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UAW Solidarity
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1958-03-03
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Vol. 1 No. 12
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new”
A
—
WASHINGTON
all-time high in living costs, in
a period of widespread unemployment and generally poor
that
dence
in
SOLIDARITY
corporations|
huge
the
repealed
effect
law of supply and demand,
P.
Walter
President
UAW
-charged
Reuther
week.
last
here
(Reuther and other UAW offteers were in the capital futilely
awaiting a chance to testify be-
fore the McClellan
see story at right)
The
ery
wage
fact
member
will
boost—3c
Vol.
virtually
in
a
auto
and
equal
or
slightly
lower
amounts in other industries—
is “small consolation,” Reuther said.
“It
ment
is true that this adjustwill help in some degree to
cushion
the
effects
of
purchasing
- power,”
help
to
the
unemployed
on
weeks.”
three
and
Printed
in 100%
im
no
and
for
by
Eugene |
Demo-|
John F. Kennedy is Rep.
J. McCarthy, Minnesota
erat.)
This
measure,
tinued,
would
Reuther
not
only
Continued
on
Page
vindictive
Congressional
|
7
due
was
ONE
left,
ONE
TESTIFIED,
at
press-conference,
and
irephotos
An angry Walter P. Reuther,
Allan Graskamp, Local 833 presi-
Michigan AFL and CIO Merge,
GRAND
RAPIDS,
labor,
prolonged
After
Mich.
rs||
the
Predictions
Despite
state AFL's
ate in two
i
refusal to cooperprevious s attempts
was
| post
which
the federation
ignor-
Glass
went
along
Michigan AFL-CIO has been|,2* But® negoti
infant
new union.
the ated
born to represent some 711 al
workers.
000
The
expected
~|spanked
into
from
|gates
birth
birth-pains didn’t materialize. |ed an edict from
It
was
the
first
such
mer- | ecutive
the
the | with
by
ordered
actually
ger
Barney
had
Delay
AFL-CIO,
parent
|ber from
former
the
by
caused
been
|
board
and
when
their own
dele-
ex-|
|
merger.
mem-}
UAW
Hopkins,
Local 3 and secretary-
dent,
in
will
by
Scholle
August
Executive
Workers.
of
conclusion
With
convention,
founding
Peter
to
assistant
McGavin,
George
President
CIO
Workers
Industrial
Allied
of the
Murphy
be George
will
president
ordered
immediately
federation
dissolved
Continued
on
vice
the
now-
hand
of
CIO that
never be
work”
Michigan
the
law.
“You can bet your
veto it,” he said.
“It’s
lation
feres
4
N
Gus
‘ICERS of merged AFL-CIO in Michigan are, from
C
vice president,
Murphy,
George
Scholle, president;
Barney
on
Page
Hopkins,
8,
secretary-treasurer.
Story
above;
other
left,
and
photos
rights
a wicked
which
with
of
the
unions
piece
boots
directly
free
and
I'd
of legis-
inter-
American
manage-
ment to decide the conditions
contracts
free
by
work
of
freely arrived at.”
corporation
are
at
However, a session with GM
officials brought no results. In
Motors,
American
Wis.)
(Kenosha,
72
laid
was
“procedure”
to
yet
had
at press-time and
the actual issue.
discuss
7
(Mil-
75
and
about
arguing
still
Local
where
be
will
workers
week, management
waukee)
off this
hearings
Page
on
workers
to
community.
the
and
and
ago
years
Kefauver
all?
:
will be
at
5
This
sion Seeks
corpora-
entire
the
close
could
away,
get
the
and
Reuther
P.
‘
basic
} despite cont
|and despite the evicompany’s
e of
how
lit
|
|
ce eee
ee eae
issue
PienaNnts WATE
= REO AW
The
ards
{a
term
dispute”
month
cause
Only
of
last
“production
for
had
concealed
difficulty
week,
with
at
more
than}
would
Why
UAW’s|
showdown
ards
plant
at
in
on
Dodge
its
production
Main,
empire
a
force
Chrysler
stand-|
the
it
one
knew
in-
7
mem-
bers of the McClellan committee didn’t want to hear—
Chrysler.|
the
Republican
the
What
real)
crystal-clear)
and
hard-hitting
did
the company,
on
demands
lay bethe public realize what
neath.
Next: Kohler
stand- |
the
Page
on
Continued
|
L. Colbert,
L.
Chrysler Corp. president, meet
in Detroit today (Monday).
AFL-
his signature would
put on a “right to
Kan-
with a grandstand appeal for | tion?
“higher production” when it| The Answer
The showdown was ordered
really doesn’t want produc-|
ractual agreements
Gov. G, Mennen Williams assured the founding convention
in
GM
workweeks
- power
| purchasing
all
despite
Senator
the
company
a
Can
Mich.—
RAPIDS,
five
To Solve Chrysler Row
tion
Soapy Spurns ‘Right’
GRAND
and
Summit Ses
M.
8
Page
|
Meany,
to
eye
the
142
Continued
AFL-
the
to
The money to provi¢e SUB payments is already on hand, he
needed
bring
could
and
| said,
of
had consistently avoided the
chance to air his anti-UAW pro-
|
the
the
by
scheduled
was
expectations
that
talk,
noted
He
Goldwater’s
state } expenditures
same | at the recent
of
short
“These
exploding his own dishonesty
in his face,” Reuther declared.
as presi-
headed,
be
in
him
looking
organization
new
the
delegates
165
resolution
sub-councils, meeting
sas City, Mo.
Reuther
Yet,
2 unanimous
by
by
paganda in open forum. Both at
on political
hearings
| the Gore
former
~the
assumed the
of
treasurer
|CIO council,
great
“I had
probe.
in Kobler
ed
prompt-
was
move
GM
The
the workers’ expense,” said Vice
at hand, Goldwater led the GOP
Woodcock,
Leonard
bloc which denied him a hear-| President
director of the GM department.
ing.
DIDN’T:
as first witness
on stand
Worl
|
insin-|
months
opportunity
the
when
said,
Wide
|
UAW
that the Arizona
sins.
unspecified
of
dent,
Pangs
General Motors and American Motors locals in the UAW
are also seeking — thus far
without result — a shift in
work schedules to assure em-
that an “exposure” of the
would reveal any number
uated
UAW
fruit
for
had
Senator
next month.
No
noted
president
prices caused
vegetable
and
by bad weather im the south.
The effects are apt to be even
worse
cow-
the
anger,
obvious
With
in buying
to higher
GM Snubs
40 Hours
a “poli-
ployed workers of a full 40
hours, as demanded of Chrysmost of his oral fire for Gold|
(Solidarity, Feb. 24, and
\ler
water and his GOP associates.
story below).
He Was Ready
and their buying power fell
by more than 414%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed here.
power
Gold-
Reuther also made public the
testimony he had prepared for
the committee’s investigation of
the union’s strike against the
Kohler Co., now 45 months old.
conference
press
a
at
But
Wednesday in the Senate caucus room, immediately following
the first session of the long-de- |
layed Kohler probe, he réserved
be2%
January
of the drop
1958
Walter
P.
President
the stand after cooling his
en-%
a moral
ard.”
WASHINGTON—The actual
of factory workers
earnings
Much
as
Ariz.)
(R.,
tical hypocrite and
Bad Now? Just Wait
than
more
dropped
tween December and
M.
Barry
Sen.
water
ease
but would help
compensation
to slow the rapidly-mounting
(
barred
con-
milthree
drawing
of
hardships
workers now
the
lion
from
Reuther,
emy,
Sen.
with
measure
the
of
3,
heels here for three days in response to a summons
by the McClellan committee, created his own forum
to denounce the Republican members who blocked
his appearance and to blast the union’s most
action on the Kennedy-McCarthy bill proyiding minimum fedunemployfor
standards
eral
(Co-sponcompensation.
ment
sor
Published
WASHINGTON—UAW
the
said
March
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four-day
president
UAW
The
of
said.
make up
suffered
hardly begins to
being
losses
the
workers
is
adjustment
the
“But
declining
he
No.
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that
OF AMERICA-UA®
WORKERS
IMPLEMENT
& AGRICULTURAL
AIRCRAFT
AUTOMOBILE,
UNION, UNITED
TERNATIONAL
evi-
undeniable
is
business,
have
—
Down
Jobs
Up,
C-of-L
Economy:
| Cockeyed
UAW
testimony—will
Reuther’s
|
available
to
all
the
week,
with
intact,
all
somewhat
It’s
a
P.
Walter
President
of
you
abridged
essential
sic
be
next
but
points
story
of
one company’s battle against
accepting the 20th century.
: 2nd UAW Member Axed
By State Republicans
1958—P.
They're Still
At It, Though
LANSING
publicans
3,
arch
<
©
=
to
the
Security
GA
z
=
board, would suffer
fate as White, who
the
was
from his appointment
commissioner
of labor
=
Joining
attack
(R.,
Hutchinson
was
Sen.
Pontiac),
ealled
every
traitor.
and
the
herty
in
union
Speaking
UAW,
follows
of
he
a _
as
undemocratic
of
lature.
Despite
a
to
as
CIO
of
“Do-
jority
philosophy
of
aimed
true}
GOP Is Going
‘Underground’
To Win Votes
legis-
number
senvote
Michigan tells
story. Instead
people,
the
ma-
legislators!
acreage.
The
state’s
politically
convention
Ken
(front
bank-
the
importation
of
an
Ohio
“public relations expert” to be
his
Michigan
“representative”
leaders
for
pervert-
Despite
the
closeness
held
only
and
an
mamed
earlier this year
employment
post
of
left
At
no
sideration
tion
by
time
during
was
there
—
to
the
—
the
any
|
con-|
being
was
actually
long
and
as
senate
business
admitted
that
Im
the
Michigan
ques-|represent
3,239,600
as with|imstance,
the
23
straight
Sen.
20-12
party
Donald
vote
with
Smith
colleagues
White,
he had
| voters,
“In
gaid.
fact,
He’s
joined| Class
people;
the
union
at
vote.
farmers
citizens
will
heard
notb-|
His
his
same
%4A%
and
motive
Ohio
dent
agent
Frank
who
is
described
is
as
told
newsmen
been
a
announced
union
he
UAW
the
next
four
go
for
months.
would
first
successful
member
him.
who
any
came before
| Scored
Earlier,
Republicans rejected |
John
Spoelman,
a farmer
ap-|
pointed
to the
mission
by
agricultural
Gov.
