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Unions Given Voice In OSHA Enforcement American tapayer," according to ILA President Thomas.'-* ' W. Gleason. Meanwhile, the unaffiliated International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's union on the West +.. Coast appears ready to load the grain ships bound for> Russia if ILA workers refuse. Jk '&y A two-year-old effort has resulted in a stronger voice for unions in enforcement of the Occupational-?* Safety & Health Act. The OSHA review commission issued a three-part ruling giving workers a stronger voice in their working conditions in a case started by the Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. The union attempted to make General Electric correct a longstanding list of unsafe conditions at its Schenectady, N.Y., plant. Merger Considerations Debated Among Four Unions Since February of this year, when officials from the* United Rubber Workers agreed in principle to merge with the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers, talks 'iJ centered around per capita tax arrangements, realignment of districts and uniformity of local union bylaws. Presidents of both unions announced last month that the merger discussions would cease, but both unions have scheduled conventions beginning^ October 3 within a few miles of each other in Florid^ On another front, delegates to The Newspaper Guild convention in Denver last month voted to "move with.' all prudent speed toward eventual merger" with the Typographical Union. TNG delegates also condemned postal official Seymour Wenner's proposal to restructure the postal rate system as "unrealistic and discriminatory." Wenner's plan, if adopted, would significantly boost the mailing charges of labor . "M. publications as well as commercial newspapers and magazines. AFL-CIO President Blasts ILO and UNESCO 10 Two agencies of the United Nations came under heavy attack from AFL-CIO President George Meany in testimony before the House International Relations Committee. The International Labor Organization (ILO) and the' United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are not living up to humanitarian goals, the AFL-CIO President charged. Meany noted that both UN organizations have come unde* increasing domination of the Communist/Arab bloc and^ have been transformed into "instruments of political? warfare" against the United States and Israel. The U.S. Senate last year held up the U.S. contribution to UNESCO in protest over its political*! attacks against Israel and its grant of permanent , status to the terrorist Palestine Liberation Organization. This year the House voted to hold upfuture appropriations to the ILO for similar reasons! THE IROf