Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-28
DoehIer- Jarvis Unit
Accepts New Contract
Continued from Page l

wage increase of &c per hour Tor
all employees for the next four
wears. These increases shall go
into effect automatically on May
1st of each year.
4. A Cost-of-Living clause is
carried in the new agreement
which regulates wages in ac-
cordance with the figures issued
by the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics. Dept. of Labor. AT the mo-
ment this Cost-of-Living incre-
ment is Sc per hour, however,
the rise in the cost of living
during the past several weeks
indicates that Doehler workers
will be granted an additional
&c per hour increase effective
Sept. 4th.
S. The new agreement pro-
vides for rautomtic progression
with the first five labor grade
rate ranges. This, of course,
means additional wage increases
to all of the newer people with
in these labor grades.
6. Hundreds of non-incentive
workers who have not been re-
ceiving the SO non-incentive
bonus will now get this increase
on top of their regular wage in
crease. This alone means increas-
es ranging from SC to l0c per
hour.
7. In a number of jobs, for
example Casting Operators, Die
Makers, etc, skere have been
two labor gr@lSes-probationary
lower labor grades and the regu-
lar labor grades. In all such
cases the lower labor grades
have been eliminated.
8. Literally scores of jobs
were upgraded both on an intra
and inter plant basis. By the up
grading of these jobs-in certain
instances like the Die Settlers ir
Batavia and the Masons in the
Pottstown plant, ETC., thee up.
gradipgs amounted to two labor
grades. Actually this meant ad.
ditional wage increases for these
people ranging from &c per hour
to 16c per hour.
Bulk Of People Raised More
Than DC
The National Doehler Council,
estimates that close TO 800 OF
the people covered by the new
agreement received more thar
the &C per hour general wage
increase. This, of course, does
not take into consideration the
expected Cost-of-Living increase
of &c per hour that, according to
all present indication, our people
shall receive on Sept. 4th.
In addition TO all this there
were some slight Improvement
in our shift premium pay; i'm
provement also in the overtime
provisions of the new agreement
the Call-in-Pay provision (nov
set at flat four hour guaran.
tee) and modification in the
Holiday Pay eligibility rules ir
favor of our people.
The Pension Plan
The new agreement provides
for fully funded Pension Plar
TO cover all employees in the
bargaining unit. Vice President
Richard Gosser, assisted by ex-
perts from our UAW-CIO Social
Security Dept, led the negotia.
tions for the Pension Plan. The
Plan itself is hailed as the out
standing Pension Program in
the country. Briefly it provides
for pensions of $l00 per month
including primary social security
benefits. This sum will be in
creased to Sl12.50 per month
with the expected increase In
social security benefits to be pro-
vided by Congress. The Plan
further provides for pensions OF
$l25 per month in case there
is further rise in the federal
social security benefits.
Retirement age IS set at 65
years, but employees may work
up to their 69th birthday and
II lacking 25 years of service
continue 10 accumulate credits
for their pensions up TO that
time. Pensions privileges shall
acrue TO workers on a proper
tional basis after ten years OF
service with the company. The
Pension Plan also provides for
disability protection. Workers
who retire shall carry with them
for the first year OF their retire
ment, their regular SO, 900 group
life insurance policy. After the
first year of retirement, this
policy becomes 81, 500 and at the
third year it is continued for life
as a paid up policy of $4,000 life
insurance policy fully paid for by
the company.
The Pension fund, which cost
the company approximately 7C
per hour per employee, is placed
In the hands of a Trustee, the
Chemical Bank and Trust Co
OF New York City. The Trustee
is charged with the proper in.
vestment and management o1
the fund.
However, there will be q
Board of Administration made
up OF six Union and six Com.
manu-