it NO. 189 MAY, 1961 17 40D Full Status for Handicapped Urged Hellenic Lines Choose OEIU Organized labor looks on handi- Majority capped workers "just as we look at By Overwhelming any other group that suffers from office and clerical staff Lines in , in a National prejudice, discrimination and inad- The of the Hellenic Labor equate opportunity," according to Relations Board election conducted on April 27, 1961, chose OEIU Local 153 as its collective AFL-CIO Pres. . bargaining agent. In the face of concerted em- oployer "We want them to help win their opposition, a substantial ma- full status as productive citizens," jority of 72 employees of this ship- ping he told the annual meeting of the company remained steadfast OEIU POLITICAL ARM ESTABLISHED in their President's Committee on Em- belief that collective bar- Handi- Enthusiastic response by local union leaders followed gaining offered better economic op- ployment of the Physically portunities capped. rapidly on the heels of the recent announcement of the than the system hereto- fore in effect. Just prior to the The AFL-CIO offers "full part- establishment of Voice of the Electorate, the OEM's election, the employer unleashed a nership," he said, to all who will non-partisan political arm. The response from many series of barrages against Local 153 A. J. FRITZ help in the cause of seeing to it that local union officers in every section of the and stated, in effect, that our Union "it's ability, not disability, that indicates that the success of VOTE is active lied about the gains attained in the counts." assured with Vice participation by local union other shipping companies organized President "The progress of medical science members. in the port of New York. A. J. Fritz Dies has made it possible for almost VOTE was established at the direction of the OEIU On the day of the election, Rep- every victim of a handicap to fill Executive Board at its last meeting following a study of resentatives of Local 153 distrib- Arthur J. Fritz, OEIU Vice Pres- a useful place," Meany asserted. political activity conducted by the International Union uted letters signed by shop stewards ident, died unexpectedly on April progress must be more strong- "That and its local unions. It is designed to meet the specific and members of all shipping com- 10, 1961. ly supplemented by better rehabili- panies organized in the New York Brother Fritz had been a Vice tation services, intensified place- needs of the OEIU and will deal with those issues of area in which they not only af- President of the Office Employes ment efforts, improved workmen's direct concern to OEIU members throughout the United firmed their attainments, but also International Union, AFL-CIO, for compensation laws and-most im- States. enclosed telephone numbers and the past six years. He also served portant-closer partnership between The VOTE program calls for voluntary contributions invited the employees of the Hel- as Secretary-Treasurer of OEIU labor and management. from OEIU members with 50 per cent of the contribu- lenic Lines to contact them for Local 12 in Minneapolis, Minne- purposes of substantiation. "The President's Committee has tions being utilized by national VOTE, 25 per cent being sota, since 1945. In addition, he performed a most useful service, On the night before the election, served as Secretary-Treasurer of the over the years, in working toward returned to contributing local unions for use by local employees of the Hellenic Lines North Central Organizational Con- these goals." union VOTE committees and the remaining 25 per cent were addressed by OEIU Interna- ference for some four years. Meany assured the delegates that being turned over to the Committee on Political Educa- tional President Howard Coughlin, He is survived by his wife, labor's representative as committee tion of the AFL-CIO. VOTE will work in close coop- Captain William Bradley, President Marie, and a son, James, and chairman, Pres. Gordon Free- of the International Longshoremen's vice eration with the COPE organization. Association and Teddy daughter, Kathryn. of the Intl. Brotherhood of Gleason, man local General Organizer of that Workers, "keeps us in VOTE membership cards are in the hands of union. Electrical Brothers Bradley and Gleason with what you are do- union secretary-treasurers and are being distributed to close touch pledged the full support their Local 167 Signs Contract constantly urging us to local union VOTE committees. A number of local of ing and is organization to the employees of L. Eileen Jones, President of end." do more on our unions have announced establishment of these commit- the Hellenic Lines in their desire Local 167, reports that a one year (Continued on page 3) inaugurated their VOTE voluntary agreement has been reached with tees and have already for Union representation. the Central Illinois Gas & Electric contributions drive for 1961. Warren Mulligan, Business Rep- Company. This public utility firm, OEIU President Howard Coughlin and Secretary- resentative of Local 153, and located in Lincoln, Illinois, fur- Joseph Powell, International Repre- Treasurer J. Howard Hicks, in announcing establishment sentative of the OEIU led this suc- nishes that area with electricity, Support of the VOTE program, pointed to the increasingly gas and water service. cessful campaign. greater role being played by the International Union and It is anticipated that negotiations provides for The new agreement will begin immediately. an average general wage increase VOTE its local unions in national and state political issues and of 5.4 per cent to be effective as the election of candidates to public office. They pointed of March 1, 1961. to