Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-07-09
Women's News And Views
By ODESSA OVERY
Secretary, Women's Bureau Region 2-B

The crucial time of the year is again at
hand when most of the shop contract commit
tees are in negotiations trying to get a pro-
posed contract which will meet the satisfaction
of the rank and file members, which is very
hard thing to do, especially at the larger shortS
Smaller shops, and some of the larger units
have completed their contracts.
AT our shop they never start to negotiate
until our contract has expired, leaving the rank
and file in sad state of turmoil, knowing that
in reality we are really working without con-
tract even though the company does extend our
time. 1t is sad affair to think that our So
called committee is so lax that they can't get
around to negotiate sooner.
l see that the Blade photographer was at
the Local IL choral practice last Monday even
ing, it looks like we are getting some recogni-
ton after all Officers have been chosen for
the choral group. They are; Amelia Berning,
charlady; Emma Weaver, active secretary;
Dorothy Mann, publicity; Rosetta Crandall and
Jennie Delaney, contactors Emma Weaver,
treasurer and Odessa Overy, librarian. These
officers are taking an active part in seeing tb =
the girls attend practice regularly and to tae(1
some of the burden off of the officers of the
women's committee which was taking charge
of all the activity. This will ease up the pres
sure that l had to carry. We hope you girls
like your newly elected officers and that we
can by the cooperation of all the girls make
this a growing organization, instead of in name
only.
The women's conference committee had
their regular monthly meeting last Wednesday
evening and it was put aside for there was not
a quorum present Now girls do you call this
cooperation. Well l certainly don't with only
three meetings before our conference and so
much to plan. We were thinking about having
an ice cream social on the Local IL lawn to
raise funds to help defray the expense of the
conference but we can't even get quorum
to make such plans Now girls know that you
want to be part of this as well as l, but we
are pressed for time. Aren't we all
I never seen anything that takes up tl,o
much of persons time as the labor move
ment The days could be just again as long to
be able to do the thing justice. But girls we
want to be able to stand on our own two feet
and fight for our rights. But we are not going
to be able to do this if we don't start to doing
it right now. If we want to make our confer
ence better than the last one, we are going to
have to step livelier.
The Detroit conference of women was such
tremendous success that we are going to have
to go some in order to supersede it and we sure
don't want them to get ahead of us, for this
was their first conference and to have them
have better one than us, which we have had
four already would be murder. Another thing
to think about is that we have the full support
of our own international vce-president Rich
ard Gosser, who is in full accord with the
women's conference. He certainly wouldn't
want the Detroit women to get ahead of a
even though there are some women in our ~
region that would like to see Detroit get ahead
of Toledo. But as far as I'm concerned Richard
Gosser is true blue philanthropist and there
is no way of getting around it although there
are lot of people that are trying to make him
look like he was a national association OF
manufacturers officer. There are some officers
in our local units that might as well be big
business man for they do just as big business
wishes them to do. They fulfill their every
wish. then the company calls them democratic,
This is laugh AHA Au revoir.