Ohio
governorship
also worked with Brick-
Republicans was
at a meeting of
also evimidwest-
the
throp, right-wing propagandist
from
Toledo,
persuaded
the
group
to endorse
“right-towork” laws. (Solidarity, Feb. 24).
More
Layoffs
Flint,
599,
union’s
the
are
This
General
reported
department
time.
the
brings
force down
being
workLocal
at
Motors
press
Buick
to 15,000 from
24,000 who were on the
the
1958
model
year
last
fall.
offs
at
bound
Flint.
off,
laid
work
the
job as
began
This
latest
layoff
is
Fisher
Body
No.
in
to
cause
further
huge
Ford
Rouge
Prior
the
to
streets,
this
latest
nearly
1957.
29%
since
Jan.
the
a.
judge“
re-deter- |
denied
was
company’s
the
tention that he had
for “misconduct.”
Gavaglia
ing
told
new
his
a week
protested
later
but
been
be-
con-
fired
the
was
rul-
not
to file immediately for a
hearing. He then turned
case
over
to his
union.
The union slipped up on filing for a new hearing during
the period allotted by Jaw for
in
2,
order
such
|
|
appeals,
When
his own
Gayaglia finally filed
petition for a re-hear-
ing, the MESC
appeal
In background
Seagraves,
Richard
Local
Ringl,
Local
are
board
referee and
turned
the
him
the UAW
(R., [Gt p
314,
o=
165.
darity, Feb.
fund
24).
Al
oul
in
matongs t
secretary, || Coldwater) aimed at crippling
down.
(Solt-
eo?
jrauittia
weet
lowed
by
the
15-days
law
had
keeps
ply
and
properly
in
place
. this would
|
happened.”
al-
passed.
first
have
The
judge
said
the
appeal
board's action “raises the basic
question of how narrow techni-
cal administrative
| be in dealing with
citizens
who
come
Agreement
LARGO,
Ind.
at Celotex
—
A
two-year
agreement has ended a 10-week
strike
of
the
AFL-CIO
Pulp,
Sulphite and Paper Mill Work| ers against the Celotex Corp. ac-
coustica)
fibre
plant
here.
on resolution
With heavy cutbacks in employment in southeastern Mich-
igan, workers on short weeks or unemployment compensation
who
seek
anti-polio shots
for their children
cost problem. And apparently there
of them in need of this protection.
National
Infantile
Foundation
Paralysis
for
figures
in-
persons
under
40
haven’t
as yet.
that the
The
dis-
being licked. In
Wayne
county,
for
example,
there was one more case of polio
|in 1957 than in 1956.
the
With
program
only
anti-polio
federal
a memory,
per-
physician
who
the
vaccine
will charge $3 upward
of three shots.
for each
sons” who
must
seek
a
to
go
health
sponsored
teacher
departments,
or
civic
by
are
organizations
programs
City of
to be in
Detroit:
|gram
| Parents
under
Older
go
to
anti-polio
effect:
Brothers
and
pay
jean
for
call
their
the
Wayne
Dearborn,
under
children
city
center in their
pointment.
cannot
they
fee]
who
public
County
15
health
an
ap-
(outside
of
for
area
Hamtramck,
“booked”
is
through
currently
May.
The
county health department also
will provide vaccine and accessory needs to clinics in “poorly
protected”
recommends
go
areas,
to
but
that
those
their
generally
seeking
doctor.
County:
Operates
two
a child
to children
following
clinic
almost
parent-
private doctor.
A survey of the surrounding
| counties and the city of Detroit
the
The
clinics
|a
| showed
ment.
polio clinics twice monthly
for
children under 15 and pregnant
women who feel] they cannot pay
a doctor. The county will also
supply the vaccine free of charge
| totally extinct.
The county health programs,
are, by state law, limited to giv-
ing the serum
by a
ters on
Henry
Ruff
Road
at
Eloise. Children are given shots
one morning a week by appoint-
Macomb
limited procounty
the
the
from
Apart
by
offered
grams
are faced
are a sizeable number
shots
sisters of babies being cared for
agencies can
under the city’s “well baby” prothe rights of|
shots.
free
receive
can
for relief.”
delegates
Polio Still a Problem:
Shot $ a Factor, Too
ease is far from
limit
the
not
eyes of UAW
From left te right, Ed. Galuska and Nestor Dessy
and Region 1A Co-Director George Merrelli.
received one shot
| figures also reveal
Gilmore
The
BUSINESS
camp on the doorstep of | 15"and pregnant women.
he filed for unem-| €*C¢Pt
the
union
and the MESC.
benefits, this is what
children and adults must
“Ii he had been advised sim-
of
cause
the work
force, the loss of
jobs at the Rouge amounted
to
jobless,
happened:
His claim
plant
cut
to
| ployment
were
on
a one-week
layoff
this week, joining 10,600 other
members of Local 600 already
walking
refusal
| firm. When
In Detroit, meanwhile, another 6,000 LAW members at
the
the
E.
also
Lenning, || Sidering a bill by state senaeeake
}lion
It was this action which Gil| mination hearing in the case of |
Luigi Gavaglia.
| more oyer-ruled in his order.
The latter, an Italian immi-| The judge told the board to regrant who does not understand |} hear the-.appeal, pointing out
| English too well, was fired by| that “there was nothing more
he (Gavaglia) could have done |
his
employer,
a
construction
lay-
1
Judge
| Severely criticized the board’s |
In Flint, Detroit
Another 2,400 Buick
ers, members of UAW
fits to
Robert
Coloma)
(R.,
Faulkner
dicate that more than 45 mil-
Let’s not use legal loopholes to deny “the little guy” his
rights under the unemployment compensation act, Wayne
county Circuit Judge Horace W. Gilmore has told the Michigan Employment Security Commission’s appeal board.
Hitting out at arbitrary use of technicalities to deny bene-
com-
Williams.
by
senator
Local
before them.
of Local 235
cam-
He
reject
Al
financial
MERGER
principal claim to fame was
participation in Sen. John
stated|
member.
State
~oytoor
roritaol
ea eoays
in
ibis tetaust ne namenes' Marrow-Minded MESC Bd.
have
to busi-
ae yobs
a
ern Young Republicans in Detroit, at which David M. Mol-
Auto-
Reports.
a
re-
er during the latter’s unsuccessful bid for the presidency and
vice presidency.
The influence of reactionary
month last year and
under 1955, according
by Ward's
for
Senate.
least
Ayren
second
below
including
armirow
out-of-
campaign
paign for the
in 1938.
of
undoubtedly
584%
to a survey
the same time.”
Doherty’s case follows the rejection of White by 19-11 vote.
Hutchinson
was
allid)
workers
PF. Smeekens
and
bills
left, chats with || Said his party was still con-
rear)
304.
live “£0
will
announced
the
Bricker’s
Why Jobs Are Scarce
Auto production for Janwary
unions,
emoinn
Charles
to
press
other
hampering
their
ot ytit
ud
9
Mich-
Washington
he plans
to
“underground” in Michigan
than twice
members
Potter’s
conservative,
vote,
policy
Mich.)
on
sen
avail 19
rok guie
“Gitow~«
doe
walino
aasiio f
unions.
GOP
me
2197
umbus, O. public relations firm
has worked for the Ohio GOP|
for 20 years.
Avren, apparently
an ultra-
that, as
the opposite has been
been patted on the!
time,
to
Republicans
Republican
told his) continue.
back and kicked in the teeth at|
that
the
(R.,
in
state
arg
| former editor of the Ohio Republican News, and whose Col-
represent 3,132,409
for|@nti-Benson
ing in debate to show that Do-|
herty was not qualified for the |
job.
continue
for
more
Sen.
Avren,
|Teapportion and make itself re|fiect the true will of Michigan
along | Making
except
Smith, who
the Democrats.
Republican
was
lines,
the
able
Washington,
election
Until the senate is forced to
for- |
ward
and that “he is admittedly qualified from that
The
situation
by
from
The
senate,
knew | that of a Democratic
and
for
and
of the | Persons. Every Republican
Doherty
standpoint.”
are
keep it as such.
committee, | thus, was worth
backward
Jaw
the
will
they
the
help
“experts.”
In
accident,
promoted
Republicans
as
an
undemocratic
of his ability to do the job. | 11 Democrats
Hutchinson, chairman
At
from
this
|
printing)
of Doherty
Far
was
the death
Longheed,
official.
wnion
un- |
on
compensation,
vacant
Charles
White
expert
state
by
11
make
second
class citizens of | Democrats.
In the house,
workers who belong to unions.
jline-up is 61 Republicans
Doherty,
a
former
Chrysler | 49 Democrats.
worker
without
the} Potter
of
to review ap- vote, senate seats are
attempting
to |23
Republicans
and
igan
campaigns
to
at
the
of
president, Local 314; Chester || St John
George
ing their power
Ppointments
and
Republican
one
least
ot
bill to make unions “incorpofurther
to
one
and
rate”
boycotts.
labor
hamstring
Co-Director
1A
Morris,
Rzepecki,
rupt Republican party has publicly confessed it is unable to
or win
gets down
Region
ness.
which I consider te be unAs an example, the 1956 legAmerican.”
islative election results gave the}
Meanwhile, in Grand Rapids, | Republicans a majority of fewer}
the newly-formed Michigan | than 5,000 votes in the senate
state AFL-CIO received a scath- jand house out of a total vote
Img
resolution
denouncing
the |of almost 3 million votes cast.
run
and
2
exchange
DELEGATES
UAW
greetings as Michigan merger
is|
present
in both the
the popular
at
strength
concentrate
posts
the
Republican
represent
deny
lop-sided
representing
Instead,
Repub-|
Michigan
| by the citizens of
ja much
different
a
of
in state
the
of Republicans
| ate and house,
effect
said,
Lansing
make-up
Lodge
the
in
representation
the
member
determination
licans
same
axed
in
Harvey
who
The
as state
because
& of his UAW background.
gaining
‘Undemocratic
Michigan
Employment
appeal
Commission
on
reversed
forms
of union
security to
weaken
the
collective
bar-
Sa Savea State Line-up
Hutchinson
(R.,
Fennville)
that Tom Doherty, appointed
Re-
anti-union
bill.
They have
decided against pressing for
so-called
“right
- to - work”
legislation
this year.
