Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-03-25

questioned a worker as to "wh,
labor unions are raising such
hew-and-cry about the 'right-to
work bill that has been introduced
| in the Ohio Legislature?"
He wanted to know if the union.
are trying to take away the work
ers' constitutional rights and priv
ileges.
1t became quite evident the
gentleman was completely sincere
yet he simply was not aware o.
the real meaning and intent o.
the proposed right-to-work bill.
So the worker pointed out lov
the bill would affect all workers
in the state even though the legis
lation was primarily aimed at Ohio
labor unions. The bill would not
provide work for those seeking
employment and violates several
freedoms of the American work
ingman.
/. The bill would outlaw the
Union Shop which has been basic
part of the American Trade Union
movement since its kerry begin
ming.
Q. Permit courts to prohibit all
picketing, even peaceful picketing
3. Make it a criminal offense,
punishable by heavy fines for a
worker to honor picket line. In
other words, worker would be
| guilty of a crime if he refused to
walk through picket line.
4. Make it crime to picket a
plant for the purpose of organic
ing it.
5. Make it a crime to refuse to
work on goods made by strike.
breakers.
6. Failure to abide by these pro-
visions of the bill would result in
fines of not less than $10O or more
! than $1,000, and these fines would
be multiplied by each day of the
alleged offense.
When he heard this, the busi-
nessman shook his head in dis.
belief and admitted he had been
fooled by the title of the bill.
after hearing your side of the
issue / must admit that I can't
blame the workers of Ohio for
raising so much noise about a law
which would virtually cripple their
unions" said the businessman
quietly.
Local 497 March Membership
Meeting will be held in our union
hall this Sunday, March 81 at
pm. This should prove an interest
ing and important meeting. 1t will
be your last official chance to dis
cusS the issues that are to come
before the 18th Constitutional Con.
vention that is being held in Cleve.
land next week. Many local labor
issues will be discussed.
1t may be true that ants are the
hardest workers known, but they
seem to find plenty of time to at
tend all picnics.
Another sure sign of Spring -
meeting of the Little League will
be held Monday, March % at pm
in the Catholic School Auditorium
for all players and prospective
players, boys between the ages o1
8 and twelve, and their parents
Since Local 497 is to sponsor /;
Little League Team again thi,
year, our Recreation Chairman
Joe Blaskis, will see that we ars
represented at this meeting.
Only few weeks ago we sale
our "goodbyes" to our former
Plant Superintendent John Sunder
land who took position else
where. Now another good man, Al
KEFFER, is going to leave us. He
too, has accepted a position with
another company.
AL has been with us since "48'
and has done good job. He is vel
liked by the people throughout the
plant, especially those directly
connected with the jobs he super
vised. AL is the type of person wht
treats people with friendly respec
whether they are from the produc
tion lines or from top management
We don't believe in holding
good man down. So we wish Mr.
keffer every success in his new
job and hope he is given the chanc,
to use his "know-how" and is giver
full credit for his achievements il
his new position.
Just as we were writing this
news came that three more gooC
men of key positions in this Por
Clinton Division have resigned
They are: Ray MCGEE, our com
petent accounting supervisor VIII,
is also most ikeable man; tha
brilliant Mathematician, Aaron Un
gerer, our master mechanic; anc
Duane Erney of cost accounting
We hear Mr.. Erney has taken
position at E.O.D.
Local 497 members as well a