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Contribute To Red Feather Drive Some Employers File Unilateral Petitions Atlanta, Ga.—(AFX)—Local un ions, having filed petitions for rep resentative elections with the Na tional Labor Relations Board in volving any plant or company, should immediately file a notice of interest with the Wage Stabil ization Board in the region in which they, ure located or with the National Wage Stabilization Board if their particular case in volves a question not answerable by the Regional Wage Stabiliza tion Board, according to a state ment recently issued by J. L. Rhodes, Southern Director of Or ganization, American Federation of Labor, Atlanta, Georgia. There are employers who have attempted to secure, on a unilat eral petition to the Wage Stabili zation Board, a small adjustment in wages, much smaller than he would expect the union to de mand; and. {herefore, prevent the union from asking for a cost-of living adjustment in wages ia ac cordance with WSB formulae if and when the employes of his con cern vote for the union to repre sent them. Under the Wage Sta bilization Board six-months rate this could be done. Other employers have been known to ask for an adjustment in wages for their employes on a unilateral petition by the employ er alone, if he suspects that there might be a union organizing cam paign among his employes. The formula he follows is to ask the Wage Stabilization Board to grant a very small wage increase, say one or two cents an hour, and in an alternate petition ask the Wage Stabilization oBard to grant a larger increase, say ten cents an hour, to apply at . his discretion at a fUture date. The shenanigans by these em ployers make it important that ■ the Board be notified of a union interest in a plant even though a Wage Stabilization Board petition for adjustment of wage has not been filed, in order that the em ployer may be told to await a bi lateral application by the em ployer and the collective bargain ing agent. For your convenience, the Wage Stabilization Board regional of fices for the Southern District are as follows: Region 4. George E. Strong, Regional Director. 21 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Region 5. DeWitt H. Roberts, Regional Director, 5th Floor, Rhodes Bldg., 78 Marietta St., N. W., Atlanta, Georgia. Region 6-a. William Parker, Regional Director, Room 205, 800 Vincent Street, Great Lakes Life Insurance Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Region 10. Byron Abernathy, Regional Director, 315 Wilson Building, Dallas, Texas. "A telegram or letter filed with the Wage Stabilization Board of your region at the time of the fil ing of your petition to the Na tional Labor Relations Board will be sufficient,” Mr. Rhodes states. $1 MINIMUM PAY ASKED Buffalo, N. Y. (ILNS)—John Schreier, western New York di rector of the American Federation of Labor, urged setting of a $1 hourly minimum wage rate in the confectionery industry, at a hear ing of the State Minimum Wake Board. The board is considering increasing the industry** mini mum from 57 1-2 cents to 75 cents an hour for full time work ers. TRUMAN, TWO TOP OFFICIALS, AFL HEAD TO SPEAK. AT DEDICATION CEREMONIES OF GOMPERS SQUARE IN WASHINGTON Washington, D. C. (ILNS)k President Truman has accepted an invitation from the American Federation of Labor to dedicate Gompers Square in Washington, October 27. The President is scheduled to deliver his address between 11:45 and noon. Other speakers on the dedica tion program will be Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman, who will act as master of cere monies; Secretary of Labor Maur ice Tobin and AFL President Wil liam Green. A large number ox public dig nitaries and labor officials will attend the outdoor ceremonies in the triangular park on the north side of Massachusetts avenue, be tween 10th and 11th Sts. N.W., where the heroic monument at Samuel Gompers stands. The pro gram is scheduled to begin at 10:46 A. M. The monument to the founder and first president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor was un veiled and dedicated by President F. D. Roosevelt, October 7, 1933. It is the work of Sculptor Robert Aitken and was paid for by vol untary contributions from thou sands of working men and women throughout the nation. The move to have the park where the monument stands named “Gompers Square** was initiated by the Central Labor Union recently and approved and authorized by the National Park and Plaqping Commission. Famous Messages On Monument The monument, in bronze and granite, shows Gompers seated; above him the altar of justice. Clasping hands across the altar are figures symbolic of labor. Be hind them stand figures of justice and liberty. A mother holding her child symbolizes labor's con cern for the protection of the home, and a child with bowed head symbolizes the need for pro tection of children from industrial exploitation, a cause that was close to Gompers’ heart. Carved on the face of the mon- j ument are famous messages from Gompers adjuring labor to hold fast to voluntary principles and shun compulsion and emphasizing to workers that good union men must first be good citizens. FORT WORTH LOCALS SPUR LABOR PUBLICITY PROGRAM Fort Worth. Tex. (LPA)—Plans for establishment of a public re lations office for all onions in this araa moved a step nearer reality when the Typographical union voted to pot its money Hon the barrelhead.” Firs Fighters was the first to agree to under write the office at the rate of $1 a member yearly. A tentative budget of >15,000 annually was adopt** for tee program being developed by the Tarrant County Social and Legis lative Conference at the request of the AFL Fort Worth Trade Assembly and the CIO County