The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-16
Information On
Social Security

The success of the United State,
Employment Service is due i'm large
measure To the cooperation received
from organized labor.
IT means much to the Employment
Service that unions all over the coun
try have established regular SyStemat
ic procedures for the registering O
their members with the local public
employment offices.
On the other hand, the United State:
Employment Service has given inStruc
tiOnS td every field office TO keep in
touch with local labor headquarters t'
be sure that the union concerned shal
know whenever II contractor want!
men. Managers of the field employ
ment offices not only are told to re
spOnd to union needs and requests, bu
also are directed to take the initiative
i'm enlisting union cooperation i'm theil
localities and to notify labor organi
cations of job openings on union pro
ipctS. Field offices of the public EN-
ployment service are not permitted t'
refer men TO an employer who asks
for non-union men or to any jobs il
which there is Il labor dispute.
This, of course, is in line with fed
eral legislation which guarantees the
right of collective bargaining.
The Employment Service, through
he 800 local field offices which max,
up the nationwide network, is busy
these days i'm efforts to fill the de
mand for skilled workers in war pro
ducion and in finding jobs for The
large number of workers who have
been displaced by the curtailed produc
ton Of consumer goods.
TO deal with the new employment
problems and with greatly enlarged
responsibilities, the government ma
chnery has been strengthened. There
are ~ regional headquarters i'm th'
country, with representatives of th'
United States Employment Service II
each. Each of the II regional Employ
ment Service representatives acts IA
Chairman of the Regional Labor Sup
ply Committee which is composed %
representatives of organized labor, o
industry, and of the public.
This puts the United States Employ
ment Service at the center of wa
production and of responsibility f0
making the labor supply program
work. 1t also makes the local fiel,
employment offices responsible for re
porting Immediately any local situation
where layoffS are in prospect, SO tina
necessary action may be taken by th
| Division of Contract Distribution q
the War Production Board rs we'll n
by the Employment Service In thi
region, which includes Michigan, Obi
and Kentucky, the regional representa-
tive of the United States Employmen
Service Is f.. l.. Keenan,. He is ais
acting chairman of the Regional Inbo
Supply Committee. He has hcadqual
ters in Cleveland.
In its task of finding jobs for dis
! placed non-dcfcnse workers, the Unite
States Employment Service has bee
aided greatly by the occupations,
analysis studies. Thousands of job
have been studied, analysed and dt
Scribcd i'm terms of the trade. Fac
step, process or part of II job has bee
discussed not only with the unions con
cerncd but also with the employers
The important jobs and divisions q
jobs have been classified by their like
ness or relationship to each other an,
assembled in JOB families.
The classification by Job families
is proving especially useful in findin
jobs for workers who have been lai,
Off and in referring workers to plant
which are changing from civilian
goods To war production.
The next few months will witncS
! the conversion of many more plants
! War material manufacturers are brin
urged to train workers who are dis
placed by the closing of civilian good
plants. In this connection, occ,ipationa
analysis Is playing IN increasingly in
portant part. Occupationnl analyst
| field centerS are located in field EN-
tions production is centered.
A worker who has been displaced b.
the closing of the civial goods plant i
which he worked, should register wit
the United States Employment Servic
at the first opportunity, because ther
may be n job in II related occupatio
awaiting him.
Shortages of skilled workers for eS
Sential war occupations already ar
hampering war production. Organize
labor, employers and the government
must join hands in facilitating tn
transfer Of skilled workers from civi
ian to war jobs and all three mus
cooperate in expanding the training O
new workers, subject which will b
| treated in the next article of thi
series.