Such
laws are designed to outlaw
the
union
shop
and
other
earlier
same arrogance shown
when UAW member Russell White was cut down, Republicans in the Michigan senate have denied office to a second
= UAW member appointed by Gov. Williams “because he comes
= from Solidarity House.”
EF os
Michigan
have
themselves
the
With
—
LANSING
—
ri
Highland
Park or Detroit): A “token” clinic is maintained at its headquar-
to
a
clinics
serum
the
if
doctor
or pregnant
woman.
are:
Berry
Martha
Hospital,
is
for
The
Eliza-
beth Road and Groesbeck, first
Tuesday of month, 2-4 p, m.
in
Centerline
Recreation
near
Centerline,
second
Van
month,
of
Friday
building
Dyke,
9:30-
11 a. m.
netded.
is
appointment
No
by
not accompanied
Children
their parents must bring permission slips.
Oakland
County:
Operates
two
clinics for children and pregnant
women. For South Oakland. residents, the clinic is in the Health
Center,
2401
E.
Fourth
Street,
Tuesday-Thursday,
Oak,
Royal
1-3 p.m. In North Oakland, the
County
in the
clinic is held
N. Tele1070
offices,
Health
graph
9-11,
Road,
Pontiac,
Friday,
ea
in
Lansing—compete
near
Lake
Lowe
at
gathered
few
Local 602—a
of UAW
LOVERS
outing
annual
the
for
Wade.
numbers
club
the
present
80
takes
members.
was
|gram
of
the
to
all
last
throughout
ginning
the
third
weekly
The
walkout.
vary according
and
The
group
the length
union will
life and
insurance
tal
fits:
$15
week;
will
of the
of the strike.
also maintain
zy
growing
a
$12
56
with
major)
be
|
Attention, Non-Union Office Gals!
!
|
|
enough
nature.
General
Motors
usual
isn’t big
laws of an unemployment compensation
Charles} claim Mrs. Jakobowski had filed,
to change the
what
That’s
Rubinoff, referee for the Michi-|
gan
Employment
also finance
opposed
it
way,
greedy
Security
telling the MESC
Com- |
examiner
that
mission, told the giant corpora-| she had “voluntarily left” her
tion in an unemployment com-| employ through failure to show
pensation
appeal
concerning
maternity leave.
M.
The
case
involves
the
in
checker
section of GM’s
June |
photographic
center
technical
near Detroit, who
later denied
|
blueprint)
a
Jakobowski,
Mrs.
a} up
was
fired and
unemployment
ben-
efits for having had the audacity |
to become
You're
a mother.
in
the
fall
of
1956
on or before
15,
1957—-while
of
the
with
Enter
Local
which
represents
GM.
UAW
Local
some
—
workers
of
to
160,
the
though
to
It
Winston
attorney
labor
had been | asked
of absence | to file an appeal in her behalf.
have
her|
Referee
Rubinoff,
noting
that
baby, but less than a month
not even GM can “speed up the
after her child was born
on| biologic process of birth” or set
March 1, 1957, GM sent her a a policy that “the process of beform telling her she had been| ing born under an oral leave”
fired as of March 15 “following| violates the state’s unemploytermination of a special leave| ment compensation act, ruled in
of absence.”
the mother’s favor and ordered
In justification, GM said its full benefits restored to her,
rules for
salaried
workers
— who are not organized — do Doesn't Appeal
GM
did
not
not allow leaves of absence beyond six months. This conven-| referee's decision.
appeal
the
Hailing the ruling, Local 160
officers pointed out that such a
months in such matters — and} firing could not have happened
the fact that a new mother can | in the first place if the worker
jently
nature
overlooks
— which
hardly return
the
call
laws
of
for nine
to work
right|
after her stint in the maternity
ward.
But GM wasn’t satisfied with
this
unjustified
firing.
In
its
inyolved had been protected by
a union contract. Most UAW
maternity
contracts contain
leave
clauses
which
ment cannot welch on.
manage-
a strike
kitchen
the
dicates
average
cost
a week for each member.
who
is
if he’s a single
dependents—
more than the whole dues increase. But he’d be a lot better
off if he didn’t have to strike.
mended the $25 million fund in
of avoiding
1955, our chances
3ic
will
strikes
be
greater
far
be-
tf Bad Should Get Worse
We'll Still Be Prepared
of
settlements
peaceful
insure
will
fund
strike
million
major contracts, plans haye been
needed.
In addition
dues increase
total,
million
to the temporary
vo create the $40
convention
the
meas-
emergency
authorized
if
fund
the
to supplement
made
to insure strike benefits
if this sum is exceeded.
These measures include:
ures
even
@
for
Authorization
the
executive
board to borrow
national
unions,
local
from
needed.
@
tive
not
more
strike;
and
$25
other
banks,
or
than
more
this
loans,
the
if any,
fund
inter-
if
if
are
on
are paid
off
to continue
restored
The need for a bigger strike
fund comes dramatically clear in
the
estimated
in any of
companies,
ment.
the Big Three aute
quite aside from air-
agricultural
imple-
Emil
Secretary-Treasurer
Mazey estimates that 2 Genstrike, involving
eral Motors
the
seventh
million
or
half,
only
for
week;
the
four
nearly
$9.7
following
weeks and $11.4 million a week
1l-week
An
on.
then
from
total,
for
example,
would
top
lion.
$2.50.
On
Hand
1957
Dec.
31,
Income:
Per
Capita
1956...
Taxes
..
Strike Fund Dues
Miscellaneous
Interest on Investments...
to
@ A dues increase of $1 a
month, at the discretion of the
executive board, if the strike
and
strike
a
of
cost
Strike Fund Summary for 1957
money
a3 month
members
increase
strike
million.
$5
pay
UAW
etc.
local
$80 million.
a similar increase of $2 a month
if it falls below $15 million, these
At Ford, figuring on 140,000
increases to continue until the
totals
weekly
the
members,
$25 million fund is reestablished. |
from $3.3 million to
‘As reported previously, allow-| wouldmillrise
ion to $4.6 million—$32
$3.9
|
ers
work
for
made
also
ance was
million for 11 weeks.
earnings.
sub-standard
with
Chrysler's 95,000 would cost $2.3
When the dues increase js $5 a
less million beginning the third week,
earning
members
month,
and
than $150 a month will be ex-| $2.6 million the next four
The 11cused from payment and those| $3.1 million thereafter.
9 milearning between $150 and $250 week figure would be $21.
will
Permission for the execuboard to increase dues by
50,000
until
unions,
|
their
through
the
to
350,000, would cost about $8.3
million from the third through
fund falls below $20 million, and
Although the special conyvention (and the whole UAW) hopes
$40
|
rebated
Big Strike,
Big Money
“Just as I said when I recom-| craft
in-
is
without
man
for
each local union. Experience
a
160
At this point,
center
out
examiner
The
hospital.
agreed
tech
just
was
she
March
not the photo section—came
Mrs. Jakobowski’s rescue.
Fired
Mrs.
Jakobowski
given a verbal leave
for work
one week—even
will
union
member
“A
|
forced to strike will receive in |
thereafter. These funds are to
supplement fixed assistance in
emergency cases.
The international
said.
he
the
through
the
$2 from
week and $3
week;
seventh
eighth to llth
9 Months for Maternity?
Don't Be Silly, Says GM
Even
third
the
from
the
strike|
Separate
levels.
these pages.
be
members
unions.
Emil
“This is one case when it’s
better to give than to receive,”
striker
each
for
week
a
$1
of
insurance.
funds
strike
emergency
given
that
fund
strike
the
will
lion
is essentially
fund
strike
esti-
the
program,
After 1958 negotiations are
the
in
sum
any
complete,
strike fund exceeding $25 mil-
million.
$40
emphasized
Mazey
strike
new
the
includes
eyent
25¢| the
though
larger even
Secretary-Treasurer
ler. Figures are comparable elsewhere.
be
will also
Local unions
if
years, Mazey’s
| for the last three
| report
Better to Give...
at General Motors,
and $3.76 at Chrys-
$3.58 a week
$3.54 at Ford
than
in 1955 by a four-| and full information on how in
dues increase of $5, from | dues program would continue
falls
to
fund
will
costs
insurance
Group
:
$30.
and
$25
$22,
family,
for
$23;
and
$20
$17,
be
big
taking
also
detailed
to the
addition
In
| statement of strike expenditures
the special convention!
ies,
|pan
res
week on. For a couple, the figu
to increase the|
a felt it was vital
| will
Industries
McKinnon
Ford
million,
$4
for
accounted
and
and $17 from the 12th
1ith week
Gen1955-
es
strike fund, es-| mated cost of Big Three strikthe
jjerea seo
[poone
of
$300,000
about
to prevent |assistance
was enough
This
|
of bene- jtablished
women,
or
million.
strike. In Canada, four
eral Motors strikes in
thus |
in 322 strikes.
—engaged
|
medical-hospi-
Re-
and
Region 10’s $7.5 million is acKohler
the
by
for
counted
in|
port reveals, 243 local unions
—about one-fifth of the total
i
|
to family status
in
but
All
contract
inyolyved
not
$7
th of the per capita dues below certain
mon
|a
nth
seve
to
the third
poured into it. With con-| stories are on
was
to
th
eigh
the
from
| tracts expiring in all major com- |
from
week
amounts
week
payments.
man
Single
be-
schedule
is the
Here
for
payments
than
distributed
the period, and
UAW
gion 10 — topped the list in
strike benefits received during 1955-57, each with better
over
reprinted
Canada
—
regions
the}
in
under
were
medium-sized
strikes (except in Canada), near- | hunks of the total
ly $25 million—the basic total}
of the present fund—was spent| cause we have this fund
|
to support strikers.
it.”
| we didn’t have
Over the three years, the re- | Rebate Plan
on, all striking
now
From
strike
perform
who
members
regular
Topped Benefits
|
this issue, The report shows that |
even though the Big Three auto}
dues
eligible
and
delegates
were
be
Canada and 10
Two
factor
years
three
increase.
will
period.
expenditures
strike
companies
duties
pay
current
takes ef-|
delegates’ 99%-plus backing for |
the three-month dues hike was)
a complete, local-by-local report
special convention at the sate
time as the three-month
3)
Feb.
important
An
the
by
adopted
convention|
243 Locals Collected
pro-
The
today.
effect
in the
fect
The UAW’s new strike asunder
program,
sistance
which payments are a matter
of right rather than need,
here
Losers
prizes offered to largest bluegill, bass, pike and trout.
at
have to clean the fish (below) for the big fry and breakfast
the union hall. Club chairman for the current year is Oscar
At
(Solidarity,
special
8S6l
Here's What
Strikers Get
bed
ICE FISHING
the UAW
at)
vote
unanimous
virtually
'g youeW
UAW members begin this week the self-imposed task of raising a $40
million strike fund as a defense measure in preparation for all-important
contract negotiations in each of the union’s major jurisdictions — auto,
aircraft and agricultural implement.
