Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-17

so that a cold draft won't blow
on the employees working in
that vicinity. This has not been
too successful. Now, on January
oath, the condition was extreme
ly bad and the employees told
me it was too cold and drafty to
sit there and work. My answer
to them was, "If it is too bad for
you to work, and it is detrimen-
tai to your health, the best thing
to do is move and l will notify
the assistant foreman so he can
get the maintenance men up
here to correct the situation"
This l did, but we're standing
in front of the office for one
hour. Some girls were told to
sign up for doWntime, the others
took it for granted that their
time would be ok'd at the end
of the day if the assistant fore
man did not assign them to any
other available work which was
his privilege.
At the end of said day, the as
sistant foreman was told by
John Beiswenger not to ok. the
downtime for the people in ques-
ton.
So, on January 25th, l, Eng
lish Borglin, steward in D, turn
ed in written grievance for
average pay for the amount of
time lost. When it got into the
hands of ''Mr." Beatty, he i'm
mediately called Al Kengott,
our chairman, on the phone and
said it was not a justified griev-
ance so the chairman made an
appointment for the Executive
Committee to meet with man
agement regarding this griev-
ance. At the meeting Mr.. H. B.
only knew about half of the
facts. They kicked it around un-
til about 200 pm. February 1st
and on this day, Chet Hughes,
Herman Missler, night commit
man were paid overtime and Al
Kengott, Joe Emch, Cap An
drews and Cas- Sobczak were
paid straight time and If Ralph
Young and Paul Justus had not
been sick, they would have been
paid also in addition to the time
j. H. Beatty and John Beiswen-
ger spent in the Conference
Room. After meeting for an hour
the meeting adjourned without
a satisfactory answer, written or
otherwise.
The next day AL Kengott call
ed Beatty and asked him for his
answer. During the conversa-
ton "Mr." Beatty said that Leon
ard Borglin has something per-
sonal against Mr.. Stranahan and
that was why there was so much
fuss. Believe you me, l have
nothing personal against MIR.
Stranahan whatsoever.
l filed this grievance in line
of duty. incidentally, l have been
a steward for three years and
this is the first written griev-
ance l have ever turned in. l
also heard that during this
phone conversation that Mr..
Beatty used a cuss word, not
very becoming l would say.
On February 10th approx
mately $40 had been spent to
keep from paying the aggrieved
employees approximately SIS. Is
that GOOD bargaining?
The company knows that the
condition was bad on that day
because Mr.. Bates, Mr.. Soden,
Walter McCamanon, Art Barnes,
Arthur Decker and two men
from the company who installed
the ventilating system were
called in to try and correct the
Now if it had not been
serious, why did they call all
these men in and why did the
people complain to me about the
cold draft? There must have
been reason!
This condition was a direct
of the contract, see Ar
ticle w, Section 4 and page 33.
One more thing seems very
peculiar. Why did a percentage
Of these people get paid and the
others didn't? | think it is as
plain as the nose on my face, Mr..
Beatty has a personal feeling to-
wards me instead of me towards
Mr.. Stranahn.
If this grievance cannot be set
led between the management
md our committee, ! am deter
mined to see that it is put in the
leXt stage and that will mean
additional expense.
A few weeks ago the company
ent out pamphlet enclosed
With the company news and it
vas headed "It's Your Federal
Government" and sew veral
phrases come to the point about
he United States government
laving a lot to learn about per-
onnel relations and procure
nent. 1t also says that their en-
'loyees are inefficient, careless
nd disinterested. 1t said, fur
her, that it takes seven months
If red tape, hearings, etc, to dis
harge an incompetent employee.
think our company should in