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T. D. "Tommy" Thomas, ' feft, MLA for Oshawa riding, chats with Malcolm Smith, « president of Local 222, UAW- CLC, at the recent UAW. Edu- cation Seminar held in Osh awa, The picture was taken at the UAW Hail on Bond street, central gathering point for Labor activity in the City. Membership Tops 53,000 By MALCOLM SMITH President, Local 222, UAW-CLC Once agai, on behalf of our membership in Local 222 UAW, "we are happy to report a year a Santee for the past year -- This was the first full year of the operation of the contract which was signed with General Motors of Canada Ltd. and those of our members who work for' that Company reaped the bene- fits in full that were contained in the agreement, Prior to the signing of the De, cember 1961 agreement, there were, in our opinion, too many deductions from the pay cheque of the workers; almost all of them were deleted after Decem- ber 1961, the only ones left being' Income tax, Unemployment In- surance and Union Dues. This, in itself, represented a good financial gain to our members, even without taking into con- sideration the addition of the Annual Improvement Factor wage increase. GAIN INCREASES The increases gained in the _ Pension Plan in December 1961, have also had a significant ef- fect on the members who are getting up in years, and have worked many years for General Motors. The records show that we have an increasing number of our members who are retir- ing prior to the compulsory re- tirement age of 69. This, in our opinion, represents real pro- gress, because, with an in- creasing number retiring prior to attaining the compulsory re- tirement age, there are an ini- creasing number of job openings being created for younger peo- ple who are now entering the labor force of our country. We believe that if this was carried out on a much wider scale, it would lead to at least a partial solution to our serious unem- ployment problem. Dur'ng 1962 negotiations were carried on in two of the largest plants affiliated with Local 222, namely Duplate of Canada Ltd., and Houdaille Industries Ltd. These negotiations resulted in greatly improved wage rates, Pension plans, and working con- ditiens for our members who are employed by these com- panies. The final agreements that were arrived at were, in 1962 Seen As Busy Year By KEITH W. ROSS, International Representative United Steelworkers OF AMERICA I wou!d like to congratulate The Oshawa Times on its Busi- ness Review and Forecast Edi- tion which points up to its read- ers the progress in our City of Oshawa. The past year has been a largely + an economic sense, THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, Februcry 26, 1963 2] HELPING TO BUILD AGREATER OSHAWA momentous one, if for no other reason than the fact that the city is finally removing the eye- sore of the tracks on King street and that the job will com- mence this spring. It can also be said that pro- gress along the lines of educa- tion, welfare, health care, new buildings and expansion of busi- ness have been gratifying, sig- nifying a growing community, but there is one glaring area of limited progress, which is the almost plete lack of secur- along the lines of the agr that was concluded with General Motors in December, 1961, and in some instances even went be. yond what was achieved in G.M, in 1961 in fringe benefits. WORK CONTINUITY With regard to continuity of work, which is one of the most important aspects of the indus- trial worker's life, 1962 proved to be a real banner year. General Motors, which is the predominant industry in the city reported at the end of the year that they had broken all pre- vious records for production of automobiles and trucks, which would indicate that the vast majority of our members pro- bably broke their individual record for earnings. The same thing would, no doubt, be true of the other compnies who re under con- tract with Local 222, and who supply General Motors with parts. We also brought a mea- sure of security and progress to one of ite smaller industrial plants in' the city when we or- ganized the Algoma Steel plant, and signed a contract with them during the year. The membership of Local 222 UAW is now in excess of 13,000 which indicated a considerable amount of progress in 1962, In 1862 the Local Union con- tinued as it has done for many years, to support various sport- ing orgcnizations, not only wi- thin the city, but in some outside points where mor hockey and baseball organizations exist. We believe that these organizations should be supported to some extent, because if the younger) generation is to grow up to be the kind of citizens whom we might expect to take their place in the community in later years and be a credit to it, then 'we certa'nly have to give them this kind of support when they are in their formative years. When all of these things are added up, the sum total indi- cates that 1962 was probably the best year that this progressive City of Oshawa has ever ex- 1945 = 1963 | . B. BENNETT PAVING -- LIMITED Asphalt Pavements! Municipal -- Industrial -- Residential | -AND ASSOCIATE COMPANY -- ENERAL AGGREGATES LIMITED | Suppliers of Specification Aggregates for Use in Concrete CRUSHED LIMESTONE-- PEA GRAVEL ing new industry for this city. ze = only Pde me! ate ---- KEITH W. ROSS of progress is not only to satis- fy ourselves with what has been|AUditorium and the Steelwork- done, although this is a primejers of Oshawa have alzready importance, but also to takelsignified their full support for ee ry ee sayy - this auditorium and urge all eel that we have not done i ae & enough to secure new imdustry Cue ae y Moog y and all those in positions of re- 'i sponsibility in this endeavor, in| Althoough I have mentioned the position of my own union, fact all citizens of the commu nity, should recognize this lim-|! know, through my position ited activity and do everything with the Oshawa and District possible to add this area of|Labr Council, that " walons limited progress to the other! top the need Yor progress wir. coaucute a a and are playing their part. As a representative of the pe Steelworkers' Union, I am| I feel, at this time, when our happy to say that in the past/Oshawa newspaper is bringing year our members have enjoy-|to the attention of the public ed a reasonably good year of|this important matter of pro- employment. We have not ex-|gress, that all: citizens in all perienced the lengthy periods of|walks of life, will take courage short time. Lay-offs have been|in the satisfactions of the past, lessened and when they existed,jcourage that will help to face the general length of lay-offs|the future and that, through have been shorter. In ccntract|understanding and becoming negotiations we have made pro-jaware of our city's problems gress, not to a desired extent,/and using tolerance with co- but at least progress. fo apeon ythge all na Bow pa: rememberin; a COMING YEAR complacency and death are The coming year will be alclosely allied as both render a testing time with some agree- person useless, ments coming due and as the members of the Steelwork- atic tiltien oreunieeiti vay ct proud of hong Progressithose in authority and all other et COMMU, groups, work together to con- tinue our progress and make Oshawa the f'nest city in which to live and rear our children. We can then be satisfied we played our full part to leave the children the heritage they right- m. The United Steelworkers have fully deserve. always, in the past, and will in the future, play their full part SCHOOL ANNEX in the progress of this com-| The Board of Education is munity, Our members are con-|spending, $225,000 on renovations stantly dealing with matters ofjfor the Dr. F. J. Donevan Col- and will be asking 'industry, with whom they will be bargain- ing, to co-operate so that minimum of difficulty will be re in achieving our BOX 305, OSHAWA PHONES: 728-8132 © 723-2208 Oshawa General Hospital, Com- munity Chest and its Agencies, and Oshawa Minor Hockey -- all of which are working to- wards a better place to live, We are also looking forward perienced, to the realization of the Civic a community nature, support-jlegiate, DAIRY PRODUCTS healthy. freshingly nourishing with the finest in milk. 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