Industrial Union Council. All , locals, including Rail brother hoods, were invited to attend an other meeting by TCSLC Secre tary Blanche Wells. Outlining employers’ anti-labor campaigns, she asserted “are must arouse ourselves to meet this situation | or else suffer the consequences. * . j* USO provides i touch of UAA. for our men and women in uniform. Providing spiritual, recreational and welfare pro grams in off-poet clube and lounges adjacent to military centers, I SO is the home away from home of thousands of G.I.’a. USO receives financial support in Charlotte and Meek* lenburg County as • Commun ity Chest Red Feather Service. With the campaign kick-off com ing next Tuesday, October 16, plan now to make your invest ment. There Is Social Profit In Red Feather Services Give for profit? This may be a _new idea, but there is profit, social profit, in supporting your Red Feather Serv ices for health, education, recreation, child care and family aid. Behind every item in the Community Chest financial statement is the solution of a human problem. The money which, the social services spend to perform the social and legal services needed by thousands of citizens in our com munity each year adds up to the factors that are necessary for wholesome family life, personal growth and maturity, social usefulness, and legal protection. They are intangibles, not easy to explain in dollars and cents. But the Red Feather Services rep resent the investment of time and skill and effort of an organisation which is in business to create a social profit for our community. Here are some of the items that can be listed on the credit side of the ledger: • A family stabiliser, a 14-year old son at home after truanting, two little girls happy in their home life again ... a family kept together, divorce averted ... a 19-year old unmarried mother helped . . .'a child given the first camping experience of her life . . . four orphaned children I found homes ... a family helped after mother and three small chil dren were abandoned. How can you evaluate these services, if not in terms of social profit? Think it over. Your Community Chest is in business for profit. And this year, for an even bigger profit—the morale of our armed forces, through USO help for ravaged Korea, and special aid to communities swollen by defense production. The United Defense Fund, which will finance these emergency services, will be combined with your Community Chest drive this fall. Give to your united Red Feath er campaign. You, our communi ty, and our country will benefit. Repeal Amendment AFL Chief Urges Washington, D. C. (ILNS). AFL President William Green sent n telegram to Chairman Brent Spence of the Mouse Bank ing and Currency Committee urg ing outright repeal of the Cape hart cost-plus pricing formula in stead of the amendment passed by the Senate. The telegram said: “In view of the fact that your committee is hearing only gov ernment witnesses on amendments to price control law, I wish to make dear position of American Federation of Labor. Although S. 2170 as passed by the Senate will make possible some improve ment over present lew in admin istration of price control program, it cannot transform the Defense Production Act into a practical or constructive measure for ef fective price control. “It is our view that event if 2170 is passed, the taw contains insufficient authority to halt the developing inflationary pressures which will become far more In tense by next spring. Instead of approving S. 2170, I urge yonr committee to report out a pimple amendment repealing the Cape hart cost-plus pricing formula. “William Green, President, “American Federation of Labor." RED FEATHER QUIZ Two questions wore put to local labor men by The Labor Journal this week regarding the current Red Feather drive which has gone past the half-way mark. The first query was made to J. A. Scoggins, president of Charlotte Central La bor Union, and Claude L. Albea, vice president of the CLU and also City Councilman. The questions and answers fol low below in the order naked, the first question being addressed to Mr. Scoggins, the second to Mr. Albea: Q. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFI CANCE OF THE RED FEATH ER? A. Nationally and locally the Community Chests of America and their Red Feather Services have adoped the Red Feather as their symbol of Chest service. Histor ically, the Red Feather stands for courage and self-sacrifice. Q. DOES COST OF REPORT LUNCHEONS COME OUT OF CHEST BUDGET? A. The coat of each report luncheon is assumed by .some lo cal company. Each company as sumes this cost over and above its annual pledge to the Commun ity Chest. The companies approve this practice because of the publk relations value. The volunteer workers appreciate it as many couldn’t well afford the coot of the luncheons in addition to the time, money and effort they at willingly give to the Community Cheat. BOOSTS VETERANS* PENSIONS OVER TRUMAN’S VETO Washington (LPA)—-The Senate voted 69 to 9, September 18 to override President Truman’s veto of a bill increasing pensions to $120 a month for war veterans with serious non-service connected disabilities. The House already had overridden the veto by 312 to 68. The law applies to veterans of the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean war. It requires that their disabilities be serious enough ,to warrant regular aid of another person. Present pensions .for this group are from $60 to $72 a month. Truman said he vetoed the increase because be felt aid to veterans should be for those injured or disabled in military j service. UNION LABEL DEPT. FORMULATES AN EXPANDED PROGRAM San Francisco (LPA)'—A sharp ly expanded program to promote purchase of union-made products