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W. H. SULLIVAN COMPANY
HEATING, VENTILATION, AM CONDITIONING
AND SPRINKLER CONTRACTORS
AND ENGINEERS
N. C. State License No. 3
Gr««nsboro, N. C.
ELBERT F. LEWIS, Re*. Eng.
F. D. LEWIS & SON
Incorporated
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TRANSIT-MIXED CONCRETE
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GREENSBORO# N. C.
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ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS
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GREENSBORO, N. C.
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Builders of
Power Lines — Telephone Lines
And
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PHONE 3-6927
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Dixie Labor
On The March
Great Evnt For Eaka
Local UTW of A
Asheville, N. C.—The tenth an
niversary of Enka Rayon Work
ers Local Union No. 2698, .United
Textile Workers of America, A.
F. of L., was observed on Sep
tember 10, marked by ten hours
of continuous pro era me of fun,
frolic, contests. singing and
speaking. This Local Union is
one of the largest In the South,
and has since its organization
ten years ago obtained more than
fourteen million dollars in in
creased wages for the employes.
That is. the increases obtained
total more than $14,000,000.
International President Antho
ny Valente came down from
Washington to attend the event.
Joe Jacobs, Southern Director of
Organisation for the UTW of A,
made a most effective speech.
Events were held in the magnifi
cent Memorial Stadium, and city
officials, representatives of busi
ness and of practically all labor
organisations of the city attended
the history-making event.
IBEW Wins Election 100
Per Cent At Rogersvilie
Rogersville, Tenn.—Local Un
ion No. 934. IBEW, won on NLRB
election among the employes of
Holston Electric Co-operative of
this city two days ftfter Labor
Day. with a One Hundred Per
Cent victory. Not a ballot was
cast against the Union, and every
eligible employe voted. Paul
Hicks, hard - woraing business
manager of Local 934, assisted j
the employes in obtaining the
election and shared in the great
victory won.
A. F. of L. Unions Win
Important Elections
During the past week A. F. of
L. Unions won elections at Ed-1
gar, Fla, and at Tarpon Springs,!
Fla., and Hampton, S. C. The
Edgar, Fla., NLRB election was
held among employes of the big
Kaolin Mines. 78 workers being
eligible to vote; 78 voted; 78
voted for the Lime. Gypsum and
Cement Workers Local Union, A.'
F. of L. The Hampton, S. C.,
election was held among employes
of the big Plywood Mills, the
workers voting almost solidly for
the United Brttherhood of Car
penters and Joiners
The Tarpon Springs, Fla..
election was held among employes
of the Victor Chemical Company,
the Chemical Workers Interna
tional Union being the victor.
This election is most significant
in that the same group gave a
majority vote gainst the Union
a year ago, but at last week’s
election went almost 100 per cent
for the union.
Charter Ordered For
El Dorado Workers
El Dorado, Ark.—Charles W.
Mowery, President of the Ar
kansas State Federation of Labor,
Social Security And
The Workingman
You men of Labor are buying
an insurance policy every time
you get paid. You’re buying pro
tection for yourselves and your
family with the social security
deduction taken from each pay
envelope. That little deduction
pays for your old-age and sur
vivors insurance with the federal
government.
That is what this column is
going to talk about to you each
issue. And it’s hoped that you’ll
["talk back”—with your letters,
questions, or comments.
Don’t hesitate on this “talking
back,” for just as social security
belongs to you, so also does this
space. But by no man. how
ever, should you ignore the local
.office of the Social Security Ad
ministration at 122 East Third
Street in Charlotte. If you have
business with them, see them
right away—that's why they’re
there.
Here in this column you’ll find
a bit of explaining of social se
curity—what it is; how it works;
what to do about it; and so on.
Also you’ll find your questions
and letters printed here (unless
you prefer them not to be) and
any necessary answers given.
There’ll be no fancy stuff here
—just plain down-to-earth talk
about the workingman’s rights—,
your rights-*-to old-age and sur
vivors insurance. yrfgh - toned
legal language will be tossed out
the window, and explanations and
comments will be in everyday
words. Let’s start with these de
ductions from your regular pay.
