Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-18
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LABOR VIEWS


unit - even discussing such "a
thing caused great furor. People
throughout the area, asked, and
even management moaned, WHAT
are you people trying to do to
these newly promoted foremen who
have worked for so many years as
an hourly rated employee. Now,
are you going to allow them to
lose their seniority rights if they
should ever return TO the bargain
ing unit?"
Of course our local union did
no such thing and still today when
ever foreman is returned by man
agement to the bargaining unit ne
automatically uses his seniority
rights. But | point this out as a
good example of how well estab-
lished the seniority principle is in
industry and how the people both
in AID out of industry in this com
munity seem to know the true
merits and value of the seniority
principle.
Here's what a neutral source,
The Research Institute of America
has to say on Seniority
"The Seniority principle is well
established in industry as a gov
erning factor in laying off and re-
hiring processes, as well as in
many other job relationships. Sen
iority systems do insure a feeling
of fairness and loyalty and mini
mize charges Of favoritism and dis
elimination.
"To the employee these
clauses represent security and pro
lection from discrimination"
Even to the employer - Sen
iority systems carefully worked out
at the conference table and adj
miniStered in good faith HAVE
WORKED OUT VERY WELL.
Can you imagine wealthy COM
pany forcing its workers to strike
in order to gain such basic rights
as provided in the well proven
seniority system.
Imagine wealthy company
forcing its workers to strike to OBJ
tain such a well-established prin-
ciple as time and half pay when
ever the company directs them to
work on any of the two Sabbath
days Saturday and Sunday.) Work
scheduled for such days indicate
that business is abundant and it
follows that such company can GER
tainly afford the time and half pay
to help compensate when the work
er is compelled to work on a Sab
bath.
These principles are so widely
accepted by industry today that it
is like trying to set the clock back
about twenty years when a com
pany quibbles and forces a strike
rather than institute them as a
part of modern and progressive
industry.
Twenty girls were laid-off at
Standard Products the first part of
the week. This brings the last SEN
iority date for the women to Nov.
7, 1945.
They say it takes 5000 bolts to-
hold car together and one nut
to scatter it all over the country!
The Senate has voted to pay
Baltimore war veteran $500, be-
cause a year after he had been
discharged from John Hopkins
Hospital, it was discovered a 80 by
18 inch towel had been sewn up
in his stomach after an operation
DID you ever stop to think -
that the Average UAW member
derives $136 in CASH BENEFITS
for EACH 81 in dues. This is the
way you figure it as was explained
at the Education Conference in
Washington:
Through your union you have
won = 7 PAID HOLIDAYS = cash
value $126
You won - PENSIONS - CAV
erage Company Contribution per
worker per year) ,....... .-........ $24O
Through your union came Wage
INCREASES = Average Annual
Value 1000 hours at $1.65 per