Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-28
What's S New?
BY Edward J. Duck
Journal Columnist

When Detroit opened its first coop supermarket store
the membership drive had been carried ESQ volunteer
organizers, mostly UAW-CIo members.
Likewise with the drives in Flint Pontiac and Lansing,
These automotve towns Other unions aided proportion
ately The president of the Flint coop AFL
The Toledo plan includes this procedure We must have
and every plant serving volunteer
organizers People waiting join the Toledo Coop Some
one must be in that plant department give them an ap
plcation
We build at least supermarket owned and
operated by those who profits being d
vded among Saving eight to per
groceries and meats isn't bad is it? Pontiac did the very
first year.
In WHY'S Overland Auto-Lite spcer Champion Spark
Plug and DeVbiss there are enough potential
Stamping Toledo Steel Tube swartzbaugh City Machine
Tool and Maher Spring there enough people with families
to at least two stores Local IA has enough
bershp support three Lbbey owensFord Local
of the Flat Glass Workers already speaking of the Coop
putting up store in that part of East Toledo.
Think over We've got the potential membership
in the various unions Toledo to establish cooperative
somewhere the first planned Toledo where
it will be close number of factories including of
the largest in the city If we get volunteer organizing COM
mee the job in each shop office build six stores
in time at all
s25 in the Pontiac coop found
turned 36 times single for groceries and
other merchandise Each time the money used made
At the end of the the investor averaged between
S72 and $50 for his investment he still owned the S25
share of stock to work for him like that during the following
year
haven't met the good guardian angel has said he
to build supermarket stop the chain from
ing and supplying upermarkets belongs because the
supermarke will belong
How is the drive going far? Wonderful but everyone
isn't doing the job that doing lot of unions and
units voted donate the equivalent dime
to help finance the of the campaign In fact
has yet refused to donate.
Many units and locals have invested in preferred stock
Why not? Preferred stock three annual dv
dend which is whale of lot than the bank will
Some have voted the donation but couldn't afford the stock
subscription of dollar per member
However cannot possibly all the meetings the
short of time have to do the job
first spring So the leaders of each local
unit should to their membership the things have
asking namely the dime donation the dollar
unit stock subscription if the treasury money
vigorous organizing campaign bring the individual $25
lifetime memberships
There is most important job be done Each shop
office should have organizing committee already signing
the members If shop hasn't contact officers
Serve such committee possible All there it
take application book and sign the and in
department neghborhood for that matter You
will be doing them favor and you'll be helping to
store but half Dozen
you don't know where to application pick up
telephone receiver and dial LAwndae 9813 Mrs
Gone Smith, secretary Coop Toledo She'll
that you're taken of.
Also why not attend the meeting Saturday afternoon
100 p M at the Toledo Public Library Michigan
Adams January 29th Righey explain the whole
idea and program? It's to anyone everyone
about it on the first page of this edition