The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-02-18
Labor News From Brituin

the layout OF the shop causes unnec-
essary truck Journeys. Perhaps cast
| ings leave the foundry In such a state
as to cause unnecessary machining. Or
small patches, resulting in frequent
setting up and breaking down Of jobs
on machines. Then there Is the Incl
dent of industrial accidents: injured
workers are not much help to prOduc
! ton It's the employers job to provide
safety devices, and it's the workers
Job to use them Joint Production
COMMITTEES should encourage safety
precautions, says, the Quiz, particular
ly among young workers who are most
prone to accidents.
Work OF District Committees
Trade Unions District Production
Committees are being formed now in
every engineering district. Five repre-
Sentatves of the Amalgamated En-
gineering Union, five representatives Of
the Confederation Of Shipbuilding and
Engineering Union, and one representa-
Foundry OWrkers and the Association
of Engineering and Shipbuilding
Draughtsmen, constitute District
Production Committee
Their main job is to initiate the set
ting up of Joint Production Committees
assist their activities, and to see that
production difficulties which cannot be
settled inside the workship shall be
brought in proper form to the Regional
authorities-that is, the Regional Pro
ductiOn Boards. On these Regional
of Trade Unions, and three Of EN-
plOyers' organizations, along with
representatives of the Ministry of Pro
ductiOn. There are eleven of these Re
gional Boards, each meeting under the
craftsmanship of full-time Regional
Controller, and one of the three trade
uniOnists is yice-chairman of each
Board.
Then there are two National Bodies
linked up with this regional and work
shop Joint Production machinery. One
Of these bodies set up by the TUG.
functions as National Advisory Com
mittee for the engineering and ship
building industries. Six of it's members
represent the TUG. General Council
and the Unions have appointed six rep
: resentatives from the engineering
trades to constitute this advisory body
The Trade Union vice-chairmen of the
Regional Boards also sit in with this
Committee from time to time.
Minister'S Advisers
The other National Body is called
. the National Production Advisory
} Council. 1t is Government committee
1t meets regularly and often under the
: craftsmanship of She Minister of Pro
ductiOn. 1t is composed of six TUG
members and six employer members
together with one vice-chairman from
each of the Regional Boards. Repre-
sentatives of other Government De
partments, Nabor, Supply, Admiralty
Works and Planning, and so ON attend
as required. This is the Council which
: advises the Minister on general pro
duction problems, and on production
difficulties which come up from the
Regional organization.
So that is a complete picture of thu
set-up of production organization. The
10000 active trade union members OF
this democratic system in industry are
reminded in the TUG Quiz that they
are links in the production chain con
Meeting the men at the benches witt
the men in the War Cabinet: and al
: every link the workers are represented
through their Trade Unions.
, But machinery won't work without
motive power" says the Quiz. "Tht
aim of each Joint Committee (whethei
local, regional or natiOnaD should Dt
to consider problems as a Committee
, and not as two sides of Il joint body
The attitude should be: Here is &
difficulty; what can we do about it!
Not: We mustn't tell 'em that, OF
they'll want so and So or We are moi
l going to let 'em get away with that.
In other words: Achievement for To
day, not Tomorrow, by team work
not tension