Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-10-02
LOCAL 497, UAW-clo
STEVE ]. NoVAk, PRES.

Local ACT is proud of the work
done by our Safety Committee. II
is our purpose to be alert to haz'
ardous conditions or practices and
to report same to management for
correction. Many of our members
have come up with good ideas for
improving safety practices. In this
column not long ago was publish
ed "Tips on Safety" written by
Frances Brough who was very
conscientious safety committee
member.
Monday morning Frances Brough
resigned as a member of our Safe
ty Committee. We know of no one
who has been more safety-minded
or contributed more to the Com
mittee and Company than she.
Frances is resigning stated that
she was compelled to do so be-
cause of the lack of cooperation
On the part of some of the fore
men In Jne plant.
We regretfully accepted her res
ignation. 1t is indeed shame that
conscientious safety member in
presenting good suggestions for
safety in the plant is greeted with
sarcasm rather than respect and
the needed cooperation to correct
the hazard.
Our Division Manager, Mr. E. A.
Norris, in an August 81, 1858
Between Ourselves" letter stress
ed the Importance of safety. Mr..
Norris pointed out that as a team
management and the workers can
prevent accidents and he went
further to ask, and we quote, "if
you (the worker. know how safety
can be improved, give your super
visor the benefit of your knowl-
edge"
Mr.. Norris letter is to be COM
mended and states clearly that the
Management is dedicated to i'm
proving safety in the plant. With
this in mind it is difficult to un-
derstand why some of the fore
men here retain such a sarcastic
attitude toward safety suggestions
that come from the workers.
This attitude on the part Of
foremen act as stumbling block
and it is doubtful that much will
be done toward improving safety
until that block is removed.
We sincerely trust that Manage
ment will take steps to bring
their foremen in line with the
Company's outstanding ideals Of
safety as defined by Mr.. Norris in
his excellent letter.
George Carr is on his fourth
week off work, suffering from a
broken leg caused when he step
ped on faulty flooring while per-
forming his duties as fireman at
Standard Products. George is at
home now with his leg in a cast
and he is receiving many get well
wishes from his fellow-workers.
Lawrence Lucas has been ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy left on
the Safety Committee when Fran
ces Brough resigned.
Sickness, impending operations
and injuries kept several of our
most faithful members from at
tending our Membership Meeting
Sunday. At the same time it was
good to see several new faces at
the meeting and to hear these
members take part in discussions.
Lambert Dodway has entered
Good Samaritan Hospital in San
dusky for throat operation.
Clarence Fralick this week is un-
der observation at Magruder Hos
pital.
Thomas Kinney, International
Representative for this district is
confined to his home this week
suffering an attack of flu.
Tony Cipiti, one of Standard
Products Oldest employees is sick
and off work this week. We cer-
tainly hope he is feeling better.
Brown industries
Under provision of the Taft
Hartley Law, Brown Industries,
Inc, of Sandusky was able to OBJ
tain a restraining order against
the UAW-CIO, whose Local 1893
have been on strike for six weeks
now.
The order was issued in Com
mon Pleas Court in Sandusky Sat.
urday and bans the union from
interfering with employees enter
ing Or leaving the plant and lin.
its pickets to two at each en-.
trance.
The action was taken by Brown
Industries although the union
pickets have been orderly and
peaceful.
Local 393 is striking to bring