the "prominent role played by special interest groups Agreement Made in the election of political candidates and the molding of With Polish Group legislative action," stating that in "a democratic society Goldberg Presented Four Freedoms Flag Agreement has been reached be- these practices are accepted and serve a worthwhile pur- tween Local 28 in Chicago, Illinois, pose when directed toward the needs of the average and the Polish National Alliance citizen. The activities of VOTE will be directed along after both parties sought mediation similar lines in the interest of white collar workers." assistance. The Polish National Alliance is one of the lafgest fra- ternal insurance companies in Corning Unionization workers, the problems of retraining North America and was only re- office workers to work on new Of Office Employes cently organized by the Office Em- automated equipment and the re- ployes International Union. Foretold by Manning habilitation needs of displaced This first contract covering 86 clerical workers. It was his con- employes provides a $5.00 weekly The Hartford, Connecticut, chap- sidered opinion that these and other ter of the National Office Manage- across-the-board pay raise retroac- problems facing white collar per- tive to November 1, 1960. ment Association recently benefited sonnel made their organization by from the observations of OEIU Other contract benefits include a the Office Employes International maintenance of membership clause, International Representative Justin Union the most reasonable ap- Manning concerning the future of improved sick leave cumulative proach in order to find a common without limit, a fourth week of va- white collar workers in American solution. industry. cation after 25 years, 11 paid holi- He besought management to con- and severance pay provisions. As spokesman for the Office Em- days sider these problems jointly with as well as the International Union, Repre- These negotiations ployes the Office Employes International campaign were con- sentative Manning urged manage- organizational Union in order to devise methods ducted by OEIU International Rep- ment to accept graciously the fact of cushioning the impact of chang- resentative Gene Dwyer and AFL- Arthur Goldberg is presented the original Four Freedoms that white collar workers would in- Labor Secretary ing patterns in our society. CIO Representative Al Bradt. flag at a ceremony in his office. Four Freedoms are non-profit resort evitably organize themselves in Representative con- presentation are President Manning hotels run for retired union members. Making the large numbers in the coming years. cluded by noting that the Office Em- ture organizing campaigns of the Joseph Curran, ; Goldberg; President James B. Workers; President William R. Brother Manning pointed to such ployes International Union would Office Employes International Un- Carey, International Union of Electrical dignity Steinberg, American Radio Association; and OEIU Secretary-Treasurer causes as the impact of automation not be contributing to any social ion will be conducted with J. Howard Hicks. affecting vast numbers of clerical upheaval-but he added "the fu- and determination." Page Two THE WHITE COLLAR How the Proposed Anderson-King Bill Works WRITE COLLAR official Organ of The great majority of Americans for only the first 9 days (with a 2 to 3 cents a day. But the pro- OFFICE EMPLOYES INTERNATIONAL UNION will be covered. Workers, their $20 minimum). gram will be soundly financed. with the AFL-CIO affiliated wives and widows will be entitled to (2) Skilled nursing home services The bill includes standard safe- benefits under the same tests as for after transfer from a hospital, up guards for the freedom of patients HOWARD COUGHLIN Room 610 old-age benefits under Social Se- to 180 days after 60 days or less President to choose their own doctors, hos- 265 West 14th St. curity or railroad retirement bene- of hospitalization, or up to 120 pitals, etc. Doctors will continue J. HOWARD HICKS New York, N. Y. fits. You will be eligible at 65 even days after 90 days in the hospital. to have full responsibility for de- Secretary-Treasurer if you (or your husband) have not (3) Home health services for up cisions on patient care, including actually retired. to 240 visits a year, including part- the need for hospitalization. The POSTMASTER, ATTENTION. Change of address Form 3579 should be ad- The cost of four kinds of services time nursing, and therapy provided program will pay for hospital care dressed to Office Employes International Union, 1012 14th St., Washington 5, by a home health agency. D. C. Published monthly at 810 Rhode Island Ave., N. E., Washington 18, D. C. will be paid: when needed, but not otherwise. Second class postage paid at Washington, D. C. (4) Out-patient hospital diag- (1) All hospital services usually nostic services, including X-ray The bill does not permit the fed- provided, in semi-private rooms, up and laboratory services. The pa- eral agency to interfere with hos- to 90 days in one spell of illness. tient pays only the first $20. pital administration or supervise or Services include bed, board, nurs- The cost of the program will be control the practice of medicine. ing (not private), operating room, met by a small increase in the so- Patient-doctor relationships would drugs, diagnostic services, etc. All cial security taxes. The most any not be affected, and good quality Reproduction by the Labor Press of any or all material herein contained is not only costs are paid after the 9th day. worker will pay is 22 cents a week. hospital and nursing home services permitted, but wholly desirable in the interest of workers' education. The