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Summit County Labor News
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
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In Oak Ridge, Tenn., the AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council won reinstatement with back pay for three workers laid off at age 65 by Union Carbide and Carbon Corp., marking the first successful challenge to the company's age retirement policy. The cases of J. T. Bratcher, W. C. Laughlin, and T. K. Bishop, laid off June 2, went to arbitration.
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Fred M. Henry, president of the AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council, announced that the Union Carbide and Carbon Corp., had agreed to reinstate three workers with back pay who had been laid off because they had reached the age of 65.
This is the first time that the company has been successfully challenged on its policy of retiring employees because of age, Henry declared.
The AFL council represents the workers at two of the atomic energy plants in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Henry charged that the CIO Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Union, which represents the workers at a third plant, had failed to protect 60 employees laid off by the company for the same reason and had further signed an agreement with the company granting the management "exclusive responsibility" for such layoffs.
The AFL group has consistently maintained that such cases were subject to grievance procedure. Under this policy, the AFL council took to arbitration the layoffs June 2 of J. T. Bratcher, W. C. Laughlin and T. K. Bishop.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Event Date
June 2
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reinstatement of three workers with back pay; first successful challenge to company's age retirement policy; cio union failed to protect 60 employees
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AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council announced Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. agreed to reinstate three workers laid off at age 65 via arbitration after grievance procedure; AFL represents workers at two atomic plants, criticizes CIO union at third plant for not challenging similar layoffs of 60 employees and signing agreement giving management exclusive responsibility