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| President Taylor Recalls Birth Of Local 222, VAW brothers in 1937 that put Local|with pay were established. By "ABE" TAYLOR President Local 222 UAW The year 1937 saw the official birth of Local 222. It all started when men realized they had been pushed around long enough, and decided to band to- gether to form the fine organiza- tion it is today. Many people in the city of Oshawa fee] General Motors was the first to organize in this city, but according to our local Union history Coulters Manufac turing was the first. ; During the early part of 1937 the night shift organized, and when the Company found this out, these workers were locked out, and the day shift walked out to join these brothers on the picket line, A strike took place for sev- eral weeks, and finally in March 1937, the first contract was sign- ed with:this Company. Yearly contracts were signed until 1939. From 1939 when the Second World War broke out, no newjand the Wages to be paid the} agreements were signed with/day worker, and piece worker. the Company until 1946 Since) During the same period of this time, many new argee-time in 1937: the GM work- ments have been signed, and atlers were organizing. present very good relationship; 5 between the parties exists. P) 'This turned out to be quite a Almost at the same time as Coulters were organizing, an- other group of men at Ontgrio| Steel Products felt it was time} they organized. This was achieved, and it was not long) after their demands were made} on this Company. DOCUMENT SIGNED Shortly afterwards a one page|with a lot of courage, determin- 4 : PRESIDENT TAYLOR jtake on General Motors, but the \worker had to contend with the} Government of Mitch Hepburn! jat that time. This man sent in *\break the strike which) took. place, Many obstacles were battle, not only was it tough to \the Mounted Police to try to! thrown at the workers in their attempts to gain recognition, but of ening Since then many' have developed 222 UAW on the map. It shall be up to us to continue to forge ahead In short order, two more lants organized and joined), ,, Local 222, These were Duplaie, - and Houdaille, which were for- of our GM Pension Plan,: which established the pattern for im- merly. Phillips Glass, and Skin- ners, Our International Charter was presented to Local 222 in 1937. Since this time, ricated Metals and Stampings Limited, and Algoma Manufac-'Oshawa General Motors' pen- ~ turing. s Fabricated Metals joined the)!s fold in 1956, and Algoma in 1962. turned over to another union, In 1937, the Ladies' was organized, and at present is the largest ladies' organizations in Canada, within our UAW sec- tion. A lot of hard work is done daily by this fine organization, and our Union has been recog- nized even greater because of their efforts. MAKE DONATIONS Many donations are made to) charity by these ladies, but their} most important function is to take care of our membership if) |the necessity of a strike occurs. | |They supply the picket lines) |with coffee, etc. Since 1937 there have been 14 presidents of Local 222, the first being C. H. Millard. In 1939 saw the formation of our UAW (Canadian District |Council. ey '\bargaining done, from 1942 te 1946, saw ihe Contract with GM, we have had three more|900 pensioners retire up to Sep-|procedure. Jants have been added to Local|tember 1963, of which 637 are) 222, namely Hobbs Glass, Fab-|still active. Hobbs Glass has since been|of a five-year agreement and Auxiliary|contract during this long period document was signed which rep-|ation, and fight the workers won resented their first agreement: jout. [CONTRACT IMPROVEMENTS | It contained three clauses,! It was because of the heroic] The year 1937 saw our GM Seniority, Working Conditions,|battles fought by our early|agreement printed on _one | sheet AT LOFTHOUSE BRASS MANUFACTURING Limited A MODERN PLANT AT WHITBY ONTARIO Now Sapaives 10% of the Canadian Markel with Hot Brass Pressings! 1 Plant features up to date machine tools. Pressings are machined on line of 6 Herbert | No. 2 Flasheap lathes, some with throwaway tip tooling on specially of B 124 brass alloy affords optimum machinability compatible 09 ease of forming. PRODUCTS MADE BY LOFTHOUSE MANUFACTURING Pictured to the left are only a sample of the many precision made hot brass pressings turned out by the experts at Lofthouse Manufacturing, where enlightened management, low overhead and tooling know-how have paid off with success in the brass manufacturing field. LONG EXPERIENCE IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOT BRASS PRESSINGS LOFTHOUSE BRASS MANUFACTURING LIMITED "Steadily Progressing with Canada" 310 HOPKINS STREET BOX 35 _ WHITBY, ONTARIO ThePension Plan in Duplate, Ontario|surance benefits. the Companies, In 1950 saw the introduction|as the GM U.S. worker. provements since then. The average pension for the|negotiate many sioner, up to the above period $96.14; because of the abuses of chelthe medical _ benefits resulted in many conditions lag-|Company at present. ging behind, and consequently a strike took place in 1955. Al-jhas been able to increase the Life Insurance coverage, imple- ment a short work week benefit|closes in one plant, and movesjof Living increases, though this was along strike, many firsts emerged from this battle. The Supplemental employment Benefit was born,|Dependency this along with Unemployment child up to four. From 1939 to 1942, saw little|Imsurance insures a worker of 62 per cent of his wages while introduction of|9M layoff, provided he inas ai such things as improvements in|least one year seniority. Cost of Living, Grievance proce- dure, Seniority, and Vacations|proved,many wage was inequities were straightened out, plus in-|.