was formulated at the 43rd an nual convention here of the AFL Union Label Trades Department. The program will include big: ger public relations, establishment of a speakers’ bureau, a union label pageant, special Union Label days and weeks. The 1962 show will be held May 17 to 24 at Bos ton. All incumbent officers were re elected. They include President Matthew Woll, Secretary.Treas urer Raymond F. Leheney and Vice Presidents John J. Mara. Joseph P. McCurdy, James M. Duffy, Herman Winter and Rich ard F. Walsh. An officers’ report declared that during the past year "greater en thusiasm has been shown within the entire labor movement for un ion labels, shop cards and union buttons.” “It is through collective bar gaining,” the report added, “that organized labor has established our excellent labor standards. It will only be through intelligent buying that those conditions are maintained and improved. That means we must always demand union label goods and services. No better plan has been devised to make secure America’s free trade unions and free enterprise system of economy." ____ FLORIDA CHEMICAL WORKERS VOTE UNION Tampa, Fla.—(AFL)—The In ternational Chemical Workers Union is now the bargaining agent for employes of the U. S. Phos phoric Company, Tampa, Florida. Vice President Walter L. Mit chell of th« International Chem ical Workers Union stated that a contract is in preparation and soon will be presented to the company. The U. S. Phosphoric Company is a subsidiary of the Tennessee Corporation, with which the Chem ical Workers have other contracts. WEDNESDAY REPORT SHOWS $200,117; TOTAL GOAL SET AT $384,500 'At the second report lunch eon Wednesday at Hotel Charlotte Commuinty Chest Workers turned in collections and pledges totaling $60, 277.70 which added to a pre vious report, totals $200,177. The campaign will end No vember 2 and the total goal is $386,500. Wednesady of this week was set up as County Day and luncheon guests included representatives from all the communities of Meck lenburg county. Leading division reporting waa the county unit, headed by Frank > lx III of Cornelius. Mr. Ix said his workers had collected cash or pledges totaling $6,042, which is 153 per cent of the division’s goal of $3,300. Second place honors were taken by J. D. Kluttz and his trucking division, with $9,561.04 reported through today. That's 119 per <gnt of the division's $8,000 goal. Dollar-wise, the special gifts di vision was biggest, as usual. That group, headed by W. S. Lupo and Sam Thorpe, reported gifts of $101,065.75, which is 65 per cent of the quota of $154,500. Campaign Chairman Charles K. remarked, “The enthusiasm of eur campaign organization ia most encouraging. Workers are reporting that employe groups and individual citizens appear to be alert to our community need and that they are determined to meet our goal this year. “Even though initial reports have been showing an increase ever last year’s, everyone knows that we have a big job ahead. Early reports are always the best one. Keeping up the pace which is set in the early phase of the campaign usually determines suc cess or failure in achieving the goal.” Mr. Lowe thanked Sears, Roe buck Co. for Wednesday’s lunch eon. The names of workers in sev eral divisions were announced by Chairman Lowe. Both Sides Warned By WSB On Contracts Exceeding Regulations Washington—(LPA)—The Wage Stabilisation Board has warned labor and industry that to negoti ate contracts "which clearly ex ceed existing wage regulations tends to raise false hopes among workers and provoke industrial unerst.” In a general policy statement issued September 21, the board said it could not possibly advise unions and employers in advance of negotiatoins just how far they can go in bargaining. It said that the board, “if it is to preserve collective bargaining . . . must stay out of the bargaining room and must not prejudge any pro posal or counter proposal during the bargaining process.” It said that for employers and unions to agree on contract terms that go beyond stabilisation reg ulations knowing that they would be turned down by the board would be a mistake. "In such cases,” it said, “it of ten is the stabilisation program, rather than the parties who nego tiated the agreements, that be come the object of wrath of the disappointed workers. “The end result is strained la bor-management relations, a weak ened stabilisation program and the danger of stoppages of critic al defense production,” the board added. The policy statement had the unanimous approval of labor, in* dustry and public members of the board. The board, in past months, haa had to trim several wage in* creases negotiated freely between labor add'management and, it is known, several other cases now are pending for board approval. Although it didn’t say so, it also is known that some board mem* bars fear some unions and em ployers will agree on terms which clearly violate wage regulatldns knowing they will be turned down by the board and hoping the board will be blamed by the em ployes. The board pointed out that it' had not yet decided on a flrs| policy for correction of intra or inter-plant inequities; ^establish ment or improvement of health and welfare programs or pension plans; relief from substandard wage rates; or compensation for increased productivity and more efficient production. It indicated policy statements on those phases of collective bargaining soon would be forthcoming. The board said it was “fully aware" that the national emerg ency had limited collective bar gaining somewhat but said “nev*» c-rtheless, even in this period of wage stabilisation, there is con siderable area for genuine collec tive bargaining.”
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