patient pays only $10 a day The typical payment will be only would be encouraged. Subscription Price $1 a Year National Biscuit Contract Erie Conference Meeting Signed in Marseilles, Illinois Local 331 recently signed a con- tract with National Biscuit Corn- Ethical Codes for Business pany, Marseilles, Ill. The contract F. Kennedy, U. S. Attorney General, stated recently of eighteen months Robert duration provides for an immedi- that he would like to see the National Association of Manu- ate $6.00 per week increase for the facturers and the Chambers of Commerce adopt codes of first year and an additional $3.00 ethical conduct for the businesses of the country. per week increase for the last six months of the contract. A new He stated that as counsel for the McClellan Committee which employee was granted $8.00 per investigated labor and management, he found 50 cases of week increase, plus an additional wrong-doing by management. He cited cases of collusion in $5.00 for the last six months of price-fixing and tie-ins with the underworld as examples. In the contract. no instance did any of the business groups take any action to The negotiating committee con- sisted of James Cappellini, Presi- correct these practices. dent of Local 331, who was as- On the other hand, he pointed to the Ethical Practices Code sisted by Ward Stebbins, Laura Pro- vane, and Jack Sutton. adopted by the AFL-CIO. We feel that a code of ethical conduct for business is long A semi-annual meeting of the We Can Do To Improve Them," Brown-Olds Doctrine overdue. For that matter, we feel that Congress could emu- Erie Organizational Conference was "A Clinic On Problem Solving," Toppled late the examples set by the AFL-CIO and eliminate many held recently in the Tuller Hotel and "How To Run A Group Par- possibilities of conflicts of interests by its own members. in Detroit, Mich. Local 10 was ticipation Meeting." For several years, the National Local and did an excellent the host During the luncheon, between Labor Relations Board has been job of preparing for and conduct- the morning and afternoon sessions ordering a general refund of Union ing the Conference. on Saturday, the group was ad- dues collected under illegal Union Union Officers as Private Individuals Stuart Brock, a representative of dressed by the Governor of Michi- security clauses. Very often the the Department of Education of the gan and the President of the Com- illegality was a mere innocent tech- The United States Court of Appeals in Philadelphia re- AFL-CIO assisted in the prepara- mon Council of the City of Detroit. nical defect. These rulings of the cently held that Union officers cannot be sued as private indi- tion and the conduct of three work All of the delegates expressed Board were popularly referred to as viduals under Title I of the Landrum-Griffin Act. shop sessions at this Conference. their appreciation for the fine job the Brown-Olds doctrine. of the discussion The topics groups done by Local 10 President O'Dell Proof of coerced payment was In the instant case, Union officers were sued by a member of were "Union Meetings and What and her committee. not required; the mere existence of the Union in which he sought an injunction and damages the illegal clause was proof enough. against them as private individuals because he alleged that Transport Employees 5. Three weeks vacation after The Supreme Court of the United his rights as a Union member were infringed. 10 years; 4 weeks after 20 years, States, in considering one of these Get Two-Year Local 9 with a two-year accumulation of cases in which the Carpenters' Un- In dismissing the case, the Court held that Congress did Contract unused vacation time. ion was involved, held that such a 6. Seven paid holidays; Pay dues rebate order was punitive and not intend to open the Federal Courts to such claims merely A two-year contract, featuring a for Jury Duty; two 15-minute beyond the powers of the Board un- because the alleged infringement occurred in a Union hall. 13 cents an hour general wage in- rest pe- riods. less there was evidence of coercion. crease, greatly improved fringe Obviously, if the law is used to intimidate private individuals 7. Job Posting-Promotions from By prohibiting the invocation of benefits, a full union shop and punitive orders by the Board, the who are also Union officers, it will be difficult to persuade checkoff, has been negotiated be- Within-Strong Seniority Clauses. 8. An Improved Supreme Court was, in effect, over- capable individuals to hold such office. tween Local 9 and Gateway Trans- Health & Wel- fare Program; All fringe benefits ruling the long-standing Brown- portation Co. in Milwaukee, Repre- Olds doctrine. The Circuit Court in this case is to be commended. sentative Arthur Lewandowski re- granted to part-time employes on ports. a pro-rata basis. Covering in excess of 50 em- The employe bargaining com- Fort Wayne Member mittee consisted of ployes at the company terminals in Al Haydock, Receives Protection of Consumers Milwaukee, Janesville and the Laurel Pfaff, Tom Reilly, Louise Tribute Northern Division, this fine con- Jacobi, Bertha Ernst and Howard Helen D. Wise, Secretary-Treas- Senator Estes Kefauver recently introduced a bill designed tract is another stride forward in Rauls, in addition to Representa- urer of Local 325 in Fort Wayne, to create a Cabinet level Department of Consumers. The Sen- OEIU's continuing efforts to or- tive Lewandowski. Indiana, recently was commended ator's bill has 16 sponsors. ganize and capably represent the for her dedication to public service white collar employes in the trans- Wisconsin Rapids Transport and interest in public health. Workers Choose the OEIU Mr. Kefauver