Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-15
Women's News
And Views
BY Odessa Overy
Secretary WOmen's Bureau
Region 2-B

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Region 2-B
THE SHOP meeting is the basic
Il element of trade unionism.
For it is in the shop meeting
that the problems of the workers
are solved, or should be solved.
1t is the stewards upon whom
the main responsibility rests for
solving these problems.
Questions of discrimination
which arise in the shop must al
so be answered by the stewards.
There is much coniving still 60
ing on is some of the shops. With
this in mind the National Labor
Service now has in preparation
manual for stewards. A man
ual to show educational directors
and stewards how best to take
the materials available in the
fight against discrimination and
integrate them into the problem
of the union. The best education
al material in the world does no
good to anybody if it stays in
closet in the union hall, or in
the desk drawer in your own
home. The new national Labor
Service manual will help bring
materials out of the closets and
into the lives of the union men,
bers.
Anti-discrimination and griev-
ance committees clearly demon
strates the labor movements
sense of responsibility toward
its members. Here the problems
of the union members are dis
cussed by the committee men,
bers and ADEQUATE solutions
worked out within the frame
work of the union itself.
Increasing number of units are
setting up anti-discrimination
committees on national, state,
and local levels. These deal with
upgrading, seniority rights and
similar questions. In addition,
such committees can be the basis
for carrying on an active educa-
tional program against discrimi-
nation and prejudice.
The National Labor Service
offers its assistance to any un-
ion desiring to establish an anti
discrimination committee. Ad-
vice is available on setting up
a.. and carrying out programs, as
well as supplying the education
al materials necessary to make
effective and lasting programs.
Discrimination is not only for
the colored folks to take notice
but there are more women then
any of the other folks, that are
Disseminated against, the people
just can't get it through their
heads that the women are equal
with the men, and that they wish
to be treated as such. And there
has been a lot of conniving in
this line too with the women in
the shop and their supervisors.
All of the techniques used by
the labor movement in fighting
discrimination were given a
searching, scientific and human
analysis. Every trade unionist
interested in the field of work
ers education can derive a great
benefit from the work of the
National Labor Service.
The National Labor Service
makes available cartoon mats
for Labor papers, comic books,
comic strips, display material,
films and film strips, pamphlets,
posters, pre-cut cartoon stencils,
radio scripts and recordings, re-
prints, speakers, and turn over
talks. So make use of these
things that are availble to you
and see what you can gain by
them with a little effort on your
own.
Even these things as fair prac-
tice should be looked into by
some of our good union officers,
for they too discriminate as
much as regular employee, and
| do believe that some of them
know what they are doing when
they do things like this, but they
just want to run the whole thing
the way that they want to. In.
other words they are getting too
big for their job, and / think
that the women should be doing
something about all of this.
Some of the people that support
ed these people do not know the
'goings on of these people that
are supposed to represent them,
or hold an office in their local