Friday, January 17, 1947 ACCION Page WITH THE ORGANIZERS TEXT OF LETTER ON LEAVE REGULATION LEAVE REGULATIONS TO BE IMPROVED, SAYS COL. WANG Balboa Heights, December 17, 1946.
Mr. Strobel International Vice President United Public Workers of America, CIO.
Drawer Balboa, My dear Mr. Strobel: CLARENCE SMALL Dear Brothers and Sisters: From time to time stewards The CIO, is one organization have been asking if it is neces that we can say has been formsary that they pay monthly ed by the people, for the people contributions as other members and managed by the people. It do. The answer is yes. Contri was only through the efforts of butions are to be paid by every the rank and file members that member of the Union, regard we were able to organize.
less of his or her position. am still amazed by the Our office staff has been great amount of fortitude doing some very hard work in shown by the average worker.
connection with dues, and is He knows that this union had fast establishing a system for been started from scratch and handling all contributions paid had to have time to acquire into the Union.
the necessary help and equipWithin the next eight or ten ment to really function like a weeks, the Union Headquarters well oiled machine.
will be in a position to tell the Now things are beginning to financial status of every one of materialize. So if we continue its members.
to give the same full support Let this be a fair warning to that we have been giving in all members and stewards as the past, know that we shall well. Pay up your back dues. be assured of a better living.
Remember the Union cannot Bro Joe Milwood, support you if dont support it.
International Representative Reference is made to your letter of November 13th, ad.
dressed to the Governor, concerning rest and vacation leave for seven employees listed in your letter.
Inquiry indicates that the leave granted these em.
ployees correctly com.
puted under existing leave regulations. may state, however, that consideration is now being given to a re.
vision of the leave regula.
tions applicable to native employees. It is hoped that when conclusions on this subject have been reached the revised regulations will prove more satisfactory to all concerned.
La Boca, Jan. the Governor of the Panama UPW CIO Local 713 headquar. Canal, wrote to the Union stat ters today announced that the ing that the rest and annual Panama Canal has notified the leave regulaions are now be Union that existing regulations ing revised and he further governing rest and annual stated that the new regulations leave will be revised soon when completed would be and for the better. more satisfactory to all con One of the Union major cerned.
complaints had been that in This is cretainly good news computing vacation leave, all to our members, who have Saturdays, Sundays and non been sorely discriminated working days were counted as against on the matter of va part of the vacation, so that in cation policy in comparison effect, employees did not re with gold employees.
ceive their full vacation. Strobel, International This matter was forcibly Vice President of the UPW brought to the attention of the CIO, who has been in charge Executive Office on October of these negotiations, stated: 21st, when the Union met with wish to express cordially General Newcomer and Col to the Executive Office the onel Wang, and again on Nov. Union appreciation for this ember 20th when the Union change in policy. We are look.
met with Governor Mehaffey. ing forward anxiously to see At that time Governor Mehat the new policy, and we trust fey requested the Union to that the Executive Office will submit its proposals in writing complete the matter as speed matter, which the ily as possible.
Union subsequently did.
The full text of Colonel On December 17th, Colonel Wang letter to Strobel is re.
Wang, who has been elevated produced elsewhere on this to the position of Assistant to page.
on this Very truly yours, H, WANG Asistant to the Governor SPECIAL NOTICE REMEMBER OUR UNITY PARADE NEXT SUNDAY. THE PRESIDENT HAS ORDERMembers are frequently asking when the Union will get them a raise. If remember tiona Union backed by che correctly, we have been told seven million brothers and sisover and over by men who have ters who have pledged us their had experience in negotiations, whole hearted support.
that the system on the Canal Remember, brothers and sisZone can not be ters, that never in the history overthrown overnight because of the Canal Zone had there it was not built up overnight. been a Grievance Procedure by This system has its years of which a so called silver emplo.
tradition behind it, and we can yee could seek for his rights.
not expect the men who have This is a fact today, we have a supported this system for years grievance procedure, officially and who believe that it is the instituted and recognized by system, to have a sudden chan the Panama Canal and Canal ge of heart and decide that the Zone.
silver workers have been underpaid for too long and that Bob Weinstein, our Internait is time that they give us a tional Director of Organization, decent salary. Although it will once stated that even though take the Union some time, the Union never got us a raise, these men will have a change and he knows that it will, he of heart because if they are was sure that the Union will unable to see that a new era enable us to walk the streets has began, the CIO is here to of the Canal Zone with our open their eyes to the fact. heads up like free men.
It is true that the Union has The Union is well on the not accomplished a major vic way of achieving the aims of tory in the true sense of the its members, such as the solvword, but on the ing of their grievances, betterother hand it has ing their educational, recreaaccomplished individual victo tional, housing facilities, etc. ries which have paved the way establishing, a decent minimum for the major victories to come. wage for all silver employees; These victories will come, and decent pension and vacation they must come, because what system. But let us all rememcannot be done on the Canal ber that we can do a great Zone by Local 713, will be done deal in helping the Union achiin Washington by our Interna eve these aims by giving our support to the Parade of January 19, our parade of strength and unity, this is all PRESIDENT ARAUZ the Union asks in return for (from page 1) all that it itends to get for world must never again be al. you.
lowed to robus of a decent ATTENTION livelihood nor of our love and Brother Ogle, Chaiir.
respect for each other.
man of the Parade Committee, hereby call upon every on his visit to the Pacific Side Union steward to blazen forth last night, announced that all throughout the ranks of Canal plans have been completed for Zone. workers our parade call. the Unity Parade Demonstra.
Every member who is not on tion and called upon all ste.
duty with the Panama Canal wards to lend special assistance Zone or incapacitated by ill in the conduct of the Parade, ness is required to participate both on the Pacific and Atlan.
in this parade.
tic Sides: ED ALL MEMBERS TO ATTEND.
DON FAIL TO GET COPY OF YOUR ACCION NEXT ISSUE. THAT IS TO BE OUR FIRST SPECIAL ISSUE. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTO CASTILLERO