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Page 4 MEL — ROSE — GLEN FEBRUARY ISSUE YOUR BUSINESS TOO! “Turn Over” plagues workers as well as management. —Like an infected tooth that causes neuritis, —Like disease germs in foul water that cause typhoid. “Turn Over” cannot be seen; nevertheless it is real. Some separations (quits and discharges) are unavoidable. But every time an unnecessary “quit” walks out of a factory, he, in effect, shouts a curse or a wage cut on all the workers who are left. It is turn over—breaking in new workers on old jobs—that keeps wages down, lowers production quality, and contributes to less work, fewer jobs. In 1948—with everyone’s help—Melrose made the best record in years. We have proven to ourselves that this thing CAN BE CONTROLLED. Further gains can be mads. It required 679 persons last year to keep approximately 500 jobs going. It took 803 in 1947 and in past years it took two to one (or 1000 persons to keep 500 jobs going). If such a good record had not been maintained in 1948 the year could have been far worse. These facts are published for your study. IF turn over could be defeated in any plant it would be the best place in the world to work. It is not a casual thing when a worker leaves Melrose. You can help, because there are scores of workers on the SAME jobs who have stayed and are permanent employ ees. IF under reasonable circumstances GOOD workers can be held it is a gain (It often happens that a worker quits think ing he is improving his condition, only to learn afterwards that he did not have all the facts and returns seeking employ ment). Would it not be well to consider “everything from all angles” first? IF open jobs could be filled by serious minded applicants, it would be better than to fill jobs with irrespons ible people who seem to only “sample” jobs and then go on their way. (In 1948 this number was reduced from 76 to 14). IF ‘ quitting without notice” could be eliminated it would help EVERY worker as well as the company. In the most surpris ing way, some workers do not realize the seriousness of laying out or quitting without notice to the foreman. The “no notice” employee leaves everything and everyone up in the air. It means inconvenience, waste, loss of time for supervisors and a whole train of evil consequences, as well as the worker implying that he does not hold the job with respect. Think these things over. Talk about it. Ask questions. The following figures are for the Seamless Plant. A simi lar pattern can b eshown for the other two mills. SEPARATIONS "Rocking Chair" 1947 1948 Compelling Personal Reasons 0 8 Retired 1 3 Deceased 2 1 Going: to Armv or Navy 2 _ - 5 Care fbr children 8 ...... 13 Out sick, but now back in shop, separated and rehired 12 4 Still out sick 13 0 Going to school 4 9 No Transportatioi 1 ..... 0 Left Towr 14 ...... 18 Matrvi:.wi^i not re .-irn 8 6 Over .-itay loi've of ah.-iencp 0 ...... 3 Transier ;?nother miii 6 . . 1 Discri.-., iif? ir-' ;aus' 11 . . 5 Coristjuf t;' disc! .'- ge 0 3 Discharge (wor!^ i.nsatisfactorv. not getting yroduct'o' ; 17 .. 9 Sick a/j(l quit ... G .... 9 Quit under protest i 2 No notice (more than 3 rnontbs ijii, re) 1 - 25 No notice (less than 3 r.:' ati s ) IS 14 D LARGELY TO CUKi \ .' SNT; L.^\' off—job closed —. - . iJ 24 'W'ith notice— get better job, other sh?tt other v/ork, work fo- etc. 1 1 1 00 34 Totals 303 179 Listed below are social security numbers and benefit payments from N. C. Unemployment Com mission to Melrose employees for the period ending Dec. 31. These checks secured through unemploy ment commission must be paid from some source. How? The Mel rose corporation is taxed. The checks are paid out of the Melrose reserve account with the commis sion. Of course, the law requires the tax, but the tax becomes an op erating expense the same as wage payroll; in a sense the checks are “indirect” wages paid through un employment tax. In the long run, everyone would rather work for