stated that the need for a high-level voice portation industry. As reported The United States Public Health for the "unorganized and unrepresented" consumers is greater earlier, Gateway Transportation's Another large group of white col- Service ran a pilot project on en- today than ever before. main office in LaCrosse, Wiscon- lar employees in the transportation vironmental health which was to be sin, has been under OEIU contract industry has joined the ranks of a study conducted by laymen rather The Kefauver bill would bring into the proposed new De- since last summer. Efforts to or- OEIU membership. Representa- than professionals. The Public partment the Food and Drug Administration, now under the ganize company terminals in St. tive Arthur Lewandowski has re- Health Service selected Fort Wayne Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the Divi- Paul, Green Bay and Cleveland will ported he was able to secure volun- and Allen County as the areas for now be given added impetus. tary recognition for a unit of 45 sion of Price and Cost-of-Living, now part of the Labor De- study. Among the major benefits in- office employees at the Central Wis- Mayor P. M. Burns of Fort partment's Bureau of Labor Statistics. in are the fol- consin cluded the contract Motor Transport Co. of Wis- Wayne appointed Sister Wise as lowing: consin Rapids, Wis., in mid-March. chairman of a group of laymen to The proposed Department of Consumers would be charged This organizational success 1. A general wage increase of was undertake this study. After the with representing the consumers' viewpoint in the development the culmination of a vigorous 13 cents per hour for the first year, cam- committee had studied the problem of government economic policies and in hearings before regu- 10 hourly paign conducted by Representa- with retroactivity of cents they reported their findings to the to February 1, 1961. tive Lewandowski and OEIU Local latory agencies. Public Health Service. The job 2. A general wage increase of 7 95 officers, Richard Neustifter and was considered so well done that it Based on the recent price fixing revelations and investiga- cents per hour on February 1, 1962, Iry Altmann. was put in printed form. tions of price policies in the drug industry, it would seem that plus an additional 3 cents added On April 5 the office employes Ceremonies were then conducted the proposed Department is long overdue. to job classifications. at Central Wisconsin voted 32-6 in 3. All Union Shop and Dues a Union Shop Referendum con- in which the publication was pre- Consumers have great difficulty in having their voices heard Checkoff. ducted by the Wisconsin Employ- sented to the city and county. Dur- in Congress today. While it is true that consumers can use 4. Up to 20 days paid Sick ment Relations Board, and thus le- ing the course of the ceremonies, Leave; 3 days Bereavement Pay; galized the Mayor of Fort Wayne honored their boycott powers, it is also true we all must have cer- the union shop provision of Time Off with pay for absences the contract. It is expected that the the committee and paid particular tain food and drugs which are priced out of reach of most due to necessary and personal rea- full contract will be negotiated with- tribute to Sister Wise for her work consumers. sons. in the next few weeks. in this project. THE WHITE COLLAR Page Three

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Court Ruling Makes Vancouver Set Next Time . . . Spring Dance Aids African Students Union Liable for Next time someone tells you The need for education in Africa is of such magnitude that it is Illegal Strike Damage about all the time lost because impossible to meet the requirements there. As a result, some students For Meeting unions keep on calling strikes at are offered scholarships by Canadian universities. Naturally, the num- The Ontario Court of Appeal has Local 378 Vancouver will be the drop of a hat, provide them with ber is limited and many deserving scholars are deprived of further upheld the right of labour arbitra- host to the next meeting of the the following facts: studies. tion boards to assess damages Pacific Northwestern Organization- During February 1961 (latest To help somewhat alleviate this situation, a group of Toronto business- against companies and unions. al Conference, to be held on Sat- month for which figures are avail- men formed the African Students Foundation. Local 343 invited one of In the same decision the court urday and Sunday May 27th and able) there were 18 work stoppages the students to address a membership meeting. His appeal was so elo- reaffirmed that a union is liable for 28th, in the Grosvenor Hotel, Van- involving 1,601 workers and a total quent that it was decided to hire Toronto's Casa Loma for a dance, damages to an employer for strikes couver. Howard Coughlin, the In- time-loss of 20,320 man-days. Only the proceeds of which would go to the ASF. which break contracts. ternational President, will attend four strikes took place involving Many months of preparation, under the capable leadership of the The unanimous decision, given and take part in the program. more than 100 employes and two chairman of the social committee, Elayne Fry, paid off. The approxi- orally by Mr. Justice J. Aylesworth, The Conference program has of these were settled during the mately $900 realized will assist three students in meeting their expenses upheld an earlier finding by Chief now been developed into an edu- month. for one academic year. Justice McRuer, who ruled that an cational meeting aimed at giving This compares to the lost pro- Cooperation was extended by individuals and groups both within and arbitration