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The union times., 1942-02-28

Record another labor .cOntro- versy settled by the Victory Com pact machinery set up by the Con- necticut Federation of Labor and Gov. Robert A. Hurley. Members of the newly organized Local 2326 of the Carpenters and Joiners Un- ion of America, employed by the NOank Shipbuilding Company out side of New London, are now work ing with the expectation that their demands for higher wages will in the main be granted in the arbitra- ton award to be made by the office of Dr. John R. SteeIeman, US. ConciliatOr.
 The company, which is now building mine sweepers so essential for the war effort, and the union, agreed to arbitration at a meeting this week called by Governor Hur- ley. Both parties will present their cases to the arbitrator on March 2.
The union times., 1942-02-28
Barbers Prepare For orNewContrac

Wage and hour demands to be ir- corporated in the new city-wide and vicinity contract with the expiration of the present agreement on May 1, are being discussed and thoroughly investigated by the executive board and membership of Local 215, Bar berS Union, New Haven. Secretary Treasurer Frank Violante told Thurs day nights membership meeting that the problem of demands to be pre- sented in negotiations with proprie- tors have been and will continue to be one of the main tasks facing the local.
 Rising living costs, the 24-hour pro- ductlon program coming into effect, the loss of skilled barbers to the armed forces and to defense indus tries are several factors which com plicate the problem according to the discussions taking place in the trade. President Frank Spadola presided at the meeting.
The union times., 1942-02-28
AFL Hits War Production Delays;
 Urges All Plant Capacity Be Used

contract and have to close shop if they don't get it.
 "The { fonly answer" the Survey pointed out, lis negotiated contracts, based on satisfactory cost analysis. Labor calls upon the War Production Board to move quickly to this basis for contracting.
 "Hitler cannot be stopped by dilatOry tactics. Labor calls upon the government to correct these abuses at once and put all available plant capacity on war work.''
 LABOR ON BOARD
 Local unions, the Survey con- tinued, should be sure to have representatives on all local war boards, such as fair rent commit. tees, rationing boards, selective ser vice boards, committees under the Office of Civilian Defense," and union members should turn to their union s'for help in adjusting wages,
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The union times., 1942-02-28
Rockbestos Drive Spurred
 By Mrs. Herrick's Letter
N. Y. C. Wire And Cable Hourly Rate. Received From Local 3-Much Enthusiasm
 For Bona Eide Organization

men, 90c; watchman, 73c; operator regular tuber, o0c; mixing rubber (armored), $1.03; braider tender 83c; steel braider, 90c; banner, 78c feeder, 78c; single sparker, S8c; twisting wire into cable, 88c; vu1- canizer operator, $1.03; cable sparker 88c; adjuster and wrap v.c., $101 weaving tubing, o0c; wireman feed ing wire in braider, 78c; clerk, 73c shipping clerk, 81c; assistant ship ping clerk, 81c; truck driver, 90c truck drivers helper, 73c; wire in spectors, 91c; tubing inspector, fe- male, 72c; cotton sewer, 72c.
 LETTER
 The letter from Mrs. Herrick follows:
 Dear MT. ROurke. ''Re: 11-R-2913 Rockbestos
 Products.
 ''This will acknowledge your let ter of Feb. Is.
 Continued on Page Two)
The union times., 1942-02-28

WASHINGTON, DC. = America can brook no delay in expanding war production because when the Axis powers open new drives in the spring the United Nations will need equipment desperately on all fronts, the American Federation of Labor Monthly Survey declared this week.
 ''Every hour by which we can beat the production schedule means many lives saved, Axis advances stopped, the day of victory brought nearer,'' the Survey emphasized.
 SUB-CONTRACTS
 It charged that the War Production Board apparently has not taken steps to correct glaring delays" Among specific instances mentioned were failure of employers to sub contract war work. Another evil bit terly criticized in the Survey was competitive bidding on war contracts. Thousands of plants, it was charged, are frantically bidding for the same
The union times., 1942-02-28
State Men In
 MiddletoWn NeedPayRise
Asylum City C.L.U. Tells Why Conn. Is Losing
 Many Workers

Low wages and inferior working conditions are the main causes for the shortage of employees and for the many resignations by state em. ployes in state institutions such as the Connecticut State Hospital in Middletown. according to a state. ment which has been released by the Middletown Central Labor Un. ion. Joseph M. Hagel, secretary, signed the statement:
 While some $5 a month raises were given to employees in the lower categories, and little more to the better paid workers, nothing has really been done to help the state employees meet the rising cost of living.
 Many did not receive any in- crease" the statement reads, due to the fact that they were already re- ceiving their maximum rating which might have been in effect for several years and, as far as is known, nc recommendation was sent in by the superintendent for an increase of that maximum to comply with the rising cost of living"
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The union times., 1942-02-28
.B-9O Seeks ABig
 Turnout Tuesday