A $5-a-month dues increase for March, April and May, adopted by a
‘ALINVGITOS
NVDIHOIN—E
oltg
Full Strike Report
purs Fund Drive
1957 Expenditures. ........... =
Balance, December 31, 1957
oF
$3,946,514.25
107,027.64
11,838.33
538,655.33
. $22,396,876.99
4,604,035.55
$27,000,912.54
2,959,199,.02
$24,041,713.52
4
3, 1958—Page
March
SOLIDARITY,
Story
Whole
Here's
Local-by-Local Strike Outlays
REGION
51
155
$
155
Stamping
155
Screw
155
Experimental
155
Robbins
155
Perfex
155
Service
Gage
&
155
Welduction
189
L. A. Spring
155
72
601
$35
Swedish
.......
Tool
...
Champion
Spark
Name
49—Ex-Cello
157
Vinco
157
157
157
Noz
...........
$
4,801.35
174
Vulcan
Towne
174
Wisco
254
408
Ince.
Co.
.......
Nut
C
American Blower Corp.
H.O. Trerice Co.
408
Columbia
408
Monarch
408
Steel
Edmund
............
Standard
Tube
......
Lafayette
Steel
735
Detroit Transmission
985
Four Seaz Window
$85
985
985
Aluminum Alloys
Garden Implements ..
Industrial Experimen:
985
Turchan
851
985
985
Winter
985
Bros.
........
Follower
Haberstump
$85
Goddard
985
Co.
Harris
&
Ferndale
Corp.
Aluminum
REGIONAL
TOTAL
218.00
Local
138
150
374
Name
Hastings
American Stamping Co. ....
Pittsburgh Forgings Unit.
Chelsea Products, Inc
Fisher Body — GM ...
Allen Industrial Products
666
Sparks
873
Formed
859
909
963
1174
1193
1240
1294
Walker
Mfg.
Monroe
Steel
Name
Standard
Service
TOTAL
$ 11,457.16
21
44
—...
—....
$ 15,480.00
$ 15,480.00
of Piant
Cone Drive Gears
Mueller Brass Co...
§,712.21
952200
2,624.26
218.96
14,032.03
1,558.82
8.09
50.54
558.78
25.02
62.41
54,125.38
73.59
$722,822.70
432.95
Total
$
6,892.43
5,712.21
29.33
2,594.52
199.58
2,480.61
563.25
438.92
838.92
27,760.15
39,991.14
15,872.82
—59.95
3,789.95
43.16
919.23
1,505.28
15,872.82
16,049.08
3,789.95
43.16
$ 51,662.53
$ 99,150.36
—2.15
$ 36,030.67
1956
$
$
3,754.22
3,754.22
Doehler
356
460
Jervis Corp.
Wolverine Brass
330
526
632
784
828
952
1182
125,308.66
Lear,
Works
Algonac
Foundry
....
TOTAL
Local
Murray
70
Geometric
70
70
Lakeshore Machine
Rotor Tool
70
70
88
118
Mfg.
Cloyes
Co.
Gear
Broach
Storage
Aluminum
.
Battery...
Seating
Cleveland Steel Prod.
Boehm Pressed Steel
Locke Machine Co.
Ohio Rod Products
Aro Equipment .....
Midland Steel Prod.
Fageol Products .
Romito Donnelly .
976
996
Davey
Elyria
Harris
$96
Brown
1186
Kaiser
1167
1194
1260
C.
Seybold
Co.
Fintube
No.
Compressor
Beltings .....
A.
Olson
Co.
.....
TOTAL
............
17
Name
Disco
Copper
Int'l
Harvester
312
Joyce
402
Int'l
402
of Plant
1,500.39
9,065.71
181.09
Tube
Cridland
$s
Co
......
Harvester
927
648
916
1190
Total
United
Int'l
North
Aircraft
.......... ;
Harvester
Clearing
Aviation
American
Latrobe
Climax
Machine
Corp.
Foundry
Molybdenum
REGIONAL
9,498.14
125,308.66
Name
Unit
Auto-Lite
14
Bunting
Brass
Garage
Mechanics
393.
393°
990
1058
1072
1211
1246
Misc.
Wire
Cable
&
Dura
Mfg.
Co.
Mfg.
Unit
Corp.
.
Farrell - Cheek .
Daybrook Hydraulics
Doehler - Jarvis Corp.
Grizzly Mfg. Div.
Ex-Cello Corp .
Corp.
Ex-Cello
Cast
Metal
*REGIONAL
Corp.
TOTAL
.
.
.......... «
1,189.00
8,293.45
—24.38
20,062.62
33,821.56
33,821.56
19,155.32
22500
3,065.93
2,156.84
$ 57,658.93
$127,627.40
1957
Total
35.15
$
4,018.00
$
3,364.00
4,018.00
6,391.00
65.89
75.58
65.89
75.58
25,681.08
822.59
8,149.06
14,124.93
1,753.00
149.58
4,030.43
39,005.80
504.80
39,005.80
$ 47,248.99
$231,821.98
1957
Total
765.00
$ 29,381.49
35.15
126,594.53
14,124.93
570.14
570.14
2B
1956
$
.
58.62
574.41
3,949.47
745.64
9,526.08
1,500.39
9,246.80
6,781.02
1,120.52
1,829.57
504.80
$
79.98
3,065.93
6,873.08
1955
.............
12
110.01
6,781.02
3,027.00
3,115.85
of Plant
584.50
2,756.00
58.62
114.96
100.00
745.64
9,526.08
4,051.53
1,753.00
REGION
129.00
584.50
2,756.00
1956
$
$155,191.50
618.00
2A
...
...........
TOTAL
$ 38,083.81
7,074.44
2,455.68
1,829.57
822.59
8,149.06
....
$
129.00
—43.16
18,808.00
a
$
11,400.32
122,543.00
Cafeteria
Total
20,087.00
1955
$ 18,067.51
G (like this old K-F shot), comes easier when union’s strong.
80.45
1,771.47
REGION
Local
18.00
379.00.
2,078.00
$ 33,884.66
1957
110.01
1,120.52
....
3,472.07
$547,758.77
649.06
2,200.00
We
Falls Stamping &
Crucible Steel Castings
REGIONAL
$
7,755.00
225.00
Aluminum
3,472.07
43,039.78
20,241.91
2,652.00
$212,571.66
1956
79.98
2
83,790.93
900.02
83,790.93
2
=
Corp...
198
217
217
217
217
486
649
654
725
600.00
3,452.30
26,351.71
900.02
$156,872.01
7,07444
944.01
5,168.20
1,806.62
3,754.22
$
217,318.99
$178,315.10
Stamping
Cleveland
Willard
Works
ion.
m
118,559.52
31,251.95
1,373.01
$
$40
98,759.47
1955
....
with
7,281.60
3,506.65
11,787.83
18,868.90
2,652.00
eS
............
armed
—479.10
122.27
3,452.30
21,183.51
Name of Plant
65
we're
7,760.70
3,384.38
REGION
16
CONTRACT-SIG
i
......
Cadillac Malleable Iron
Blackmer Pump Co. ...
Kingsford Chemical ...
REGIONAL
12
——
.
Bay Mfg. Division .
Harnischfeger Co.
Local
Se
Inc.
if
944.01
..
Thompson Grinder Co.
Latrobe Fdry. & Machine
Wilmington Castings
$ 14,313.29
needed
- Jarvis
682
758
768
Total
1957
$¢
be
Int'l] Harvester Unit ....
Hess & Eisenhard Uni
1D
—2386
not
Autopulse Corp. .............
Mt. Clemens Metal Pr
257
1225
1311
1956
may
647
647
1957
$—1,166.71
$
61
152
1,668.85
1C
1955
$
252,041.36
563.25
19.16
$—1,166,71
PICKET-LINES
1,858.59
29.33
1,671.00
1955
REGION
Name
$
Pi
79.75
2,594.52
199.58
a
od
Products
Garage
—111.72
16,109.03
of Plant
Cotton
REGIONAL
Leeal
$
$19.23
1,486.12
..........
5,846.55
980.95
1957
12,230.99
REGION
741—Buick
1956
Castings
TOTAL
§,437.71
19.95
1B
400.00
Tubes, Inc. ...
31,666.22
$306,689.06
2,480.61
..
Industrial Fabricating
Oro Mfg. Co. ..
Star & Duo Mo
Brazeway, Inc. .
Copco _.....
Sherer - Gillett Unit
Local
$123,969.40
Withington
REGIONAL
655
Co.
657120
31,666.22
140.00
73.59
$
8,125.50
14.03
25.02
1955
437
596.
613
660
349.77
Co. —.
Co............
2,350.16
2,616.00
941.84
1,936.04
111,647.81
8,609.00
53,985.38
of Plant
Mfg.
—192.98
194.98
REGION
4,617.66
980.00
133.12
1,858.59
96
1,558.82
8.09
50.54
$292,164.24
9,184.70
252,041.36
5,616.01
.........
$214,030.62
PS
ai
428.00
62.41
Goddard
Total
423.00
2,624.26
.
1957
19.95
79.75
a
$ 93,341.57
1,936.04
4038.84
—44.65
1,025.60
GM..
$ 33,380.28
2,350.16
2,616.00
68,072.57
Industrie:
Governor
4,102.00
¢
133.12
8,125.50
—
204.74
47.00
43,575.24
...
Hans
54062
941.84
Robinson
Forge
$
4,570.66
980.00
.
12,642.40
4,596.61
4,102.00
1956
9,184.70
Bratton Tool & Die
Simplex .......
Acme Mfg. Co.
174
18.00
IA
$213,490.00
Brass
18.00
571.41
52,176.42
$ 55,159.94
1955
Corp.
Michigan Gear
Allied Products
Maxitrol ...
New Iron Fi
Revere Cooper &
15,602.47
52,176.42
4596.61
of Plant
157
157
163
163
174
15,602.47
12,642.40
204.74
REGION
Local
1,270.76
571.41
Plug.
TOTAL
253.00
Co.
