Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-09-17
An Open Letter To The
Spicer Management
To the Management of the Spicer
Division of the Dana Corporation
Toledo, Ohio
Gentlemen:

responsible people today recognize that both industry
and labor obligation the citizens of their community
History when labor uses force
in the struggle division of indusry's profits the rights
of the really important people-the czensare forgotten
AS whole Toledo's industry and labor have grown to
their obligations to the rest of the community ney
their differences of opinion at the conference table All
sensible people all disputes finally wind up at the
conference table they could have been settled IN the
first place few have to industry labor
Toledo other communities that the con-
of settlement is far more profitable TO all
concerned humane approach to the problem
that to have neat attractive and
prosperous community full employment for the
citizens living there Homes cannot be kept in even fair con-
diOn community where the people are receiving weekly
pay checks only year. All of fear the
disease follow unemployment there
deep to all of when of our leading
industries lays off its employees.
weeks Spicer has laid off well over lOOo en-
ployees with little explanation to why they were laid
they expect be recalled We have heard the
that few orders reduced In volume yet al ne
Company several operations from the
plant plants in other cities owned by the Dana
Corporation
Spicer past washed windows, repaired
floors broken windows cut threaded and laid ppe
ETC. Company policy to
be off the Spcer employees and contract with outside
this The strange part of this
many people doing this work receiving
higher of than Spcer paid them for doing the
ob-and certainly makes additional
profit we'll find myself wondering isn't making
little 'sde money" at the Spicer workers expense
Job after job has been moved out of the Toledo plant into
other plants of the Dana Corporation resulting in the
ayo that exists today Certainly the people employ in the
Toledo plant fully capable of performing the required
operations the people hiring in the other plants
We with you have in the past in laying
off of line of seniority when there has been usable
for doing soor instance, when the older employee
hasn't the ability do the job required But you want
combine certain jobs in such that would, you say,
prohibit your female employees from doing the job under the
state lawesung in their being laid off out of line of SEMI
oriy You certainly that could not to such
procedure for the thing could be number
of jobs in the plant with the final result that seniority would
nothing If the jobs must be combined combine these
that combine those operations
that do allowing seniority to prevail To date you have
settle the existing grievances regarding female
being laid off out of line of seniority certainly
cannot create
Let say in conclusion that in my opinion the Dana
Corporation the moral right to expand its
Ons in other cities with the jobs of the people they had
vouy employed in their Toledo plant The Dana Corporation
has obligation this community to either Immediately
the work from Toledo, Immediately place
enough work in the Toledo plant to furnish employment for
the employees they now have on the seniority list.
hoping will receive immediate reply that
NAL operations starting Then will know that the Dana
Corporation helping building Toledo for its
present and future citizens