With its school for the apprentices and journeymen electricians expected to be finished by its next meeting date, Local B-90, New Haven Elec- tricians, seeks a large turnout of mem- bers on Tuesday evening, March 3, at the New Haven Labor Temple. The school is being constructed in the basement of the Temple. An nouncement of the date for the begin- ming of classes is expected soon after the meeting.
 The membership will discuss and consider demands for the new wage agreement soon to be negotiated with the general contractors of New Haven and vicinity as we'll as the courses of study the school will provide.
The union times., 1942-02-28

Assurances from Fillmore M. Herrick, Regional Director of the Second Region of the National La Dor Relations Board, that the or der for the ROckbestos Products Corporation election will be forth coming within the next week or 10 days, has stimulated the organ izational drive being conducted in the New Haven wire plant by Lo. cal BOO, New Haven Electrical Workers.
 Business Representative Joseph T. Rourke also received a commun- ication this week from Edward J. McAlinn, business representative for Local 3, New York City EIectri- cal Workers, in charge of the or ganization of wire and cable plants in the vicinity. McAlinn enclosed the following departmental hourly rates paid in union shops in New York and vicinity:
 Operator C.V. Tuber, 90c; fire
The union times., 1942-02-28
.LayOffs Due
 To Priiorities Picture
Many Employers Refusing To Hire Men Unless
 Draft Exempt

Factory employment in Connec- tlcut promises to increase faster in the first six months of this year than even the record increase which took place in the first half year of l94l. This is the predic. ton of the US. Employment Ser. vice, which says that state plants engaged in armament production are swinging into 24-hour, seven- day week operations; are expand ing facilities, and increasing per. sOnnel, while non-defense plants are rapidly converting to defense production.
 The state employment picture is not entirely on the rosy side, how ever. Men and women are heinz laid off because of material short ages due to priOrities, the largest being 2,OOO rubber workers laid oil last month, none of whom have been recalled. The building trades in several cities are very hard hit. Industrial employers are showing a marked tendency not to employ men who are liable for military service, or who have not already re- ceived definite deferment. One result is that older workers, after the 10 lean years since 1929, are being re-emplOyed.
 The report for the leading cities of the state is as follows:
 NEW HAVEN
 Practically all plants in this area are now working on defense contracts, as those which have been without de- fense orders are gradually taking both prime and sub-contracts.
 The general feeling is that oppor- tunities for defense jobs will become more numerous and that women will
 Continued on Page Three)
The union times., 1942-02-28
AsWe See It by
 THE STAFF

NO STUFFED SHIRT IS Marvin H. Mcintyre, Secretary to President Roosevelt. Here's his answer to the resolution sent to the President congratulating him on appointing the country's first ''War Labor Cabinet": ''Your letter of Feb. II transmitting to the President copy of the resolution adopted by the New Haven Central Labor Council has been received and you may be sure that it will be made available to him. I know how appreciative he will be of this action on the part of the Council" The letter was re- ceived by Joe Rourke, recording secretary. ,. Whats wrong with an s'industrial community? In other words, what's the meaning of this advertisement in the YaIe Ne,Os: Madison, Conn.,, on Long Island Sound, offers summer rec reation in a non-industrial cOm- munity 20 miles from Yale Uni versity." Maybe if New Haven was more of an industrial commun- ity", Yale's tax exemption wouldn't look so big. Or are we being impolite, and ssindustriaI''?
 THE FOUR MAJOR RADIO net aOorks hove gotten together, and are pntting on c shoa0 every Saturday ut |7NP.M. entitled, THIS IS WARP Listen to t Saturday. # yon missed last aOeek's here's one Of the high lights:
 One topnotch abbedsey is 1Oorth O personal representative of Hit
 ter.
 One AmericGD aUho hates JeaOs
 or Negroes or Catholics is zOorth
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 in the offices Of ProbagG'lda Min
 ister GoebbeIS.
 One frst-class ynmor-mongey
 equals c pair of Nasi spies.
 One complaining bnsiNeSSnsGn,
 hozVIing about tGxeS, is 10orth Gn
 economic spokesman from Berlin,
 lectnying to WomenS Clubs aud
 bnSinessmen's luncheonS.
 IF THE BOSS SWEARS too much, and you have to quit, you're
 Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1942-02-28
Ask Governor
 To Deal With Geo. Erskine
Superintendent "Unbeliev- ably Hostile" To Labor,
 Committee Says