Swedish Crucible Steel .—
Hercules Foundry ............. on
REGIONAL
13.37
1270.76
Wire
444.00
1,411.87
34.52
253.00
Crucible
&
$
13.37
Engineering
Co.
444.00
34.52
Tool
Cross Machine
$
1,411.87
—..
Tool
Machine
$
Total
1957
1956
1955
Name of Piant
Lecal
1
1,825.00
697.04
2,264.77
19,314.00
$
293.00
43,427.40
—660.00
810.29
10,302.56
78,578.18
7,852.00
172.40
1,561.03
73.68
$106,215.19
$ 26,718.21
$
1,825.00
293.00
43,427.40
697.04
3,453.77
18,654.00
8,293.45
810.29
30.95
10,474.96
80,139.21
7,956.63
$ 49,169.55
$182,102.95
6,078.20
6,078.20
;
REGION
=
.
GM
......
Int'l Harvester
Circle
Warner
Gear
aes
...
Int'l] Harvester
Perfect
eens
$
94,721.00
335.94
61,268.60
1,628.00
o
65.33
or
95.38
5,567.38
2
97,548.43
15,453.50
=
Z
59,430.81
—
Works,
Perfect
Circle Corp.
Oliver
Corp,
719,989.84
15,105.00
15,634.06
348.50
58,037.00
1,393.81
32.63
Inc.
Wayne
...
....
Harvester
160,831.78
16,271.46
Intl Harvester
REGIONAL TOTAL ...........
428.95
$775,777.06
$ 18,108.12
John Deere Spreader.
Malleable
Deere
Int'l Harvester
Steel
Kensington
......
$ 75,663.00
.
12,224.00
2,113.00
& Forgine............
«65 John Deere Harvester Wks
0\76 Revere Copper & Brass......
Co.
Knox
432 Houdaille Hershey Cor:
CaterpillareTracto
+74
ee
Int'l Harvester
Allis - Chalmer
International
Mfg.
Harvester
0145
International
+04
“114
i 14
Sioux City Battery
Harrison Sheet Ste
Nash Brothers ......
Potter
Co.
6,411.65
102,398.59
9,008.18
$
—174.35
909.39
68,305.12
21235
4,974.00
62471
44.70
—800.00
273,310.00
838.01
49,323.11
A715
920.00
1,202.00
42718
873.55
1,535.42
666,967.00
—«-2,649.73
7,084.00
505.71
1,345,
172.97
829.33
160,831.78
10,856.09
24,304.95
So 220s
$918,527.99
Total
155.56
1,037.10
7,954.19
68,305.12
5,186.35
60477
2.06830
BS
seen o
9,181.15
425.03
862.00
1,009.00
127,765.97
1,616.41
1,673.30
81,602.24
arses
1016.
ae
2,598.32
TOTAL ........00.. $1,044,058.58 $1,366,455.88
$ 86,748.16 $2,497,262.62
; i
|
REGIONAL
=
...
Lincoln - Mercury .
..
19,199.25
888
917
Local
14876
216
Bryant Mfg. Co.
Aero Design & Eng........... .
REGIONAL TOTAL ......... ..
N
Local
27
2
35
112
195
195
199
- 200
222
251
303
439
456
1265
Schultz Die Cast
General Motors Frigidaire
Massey - Harris-Ferguson
1103
1198
Div. .....
Fairbanks
American Metal
York-Hoover
Name
359
416
416
alisha
436
Fund
inchatlds
strike
kitchens.
Knit
598.00 $
102,122.11
$
724.18
102,122.11
11,235.00
11,235.00
494.00
5,832.05
—54.90
—6,443.66
8,984.08
120,619.07
126,451.12
11,367.10
137,728.00
29,168.67
129,168.67
10,082.60
36,287.16
1956
1957
Total
REGION
1955
9
207400
$$
Corp.
1,300.00
Sales
Co
Mach.
Walter Kidde Co.
12618
$574,644.02
11,201.45
White Metal Mfg. ..
Jacquard
Total
1957
1956
$249,913.92
Co—Auto
Machine
$ 72,977.22 $7,053,769.31
$112,390.34
Walter Kidde Co. ..
Hunter Mfg. Unit .
Newark Die Co. .
Fidelity
277.
80,277.83
$212,339.76
Yuba Mfg. Co. .......
Budd Red Lion Plant
Mtr.
ees
oo...
55
92
White
12,333.50
165,828.26
— 898.26
of Plant
Motor
53,620.75
78,410.83
1,867.00
8
42,243.44
373,176.49
6,250.40
—12.88
6.40
494.00
.
Curtis Screw Mfg. Co..
Kellogg
8,588.05
—20.73 1,580,115.00
574,571.10
—5,400.00
3,080,220.80
Products
TOTAL
Equipment
10,723.00
494,249 55
256,529.15
42,243.44
212,432.60
$
11,422.00
144,171.66
oe
$267,769.65
$
153,331.65
$
8,984.08
Total
1957
© 24,669.22
12,333.50
165,828.26
s
10,087.54
2,021,87
T7314
10,082.60
37,185.42
Truck
146
181
260
plekets’
Corp. Body
55
131
os tk 7M, ea
.
Tractor
Bellanca Aircraft
Int'l Harvester .
Int'l Haryester
Local
ah
Motors-Truck....
840
894
988
REGIONAL
$145,535.94
53,627.23
1955
Harvester
Caterpillar
aetna a
160,743.89
6,250.40
REGION
In’'l. Hary.
Int'l
10,850.00
10,256.00
21,086.33
10,015.00
8,588.05
877,589.37
702,546.36
579,971.10
986,975.29 2,093,245.51
-
10,850.00
83,919.00
96.33
1956
oe
General Motors BOP
3,416.00
10,256.00
REGION
asieeting
of Piant
201,686.61
a Orie ee
5
$ 43,832.59 $302,864.71 $375,544.71
TOTAL ............ $3,429,870.96 $3,550,921.13
Name
201,686.61
72.54
—_ 10,723.00
469,580.33
103,197.50
cee
Piate........
Rae
Name
—533.23
83,919.00
$122,233.71
oan
ae ee
Maina
Canadian
27,844.00
2,821.87
TI5.14
..
Holmes Foundry Co.
498
55
$ —2,200.00
6,975.40
1955
Jackson Battery Co.
55
$ —5,073.95
Total
=
6,975.40
$ —7.273.95
2G
CANADIAN
473
1079
1957
Nat'l Auto Radiator Unit..
McKinnon Industries Ltd.
Ford Motor Co. of Canada
General Motors Corp. ....
Local
786
1956
6
20,990.00
Int’l Hary. Office Workers
DeHavilland Aircraft —....
General Motors Corp. .
REGIONAL
498
$672,612.14
$ 2884741
...
584 ‘Ford Motor Parts
797 Ford Motor Co. of Canada
Scighe!
$370,231.75
10,850.00
10,850.00
General Motors Diesel ........
83 443 22
$103,113.20
3,416.00
eae
ee
83,443.22
19,199.25
$199,267.19
-
f Plant
142,731.92
21,395.87
$
NOt arn coat NALS
REGIONAL TOTAL .
ea
$ 16,915.62
301,404.53
108,917.60
.
Unit
Weber
811
$
286,788.53
1955
;
Int'l Harvester
Aircraft
Douglas
B. O. P. Plant GM Co
975.57
Total
1957
14,616.00
87,521.73
REGION
Name of Plant
Int'l Harvester
492
10
REFRESHMENT sustains
.....
Co.
Coleman
570
1956
$
141,756.45
—.
“
.
Repcal Brass
Bolt-Univ. Brass.
Aircraft
.
Cannon Electric Co.
93.32
Int/l Harvester
325
Electric
Westinghouse
324
811
811
811
668,502.42
2,195.73
7,084.00
2,505.00
482
$ 1691562
209
209
61,489.02
Lie
Int'l Harvester
te
ratitaeeeee
TrailmObile oo......::c:ccc0cseso .
& Welch...
Myer
Osbrink Mfg. Co. ..
Myer & Welch .....
Auto Lite Battery Co
1,158.02
ratios
457
Bel
186
209
909
873.55
5
1955
Name of Plant
71,661.50
120200
2,607.14
16,426.18
838.01
ATSOT
15.07
ocal
REGION
Chrysler ..........
60,331.00
Meise
4,720.00
He] ASN:
239
2,713.81
Int'l Harvester
weekly payments which increase with
272,510.00
016.
gaps
paesien
will provide it through
12,049.65
—230.49
829.33
5,706.68
919.24
makes strike strug-
ON TABLE
gle easier. Fund
162,782.98
—230.49
1,009.00
—66.25
=
7,481.22
FOOD
1,472.47
6,776.68
5,706.68
y
ie aT AGimemne Benen
20.68
862.00
= oiert
33,325.81
6,464.18
102,348.68
52.53
—49.91
425.03
120,351.00
1,616.41
1,673.30
77,748.28
$ 79,211.22
184,598.87
$
162,782.98
80,683.00
int Hees er
$124,642.81
1957
3,548.22
184,598.87
6,686.00
.......
Int'l Harvester
Int'l Harvester ..
Int'l Harvester
ae
eee
Harvester
Odmundson Motors
Sword-Morton Vereer &
Lumb
Int'l Harvester
a
146.00
10,856.09
PA
37,878.72
13,469.20
1956
7,044.80
John Deere Works
a
Barrett Cravens ...
22,338.39
Brass.
&Cabinet
Copper
Revere
Steel
National
2,560.00
Renbert & Jacobson ..........
Western Tool & Stamping _ 15,079.00
Blaw
4
1,037.10
Co.
Strom Steel Ball C
Englehart Mfg. Co.
Engineering C
Fawn
GrikbaneSextcn Co...
CGutiaantaleMorare
Stamping
ee
20 780,06
1955
32,839.00
1A72A7
23,876.00
REGION
77,261.00
593.20
12,876.00
8,042.42
32.63
487.28
486.81
...
1,924.53
65.37
37,813.35
J. I. Case
Int'l Harvester
John
—33.78
8,076.20
....
Mower
Lawn
Chrysler
£433
62,896.60
5,472.00
Perfect Circle Corp
}
it
r
58,673.94
Int'l Harvester ...
65.33
Div.
Allis - Chalmers .
3 i
93,733.42
z
Intl
“(02
“403
+404
289.72
59,714.70
Ford Motor Co,
<(35
77
301
vi
—2,071.30
Int'l Harvester
{63
$
—-
61,786.00
Perfect Circle Corp.
