Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-05-18
STEVE j. NovAK, PRES.
LOCAL 497, JAW.

been bomborded with propaganda
that attempts to make laug hing
stock of their union. / doubt that
it actually has any effect on the
workers except perhaps to lessen
the chances of working out salts
factory labOr-management relation
ship. When a Company shows no
respect for the. union which the
workers together have formed or
the officers which the workers
themselves elected - then that
company shows no rspect for their
workers at all.
We know the Gypsum workers
to be good workers. Through the
years we have worked and lived in
the same community. Meeting
them on the street, in the grocery
stores or waiting in doctors OIL
flee - wherever we chance to
meet, workers naturally do talk
shop. Almost without exception |
find the Gypsum worker is proud
of his job and of the good quality
of their products, but for a long
time now he has been discomfort
with his wages. The Gypsum prod
ucts are known widely for fine
quality and it is through the ex-
cellent work and ever improving
efficiency of the Gypsum workers
that their Company can year after
year boast of ever increasing high
profits.
Yet the wages of these workers
have been allowed to lag behind
until it finally reached point OF
duty to their families for these
workers to unite and demand
wages and working principles that
allow them to live with decency
and respect.
The good responsible workers
we're not pushed together and
united by one or two people as
some sources would have everyone
believe. This has been coming for
long tim and when they did form
their own union they did so en-
Enthusiastically as their excellent at
tendance and participation at their
meetings prove. Furthermore, such
large group as their do not unani-
mously approve strike action un-
less they have very good reasons
and really and truly mean busi-
ness!
Workers don't like strikes; neita-
er does management like strikes.
The only answer IS a relationship
between the two that will allow
them to work out satisfactory
settlement. But there will be no
basis for good labormanagement
as long as the Company has no
respect for the local union which
their workers have formed. Ger
tainly the propaganda that has
been aired this week is no help.
In fact it gives the workers, their
union, this community and even
the Company a black-eye.
i believe Local 497 members and
most workers in this area have
great respect for the Gypsum
Workers and their local union. We
respect their calling for just
wage which they have actually al
ready earned. / feel sure the busi-
nessmen and farmers must realize
how important the workers stand
is. Workers pay goes for food,
clothing, rent or home for the
family, better health and education
for the children. A better paycheck
can mean better life for workers,
better business for others and a
better community to live in.
The Company can surely afford
it as they boast of greater and
greater profits each year.
Let us hope a good agreement
can be reached soon.
An employer should look over a
recent decision of the Supreme
Court before he tries to tell a
union that the company cannot af-
ford a pay raise. The Supreme
Court has upheld NLRB decision
that when company tells union
that it cannot afford a pay raise
the employer may have to show
his books to the union in order to
prove that he bargained in good
faith.
One manufacturer now claims
new use for vacuum cleaners:
Holding the suction hose over
glass of beer will restore a frothy
head in seconds.
u. S. Steel seems unsatisfied
with a $104-million profit for first
quarter of SO - just raised prices
of some pipe products by three
percent.
Bob Calm Reports:
Hylma Short was able to report
back to work after having had
trouble with her wrist.
Lelah Bartel is the grandmother
of big baby girl = Congratula-
tons, Lelah!
We are sorry to report that Shell
don Meachen is confined to Ma