board could assess dam- local union leaders and key people, duction of 719,000 unemployed outside the labour movement. Gifts for raffles and prizes were donated ages against the union. tools and skills that will enable workers-nearly 14,000,000 man- by Toronto merchants-even a firm in far away Vancouver contributed. Mr. Justice Aylesworth said: "We them to do a better job in the days. Radio stations made spot announcements. The press was equally gen- are of the opinion that the arbitra- fields of collective bargaining, or- Of estimated working time erous in its support. tors would have been remiss on their ganizing, settling grievances, union during February, 0.02% was lost Writing in the Toronto "Telegram," Frank Drea had this to say: "Local through strikes, and 11.40% was duty if they did not endeavour to administration, and training, etc. 343 . . . with the most thinly spread membership in Canadian labour assess damages and did not now Agendas now contain such sophis- lost because of unemployment. has always done more than its share to promote worthy causes. This proceed to assess an award for vio- ticated topics as "Steps in Problem time the local, which represents 176 members from Vancouver to Hali- lation of the agreement." Solving," "One-way versus two- fax, is sponsoring a spring dance to help the African Student's Founda- He referred to the union-com- way Communications," "The Fear Back to School tion." pany agreement under the Indus- Factor in Organizing," to name a By EDWARD BEAUPRE The Honorable Dr. Tom Mboya, who will be Kenya's first prime trial Disputes Act as a contract few. This type of program has been International Vice President minister when she gains her independence, was to have been the guest which requires the parties to bar- very successful and recognizing the Ken Coulter, Neil Howson and of honour at the dance. Unfortunately, he had to wire his regrets when gain collectively and in good faith value of this training, delegates myself, all of Local 214, Sault Ste. it became apparent his busy schedule for his brief Canadian trip would and which includes provision for voted to extend the meeting to two Marie, took advantage of an op- not permit his attendance. final settlement of all disputes about days. portunity to meet with other or- To thank all those who made the dance such a resounding success work. Committees under the Chair- ganized office workers at a week- would take more space than "Canadian File" has available. Suffice to Polymer Corp. lodged a griev- manship of Ray Flynn and Marion end school on March 25th and 26th. say Local 343 is deeply grateful to its members and friends for their ance against the Oil, Chemical and Shirley of Local 378 are at work to The course, "Canada's Changing kindness. Atomic Workers Union, charging ensure maximum attendance from Economy," was very ably conduct- that by striking, it violated the col- out of town locals and to see they ed by Russell Bell, Assistant Di- lective agreement. are properly looked after. rector of Research, C.L.C., Ottawa. Professor Bora Laskin, Toronto Canadian file wishes the Pa- Brother Bell is an honour graduate University labour law specialist and cific Northwestern Organizational of Carleton University and received chairman of a three-men arbitra- Conference all success. his M. A. at the University of To- tion board named to rule on the ronto. dispute, awarded damages to Poly- Local 283 Officers Discussed was: what causes un- a hearing to assess mer but deferred Local 283, Three Rivers, employment and how it can be union appeal. damages pending the Quebec, has announced the alleviated; the reason for the pre- This decision is interpreted as following executive board mium or discount on the Canadian indicating there is no force in the members for 1961: President dollar-is it good or bad for Cana- argument that unions are not liable -Jules Brousseau; Vice Pres- da?; government and private spend- to damages because they have no ident-Alph. Fontaine; Treas- ing; why is there a "tight money legal personality. urer-H. P. Bellerive; Sec- policy" sometimes and not at Valueless Board retary-Lise Caron; Direc- others?; imports and exports; deficit Makes CLC Indignant tors-Nestor Richard, F. Col- financing-borrowing without tax increase, and many other items of has es- bert, J. Guillemette, C. Desi- The federal government interest all packed into one week- a council, the lets. tablished production end. We found the course most in- main task of which is to improve teresting and informative. the competitive position of Cana- dian products in domestic and for- Send Canadian news to the eign markets. Canadian editor: Mrs. Olive Full Status Urged Chester, 129 Gowan Avenue, The Council is made up of rep- Toronto 6, Ontario. (Continued from page 1) resentatives of business and la- Attending the opening session bour. Considerable criticism has al- were state winners of the national The winner of one of the two dozen hats donated by the Millinery Workers Union tries it on for size on Larry Sefton, director of the Steelworkers' ready been made because of the top- the government had pledged, and essay contest for high school stu- heaviness of the group with big District 6. Smiling their approval, from left to right, are Ruth Rosen, Claude Jodoin announced he would dents sponsored by the committee Katherine Gandy and Olive Chester. Insert: Elayne Fry, dance convenor. business, and because the labour not serve on this board unless the and the Governors' Committee on representatives have limited sup- Congress gave him solid authoriza- Employment of the Physically draws the Kerry Drake strip, was port. tion. Even business has its reserva- Handicapped. toastmaster