Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-02
JOB STABILIzATION
CHANGES THE OUTLOOK


tion plan is one of those things whose
technicalities and details frghten off the
average individual before he has had a
chance to let its full import come home,
Yet many later mental shock OF
gigantic proportions can be aVerted II a
large percentage of the population real
ICES right now that this employment
stabilization is not just another program
which affects somebody else.
Right now everybody, employe and
employer alike, in % broadly defined
fields of activity is affected. From all
indications, millions more are likely to
be taken In as the program broadens out
after its initial operation has been COM
pletely tested.
In general terms, this seems to be the
gist of the stabilizatiOn plan:
If you are an emplOye in any OF the ~
vital industries, you cannot leave your
job without your employers PERMISSION
or the permission of the War ManpoWer
Commission or its agents.
If you are an employer in any of these
% industries, you cannot hire any per
son who does not have an availability
certificate from his former employer or
the War Manpower Commissions repre-
sentatives In Imperial Valley, as in most
places, the United States Employment
Service is designated agent of the man
power commission to act in this respect:
Those, as we said, are the provisions OF
the stabilization plan in broadest out
line. In detail it is made up of many
provisions, such as these, taken at ran
dom:
AN employe desiring to move to a
new job shall apply while remaining on
his current job for a certificate OF avail
ability
"In the event an employer refuses to
grant to the employe c. or the employer
contests the advisability OF having the
employe transfer from one job to an
other, the employe shall remain on the
Job (until prescribed methods OF
review have been utiliZed)
THE EMPLOYER MUST
WATCH HIS STEP, TOO
More excerpts from the employment
sterilization plan:
at shall be the responsibility OF the
employer to prevent the layoff or dis
charge of any emplOye except when
necessary because of the circum-
stances and conditions beyond the con-
troll of the employer ...'
ANY employe whose services are
terminated may protest such termlna-
tion and seek reinstatement with back
n
1t is impossible in this space to give
clear outline of all the terms and condl-
tions of the stabilization plan, and all
the safeguards included in it, but one
thing is apparent from the excerpts
quoted above This is a plan with teeth
in it. 1t is not something which can be
disregarded with safety by either en-
ployer or employe.
The best advice we can give under the
circumstances is,
To employees Find out from your
employer or from the United States En-
ployment service where you stand, be-
fore you quit your job or dicker for
new one.
To employers: Find out where you
stand, also, before you either discharge
or hire anyone.
One fact shows through the history OF
the Russian people-that their ideal has
been the brotherhood of man. | do not
speak of any political or economic Sys-
TEN; | refer to a divine longing OF the
soul for freedom, Justice and fellowship.
Alfred B. Mirovitch, lecturer.
Dirty fighters. There's no other name
for it when pilot bailing out OF plane
in a parachute is riddled full of holes.
Lynn Hurst, former Flying Tiger.
N.,l H.. W..s