The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-22
Silicosis
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to take care of their interests the way
they should
1t is about time some of our would
be reformers stop wisecracking about
the defense workers and pay some at
tention to his morale needs. We have
heard a lot about this 'absenteeism,"
but that is only one side of the pic
ture. We have also heard too much
about the super colossal pay they are
making which, when you consider the
long hours they work nowadays Il,
accelerated speed, is not SO colossal.
We were surprised and very inter-
ested to see press report last week
that the Century Woven Label Co. of
Prospect Park, New Jersey had struck
because the company had refused to
pay on an hourly basis instead of
piecewOrk, although they stated it
would not appreciably increase earn
ings.
We wonder the wherefore of it all
and can only surmise the piecewOrll
race has become unbearable.
No slave master is needed where
urge them on, the almighty dollar does
that as a rule, and while piecewOrkers
earn more as a rule the employer re-
ceives two or three times as much
work per day.
We cannot help asking ourselves
| what nc 1vnIlII rpcnivn
piecewOrk if they worked at the same
easy gait as day wage, especially
those who are everlastingly criticiZing
Labor.
Brother Ford reported from Central
Labor Union that the SilicOsis Com
pensation Bill had been killed in com
mittee and could not come up again
till next session or after next NOvem.
ber.
We are sorry to hear this and re-
ferring to the press again we believe
the main aim of this session of tht
legislature has been to get it over as
soon as possible.
We wonder if it is too early to thinl
of what can be done at the next ses
sion to put this needed bill through
and how far Labor will ever get alons
as law making bodies are dominated by
lawyers who feel their bread anC
butter depends on moneyed interests.
Referring again to "Absenteeism'
we wonder if Il little thought alOn;
this line might not be in order for th'
Absenteeism from local union meet
ings. We have quite a percentage O.
old timers who no longer have th'
health and energy to turn out after ;
hard days work Transportation, N
gas, poor bus service, though improve.
from two months ago, general poo
health and fatigue, working next da.
and six days Il week, home dutie.
sickness at home, responsibility o
| young members and a natural desir
to play, all enter into the picture, am
above all the inclination to "Let Georg
; Do It. and perhaps he is making sucl
good job of it that the ma jority ar
. well satisfied.
!; We do not think fines are tn
| answer and we would rather hav
Itdllt lHltItSlct iicIllDtIS tHttll III St
onces but we have never tried it an
| so cannot speak from experience.
; We hate to fine one of our brother
for any cause and we would rathe
reason with him to the extreme limit
: Surely he realizes that what we try t
do is only for his own ultimate goo
and if a person is blind to their ow
interests it is hard to force them {
see, though it might be done if the
would attend the meetings and lear
} first hand what we strive to accon
plish.
Sorry to read that hero Eddie"
still using his prestige to vilify labo
and afraid he will do us Il lot G
/. harm, as there are SO many who d,
/ sire to keep the workers as low Il
= possible and there are many of tn
workers themselves who do not sc
where it is all leading.-O.C. 45.