of the luncheon. Gene Brown Appointed CLC was not consulted, as tions as to the value of this board. The The committees brought the win- Barry, the Bat Masterson of tele- Deputy Director ners of five major prizes to Wash- vision fame, was guest of honor. ington and the AFL-CIO or state Gen. Melvin J. Mass, retired Secretary of Labor Arthur J. labor bodies the remaining 45 had Marine, collapsed at the opening Goldberg recently announced the state winners and their parents as appointment, effective April 17, of New Party Chiefs Offer session while telling the 1,000 dele- their guests. The visitors were T. Brown, Assistant to gates how he managed to have an George given guided tours of the capital President George Meany of the active life after losing the sight of city, went to Mount Vernon and AFL-CIO, as Deputy Director of both eyes due to a wartime injury. Proposed Constitution the Lee Mansion, attended the the Bureau of Labor Standards. Physicians said he apparently suf- changing of the guard at Arlington Mr. Brown, in addition to serv- fered a cardiac spasm and placed Ottawa, Ont.-A proposed con- servatives who now control the Cemetery, were introduced to Pres. ing as Assistant to President Meany him in Bethesda, Md., Naval Hos- stitution for the New Party, based federal government. Meany on a inspection of AFL- for the last eight years, also served pital for several days. on hundreds of suggestions offered The proposed New Party consti- CIO headquarters and attended a as Executive Assistant to Secretary in response to an appeal, has been tution provides for a democratic luncheon in the Willard Hotel. Pres. J. W. McGovern of the of Labor Martin P. Durkin. made public by the National Com- structure which is rare in a political National Association of Manufac- AFL-CIO Sec.-Treas. William mittee for the New Party. organization and unique in Cana- turers joined Meany and other la- Reinstatement in Texas F. Schnitzier told the luncheon waged by OEIU The document will be the basic dian politics. Its highlights include: bor spokesmen in urging "better During a campaign Vesting of control of party pol- guests that organized labor is pri- Local 277 at the Service Life Insur- working paper for the founding acceptance" of qualified handi- Tex., icy in a national convention every marily concerned with the human ance Company in Fort Worth, convention scheduled for the week capped workers by their inmmediate Betty Ensminger, an employee, was in the interim in an values in employment of the handi- of July 31 in Ottawa, and is sub- two years, and supervisors. He advocated more discharged. 82-man national council, 50 of capped. ject to amendment from the floor, education to overcome prejudices J. B. Moss immediately filed an whose members would be chosen "Labor has found that handi- unfair labor practice charge against with ultimate approval or rejection capped workers deli ver well on against handicapped workers often by provincial conventions. aroused not only in supervisors and the company. After an investigation by the convention. A large measure of autonomy the job and when properly placed by the Regional Director of the 16th foremen but also in fellow-workers. The New Party is a political for provincial parties. are able and efficient," he said. "It Region of the National Labor Rela- grouping advanced by organized Provisions for democratic affilia- is the well-established policy of At a closing luncheon top awards tions Board, the company admitted labor, the existing Cooperative tion of trade unions and other or- the AFL-CIO that every practical for aiding the handicapped were its guilt, paid Miss Ensminger for all Commonwealth Federation and means shall be used to insure equal presented to Rep. .John E. Fogarty time lost and offered reinstatement. ganizations, including the right to In addition, the company posted in opportunity in employment for all (D-R. I.) and Director Mary E. Liberals. It would function "contract out" for any member notice that they agreed not to inter- competition with the long-estab- who does not want to contribute to physically handicapped workers." Switzer of the U. S. Office of Voca- fere with the rights of their employees lished Canadian parties--the Con- the New Party. Cartoonist Allen Saunders, who tional Rehabilitation. to join Local 277. Page Four THE WHITE COLLAR

from the desk Kennedy Unit Asks Action to Ease of the Automation Impact on Employment

A joint assault by government, in- Improvement of government tional meeting, Kennedy met with dustry and labor on the impact of employment services "to meet the the committee for about 20 min- PRESIDENT automation is needed to solve the new and different demands of utes before it began its delibera- 11111111111011111111111111111 nation's "intolerable" u n e m p l o y- worker displacement as part of a tions. Goldberg said the President HOWARD COUGHLIN ment situation, a tripartite Advisory technological revolution." "stressed again the urgency of the Committee on Labor-Management Recognition that, in the committee's work in light of both Policy has reported to Pres. Ken- months ahead, unemployment will our domestic problems and our nedy. arise "with special seriousness" foreign problems." Meeting in their second session, among new entries to the work The Secretary said he has been Computers and Office Futures at the White House, representatives force, unskilled employes, older asked to state that "the sense of urgency which the President im- H. B. Douglas, Director of Organization, and your President of Labor, management and the pub- workers, minority groups and in the depressed areas. parted is shared by the entire visited the Business Equipment Exposition