George C. Erskine, superintend- ent of the Cheshire RefOrmatory and veteran member of the Gov ernor's Foot Guard, may soon find that Connecticut is still in the ,Un- ion!
 Erskine is the man who receives approximately $8,OOO year. from the state treasury, and believes ''un- ions and the Merit System are the worst things that ever happened in Connecticut" He is the man who, among all of the states important officials, has refused to recognize the A.F.L. union organized by the state employees he supervises.
 As a result, the New Haven Gen. tral Labor Council has unanimous Iy instructed its committee, headed by President Harold V. Feinmark, to ask Gov. Robert A. Hurley to intervene in the situation.
 LETTER
 The full facts of the situation are given in the following letter, sent this week by the committee to the Governor:
 ssDear Governor Hurley:
 ssThe Conn. State Reformatory EmpIoyes, Local No. 387, Ameri- can Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, ALL, who are affiliated with the Connecticut Federation of Labor and the New Haven Central Labor Council, re- quested that the Council assist them in obtaining recognition for their union at the Connecticut State Reformatory in Cheshire. This recognition had been denied to them by Supt. George C. Erskine of the Reformatory. The commits tee from the Council met with MT. Frederick Adler, Chairman of the Connecticut State Reformatory Board, who informed the commits fee that the decision concerning the union was entirely a matter for Supt. Erskine to decide.
 NO LIKE UNIONS
 ssThe Committee then met with MT. Erskine and the meeting re. vealed that MT. Erskine's attitude toward organized labor is unbeliev. ably hostile. He refused categori. caIIy to receive a committee from the union representing the guards at the Reformafory although a ma. jOrity of the guards were members of the union. MT. Erskine said he would not under any circumstances listen to any suggestion for the i'm prOvement of conditions from any
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The union times., 1942-02-28
443 Signs N. E. Men.
 Grocery Drivers

With better than half the men in the New Haven barn of the New England Transportation Company signed to Teamster Union author. izations, Matty Ruppolo, president of Local 443, New Haven & Bridge. port, this week told a meeting of the New England drivers. heIpers and warehousemen that only little more juice is needed for the union to be in position to talk contract with the management.
 A meeting of grocery, wholesale and retail drivers, helpers and warehousemen to lay the base for the organization of all men in the grocery business was to be held Thursday evening in the New Ha- ven Labor Temple. Details of this meeting will be printed in next weeks issue of The Union Times. Ruppolo and Business Agents John Pisano and Hartley Martin were expected to address the men.
 New Haven Building trades driv- CTS will meet Friday evening to dis. cuss and consider terms for the new contract, the present agree ment expiring April l with con- tractors to be notified March l.
The union times., 1942-02-28
Noank Shipbuilding Firm Agrees
 To Arbitration With Carpenters

The award will be retroactive to Feb. Ia.
 WANT UNION SCALE
 The carpenters object to working for 60 and 85c an hour at Noank while carpenters at the Groton yard receive SLIP an hour. Union scales in the vicinity range from $1 to $1.27. Ernest Haley, the company's gen. eral manager, has contended that the men were asking for steel shipbuild- ing wages where they were working on wooden ships.
 Runors that the mine sweepers were to be launched with subsequent layoffs stirred up the workers and led to stoppage on Tuesday, Feb. l7. Thomas Shea, assistant secretary of the Connecticut Federation of La Dor, was notified of the situation while attending a meeting of the Middle town Central Labor Union and tried to reach Governor Hurley at once
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The union times., 1942-02-28
Norwich CLU
 To Increase Affiliations
Urbanati, Soules, Named As Temporary Officers
 Next Meeting March II

With four more unions expected to affiliate, and permanent officers scheduled to be elected, the Nor. wich Central Labor Union, recent ly reorganized with the help of Assistant Secretary Thomas J. Shea of the Connecticut Federation oi Labor, will meet on Wednesday evening, March II.
 Unions which affiliated at the Feb ruary meeting included the Trolley men & Motor Coach Drivers, Carpen- ters, Moving Picture Operators 6 Theatrical Stage Employees, Barber: and Locals 559 and 671, Teamsters.
 Continued on Page Two)
The union times., 1942-02-28
Displacement
 Benefits Now Up To F.D.R.
War Labor Cabinet May Confer With President
 On Conversion Pay