Here’s how they worK:
Every time you get paid, one
per cent out of every dollar is
taken from your pay. i The com
pany keeps a record of these pen
nies, and at the end of every
three months sends in that record
to the Collector o* Internal Rev
enue along with the money de
ducted. The company also sends
a payment of its own equal to
the amount it has deducted from
its employees. The Collector re
tains the money and forwards
the record of your wages to the J
Social Security. Administration’s
accounting office. In that Office
there’s a personal ledger account
for every person who hs a social
security card. The information
on the company’s report is then
entered in your personal account'
to show- the amount of your,
earnings and deductions.
The key to this whole business
of keeping a record of your in
surance payments is your social
announced this week the organi
zation of employe? at the Wood;
Manufacturing Company at El
Dorado, and the ordering of a
charter from the American Fed
eration of Labor for the 28 work
ers involved.
The Company is engaged in the
manufacture of the famous Dipsy
Doodle artificial fishing bait.
security card. To be absolutely
certain that the social security
people get your wages into your
account, it’s necessary that your
employer have a record of your
social security number, for the
company uses both your name and
your number when it makes its
report to the government.
Usually, when you start to
work for the first time on any
job. the company will ask to see
your social security card. If no
one asks, show your card to the
boss, the checker, or the time
keeper anyway. because when
pay day rolls around, you’re go
ing to be nipped for that one
per cent for your old-age in-1
surance, and when your employer
reports that money to the govern
ment (he’s compelled by law to
make the payments), if your so
cial security number isn’t along
side your name and your wages
there's a chance that the money
you’ve paid might not get re
corded in your personal account
It’s the record or your wage in
that personal account which will
eventually determine how much
you’ll get paid later on. or how
much you family will get paid in
case of your death.
So regarding your social se
curity number, you can see that
it’s important for you to make
sure that the company you’re
working for has a record of that
number, and that the record is
correct. The best time to do that
is when you’re starting in on a
new job. But if your present em
ployer doesn’t have the correct
number on his records, now’s the
time to show him your social se
curity card.
If you ve lost or misplaced your
card, notify the Social Security
Administration at 122 East Third '
Street here in Charlotte (either in
person or in writing) and you
can get a new card in short
order.
AFL PAPER MAKERS SELL j
EMPLOYER ON UNION LABEI
Washington.—The Internationa’
Brotherhood of Paper Makers an
nounced that its union label will!
be affixed to all products of the'
Kalamazoo (Mich.) mill of the!
St. Regis Paper Company's print-1
ing, publication and converting
papers division,
“The new policy was jointly!
established by the Paper Makers’.
Local Union No. 426, and the St.
Regis Paper Co.,” said Secretary
Treasurer I. M. Ornburn, Union
Label Trades Department, Ameri
can Federation of Labor, “and it
is just another case of a large
concern realizing the numerous
and profitable benefits of display
ing a union label on its future
shipments.
"As a result of our Cleveland
Union Industries Show, several
nationally known industrial firms.
J. A. Jones
Construction
Company
General Contractors
209 West Fourth St. Telephone 4-3061
Charlotte, North Carolina
i
including a large cable company
and a vacuum cleaner manufac
urer, have definitely decided to
affix a union label to their re
spective producta.”
AFL ELECTRICIANS GIVE
PAY TO MEDICAL CENTER
Boston. — Members of Local
1505 of the AFL’s International
Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers demonstrated hare the grow
ing role that labor is playing un
selfishly in community affairs.
AFL workers and office work
rs. numbering over 6,000, worked
voluntarily on Saturday for- four
hours and contributed their earn
ings to the Children's Medical
Center of Boston. The wages
contributed amounted to an esti^
mated $25000.
Although Saturday work at the*
Raytheon Manufacturing Company
plants in this area was discon
tinued at the end of the war, the.
; employes agreed to put in the.
extra ,time at regular hourly
! rates.
Welcome Visitor
“But are you certain that Mias
i Gotrocks is not at home?" in—
; sisted the caller. The maid gave
| him an injured look. “Do you
doubt her word, sir?" she replied',
icily.
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