¢ a the past Bar-|-- This allows a man to have In 1946, 1947, 1948, saw strikes}creased Hospitalization and In-|,..; Past And present: Bar- | j i alee Pp id gaining Committees many new/time off his regular duties for al- a, year, Steel, and Skinners. During this period of time saw the check- off of union dues introduced with Along with this for the first time the Canadian workers re- ceived the same improvement)jt.ms: factor on the yearly increases . The transfer clause was born) - , allowing the workers to move/mittee and Committeemen from one job to another by Since 1950, under our Master|means of an application system,|Off of Union Dues plus additions to our grievance From here until the present date the Union has been able to in Pensions, SUB, complete cov- erage of Blue Cross, PSI, and a Ontario Hospital, plus improved|P@ying more money, In 1950, saw the introduction|Sickness and Accident benefits. is being|ferent jobs. paid for the pensioners by the In later contracts, the Union|offs. Un-lunder the SUB agreement, and|to another plant in the same 'THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, February 28, 1964 7 Allowance for each|company the employee has cor] tain rights. 10, Relocation: Allowance a This allows a man to go from one ares to another in the event of the relocating of a plant with a moving allowance. ll, Leaves of Absence Section PRESENT AGREEMENTS Tn 1927 when the Union was founded in Oshawa most agree-|* ments covered two or three clauses. Today, through a joint effort im- to do, gains have been achieved. reasonable period of time dur- The present Collective Agree-|ing necessary situations, ments contain the following with the protection of how his} cio, a; pays will be paid either at "0 lg ag straight, time and one-half, or} , double time. 1. Purpose of agreement 2. Recognition of Shop Com- 3. Union Security and Check provides extra money for ach bitration oe second, and third shifts. 5, Seniority provisions -- such will be recalled 6. Promotions to better jobs which arise, during 8. Protection for Union repre-|7c, or 8c depending on his pres- sentation during periods of lay-jent rate. ° 16, Cost of Living Adjustment|plus. our 18. Paid Vacations guarantees a man a vacation depending on his length of seniority. 19. Skilled Trades Provisions _12, Hours of Work and Over-|covering apprentices, journey- time -- This provides the man|men in their every day needs, and working' 20. General Provisions cover- : ing overtime, Jury Duty, Time 13. Night Shift Premium --|Study Procedures, etc. s 21, At present the parties have 4. Grievance Procedure -- Af-|worker during the period of thelone book covering our Sup-|contract with. Lang Pg ag ag Insur- 14, Paid Holidays --This takes|ance it Plan. This protects improvements|2S, [ayoffs, and how the people|care of the statutory holidays|the worker _ layoffs occur model 15. Annual Improvement Fac-|periods. This coupled with Un- tor -- This provides the work-jemployment Insurance guaran- 7. Transfer clause allowingjers with annual increases in pay|tees a man at least 62 per cent Only 50 per cent of the cost of|people to move 'around to dif-|at the rate of 244 per cent ofjof his normal pay, plus $1.50 per|in the future. the man'swages, or a flat 6c,/each dependent up to four. 22. The parties also have a book covering the Pension Plan, insurance coverage. 9. Establishment of new plants|Clauses -- This provides a work-|Through years of negotiations,|tered as such in -- in the event one operationjer with incvreases when the Cost|the Union has been able to ex- tract from the Company full|stituency chapters 17. Call in Pay -- This guar-|payment of Blue Cross, PSI, antees a worker a guarantee ofjand four hours pay in the event the person. is-called in, and there is no work available for the manjance. 23. The parties also have a -- This|book covering all our local pro- visions, such as Seniority, Local Wage Rates, Layoff and Recall, . Transfer Provisions, Local Skill. ed Trades Provisions, and Local General Provisions. Although our Union has progressed over the years, it is still necessary to make many new, and sweep- ing changes to keep the worker in line with the changing times, and increased profit positions of the Companies we are under Ontario Hospital coverage, along with Sickness and Acci- dent Benefits, and Life Insur- Many men have worked dili- gently over the years to better the lives of the now 15,000 Local changeover|222 members, and it is up to the people in the position of leader- ship today, to make sure the fight is carried on for progress the country. SET STANDARD A political party, to be regis- South Korea, must establish at least 44 con- \dn Enviable Record Of Progross!! 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