s competition and
$2 per mixed team.
All
entries,
fees
and
correspon-
| dence are to be sent to CIO Golf
Recrea| Championships, UAW-CIO
| tion Department, 8000 East Jefferson, Detroit 14, Michigan.
UAW Prepares to Take On Case Co.
Action taken at the special meeting of the International
Executive
Board
August
12-1 3, 1952, will go far to improve
the lot of employees in the plants of the J. I. Case Company.
The Executive Board adopted a recommendation presented by Vice-President John W. Livingston, Director of
the Agricultural Implement Department, which resulted
in the creation of the J. I. Case Organizing Committee.
Members of the three-man committee are Livingston, who
is Chairman, Pat Greathouse, Director of Region 4, and
Region 10 Director, Harvey Kitzman. Kitzman, who is also
director of the International Union’s J. I. Case Depat tment,
will direct the day-to-day activities of the staff of eight
International
Representatives who
have been assigned
to the Case operation.
The objectives of the committee are two-fold: It will
make a concerted drive in the Bettendorf, Iowa, plant of
the Case Company, where the UAW-CIO lost an election
some time ago as a result of a vicious anti-union campaign
carried on by this notoriously reactionary company.
In addition, the J. I. Case Organizing Committee will
direct its attention to each of the Case plants now under
contract to the UAW-CIO. The position of the local unions
will be strengthened and, in those locals where the need
exists, vigorous membership drives will be instituted to
bring them up to the 100 per cent mark.
W hile
conditions
generally
still
in
leave
the
much
agricultural
to
be
implement
desired,
the
J.
field
1,
Company, one of the
ducers, doesn’t even
major agricultural implement
make a pretense of accepting
principles
collective
Case
prothe
This greedy
and arrogant corporation has in the past ignored orders
of the National Labor Relations Board and has refused to
abide by decisions rendered by the courts of the land,
The
ployees
OPPORTUNITY not charity is the chief need of the physically handicapped, these
members of the American Federation of Physically Handicapped stressed when they appeared on the ‘‘Meet the UAW-CIO”’ television program last month, Paul Strachan (left),
energetic President of the AFPH, joined Mildred Scott, Secretary-Treasurer, and Iride Valmassey of the Detroit chapter in a plea for support of a program to secure more vocational training and rehabilitation facilities for the nation’s seven million severely handicapped
of
modern
UAW-CLO
are
treated
is
determined
as
human
bargaining
to
beings
and working conditions are brought
other workers in the industry,
see
that
J.
and
that
into
line
1,
Case
their
with
eChlil-
wages
that
of
Organizing Committee was established
for this purpose and intends to proceed at once to carry
out the program
necessary
to achieve these things
for:
Case workers.
The
J.
I,
Case
workers,
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UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKER
12
September, 1952
—_—.
STREET
Michigan Senator Blair Moody
Commission leadership award from
research
director,
for
“‘courage
(left) receives Hoover
Robert L. McCormick,
and
statesmanship’’
dis-
played during his fight for-reorganization of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue and other government agencies,
On the beautiful campus of the University of Connecticut at Storrs, classes of Region 9A’s summer school enjoy
beautiful surroundings, like the lakeside above. There were
120 students in attendance from New England and New
York City. At right, in the shadow of one of the University
buildings, students learn the art of poster-making by actually. working at the job under the guidance of experts.
This was only one of dozens of classes on all types of subjects—from time study and engineering to steward train-
ing.
POSTMASTER:
Send
notices
of
change
of address on Form 3578 (Canada, Form
67B)
and
copies
returned
under
labels
No. 3579 (Canada, labels No. 29B) to 2457
E*
Washington
St.,
Indianapolis
7,
Ind.
Seated by the remaifis of last night’s camp fire, students at Region 9’s summer school
discuss foreign affairs. with UAW Education Department staff member Hal Shepherd
(standing at left). The school was held at the Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Community Camp,
owned by the UAW-CIO unions in the area. Region 9 Director Martin Gerber called this
-year’s school one of the most novel and productive
ever held.
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