wages and have steady employ ment—get paid for work perform ed—than to get “indirect” wages through unemploym3nt checks. S. S. Account Benefits Paid 241017155 246016415 240031353 240031513 240031613 240031717 240031758 240031933 240032193 240032959 240033008 240033055 240033391 240033667 240034169 240034820 240034866 240035081 240035223 240035285 240035339 240035354 240035420 240035422 240035458 240035476 240035548 240035690 240036111 240036117 240036264 240036794 240036877 240037216 240037449 242037211 241058306 242051549 242051875 237076561 237076755 241073795 241075066 242070684 242070983 242071852 242071991 242072102 242072392 242072492 242072519 242072523 242072952 242073118 242073538 242073593 242074417 242074512 242074699 242074758 242074769 242074770 242074772 242074794 242074796 242074825 242074827 242074828 242074830 242074831 242074832 242074844 242074885 242075151 242075167 242075168 242075299 242077131 242077180 242077345 242078043 242078636 242078795 242079070 242079257 242079362 242079390 245071171 237092121 239099062 227105715 237103647 238105519 10.50 11.50 260.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 14.50 20.00 12.00 17.50 20.00 18.00 17.50 13.50 20.00 9.50 20.00 11.50 17.50 15.50 17.50 17.00 18.00 20.00 17.50 17.00 13.50 17.50 20.00 16.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 10.50 13.00 72.50 17.50 17.50 16.50 20.00 14.50 20.00 13.50 20.00 15.00 14.00 15.50 14.50 18.00 12.00 13.50 13.50 20.00 15.00 20.00 13.50 8.50 16.50 13.50 11.50 10.00 11.00 14.00 17.50 11.50 16.00 15.50 14.00 12.00 16.00 9.50 12.50 20.00 19.50 19.00 13.50 10.00 20.00 12.00 8.50 9.50 17.00 14.00 14.00 15.00 12.50 20.00 16.50 13.50 16.00 12.50 32.00 241101869 5.50 287103977 7.00 718100019 15.50 126124842 10.50 238126235 14.00 243126257 101.50 240125750 20.00 237143279 13.50 237143707 6.50 246148574 19.50 237169679 18.50 239189501 14.00 240180323 15.00 240183110 73.50 240183340 15.00 240183921 9.00 241181209 19.50 241186436 11.50 241186638 6.50 241186638 12.50 241189117 16.00 241189212 20.00 241189518 12.50 242184707 13.50 242185717 16.00 242187685 12.00 244184590 13.00 239202371 13.50 237222428 15.00 244223017 8 50 2R9245899 27.00 241249782 15.50 245245685 13.50 238261598 14.00 2^8261626 8.00 246267619 12.50 246268184 17.50 246268329 13.00 246269030 18.50 246269323 15.00 239288478 17.00 241285572 72.00 24381669 105.00 243281904 18.50 243286656 10..50 244281571 13.50 244281648 11.00 244282704 13.00 244283112 10.00 244283462 20.00 244283906 156.00 244284383 130.50 238300376 13.00 288302402 12.50 238302412 14.50 238302467 16.00 245309203 70.00 245323490 11.00 245323753 13.50 245324396 20.00 241.341227 99.00 241341796 28.00 577347905 8.50 237368900 18.50 237369787 88.00 238360196 8.50 239388493 10.00 245380936 11.00 246383303 5.00 241401566 8.50 Total $2,807.10 IT’S A .JOKE, SON” f Continued from oasre 1) A man telephoned his doctor asking him to come over as soon as possible, that his wife had ap pendicitis. The doctor replied, “Nonsensa! I took your wife’s appendix out two years ago and 1 never heard of anyone having a second ap pendix.” To which the worried husband replied, “Did you ever hear of anyone having a second wife?” Meaning of Words A pretty young lady traveler look the pen from its holder on the hotel’s front desk. But before she could use it, the young and harried clerk shook his head sad ly and said, “I’m sorry.” “Don’t I register with you,?’* she said. “Lady, you sure do,” he replied with frank admiration, “but it doesn’t matter how I feel. There’s still no room.” The man who wrote “Every Pic ture Tells a Story” had never been tn a movie. Height of Confusion: The guy who shouts, “Thank God that I’m an atheist.” —J.H., Chicago, 111. The two stones most commonly associated with marriage are the diamond and the grindstone. He: “Love was born with ihat kiss, darling.” She: “0. K., but hurry and wipe off that birth-mark. Here comes Dad!”
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