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FILE NAME Insulation Contractors & Distributors ICD DATE 1969 July DOC ICD017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION IDCNA Outlook i] - - +--+ Published by ; Insulation Contructors National Association Inc. 2228 Fenton Street Silver Spring Maryland 20910 Index 1947 300 , re Pay Outruns Productivity- Result Inflation J 250 Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics By CARL H. MADDEN Chief Economist Chamber of Commerce of the United States GETTING MORE PAY BUT ENJOYING IT People's money is going up but rising prices cat into money gains This is a familiar happening auring push in- nations Wage gains are outrunning productivity Average hourly compensation Social Security and other employee benefits private industry rose 75 per cent last year compared with 6.1 per cent in 1967 and an average of about 5 per cent annually between 1947 and 1966. But our ability to produce is not rising so fast Last year output per hour for all persons in the private economy rose 3.3 per matching exactly the term average Result The cost of labor per unit of output has been rising and last year rose 4 per cent This is one reason why prices use and eat into your higher pay Drive For Health Standards AFL intends to make a very major issue of occupational health and safety legislation but getting it passed will take every ounce of energy the labor movement has Andrew Bicmiller director of the AFL legislative department tells 2 health conference sponsored by the Industrial Union Depart- ment Congressman James O'Hara Mich who conducted hearings on job safety last year says he fears the Nixon Administration will support legislation that would place enforcement and administration under an Department independent board rather than the Labor with the result that responsibility for failure to act will be diffused He also expects the Nixon Adminis tration to buy the idea that employers with good safety records should be exempted from the new standards for JULY 1969 In Memoriam EMOS M. YOUNT It is with deepest sorrow that we learned of the passing of Pat Yount's father Emos M. Yount at the age of 82 on June 27 1969. The greatest tribute that can be said is he had a son like Pat Our sympathies to Pat and his family WILLIAM MURFIN The industry lost a true friend and champion in the passing of William Murfin on June 28th Bill founder of the B & B Engineering Company Houston Texas one of the larger independent insulation contractors was instrumental in the organization of IDCNA and SWICA and he gave much of his time and talents in the formative years of the two groups He was Vice President of IDCNA 1957-1960 Though inactive for the past few years Bill never lost his belief in the need for a strong national association and a united insula- tion industry one year which he compares withtthhee that every dog dog is entitled to one one ciple Dr. David medical director York Goldstein demands Times urged unions to drop demands for tions in order to overcome the opposition of Na tional Association of Manufacturers and the Iron and Steel Institute However Senator Schweiker Pa predicted Congress will pass a safety bill with penalties this year AND AT PRESS TIME- CONSTRUCTION SAFETY BILL MODIFIED- The Senate Labor Subcommittee has modified S. 1368 the Senate version of the bill that would set federal safety and health standards for workers on Government projects Language in the passed version H.R. 10946 would permit the Labor Secre- standards tary to hold hearings on the promulgation of at his discretion The Senate change would require Secretary to hold hearings and to do so in compliance with the Administrative procedures Act BRUSHES for the insulation trade IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ON LOW PRICED ADHESIVE BRUSHES WRITE FREE SAMPLE AND QUOTATION MARCUS BRUSH COMPANY 444 West 23rd Place Chicago Illinois 60616 LABOR NEWS Why To enforce the year law t bans employers from discrim na double stock against older workers the new ministrator will authorize field p Pa sonnel to order spot cor UNIBESTOS insulates tions of violations Moran urges private groups o both stainless as the National Citizens to help bias law Council of Son publicize the and carbon steel piping One grade handles all of UNIBESTOS insulation piping requirements from 100 F to 1500 F. 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IDC One Gateway Center Pirsburg Pa 15222 PITTSBURGH Resistance To Outsized Sett nients Lauded President Carl H Associated Associated vorson of Associated Genera Ce tractors tractors of America commends er ployers who are taking strik rather than giving in to inflatio ary " economic demands He sa bargaining power is on union si and calls on government and pubi for support in keeping costs fro escalating Examiner Upset In Struck Wor Case Disagreeing with examiner view of struck work ally as applied in Appleton Wis gi pute NLRB holds that contraci who know.ngly or unknowingly pe forms work for employer whose ow workers are striking becomes pa of primary labor dispute and low voi cotts accorded by partics law to acuir Holiday Trends as mas collective collective bargaining pacts as fis KSINKSINJ JIN00 KI SINJIN00 N KS0 INJI0 N00 | UNIBESTOS INSULATION GREAT LAKES TEXTILES INC Offers CANVAL FOR THE INSULATION TRADE SLITTING AND REROLLING 10 YOUR SPECIFICATONS E. 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