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re frain from any dissenting action or
discussion outside the im m ediate
cle of our Association. All efforts
should be coordinated through the
h e a d q u a rte iS o ffic e la n d the legislative
com m ittee of your S tate organization!
in order to assure concerted action in
our behalf. Dissension or internal
strife w ithin th e Association ranks
du rin g this im p o rtan t p e rio d llB u ld
only lead to a disastrous setback
in th e O.S.E.A. legislative program
w hich has been planned to benefit us
all. If harm ony prevails a n d *
'an d
every m em ber pledges^ his support
throughout th e ensuing year, the As
sociation’s success and progress will
be assured.
This M ay Be It :
The ultim ate in a union :big
am bition to take care of his boys even
beyond th e call of duty, as it were, is
rep o rted in a new s dispatch on Nov.
27 from Stam ford, Conn., to the New
Y ork Times. ‘It reads: “B irthdays for
em ployes at th e Plastic M anufacturing
Com pany are now considered paid
holidays. ¡U n d e rK n e w contract signed
by th e m anagem ent w ith the United
Coke‘ ?and Chem ical W orkers, C.I.O.,
if a w orker r e p o r B f o r duty he will
receive double pay bn his birthday.
Also, th e ’ qom pany w illW iclude a $10
bonus on th e“ y early anniversary of
em ploym ent of each w orker.”
The agreem ent includ£s>,.;a 10-cent-
an -h o u r general wage increase«, and
the usual schedule of seven paid holi
days. The contract * is retroactive to
N ( S 20 and ru n s to M arch, 1952. It
affects 17^4 employes.
The union rep resentative who held
out for a contract of this sort ap p aren t
ly thought he had arranged for some
thing new and original and fbr the
w orkers’ benefit ra th e r th an pushing
him -along th e ro ad to the w elfare
state.
*Paint, Oil & Chem ical Review,
D ecem ber 7, 1950.
Robey Ratcliffe
Appointed Director
A j o i n t e d to succeed R obert M.
Ashby j j j Directors of D istrig u N um ber
2, was Robey R atcliffe. M r. R atcliffe
was P resident of M arion C hapter 18
iciu|mg' the ^ a r 1950*. In his capacity
as Director, Mr. R atcliffe w ill be in a
position tWqqQ^ ^ ate activities of all
C hapters, since his office is readily
accessible to the state office group in
B B fin , a t Room 518, S ta te Office
For assistance in planning com pre
hensive C hapter program s during 1951,
please direct your inquiries to M r.
Ratcliffe at the above address.
Remfcer th at each m em ber has an
active p art in OSEA — especially since
OSEA
.an impoi w mAmBt in
increased benefits attain ed during the
current session of th e Ornghn. State
Legislature. Individually, a m em ber’s
voice is not h eard — collectively,
OSEA’s voice w ill be heard, so back
up YOUR chapter — gWe it - 100%
support! Don’t be a “piggy-back”
m em ber during 1951!
In order to give each 'D istrict Nuin-
ber 2 m em ber a^^edW ncentiv^Eiwnlxg'
1951, a R ecreational Com m ittee, con
sisting of Ted B am ford, Russ K now
les, and fim o g e iO Johnson, has been
ap y in iS M S b in ts o fB ^^'rest^^^ffl ap
pear in fu tu re new s
Movies of the D istrict N um ber 2
picnic at Cham poeg P a rk are available
to each C hapter \ H | n g to show the
films. Contact Mr. R atcliffe for de
tailed data on how to obtain^the. use
of the film.
D uring fu tu re publications for 1951,
D E g a f l i m b e r gig w Q . ;fu p p i^ al you
with
of council m eet
ings. Read your OSEA m agazine —
find out first hand ju st w h a t-is going
on — learn ju st w hat is being done to
ben^^^^n!
“I t ’s h a r a S B re & g e '-.these days,”
,sez Dacf| G u m m a “th a t this country
^ « > m m | i | ™ y ,to aB )id5W ratibffi’'
IS THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AN OSEA MEMBER?