Evening star., 1943-05-15
New Job Shift
Program Put
In Effect Here
VINO Acts to Halt
Waste in Turnover,
Needless Migration
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.


A regional stabilization plan
allowing workers to transfer to
hlgher-paying jobs under Ger
tain conditions. but putting new
controls over the movement of
workers from one city to another
went into effect in Washington
and three nearby States at noon
today.
The plan will be in effect here
until a stabilization plan for the
washington area is completed. but
the local plan now in preparation
Will follow the regional pattern.
including controls over migrat ton
OF workers into or out of this area,
war ManpoWer Commission Re-
glonal Director Leo Werts said to-
day.
Purpose Of Regional Plan.
Purpose of the regional plan. Mr..
Werts said, was to eliminate waste
1ul labor turnover, to reduce un-
| necessary migration by encouraging
the full use of labor, to direct
in essential activities in preference
to others. and to obtain the maxi
mum utilization of the manpower
resources under standards protect
ing the rights of all concerned"
Under the plan. workers frozen"
to their jobs through the VINO job
wage freeze order in areas not COW
cred by stabilization plans are now
allowed to transfer to higher paving
jobs under these conditions
The worker is discharged or laid
of for period of more than, week
The worker can establish that his
present employment does not utilize
him at his highest skill or that he is
not being employed at full time.
The worker has compelling per-
sonal reasons" for a change of en-
ployment.
Statement Of Availability.
One of these conditions must be
true before worker can get state
ment of availability, which he must
have in order to transfer from one
essential activity to another. This
statement may come from the en-
ployer or from the local United
States Employment Service
If workers employer refuses to
issue such statement, the worker
may request the USES to act. The
USES, Mr Werts said, is given a
week to decide whether or not such
statement should be issued and,
meanwhile, the worker has to re-
main on his job.
Either the worker or the employer
may appeal from a decision of the
USES under the plan. provided ap-
| peal is filed with the area or re-
gional manpower director within
seven days after the USES decision.
Appeal cases here will be decided
by the Area Management-Labor
Committee. Mr. Werts said.
Essential Activity.
| A worker in an essential activity
cannot go to a less essential activity
| for higher wages unless there is
no full-time job available locally
| for that worker in an essential activ-
| ity.' Before going to the less essen
tial job the worker would have to
go to the USES to make sure that
no jobs in essential activities are
available
Agriculture workers may transfer
from one agricultural activity to
another regardless of wages, but
agricultural workers cannot transfer
to work in agricultural activi-
ties without going through the
USES except in cases of temporary
employment lasting less than Is
DAYS
! Workers in non essential activi-
ties can transfer to essential activi-
ties without statement of availa-
bility, except when they come from
outside the area.
Migration Controls.
New controls, tried out in only one
other region are put on the migra-
ton of workers into and out of this
region. The plan provides that, with
certain exceptions, no employer
shall hire an Immigrant worker ex-
cept through the local USES An
(See JOBS, Page A-4D