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Show feft pte mi ioiopf fife BH(B(bB mipmii(B&! THmypire MeireslteaB m mime asm Steel companies have no under-cover plan to fire workers or speed up operations. Actually the Joint Committee companies' proposal to modernize local work- Proposed to Study the ing conditions clauses in the labor contracts "Local Working Conditions" Question simply invites the Union to cooperate in ending The companies' proposal to the Union is to submit the SOme OUt-of-date, inefficient practices. These following question to joint study by the Union and the com- gradually develop and become "frozen" under panies' and then' if necessary' to hBpacad for a final and binding decision: previous Contracts. "What, if any, changes should be made in the local The Steel companies don't want to lose working conditions provisions of the basic labor Valued employees. It's plain good business to agreements to enable the Companies to take reason- keep a man on the payroll after he has been able steps to efficiency eliminate waste , , , , , . , . wtn due regard for the welfare of the employees trained and has gained practical experience. : . . . , ,. : ; : involved, including: the avoidance of undue work As their specific proposal to the Union points burdens; and, to the extent practicable, the retrain- OUt they contemplate retraining and placement mg and placement on available jobs in the plant, of of any employees that might be affected. And any emPe effected by such steps?" they will not place undue work burdens on any- " '. " kQ(jy This Is One Kind of The proposal to modernize local working 'Tom Workin8 Condition" the conditions will make steelworkers' jobs more Steel CmPanies A Seeking to Correct secure. Also it will provide opportunities for During World War 11 bus service was sharPIv curtailed. to TO reSS T employees of one dePartment in a steel mill, ' emp oyees progress. management agreed to let them quit work a quarter of an And Ultimately this proposal should create hour early to wash up and catch their buses. This established more jobs as the steel industry becomes more a local working condition. efficient and its markets expand. Although the war is long since over and normal bus serv- . , . , . ice restored, the Union insists that the early quit time is an The greatest job security is a busy, growing y 4 established local working condition and must be continued. industry. THE STEEL COMPANIES COORDINATING COMMITTEE 375 Lexington Avenue New York 17, New York Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation Armco Steel Corporation Bethlehem Steel Company The Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation Great Lakes Steel Corporation Inland Steel Company Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Republic Steel Corporation United States Steel Corporation Wheeling Steel Corporation The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. 1, Eye Care I by " H. Helndselman optometrist j ?UC SERVICE FOR LENSE t "PLACEMENTS OR I E'E EXAMINATIONS Diamonds 'er Jewelry Watches fendselman t J' & Jewelry Co. ft Kgr - Provo, Utah |