Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 12, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday june 12, 1969 Black militants attack racism in . Unions by Harry Bernstein los Angeles special tons a Young Black revolutionary passed around poorly mimeographed Leaf lets among negro workers in the Chicago Plant of the International Harvester co. At the same time similar looking leaflets were Distri buted at Ford s giant River Rouge Plant in Detroit to denounce a h i t e racist pigs and that racist Wal Ter a few Miles from Rouge at Chrysler s Plant located in a polish american neigh boyhood o f Hamtramck other Young Blacks were criticizing a h i t e polish the revolutionaries also were warning that All out War has been declared on Uncle atomism in order for us to kill to the Black radicals an who aligns himself with the Whites equally rough language has been used air a few factories in new York and new Jersey at other Mich Igan Auto plants and by a few scouts checking the racial scene in los Angeles. Until recently labor unions generally have been free from the Black revolution which has shaken the. Nation s largest engulfed Many school Camp uses and even touched religious institutions. Now the Fervour of racial protest is beginning to hit unions and the corporations where Union members and the Young Black revolutionaries Are the noisiest angriest most bitter of All the negro groups pressing for changes in Union leadership As Well As changes on the Job. Negroes make up about nine. Per cent of the 18 million Union members in America but they Are Sel Dom found in jobs and few Are in the top echelons of Union Leader j ship. Also they Are usually the last hired and the first fired in most parts of the country. For Many years Moder ate and militant negroes have worked with Whites in and out of Union leadership ranks to bring about integ ration. And with some sex unions can claim significant Progress toward this goal. _ politicians seeking sup port against negro candid ates however often look toward the prejudices of Blue Collar workers. And while Union leaders almost unanimously Back integration publicly the private statements of some Union officials show racism at that level too. The. Same kind of prejudice is found in corporate leadership. Black moderates citing c o a tinting discrimination Are pressing for change in unions and on the Job. Black militants who want to work within the existing Structure Are pushing the moderates into even More action. But it is the revolution Aries who Are ready to tear Down the old Structure of unions and corporations be cause they charge the Progress which has been made in race relations is meaningless. Astronaut gets Only a Day so far the Impact of the angriest of the Black Young men in the factories has been limited although they have shut Down a few plants with in protest against alleged discrimination. The United Auto workers Union says there also have including knifing and phys ical assaults fires have been started inside plants been incidents of violence and in general this group of extremists and racial separatists has sought to spread terror among both White and Black work ers the Black revolutionaries generally work through the Detroit based league of revolutionary workers a Small organization with chapters in about a dozen molders gain 40 cents an hour in new pact local 174, International Mol Ders and Allied workers Union Al Cio Csc has signed a collective bargaining agreement j with Canadian Bronze co. Ltd., 15 Bury Street that Grants wage increases of. About 40 cents an hour in a two year period the company and the . About 150 workers Are Coy ered by the contract. The raises amount to seven per cent increase in pay Retro Active to May 1, and a further seven per cent next May 1. The following Are the new rates As they be May 1, 1970 machinist with an additional 15 cents for a Lead hand tool and die makers with Lea hands getting 15 cents More machine operators skilled operators welders s3.40 female Drill press opera Torso after nine months learning period s2.46 female Grinders after nine months learning period m o 1 d e r s and Cor makers with Lead hands getting the company the full Cost of Hospital and medicare coverage up to aug .1, 1970, when employees will contribute s2 monthly. The previous benefits of up to weekly according to classification of Job will continue. The life insurance in the old contract continues but the company will pay 60 per cent the instead of 50 per cent. There will be three weeks paid vacation after eight years service after 25 years the employee will receive a week s extra pay with his three weeks paid vacation. There will be double time paid when employees work All Day saturday for the afternoon period the Normal time and pne half paid for Satur Day morning. On statutory holidays double time will be paid on top of regular time pay. The contract information was released by Michael Capri International organizer of the Union and William Springer company superintendent. T factories where most of the workers Are members of Reuther s Law. At Ford their Organiza Tion is Frum the Ford revolutionary Union move ment at Chrysler it is c r u m at International Harvester drum and at Dodge drum. Membership in revolutionary groups is denied to All hankies Whites due to the fact that said hankies have been the historic enemy betrayer and exploiter of Black a drum spokesman explained. We can work with Hon Kies but Only on the basis of a coalition Over issues not he added. Leaders of chum at Chrysler s main Plant in Detroit say it is Reuther and the Law which must first be dealt with so that with this enemy out of the Way we can Deal directly with our main adversary the White Osa Cist manage ment of the Chrysler corp Douglas Fraser head of the Law s Chrysler Divi Sion says these people do scare me i admit it. But i la be damned if i will Back away from the Posi Tion that there is just no thing As a Black solution to problems any More than there is a White solution. We have to work or. Fraser a White lib eral with unimpeachable credentials As a fighter for White and Black Unity among workers admits that even in the Law Hopes for racial Unity Are far from reality. For Over three decades Law leaders1 have been preaching brotherhood and writing about the problems of segregation and discrimination in Union newspapers and magazines and in direct mail campaigns to Law members. No other Union has matched their Effort on race relations. Yet or. Fraser and other White and Black Law officials agree that if a secret vote were taken among the Law s White members a majority would vote against fair housing Laws. And they figure a major Ity of White Law members would vote against Blacks joining neighbourhood bowl ing teams Golf clubs or other social activities. The Surprise in t that As a group of White Union members Don t really want integration. Union members Are a Cross Section of the population and polls show the general attitude of All Whites on the Issue is about the same As those in the Law. The Surprise is that the Law with All of its efforts Over the last 30 years apparently has failed to change attitudes within its own ranks attitudes on both sides of the racial Fence. One drum leaflet declared in bold Type i had a gun which reverses the late or. Martin Luther King s declaration of Faith i had a dream. Yet or. King s dream of Blacks and Whites working harmoniously together is not gone froom the Law or other unions despite the cries of Uncle atomism levelled by the revolution Aries at negroes who join Whites in fighting for Inte Gration. These Integrationist for Ces which Are far larger in number than the revolutionaries May Well set the patterns for future Black White relations in unions and on the Job. Or. King was assassinated he went to Memphis last year to March in picket lines with Reuther and other Union leaders As a Demon stration of Black and White labor Unity. His widow mrs. Coretta King has been marching with White and Black work ers in Charleston s.c., recently to help win recognition of a Union for service workers at two hospitals there. In several Southern textile Mill towns Black and White workers Are joined on picket lines for the first time. Many Union organizers say they Are having the easiest time recruiting Union members where Blacks Are trying to break out of poverty Levels and ready to use Union s As the traditional device for bettering their wages and conditions. These and other manifestations of or. King s ideals can be found in Many parts of the nation. But to the Black revolutionaries and Young White radicals labor leaders and corporation officials Are just another part of the establishment which they Are determined to shake to its roots. Open to the Public 9 to 9pm. All weeks National upholstering will sell fifty 3 room Washington special tons astronaut Neil Armstrong May be a hero to the Cosmos when he sets foot on the Moon in july but to the accounting clerks at the National aeronautics and space administration hell just be another Federal civil servant in travel status drawing his Armstrong a gs-16 at Nasa normally collects the maximum of a Day when he s on the Road for Uncle Sam. 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