The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-04
Less Turnover If
Conditions Are Good

WASHINGTON. = Approx
imately twenty-six definite causes,
slngly or in combination, may
cause heavy labor turnover in
American war plants, the Owl
reported this week.
Information supplied by the
War Production Drive Head
quarters, the War Manpower
Commission and the Depart
ment of Labor's Bureau of La
Dor Statistics show that many
of the causes are familiar ones
i'm industrial circles while 9TH
ers are new and often seem
ingly trivial.
Natural desire to obtain a job at
better wages continues to be major
motivating factor for quitting. An
other reason is feeling on the part
of the worker that he is not doing
enough for the war effort-even
though he may be working in war
plant
A worker may quit his job because
there seems to be no opportunity for
advancement; another may feel that
the job gives no chancee to express
his ideas and that, therefore, his abil-
ity is going unrecognized. Poor
health causes some quits. A worker
often quits because he cannot find
adequate housing or because he gets
tired of battling his way long dis
tanceS on crowded street cars and
buses. He may not like his hours, his
working conditions or his foreman.
He may consider his work too haz-
ardous. These are the long familiar
reasons for workers quitting.
Then there are the newer, lesser
known but just as potent reasons.
If worker is a stranger i'm town,
he may become restless and un-
happy because of a lack of social
contacts or recreation after work.
He often becomes discouraged be-
cause of enforced delays, layoffs or
work interruptions which he does
not understand even though they
may be justified.
There may not be proper feeding
facilities near the plant. The worker
may consider the war "in the bag"
and want to find a more permanent
peacetime job. And then some men
are naturally restless and periodically
get the urge to pull up stakes and
look elsewhere for a job.
Women have a whole set of rea-
sons of their own for leaving, such
as the desire to join a husband i'm
service or inability to cope with the
double job of housekeeping and
working. Women often take jobs
to get money for a specific purpose
and quit when they have earned
enough.
Women quit to get married or to
have baby. Some decide their chill.
dren need more than part-time care.
Lesser known reasons influencing wo-
men but just as contributory to turn
over are lack of proper sanitary ia
cilitieS, the fact that there is not
enough time for shopping, shock at
finding that war work is often hard
work, and promotional discrimina-
ton against women
War ManpOwer Commission re-
ports show that, because of wide
spread turnover, war plants are
finding it necessary to hire II
workers to get a net employment
increase of three for every 100 en-
pIoyed.
The shift of workers from one
job to another has always been
natural tendency in industry VINO
officials point out However, it now
becomes imperative, VINO asserts,
for workers in essential activities to
stay on their jobs if we are to meet
production schedules required for
military and necessary civilian de-
mandS.
The only types of turnover en-
couraged, VINO states, is the, trans
fer of workers from less es sential
industries into war-usefui jobs.