WASHINGTON, D.C.-President Roosevelt's ''War Labor Cabinet'' will get down to brass tacks at its second meeting as result of al de- cision by the House Ways and Means Committee to play rough with workers displaced as a result of conversion of civilian industries.
 The committee, by 16 to 8 vote, decided not to report out the measure requested by President Roosevelt which would have pro- vided an emergency fund of $3OO,- 100000 to raise the state unem- plOyment compensation benefits of displaced workers to a maximum of $24 week.
 No explanation was made by the committee for its action but it was clear that the committee decided that state unemplOymnet compen- satiOn benefits are enough for un- employed workers.
 A preliminary meeting of the six members of the Presidents "War La Dor Cabinet" decided to press the issue in the cabinets" meeting next with the President.
 Both A.F.L. President William Green and C.I.O. President Philip Murray appealed for passage of the measure and instructed the members of their organizations to write their congressman demanding its passage The President originally indicated the
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The union times., 1942-02-28
Mrs. Roosevelt Aids
 Unemployed Painters

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt's interces- sion with the War Production Board in behalf of 10000 unemployed New York City painters brought quick re- suits.
 Michael Di Silvestro, sec- retary-treasurer of the New York District Council of the Brotherhood of Painters, Dec orators and Paperhangers of America, who appealed for Mrs. Roosevelt's assistance, reported that government off, ficials had set in motion ma- chinery to get the painters temporary cash relief, free retraining in needed war production skills, and a con- siderable number of war jobs.
The union times., 1942-02-28
STATE FACTORY WORK SETS NEW RECORD
Hurley's Aid Is Sought In Cheshire Case
Strike At Y. M. C. A.
 Brings Increases

DETROIT.-Wage increases of al- most $2o,000 were won by striking AF.L. employees of the downtown Detroit YMCA. Cooks were raised by SIS to $55 month, waitresses and chambermaids by $10 to $50 month. About 200 employees were benefited by the raises, one week paid vacation and time and half for overtime.
 The Y pleaded that it was chari- table institution depending on do- mated funds but the union insisted that charity begins at home.
The union times., 1942-02-28
cCartney Named
 As Adviser To OCD

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Patrick j.. Mccartney, former American Fed eration of Labor organizer, is now serving as labor relations adviser to the Office of Civilian Defense.
 Members of A. F. of L unions, edi- tors of labor publications and other persons in the labor movement who seek information pertaining to the various phases of civilian defense will have their requests filled promptly if they communicate with MT. McCart- ney at Room 906, Office of Civilian Defense, Washington, DC.
The union times., 1942-02-28
Broadcasters, Consumers,In State Session
Bridgeport Meeting To De. velop Plans For Getting
 Facts To Public

Beginning Monday, March 2, the Consumer Committee of the State Defense Council will broadcast each morning over local stations the local market reports and other matters of consumer interest. The brOadcasters will be present at the meeting of the Consumer Commit tee being held Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Burroughs Library, Bridge port. Chairmen of all local con- sumer committees, where appoint ed, or representatives designated by the local defense councils, are expected to attend.
 Wesley A. Sturges, chairman of the Consumer Committee, believes the meeting will further relations be- tween the broadcasters and the local consumer committee chairmen within the market area in order that chan nels of information may grow out of this relationship.
 The general program of the Con- sumer Committee of the State will also be explained in detail to the local representatives, with details as to how the program is designed to aid local activities and how the State Com mittee hopes to be aided by local con- sumer committees organized under the local defense councils.
 PART OF WAR EFFORT
 The Consumer Committee has been organized to gear consumers into the country's war effort and to give them utmost protection during the struggle. Leading mem- bers of the committee include Jos eph T. Rourke, business manager, Local B-9O, New Haven Electricians. and Secretary of State Chase Going Woodhouse.
The union times., 1942-02-28
Labor Rights
 Are At Stake Board Is Told
State Federation Executive Board Hears Reports
 From Egan, Shea

This is labor's war and self preservation is the reason labor is now making sacrifices and is pre-. pared to make any sacrifice requir- ed to win the war and the peace. This was the gist of Secretary Treasurer John J. Egan's report on the working out of the non-strike compact made to the Connecticut Federation of Labor executive board which met in Bridgeport last week.
 "COT TO PRODUCT
 T know the Nazi, Hirohito hang men have a moose ready for the necks of all labor and progressive leaders," Assistant Secretary Thomas Shea added. "They also have their axes sharpened for organized labor here. Therefore it's only in the in- terests of self-preservation that we are striving night and day to settle all cases as quickly as possible with no loss in working time. We've got to produce"
 Egan and Shea pointed out that the assistant secretary has been closeted with Gov. Robert A. Hurley at diff ferent times for three and four-hour stretches in striving to settle manage ment-labor controversies through the no-strike machinery. They both point ed to favorable settlement of the Noank shipyard dispute as proof that the compact is working out.
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The union times., 1942-02-28
RITZ SIGNS

NEW YORK.-The Hotel Ritz Tower, on Park Avenue, has signed its first contract with the Hotel Trades Council (A.F.L.), covering 165 workers.
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