Muncie Gear Works ..
{01
289.12
$
J
e
...
American
12
"127
—987.58
58,338.00
Corp.
Int'l Harvester
#6
$
“=
Total
1957
1956
1955
of Plant
Name
z
3
Co.
7
j
163,752.00
928.01
z
2,139.00
8,211.01
4,338.30
653.10
744.00
‘ontinued
on Page
6
$
1,713.00 $
3,787.00
3,561.00
3,561.00
1,300.00
8,852.00
—%726.74
8,852.00
163,025.26
49.88
951.00
928.01
49.88
951,00
1,802.00
15.25
11,201.45
3,941.00
4,353.55
8,211.01
1,397.10
SOLIDARITY,
March
8, 1958—Page
6
d5
Page
fromue
Contin
=
Reading Aviation Co.
Precision Gear and Prod,
844
689
a
Inc.
Trenton Sa
672
787
Ayco
Mfg.
980
Ford
Mtr.
Co., Mercury: Div
Plant
1178
and
Wire
1206
Willard
1221
W.
1232
1282
Steel
2 United
No.
Co. Sei
Storage
L. Maxson
es
10,542.27
..._.—
-$ 10,357.60
..........
$ 60,371.60
TOTAL
REGION
Bearing
Fafnir
133
Copper
Revere
168
259
Service Garage
259
E &
259
Truelson
Vars
259
.
6,449.00
$
1,853.00
54,882.71
Inc.
&
Ref.
$445,065.54
1957
Total
$
$
Fabricators
977
1251
1279
163,405.12
1585
87,748.75
c
136.00
968.46
1604
1827
Scoyill
Seymour
Mfg.
Mfg.
Co.
3,070.00
13,868.00
141.00
180.07
$136,308.05
.......... _.
41
72
Donaldson
Co.
Inc
85
100
125
Walker Mfg. Co. of Wisc.
Acme Gear Co. ..
McQuay, Inc.
184
Racine
125
283
349
349
443
156
763
833
1264
1282
Misc.
WNapco
..........
Motor
Corp
Hults Capital Garage, Inc.
Leroi Div. Wac ........5---0-IHC, St. Paul Parts Depot
_ 4,761,091.04
Kohler Mfg.
In-Sink-Erator Co.
70,347.53
s
McQuay Inc. ..
McQuay Inc. ..
TOTAL
REGIONAL
Total
$ 40,603.51
$ 40,603.51
24,139.32
24,139.32
337.18
32,049 88
7,394.38
—26.35
262.31
14,888.75
1,501.37
12,054.28
14.00
567,282.26
1,142.00
9,395.00
12,277.58
1,870,076.53
2,936.10
2,133.45
Circle
....
IUE-AFL-CIO
....
Perfect
Wolverine
$ 6453633
Tube
Communications
700,000.00
of America ..
Int'l Woodworkers ...
United
Ford
Glass
of Canada
(Insurance Refund)
North American
Cast Metals
Misc.
Office
(Refund)
(Organizational,
(Legal
Fees,
Employees
...
Union
Misc.
Furniture
Workers
....
TOTAL
....... decsmesteeree
10,973.40
3,928.93
14,888.75
1,501.37
21,449.28
12,291.56
7,198,449.83
1,142.00
73,283.63
2,133.45
Total
$ 64,536.33
17,146.04
31,874.20
700,000.00
—37,441.70
1,845.00
1,845.00
10,000.00
—362.64
1,000.00
20.00
10,000.00
118.45
$ 4,536.33
66,655.65
—37,441,70
-cneencenr-cseeseseees
1-A
1,647.48
250,000.00
5,000.00
of Am
Region
7,394.38
250,000.00
5,000.00
32,045.14
Etc.)
Legal Misc. (Local 880) ............---
United
5,561.10
—362.64
.
Reg. 2-B)
Supplies,
Int'l
$
10,000.90
Ceramic
&
11,584.94
20,900.80
Workers
1957
1956
$
3,103.82
674,230.79 $7,505,000.02
............ $4,869,245.85 $1,961,523.38 $
Expenditures
Strike
180.07
9,330.62
20,902.81
1957
MISCELLANEOUS
Misc.
35,907.00
349.04
$739,028.01
66,682.00
1955
1,115.10
380.91
5,618.00
$107,014.70
—106.12
3,666 62
.
Employees
Garage
Range Auto Workers ..
3,616.00
187.53
3,103.82
16A4TAS
141.00
237.00
1956
337.18
32,156.00
.
Automotive
Wisconsin
10
$
$
..
Motors
American
$495,205.26
13,868.00
213,632.71
237.00
1955
Name of Plant
349.04
213,632.71
187.53
REGION
Lecal
380.91
9,330.62
—191,00
21,093.81
Co.
TOTAL
REGIONAL
3,616.00
35,907.00
ces
251,153.87
181.87
683.35
136.00
968.46
3,070.00
5,818.00
Copper
15,233.03
9,947.00
1,115.10
&
Brass
1,206.10
76.84
657.21
4,000.00
5,947.00
Jacobs Mfg. Co.
8B. O. P. Unit
Allen Mfg. Co.
Chase
911.00
454.10
53.50
76.84
657.21
R. Roeder Co. ..
Mattatuck Mfg. Co.
Skinner Chuck ......
7,075.00
59.90
4,725.00
454.10
53.50
Fairchild Eng.
661
Typewriter Co.
937 Hoya
100,951.71
767.35
Metal
Independent
1,853.00
33,397.93
Woodall Industries
365
10,542.27
$180,766.79
911.00
181.87
683.35
.
8,504.58
110,953.69
2,345.00
15,233.03
=
.....
38.74
251.37
10,689.65
110,953.69
1,206.10
Greater East Brass Wks...
Ford Metal Moulding
Ace Utilities, Inc. ......
Richmond Screw &
Anchor
365
365
365
365
6,449.00
1,075.00
..
Smelting
Belmont
365
2,890.27
59.90
4,725.00
Hayden Products
Greer Hydraulics,
365
365
1,27
1956
767.35
=
Rahway Auto Supply Co...
a
Sturtevant Co. .
365
365
39,150.00
9A
31,052.93
Corp.
.
$203,927.15
46,069.00
Schatz-Federal Bearing —
Valley Forge Products .....aie
East Coast Tile Bd. Corp.
297
365
365
379
422
518
Buick
Cuttingham
259
Units
$
Brass.
A Laboratories
.
Flushing
Mt. Vernon
259
259
and
.........
Unit
Gallub
259
.......
39,150.00
673.58
72.58
332.05
1955
of Plant
Name
Local
2,825.72
4,445.87
8,432.00
McKaig Hatch Co.............—
Titan Metals Mfg. Co...
REGIONAL
2,825.72
—20.92
2,883.00
Biry. Co.
Corp.
5,523.00
251.37
Blue Busse Pres.Gastings
1098
12,834.06
673.58
38.74
etavusoptenmenen
Dollin Corp.
Doehiler_Jarvis ‘Garp:
982
1056
530.48
3,691.00
1,832.00
4466.79
Pprokuctal
Co...
217.00
19.32
12,814.74
~~
Co.
Machine
Syncro
593
14,981.00
217.00
530.48
—
Inc.
Pontiac,
Loughard
585
365
14,981.00
Selas Corp. of America...__™
Keystone Screw Corp. ....—
585
585
2,007.00
12.00
1,995.00
Metal Mfg. ....—
Richmond
585
$992,571.54
32,045.14
1,000.00
20.00
10,000.00
118.45
$ 27,672.95 $1,085,780 82
GRAVE
scanned
FROM
NEWS
by a visiting
of trade
team
the
involving
HOME,
unionists
recent
election,
Argentine
at Solidarity
House.
noiesisy
5
=f
Argentine Unionists Call Spirit |
2h
es:
Ass
st
te
ea
Gr
(Not Law!) Our
the United States—powerful as th
are—are strong enough to bri
@
enough pressure to influence
i
government,” he said.
If the U.S. trade union movement
has anything to offer an Argentine,
it is the spirit of its membership.
So thinks Alejandro Silveti, sec-
South
of the
general
retary
American country’s federation of
government employes.
Silveti was one of
10 Argentine labor
leaders who paid a
visit to UAW’s Solidarity House in Detroit during a tour
and
U.S.
the
of
Puerto Rico sponsored by the labor
department’s Office
of International Labor
er
]
4
.
@
m
i
oe
4
&
rs
;
Silveti
Affairs.
Silveti, who is 69, took rather a
dim view of labor legislation in the
U:S., considering that many fringe
benefits—vacations, retirement, sick
Looking
under
a Gift
Horse
Argentine
..
is
more
vanced,”
said.
Both
law.
leaders
men
ad-
Silveti
-
1)
Nunez
also praised U.S. lab Hi
for their
continuing
to instill into workers a
sense of responsibility for
effor}
great
prod ‘7
tivity.
“We no longer must fight at the
bargining table, as so many of your
unions must, for these elementary
protections,” he said.
labor
Argentine
the
“Yet,”
leader said, “I cannot help thinking that when men must fight for
a better way of life, rather than
having it handed to them, they
develop more as individuals.”
Braulio
;
‘Right’
Both were agreed on one polm}o))p'
They believed firmly in the Argepyr/} 9"
4
tine principle that the federal labif’
law should prevail over any state)!"
provincial statute.
“I believe the
strugggle some of
your unions are
having with the
so-called ‘right to
work’ law in various states points
in
up one way
which Argentina
and accident coverage — are a mat-
ter of course
on
Better
ay
“Since Peron (the deposed di Hy: ub
tor) corrupted the initiative of g}) ‘9
many workers, an Argentine lab a}
leader who
Nunez, secretary-general
of the Argentine union for the apparel trades, was not quite so sure
this was an advantage.
“I don't believe that the unions in
for greaté}!
campaigned
productivity would soon be a form E
labor leader,” Nunez said.
Silveti, Nunez and their compi
nions were accompanied on the tollfe
of Solidarity House and the Fone’
River Rouge plant by Manuel ¢
tre
Pena, labor department represent
tive and team manager,
terpreters, Leopoldo
Carlos Villanueva.
Aragon
Recapitulation By Regions
1955
1956
1957
and two
antl}
©!
I
Total || 'avy
93,341
4801.35 $ 55,159.94 $ 33,380.28 $
722,822.
306,689.06
123,969.40
292,164.24
99,150.
