The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-27

amount Of wages recorded in his old
ails a wage-inquiry card to the Social
his local Social Security Board office.
of the card is space for the employe
to fill in his social security account
number, the date of his birth and his
name and address.
IF a worker has any reason to doubt
that reports Of his wages have been
complete and accurate, he should get
a wage-inquiry card from his social
Security Board office, fill it in, and
mail it. For instance, if the worker
has had more than one social Sc
curity number, he should send in a
wage-inGuiry card to see if all Of his
wages have been credited to his proper
account. Or if worker has changed
jobs frequently, he may not have
taken the precaution TO see that each
employer and his name and account
number exactly as they are shown on
his account number card. In this case
he should check his social security ac-
count by sending in wage-inquiry card.
From January /, 1910 employers
have been required to furnish each
employe with a statement Of his
wages at least once year or when
ever the worker leaves his job Work
ers should keep these statements as
evidence Of their credits toward old
age and survivors insurance.
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people. These two disputes occurred
in the coalields, and Of course swell
the total of working days lost during
the year.
Industry cannot be regarded as in
state Of continual turmoil wnen
every trade dispute which lasts for
more than one day and involves more
than ten workpeople is recorded, and
the aggregate loss of working days,
counting those lost by lockouts as
well as strikes, totalled no more than
94l GOO over whole year.
One reason for the peace and order
ruling in British industry since the
war began is unquestionably the
strong hold Trade Unions have upon
the loyalty of their members.
Unofficial and subversive move
ments among the workers make no
headway, because of the workers
attachments to their Unions and the
deep sense Of discipline they feel. At
tempts to promote rival and dual or
ganizations to challenge the respon-
sible leadership of the Unions have
failed.
This is shown rather strikingly in
an investigation made by the General
Council of the Scottish Trades Union
Congress regarding the activities of
an unofficial body known as The Shop
Stewards Consultative Conference.
The purpose of this inquiry was to
ascertain how far the declared policy
Of this unofficial organization was
supported by the Unions.
The apparent object Of the Shop
! Stewards Consultative Conference $50
called was to formulate a common
policy on wages, overtime, and other
conditions Of employment. and to build
up a strong shop stewards organiza-
tion in the workshops on the Clyde.
The Scottish r. [. c. pointed out
that such activities inevitably tended
towards the creation of a rival and
dual authority independent Of the rec
Ognized Executive authority of the
Unions themselves. Accordingly the
! 28 Unions chiefly concerned with the
Clyde workshops were asked TO what
extent they recognized the Shop
| Stewards Consultative Conference.
Twenty-four of the Unions en-
phatically declared that they did not
recognize it in any way, though one
Union with a membership Of 8C0D
qualified its statement by saying that
it did not object to its shop stewards
attending meetings Of the unofficial
organization.
The other four Unions replied that
they had no knowledge whatever of
the existence Of the unofficial organ
ization. These Unions, too, must
therefore be added to the list of those
who do not recognize it.
The Scottish T. L. c. was strongly
impressed by the unanimity of the
view taken by all the Unions in the
engineering and Shipbuilding indus
tries Of the Clyde. These are now to
be recommended to issue instructions
that their shop stewards shall not at
tend its meetings or conferences, or
associate with it in any way.