Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-03-08
It's News
To Me
By 0. J. Pecord
UNION EDUCATION


of crying needs times tie labor
ment is adequate educational program
which will into the shops touch ev member of
the union
While Congress Industrial Organizations doing
remarkable job turning number Of educational and
Informative booklets the job of educating union membership
to be effective must be accomplished at the Local Union and
shop level
Practical work is being done by the Political Action
mtee but the of its work. PAC possibly
than an arm the educational program
be done before have enlightened and purposeu
labor movement.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Every Union should have an educational program
directed by competent and well trained educational director
To have less is miss the mark and place union education
upon hit and miss basis
One the things that every is entitled to
receive from his union opportunity understand the
behind his organization He has the right be able
to advance himself in the economic thinking Of his organization
and to far as his ability will permit
Labor unions which do not have well rounded program
providing their members with opportunities
not only missing the boat but guilty of neglecng their
membership in denying them something they should and must
have
It is for the union to accept the members in
tation fee and monthly dues
Any union which believes it is composed of truly union
minded members because succeeds getting the workers
increases, better hours better working conditions and
satisfactory grievance settlements is only deceving itself
We take people into the unions physically but we
consider member union member until he reaches
the point where he knows what the union is all about.
Too many union members look upon their union a
Of orifed slot machine They put in their dollar pull the
the union something apart They fail to realize that
they the union look upon the union
chine which grinds benefshigher hours the
other gains which the unions expected their
members.
MENTAL UNIoNISM
We have too many physical union members and too few
who mentally organized This scarcely needs elaboration
the light what observed since the the
Thousands of members who worked plants
belong to the union during the showing
that they merely duespayng members who
Joined the union either because they working closed
shop union membership of the conditns of
pigment they figured that they derive
fife bv n0ff THAR
These are people up considerable segment
the collectively make that which
public opinion And they not all the side of the labor
They the people who say, II belong
union" when in reality, the union belonged them.
They thought their dues dollar bought organization
BEGIN NOW
During the when the unions enmeshed in
tape briefs Board handicapped
insufficient competent leaders
fered
Today, there is longer 70
Local Union having educational
the people who tied in the details of
union freer than they Many minded
who in the Army either out
Now is the time for Local Unions formulate their plans
for planned and purposeul educational program Now
time really begin educate the need is great
and the time grows short
Until the educational activities of the unions are
same plane of their other activities many
will be members in only The TO themselves
to their members the public enghten and educate their
people in the deeper significance and the labor
ment ~