51,662.53
36,030.67
11,457.16
18,067
3,754.22
—1,166.71
15,480.00
547,758.
212,571.66
156,872.01
178,315.10
127,627.
57,658.93
36,083.81
33,884.66
231,821:
47,248.99
2938149
155,191.50
2.9})..
,10
182
.55
169
49,
.21
718
26,
9
5.1
,21
106
es
reic
fel Seca
2B...
124,642.81 = -918,527.9h.".
18,108.12
175,777.08
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.6)
262
97,
2,4
.16
748
86,
8
5.8
,45
166
.58
058
1,044,
«6 72,612.1), <'
370,231.75
103,113.20
199,267.19
—375,544.7/).
302,864.71
43,832.59
2884741
7,053,769.3
72,977.22
3,429,870.96 3,550,921.13
574,644.0//.
249,913.92
112,390.34
212.339.76
445,065.40.
180,766.79
203,927.15
60,371.60
107,014.70 -_ 739,028.0)\). 6
495,205.26
136,808.05
),."
0/1
00.
5,0
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—_7
9
0.7
,23
674
.38
523
61,
1,9
.85
245
4,869,
7 $22,804,147.619.
6.0
,52
931
$2,
7
5.8
,52
318
$8,
66
95.
4,0
,55
$11
_.
Regional Totals
.
ae
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e
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.
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ons
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Donations to other
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a 1
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MUsCEUATCOUS
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$24,172,361.419.
. $11,901,064.99 $9,312,097.41 $2,959,199.02
a
|
14
GOP Won't Hear,
We Talk Anyway:
Continued
on
from
administered
said,
Goldwater
Page
by
was
Reuther
The
testi-
| charged,
The
Republicans
said they would walk out (and
thus destroy the committee) unJess their idea of procedure was
for
This
fact
Sen. John
was
table
made
clear
B. McClelian
At
text
Ye'll Appeal
wenefits Tax
J
die UAW
«ju@Supreme
will appeal to
Court if necesthat
decision
a judicial
i
a i. benefits are taxable inSecretary-Treasurer
Al Mazey announced today.
e
decision
by
Federal
irict Judge Kenneth Grubb
wrsed a jury verdict in the
jo} of Allen Kaiser, a Kohler
«er
(Solidarity,
Dec.
16).
jury
found
that strike
By
efits
were
fe,
7
but
a asked
not
the
for
taxable
in-
a judicial
re-
government
qe
= is typical of the Eisenhow-
{ministration that it should
reverse a decision fa-
offf - to
(ole to workers, while corpo‘gms are able to deduct all
oa.
4e
costs
a
business
ex-
fe
and if necessary spread
{t over several years for tax
7
r ""9t,”
">
as
Mazey
$e€ .case
said.
arose
ssolforced
when
Kaiser
to pay $108 in in-
«gli: tax on $565.54 he received
ois
the UAW in food vouchers,
uciiing and other strike bene-
4
=
1954. Though
amounts,
the
{1
these
total
are
tax
fon strike benefits for Kohl-
ae
alone
exceeds
$500,-
stof-L Soars
1s Jobs Dip
I
id
if
{continued
from
Page
It of
cases
carried
fe
relief
and
bill
in
for
alds
to
local
provides
1
by
governments.
a
benefits
39-week
and
federal
supplement
state
{ments
until
the
states
eqmselves have time to con©
in to the minimum terms.
*
jt all UAW
members
will
-
ius
raises
because
dvents
Avent
have
dates.
| President
estimated
att
workers
id
bl
this
Local
‘and
and
that
all
516,
1069,
787,
Bell
would
They
af-
include
Morton,
Pa.;
Williamsport,
plants—Locals
Buffalo,
N-Y.,
and
pthers
2c.
ve
President
Pat
Great¢ said International
Harr workers
would
get
3c,
\eirpiiar
and
Allis-Chalmers
‘ pnd John Deere 1%.
ik
ices,
me sick
long
to
my
stomach
with
your
charges that I am ‘protecting’
Reuther because I want te put
him on the stand.”
The Arizona Senator made no
retort.
Reuther told bis overflow press |
Still Cooperating
members
makers
of railroad
by the Pullman Palace Car Co. of
sleeping
cars.
The company refused to negotiate. It refused to arbitrate.
It locked out all workers by shutting down its plant when
the strike started. The union then began a boycott which
helped spread the stoppage to other rail lines.
Chicago’s General Managers Association, an organization
of executives of 24 railroads, moved in to help fight the
union. The association imported strikebreakers from Canada, used its influence with U.S. Attorney-General Olney to
get 3,000 sworn in as federal deputies, and arranged for the
attachment of mail cars to Pullmans so strikers could be
charged with “interfering with the mails.”
The violence promoted by these tactics was used to talk
President Grover Cleveland into sending in troops to “main-
face me
and
Normally,
been
he
inclination
union’s
said,
with
conference here, UAW
Debs
at the same
from
by
workingmen
In a dramatic
Clarence
time received amazing
throughout
trial
Darrow
(lower
respect and loyalty
the U.S.
(upper left)
in which
left), then
jury then
he was defended
on his way
to fame
as a defender of unpopular but just causes, Debs was convicted of “conspiracy to obstruct the mails” and sentenced
to six months in prison.
Deprived
of leadership and direction, the railway workers
began drifting back to work. Their strike had been crushed.
Industry had used government by injunction for the first
time
to beat down
labor.
he
said,
testify
the
statement
recited,
first,
and
The
record
democratic
second,
struggle
to
the
avert
the Kohler
statement
the
of
pract-
union’s
and
then
strike.
?
describes,
step by step, the UAW’s
effort
tionship
with the Kobler
man-
strike
sought
by mere
90% of the workers.
than
to
establish
a
working
rela-
agement,
including
at
ene
point a refusal to authorize 2
60c: te
members,
a
NORMAN
LEONARD
GOSSER
MATTHEWS
WOODCOCK
PAT GREATHOUSE
Vice Presidents
| been followed in numerous other
President | cases (such as the Sears, Roe
be
four | buck
at
the
in
open-
testify first —
that he was-being “protected”
by being called; “It is not ‘pro
tection’ to put a man on the
stand to be cross-examined by
his
not
an
probe).
Third, it is “asinine” io argue
wholly
bad
principals
vestigation
the
prepared
RICHARD
enemies.”
Fourth,
ing of the hearing; this had
been
the
commiitee’s
own
idea.
Second, a similar procedure—
having
released
Secretary-Treasurer
press.
to
press-con-
WALTER
P. REUTHER
President
misrepresented by the Republican half of the McClellan committee and in some of the daily
asked
his
}
press-
been
had
that
First,
of
| subscription to
members, $2.50.
have
stressed
P. Reuther
points
employers
country.
and
attitude
his
WASHINGTON—In
Walter
union
Phonies Bare
indicted union officials led by Eugene V. Debs (upper right),
one of labor’s most able organizers and spokesmen and a
passionate defender of the underprivileged.
Vilified and abused as few labor leaders ever have been,
as its base, a federal grand
5
every 4
the
unblemished
committee,
the
4 GOP
the injunction
in-
the bargaining-
the
his
forced the UAW to insist upon
an opportunity to be heard.
The UAW will continue te
tain order.” When this brought on even greater violence,
Olney came into the case directly. He took the case to federal court where a broad injunction was issued.
With
of
hearing
Goldwater's
cooperate
almost
major
time
government
qualified
but
on
Reuther
on a matter currently before an-
body;
leaders
International
PUBLICATION,
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Aircraft and
Automobile,
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Union,
| Agricultural Implement Workers of Amer
Yearly
weekly.
Published
| ica, AFL-CIO.
the
would
a Senate
to avoid
other
UAW
z
the facts.”
Reuther also pointed out that
the Kohler case was now before
the
National
Labor
Relations
Board.
the
to settle
Tilinois,
ance committee
Es
Republican
to harass
with
integrity
Union walked out in protest against the firing of three griev-
cedure
the
was
GOP,
(R., N.Y.)
in-
had
that
if
publicity
the
as Sen.
and
real
revealed
Reuther
not pro-
concern
Irving
when
went
M.
he
on
everything that followed
| be “anti-climactic”.
of
Ives
said
first,
would
Summit Session Seeks Solution to Chrysler Row
Continued
new
from
machinery,
job content to
increases.
The
UAW
Chrysler
Page
1
techniques
justify
or
workload
contends
hoped
other
that
its Dodge
Main
workers would strike the most
vital unit in the corporation
and thus force a closedown of
all its plants,
every
one
of
which
relies on Dodge
Main
for vital parts.
Wood-
be
struggle grew steeper during the 1890s.
and
UAW’s
conference he would have “preferred to testify under oath” on
UAW
affairs, since the union
has nothing to hide, but Goldwater “was apparently afraid to
ad-
15,000}
Gelsavage
The nation got a full and frightening example of how
industry could use government and the courts to hammer a
union and break a strike.
This came during the historic Pullman strike of 1894 (lower right). It began when members of the American Railway
example,
only
UPHILL
The
UAW
contends
that
Chrysler didn’t want production,
not
with
its
dealers
already
squeezed by a 90-day stockpile.
A
strike
apparently
was
Chrys-
ler’s cheapest way out—and the
218, Dallas-Fort Worth ,| union was to be a handy scapeThe Avco rise will be 3c, goat.
i4iund
9
Leonard
week.
Local
For
Lae
non-auto
different
John
Labor History in Pictures—1I2
immedi-
many
artist
UAW
document
Clellan—hardly 2 liberal—told
staff
—
which he would have filed with
the committee. The 15,000-word
As the hearings opened, Mc-
UAW
=
the
is to exert improper
ference,
in effect, that the Democrats
had been blackmailed into a
procedure they disapproved.
by
the
throughout
by
(D., Ark.)
Goldwater, “You make
it
ease.
the
as it approaches
in opening the hearing Wednesday after two days of futile internal struggle. McClellan said,
Painting
the
point)
adopted.
McClellan Retches
of
ov
fluence on the NLRB in its consideration of the Kohler case (a
trial examiner has already found 3
equally-divided
committee.
aim
this
with
L
'§
of the
in
member,
Herbert
though
disagrees
procedure
absent |
and
said, even
strongly
V. Kohler, president
of Kohler}
Co., was forced by the four GOP
members
Reuther
|
prices, Reuther |
when he was present.
