Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-03-30

STEVE J. NoVAK, PRES.
LOCAL. 4q7, UAW-Clo

a rule peaceful negotiations anC
labor management harmony is
given very little public attention
while strikes and strife are Page
One news. Well, if you looked
closely in the back section of daily
papers this last week you might
have noticed an article on the new
3-year Contract signed between
Retail Clerks Union and the A & P
Food Stores in this area. Congratu
lations to the Clerks and their
Management!
Port Clinton and Oak Harbor
Clerks will be among those to re-
ceive benefits from the new Con
tract. 1t includes reduction in
workweek, improved health and
welfare insurance to $12.85 a
month per employee, pay in
creases ranging from Is to 38 cents
an hour and other benefits.
Wage increases for all Chrysler
hourly-rated workers and UAW
white collar workers will go into
effeclt April under the annual
improvement factor clause in the
contract.
Hourly-rated workers will re-
ceive a pay boost of six cents an
hour or 21a per cent of their lour-
ly rate while salaried workers un-
der the contract will receive
wage hike of $10.98.
Auto workers in the Port Clin-
ton area under the GIN patterned
contracts will realize six cents
an hour improvement factor effec-
tive May 20 of this year.
With Easter so near we couldn't
resist this true story: Arrested for
drunkenness in Jersey City, man
said his drinking troubles started
two years ago on Easter Sunday
when policeman asked him mis-
name and then took him to the
station because the officer thought
he was being smart g. The mans
name is Peter Rabbit!
It's good to see Jack Shaw look
ing so well after his illness. Jack
hopes to return to work soon.
At last Sundays Local 497 Meet
ing the membership decided that
the Trustees of this Local will be
in charge Of the WHY'S Clinic
Affiliation Program.
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Rep. William F. Rofkar was
guest speaker at the meeting and
favored us with an interesting and
very educational lecture on "How
a Bill Becomes a Law. He used
slides to make his message even
more effective. We can see how
fortunate we are to have man
like Mr.. Rofkar represent us in
Columbus. We the people were
wise to elect him as representative
and I'm sure we will return him
for a second term.
People of this area can be proud
of Candidate for Governor Robert
w. Reider and the headway he is
making in his campaign. His record
through the years as our State Rep
resentative prove beyond doubt his
interest and understanding of prob
lens OF the people he represented.
He is waging an aggressive fight
to restore the two-party system in
Ohio and is stirring up interest in
every nook and corner of Ohio.
Bob Reider by his vote-getting
ability in this area, his own home
area, in past campaigns has dis
proven that saying, "You can
never get ahead on your own home
ground" People here have shown
their respect and support by their
votes and we feel sure that trend
is spreading all over Ohio.
Last week we overheard Ray
Hoffman singing a new tune and
stopped to hear the words. They
went something like this - "Twen
ty-one years ago today, On Tues
day in March of 35 (3-19-35), al
7:30 pm. / met Mildred, my wife
right here at Standard Products
Co. and we've been living happily
ever since"
That's nice tune, Ray, and We
hope you and Mildred enjoy many
more years together.
Josephine Cipiti celebrated her
birthday last Friday. During her
lunch she passed around samples
of her delicious cake. Happy Birth
day!
The UAW has for number of
years honored transfers of mem
bership from Unions formerly af.
filiated with the CIO.
Now, the following Unions form
erly affiliated with AFL have
agreed to accept our transfer cards
Onn a reciprocal basis:
Aluminium Workers, United
Brick and Clay Workers, Flight
Engineers, Insurance Agents Int,
Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platter.