recently held at lic reached unanimous agreement on a broad approach to achieving In a press briefing, Goldberg committee." the New York Coliseum in New York City. We visited this "full technological efficiency with- told reporters it was the "unani- The advisory committee is sched- exhibition because we feel that it is imperative that we keep out significant and lasting unem- mous view" that unemployment uled to meet again June 5 to deal abreast of the latest developments in electronic data processing ployment." compensation systems should be with what Goldberg called the "essential question" of how to Labor Sec. Arthur J. Goldberg, "so geared that a person should equipment and related automative devices. achieve general prosperity and the of the advisory commit- not have to . . . leave a retrain- As I have indicated in prior articles published in "White chairman "highest practicable rate of overall tee, characterized the recommenda- ing program" in the middle of it. Collar," the solid state fully transistorized computer is now in economic growth" as a barrier tion as a "significant first achieve- He pointed out that under present great demand by industry. These transistorized computers are state jobless insurance laws, work- against unemployment. ment." In advance of the next meeting, capable of magnetic core storage of any size desired by the The statement adopted by the ers have to accept job offers or lose purchaser. unemployment benefits. the Council of Economic Advisers committee-seven of whose mem- -in conjunction with the Labor, One large manufacturer provides 16,000 positions. The bers are drawn from the ranks of The committee, Goldberg said, Commerce and Treasury Depts.- felt workers on retraining card readers can read up to 700 and 800 cards per minute. labor, seven from management, and that for will submit a working paper pre- programs, the invocation of this Cards can be punched at the rate of 250 cards per minute. seven representing the Administra- senting the Administration's views. tion and the public-declared point- rule "would be highly undesirable." Goldberg said he would designate Printed output can be accomplished at rates up to 600 lines edly that "with full employment Before drafting its automation per minute. a six-member subcommittee to re- the problems of adjustment to tech- statement, the advisory body re- view the document and submit Practically every company at the exhibition had some type nological change are more easily ceived working papers from three written comments to the other of electronic data processing machine on public view. In each solved; without it they can never be economists: Dr. Seymour L. Wolf- committee members. instance, there were numerous salesmen and instructors avail- adequately met." bein, director of the Labor Dept. Office of Automation & Man- able to inform visitors of the latest achievements and the new- Its recommendations called spe- OEIU Wins in Cincinnati cifically for: power; Stanley H. Ruttenberg, di- est designs. As a result of a campaign con- "Broad new retraining pro- rector of the AFL-CIO Dept. of Many of us had received the impression from prior studies Research; and Curry W. Gillmore, ducted by OEIU International Rep- grams" by both government and resentative James Sleeth and OEIU that programmers of the future would require college educa- private facilities to help workers director of statistics and economics for Intl. Business Machine Corp. Local 388 Business. Representative tions and specially interpreted aptitudes. It was with some displaced by automation and new- Al Cisek, the employees of Silver Goldberg stressed that the papers surprise, therefore, that Brother Douglas and I heard a sales- comers to the work force, to ac- Fleet Motor Express, Inc. in a Na- represented "the views of these man state to a prospective buyer: "You quire new skills. In this regard, tional Labor Relations Board elec- needn't worry about the three men individually" and did the advisory committee said, "un- tion conducted on April 28th, chose problem of training your present employes. We can make not "purport to be industry views, employment compensation systems the Office Employes International programmers of these people in three days." While it may be labor views, government views, on should encourage retraining pro- Union as their collective bargain- that the salesman involved cut the training period down some- grams. the topic of automation and unem- ing agent. what in order to interest the prospective client, it is true that Development of "both gov- ployment." The election was conducted in programmers can be trained within a matter of a couple of ernment and private collective bar- As he did on the occasion of the the Cincinnati office of the Na- weeks. gaining policy" that will permit tripartite group's first organiza- tional Labor Relations Board. New type multilith offset machines within purchasing reach movement of workers "with due It is anticipated that negotiations recognition for the economic costs will commence shortly. of smaller companies were displayed prominently. Copiers of moving and of retraining, the AFL-CIO COLLEGE which eliminate wet chemicals and do not require sensitized value of employe rights which have MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS paper are, for the most part, improvements accumulated with service (e. g. pen- over the machines In response to a large num- generally seen in offices today and received a lot of attention sion and seniority), and the human factors involved." ber of inquiries, we are print- from those in attendance. Autotypists, Robotypists and Flexo- ing herewith application de- writers, which eliminate much