Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-08-27
Women's News
And Views
BY Odessa Overy
Secretary Women's Bureau
Region 2-B

Region 2-B
The Electric Auto-Lite com
panies Throughout the United
States and Canada are sure
having t h cir troubles, or
should l say pleasures since
they are causing desentioa
among the various plants and
local units. 1t seems that the
management holds the Toledo
plant executive committee un-
der their wing, at least it
looks like the committee are
sleeping in the same bed with
management. 1t is the only
plant of the Electric Auto-Lite
that didn't get an inequity
raise for the non-production
workers. Just why is it the
only plant that didn't receive
a raise?
There are several issues that
most of the rank and file
members do not understand.
First; some members of the
executive committee are not
in accord with the non-pro-
ruction workers. Secondly the
chairman of our committee
has the people so buffaloed
that they don't know where
they stand, thinking that if
they stick up for their rights
they will either loose their
jobs or else they will be out
on a strike for possibly a
month or so. Thus some of the
non-production workers were
afraid to vote for a strike
even though they know that
we only use this measure to
hold over the company's head
so that they will know that
we are not afraid to voice our
opinion in the matter.
Thus management knew
that the rank and file mem
bers voted against a strike
and therefore that is why they
refused to go along with the
union oflcials. Another way
to look at it is that the other
shops had the international
officers in on all of their ne
go-tiatioas and therefore they
got the better of the deal be-
cause the international will
not sleep in the same bed with
management because they just
aren't born that way. But you
just can't get anywhere If you
are not solidified.
Unity and solidarity is what
built this union and it looks
like there are a few trying to
pull the good CIO apart. But
/ am willing to bet that their
forces are not as strong as
the good people of the union.
One of these days the people
will see the light and then it
will be a different attitude at
the Electric Auto-Lite. 1t was
the delegation to the interna-
tional convention of the To-
ledo Auto-Lite that made a
motion that they set up a
committee to organize the in
incorporation council and
the National Auto-Lite pro-
gram. Then when they get
what they asked for they
must be different so they find
fault of some sort to complain
about. But the management
knows that unless ceeding to
certain demands they are lick
ed if they don't do something
of this sort because the union
is very strong. They pick the
plant that has the most am
bilious people, by ambitious
people l mean people that are
only looking out for them
selves They put on a good
front to make the people
think that they are doing all
in their power to work every
thing out in favor of the peo-
pie but woe and behold they
are just the ones that will ac-
cept all the graft that they
can get their hands on. But
thank the Lord that we still
have some good committee
men yet at the Auto-Lite and
/ hope we have them increas-
ed within another year.
I hope that all of the good
women at the Auto-Lite will
take heed and do a good job
with the poor members of the
Auto-Lite executive commit
teemen. Au Revoir.
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