The
decision
to defer
mony
1
~=
a
s
But
fused
ation’s
Dodge
to strike
in
workers
re-
to fit the corpor-
conyenience.
punching
kept
hour
Main
for
work.
They
kept
Chrysler
sending
them
home
an
or so later, alibiing that
workers’
new,
“refusal”
record-high
standards
made
unnecessary.
The
UAW
work
sought
to meet
production
elsewhere
to
bargain
its way to peace.
Chrysler
to its demand for higher
duction.
Company
Said
tive
Art
held
pro-
Denounced
Hughes,
assistant
to
administra-
Norman
Mat-
thews, UAW vice president and
director of the union’s Chrysler
department:
“I've seen fixed positions before in my life, but Chrysler this
time outdid themselves.
Even
where their labor relations offi-
cers
with
admitted
their
own
they
didn’t
engineers,
agree
even
where
these
same
negotiators
admitted
they
couldn’t
justify
their demands
for higher production,
they
still
demanded
that their arbitrarily-set meas-
ures be met—or else.”
Matthews
earlier
had
de-
nounced
Chrysier’s
“cuerilla
violation
everything
action
| been
as
warfare,”
in direct
of the contract “and
2. That
decent.”
Just before Christmas, he not-
ed, 1,649 workers in Dodge Main
trim department had turned out
a scheduled
736 bodies a day.
After
only
were
the
Chrisimas
1.225
shutdown
workers—26%
recalled,
and
production
were
put
schedule
less—
of
no
on
a
1776
technological
Chrysler
end
changes.
its sland-
erous
charges
that
the UAW
and its members were engaged
in
slowdowns.
3. That Chrysler
forts to deny
ployment
its
its workers
compensation
SUB.
4. That Chrysler
ic
realities
and
schedules
stop
in
the
ef-
unem-
and
face economreadjust
its
light
of
pene
bodies a day.
Yet nothing
in|} | inventories and lagging sales,
the production method had been|
as to provide 40 hours work rn|
changed.
week
to top seniority
workers,
After hearing a report by SecTruth Emerges
retary-Treasurer
Emil
Mazey,
who
UAW
voiced
officers
the
position
including
pitalized
Matthews
Feb. 24). the Chrysler
adopted
1.
stop
That
following
Chrysler
violating
duction
been in
on
the
jobs
of
the
the
hos-
(Solidarity,
conference
demands:
immediately
negotiated
pro-
standards
that
have
effect im 1957 and 1958
on
which
there
have
Newspaper
readers
the
first time
that
“employed” workers
learned
for
supposedly
drew less~—
sometimes less than half — of
what they'd get if they were laid
off.
And
the almost-unprecedented step of workers asking
to be laid off so others could
get a full week brought the is-
sues
into
even
sharper
focus.
Ag Imp Workers
Know SUB Valu
negotiated SUB plans with thi:
and other companies,” UAW Vi
President Pat Greathouse 8@
has
million
$1%
Nearly
been paid out in supplemental
laid-off
to
benefits
unemployment
members
UAW
by
three of the country’s
leading
figures just compiled
UAW reveal.
by
As
of
Dec.
Harvester
31,
Co.
the
on
cause
received
helping
of
states
the
these
SUB
with unemployment
com-
allow
integration
pensation.
office
and _
$564,618.51.
SYMBOLIC
by
Michigan
of
unity
labor
handshake
the-table
is
workers
across-
had
(above)
to
director Ed Cote.
the
workers
ployed
six
states
total
went
in
$392,738.14.
Illinois,
hurting
every
worker
Average
SUB.
in
$92,890.16
received
had
Iowa workers got $71,307.60
Illinois workers $21,582.56.
The
average
check
came to
workers,
for
Harvester
workers
about $17.40; for A-C
$15.94;
for
Deere
SUB
total
UAW
Role
Region 1A CoMcCusker and
UAW Local 15;
director Joseph
at
procedure
just
one
tion. The
of
operat-
15, are standard
Local
ing
also
Thompson,
William
Smith,
Sophia
involving
left,
at the
one
like the
HUDDLES
conven-
any
with
below.
Bill Nelson of UAW Local 135
and Frances Parks of Local
1233 flanking Region 1D Direc-
to be
espe-
tor Ken Robinson, seems
more fun than most —
for Frances,
cially
is
the
proud
have
RAPIDS,
necessity
for
at
this
Tecession
UAW
a
Woodcock,
speakers
vention.
at
Michigan
time
economic
President
Leonard
emphasized
one
the
Woodcock
of
the
rapped
the
of
placency
administration in
rising
the
and
Others
com-
gan
ones
of
TRUST
or
merger
—
of
Peter
prised
set
who
second
Thomas,
personal
Meany.
they’re
right,
UAW
M.
left,
who
In
the
and
were
R.
photo
in
J.
At
the
state
Vice
below
the
may
organization.
President
All
Leonard
for
an
time
the
board
the
Edwards
Nelsoly~!
Gosinski,
Frank
Bruce,
E.
and
Detroit.
the
1
ensue.
new
the
told,
opening.
AFL-CIO
workers
council
former
Date:
March 25
UAW’s contract negotiations
with General Motors will begin
at
1 p.
President
announced
The
GM's
troit,
m.
March
Leonard
25,
Woodcock
today.
sessions, to be
office building
will
workers,
cover
about
Woodcock
Vice
held at
in De-
350,000
said.
The
contract
current UAW-GM
runs to midnight May 29.
Per capita tax to finance the
new organization was set at 6c
the per
Formerly
per member,
capita for the CIO council had
been
tion
4c.
Scholle
to
figure
the
for
and
6c
urged
step
federa-
higher
the
up political
not
50-
are
“we
saying,
action,
going to retrogress; we are
ing
our
expand
to
will
Conventions
every
1960,
ary
two
some
and
Besides
years,
time
June.
the
top
activities.”
be
held
beginning
between
three
in
Janu-
officers,
group
all
@) |
will
b
executive boa.
of 40 elected membersjf!9
mem}n
ex-officio
and
bers. Among the first 40 electe¢i:
were 25 from former CIO affillli
iates, including 12 from UAW.
|
Meany’s for Us,
Hits Committee
Meany
George
that Republican
President
charged here
of
committee
deny
AFL-CIO)
—
WASHINGTON
members
No Backward Steps
GM
an
by
made up
at-large
the
ordered
newly-created
governed
federation’s
550,000.
represent
will
CIO
former
the
from
the
from
161,000
and
federation of labor.
Woodcock, a convention speaker, looks as though he’s wait-
ing
Page
boycott of the founding convention, it also adopted a resolution not to yield its assets to the
fight
court
A
AFL-CIO.
new
George
of
from
Lansing.
executive
of
listening to Gus Scholle,
president
Silver,
Ca
Joe Paladino,
and
Jackson,
over its assets valued at $170,000. These include a building
com-
McGavin,
President
the
Continued
the
representatives
newly-elected
united
it up—was
from
AFL-CIO
least
at
Cha),
Douglas
Michigan AFL GIO Merger
Michi-
the
were
chosen
UAW
@
Scott
Victor
Saginaw,
of
of Por}
Troy
John
Muskegon,
Brannick
Vincent
Huron,
na-
in
situation
from
put of Battle Creek, Robert Reil ti?
between
difference
voting
the
only
the
in
but
in Michigan
tion.
“The major
con-
not
Res
gion 1C director and Kenneth
W. Robinson, Region 1D direcs)
tor.
Eisenhower
the face of
unemployment
McCuskel
Carter,
A.
Robert
rector;
principal
the
Edwa
Region 1A co-directors; Wil>)
liam McAulay, Region 1B di
by
founding
Joseph
and
Cote
AFL-
of
was
Vice
Mich—The
co-directors;
1
gion
Morris,,
Ken
and
Merrelli
of a
presence
is the
Thirties
strong labor movement,” he reminded the delegates.
BRAIN
and’
directors or co-directors
elected at large.
in Recession
GRAND
today
as region)
tue of their positions
Seen for Merger
CIO
by
them
of
seven
AFL-CIO,
three
to
econ
of the Michig
board
executive
$1,442,223.54.
to
came
companies
“The
for
welfare
Join in Harmony
SUB
workers in Iowa, $19.53, and
for Deere workers in Illinois,
$18.88. The two-state average
for Deere was $19.36.
The
the
19 UAW Voices:
and
weekly
sta
economy
own
their
cutting
throats.”
uné
to
businessma
and
he added.
who
the
prevé
those
in
and
states
those
in SUB.
workers
thus
SUB
of
payment
the
to
combined
porations
Allis-Chalmers
$581,373.53
half
“I have to say ‘nearly’ becay
in Indiana and Ohio reactiong
politicians and non-union
received
in
(iin
implemeéjger)
Ohio, Indiana Balk
As of Jan. 1, John Deere workers laid off in Iowa and Illinois
impresCo1A
174 swaps
Region
Local
with
A-C
Weekly
ether photos were taken at the
merger convention last week.
At right, James Thompson of
UAW
sions
layoff
than
received
ex-AFL
their
and
at right. This and
left
at
brothers
on
received
More
ex-CIO delegates
from UAW Local 26)
between
(mostly
Jan.
of
As
achieved
31,
1
AllijiIf
Harvester,
agricultural
UAW’s
department.
of
technical
workers in Illinois, who
communifjiuoiny
every
|!
“nui
Chalmers or Deere plant.”
1%
Greathouse is director of £0
The
greater
percentage
of
Harvester SUB payments weré
made
to
production,
maintenance,
a
has
which
be-
of
to
failure
nearly
im
peop}os
professional
and
men
i909
businesi}seivit!
small
but
7
o
our
only
not
members
lay-
nothing
aj
bai
payments
SUB
“These
off in nine states had received
$767,959.85 in SUB payments.
Those in Indiana and Ohio,
however,
fi
is
of our laid-off members
time when the economy
needs a shot in the arm.
International
workers
purchasing
the
bolstering
firms,
implement
agricultural
money
this
“because
the
were
McClellan
noted
Meany
who
Senators
that
hearing.
very
the
clamored
had
ts
|
to
seeking
the UAW a fair
|
for a probe of the UAW were | *
now keeping its president off
the stand.
He
also referred
the fact that an
had
examiner
Kohler
pute
The
Co.
with
guilty
the
GOP
NLRB
found
UAW.
in
tactics,
its
to
trial
the
dis-
Meany
said, “raise grave doubts as to
the
and
impartiality,
integrity of
operations
objectivity
the future
of the committee.”
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