of the work of repetitive typing, Establishment of more accu- tails concerning the National rate yardsticks to measure the im- AFL-CIO Merit Scholarships were in the forefront of many displays. pact of technological change. While the automatic typewriters, the new copiers, scanners awarded each year to six high and the optical school students of exceptional code readers are eye-catching and give one Excellent Contracts ability. serious thought about the work to be performed in offices of The awards cover four the future, we never cease to be amazed by the magic of the Are Signed by years of study. The pro- computer. Local 29, Oakland gram is conducted in cooper- ation with the National Merit While the machines on exhibit used punch cards, magnetized Excellent contract settlements tapes or paper Scholarship Corporation. The tapes, it is indicated that even this method of have been ratified by unanimous amount of each scholarship input will be eliminated in the future. The use of telephone votes of Local 29 Oakland, Calif., stipend is adjusted to individ- equipment directly connected with the memory drum or micro members employed in the laundry ual need, the maximum being waves will be used in the computers of and cleaning industry of Alameda $1,500 per year or $6,000 for the future. County, and at Branded Textiles. NAM Fights Against We believe all unorganized office and clerical the four years. workers in- Starting April 1, $20.80 per White Collar Unions terested in the future would do well All applicants must partici- to visit these expositions month (12 cents per hour) will be pate in the National Merit and give serious Conferees attending a recent thought to the protection afforded by collective added to the salary checks of the Scholarship Testing Program work shop under the sponsorship bargaining through the Office Employes International Union. 75 members working for the 19 administered each spring sem- of the National Association of laundry and cleaning companies ester in all participating high Manufacturers have given increased under contract. An additional $2.09 schools. These tests are given attention to the possibilities of ac- the average male baby News Briefs born in this per employe per month will be paid a year prior to the award. celerated unionization of white col- country has increased by 18.5 years. by the employers to provide An American male $1,000 Second semester juniors and lar employes. baby born to- The effect of this remarkable in- of life insurance for each day can look forward employe first semester seniors (those The ultimate objectives, appar- to a working crease, according to Health Infor- and to pay for approximately half lifetime of 42.3 years-11.2 years mation who graduate in February) are ently, of these conferences has been Foundation, is to add 11.2 of the cost of dependent coverage eligible. longer than the working-life ex- years to the American to counteract union efforts among male's work- under the health program. Each participant pays a fee pectancy of a male baby born at ing lifetime and 7.3 white collar workers. They realize to his depend- Then on April 1, 1962, the wage of $1.00 to cover adminis- the start of this century. ent and retirement that the white collar potential for years. rates will automatically be increased tration costs. In 1900, Health Information In hardship unions would include: 81/2 million by $15.60 per month (9 cents per cases, the is Foundation reports, the average fee waived. clerical workers; 2 million office Correction hour). The vacation clause was School principals and coun- 20-year-old American male could Please equipment operators; 4 million au- also improved. selors can provide informa- expect to spend only 2.7 years in Due to an oversight in the March ditors and accountants; 6 million retirement. By 1958, re- Last year the Modesto local tion concerning the time and however, issue of "White Collar," the name engineers and technicians; 61/2 mil- tirement-life expectancy a 20- merged with Local 29 and the first place for the test. for of William J. Hoover, Business lion retail clerks and 2 million year -old male had more than agreement negotiated on behalf of All public, private and pa- dou- Representative of Local 27, was in- teachers and nurses. bled, to 6.3 years. the larger part of the Modesto rochial schools registered with advertently not included in report- The average length of working membership has resulted in in- the National Merit Scholar- The NAM is extremely anxious ing the organization of the office life for American males has in- creases of over $20.00 per week ship Corporation participate to discourage unionization efforts creased by more than one-third employes of Sea-Land Service, Inc., for the girls working for the labor in this program. Students in since they realize that present con- in Houston, since 1900, from about 31 to 42 Texas. unions and councils. The health non-participating schools may ditions favor organization of these years. Health Information Funda- We wish to take this opportunity plan was also improved. participate by writing to the employes due to the problems of tion calls this "one of the most im- to commend Brother Hoover for Branded Textiles and the union National Merit Scholarship displacement as a result of auto- portant results of improved health his excellent work in the organiza- reached an agreement which in- Corporation at 1580 Sherman mation and the need for protections and longevity in this century." tion and negotiations with this creases salaries from $10 to $25 Avenue, Evanston, Ill. that only a white collar union can Since 1900 the life expectancy of company. per month, effective March 1, 1961. provide.