Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-07-08
Women's News
And Views
By Odessa Overy
Secretary Women's Bureau
Region 2-B

Region 2-B
With this sweltering weather,
just about got everybody down
and about out, l think that it is
about time to remind our good
people that regardless of this
weather the convention must
still carry on. For without these
conventions, the good rank and
file members would have no set
of rules to abide by. 1t is in
these conventions that a prece-
dent is set up for all of the units
and locals to abide by. Some
people seem to think that the
members only go to these con-
ventions to have a good time.
Well some of them do, and then
again there must be some of
them that are more serious
minded and wish to see the
UAW get farther and farther
ahead. These are the people
that make the rules that govern
all of us. Woe to me. Why should
/ be talking about something
like this, when I know so very
little about it myself. Never be-
ing a delegate to one of these
conventions, l do not have a
voice in one, but still some of us
think that a union is built on
promises and good times, while
others think that they are built
to benefit only a few.
These are a few of the things
that l know are wrong, for it is
a democratic organization and
the delegates are elected by the
rank and file members and they
each represent certain amount
of people, so I think that it is
held to help the majority of the
people.
The choral society will put on
a half hour program on Sunday,
in convention hall. They will all
wear pastel shaded formals with
matching corsages, and white
slippers. This will be a pretty
sight if there ever was one, fol-
if the weather keeps up like
this, l think that the delegates
will need a lift by seeing these
pretty maidens so well at ease
Poise is one of the things that
we are taught in our choral
group. And / think that the girls
do pretty well. Our choral
group are girls that are interest
ed in advancing the women's
end in the union and they
thought that this was a pretty
good way to get the women in
terested in some of the union
activities.
Through this group we have
formed the women's conference
committee, which consists of ap-
proximately 80 girls who all
have a certain phase of work to
do. Some must study up on leg
islature and report back once a
to the group SO that they
will have the knowledge that we
all would like to know but do
not have the time to look into
all phases of it. Others do re-
search on discrimination, united
nations, politics, shop problems,
recreation, education, social Sc
curity, etc. So we have a pretty
well rounded out program. The
women's organization does not
only think of themselves, but
they are ready to help in any
emergency, such as soup kitch-
ems, in the time of strike, help
get the children ready for the
camp, help put on a
Saturdays program of movies
and refreshments, etc. The thing
that the women are trying to put
across is indispensable in the
unions. And l think that the
men have come to realize that
we are right when we say this.
There are many things that the
men call on the women to as
sist them with. Our group of
women consists of women from
all of Region 2-B which takes in
a lot of territory, for in Region
2-B there is Marion, Defiance,
Fostoria, Fremont, Port Clinton,
Sandusky, Lima, Piqua and quite
a few others. So you see that we
10 quite an extensive business.
Any of the women who feel they
are interested enough to join us
are certainly cordially welcome.