yTerry
A group of . Ipool Corp. employ-:
that the company . .
. t for th ppren
on the b . of family
rather than qualifi -
The charge surfaced hen an anono-
mou letter nt to the local daily
per, th Whirlpool personnel chief,
the chairman of the board, the Union
local 1918, and throughout the plant.
Ste inkier, per nnel department,
denied th all tion in the letter ying
they d"no validity hatsoever." ,
The I tter charges, "at I 0
apprentice . ps re arded to men
o had no college at all! e feel the'
lectio ere made on the b . of. their
niority,
o er, three
. The three
for
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union po itions and or parents in man e­
ment,"
inkier said th t more than educ -
tion considered hen maki the
. appointment to the millwright and
m chine repair pprentice program.
inkler, ho is general supervisor
of hourly employment, listed the other
points considered: or e perience,
ho n the orker gets along ith
Cello or ers and p rvisors: atten-
dane; wh t the orker doe out 'de
the plant a ell as in.
"Education . only one factor, t
inkler id.
Three employees confirmed to The
Citizen that ppointees Keith d,
George Gardiner and John Bro dwater
were related to foremen, 0 in the
of ard, to p nn I director.
inkler denied the three ere rela­
ted to foremen or the personnel director.
inkier did con finn The Citizen
urces' charge th t Dennis Churchill,
pprentice ppointee, chief e ard
ofth union.
A picture printed in the Communi-
cator", company public tion
only one B k among the . appointed.
Accordin to The Citizen urce t
Bl c s try rep tedly for the apprentice­
ship programs but are al ays d
over.
According to the
are denied for re
spended, yet hit can be nded
and still be appointed to the pprenti e­
ship program .
Accordin to ere 81
applicant for the ed for
the program ere mill . t pprentice
Denni Churchill, Geo Gardiner d
Rudolph Young. rune rep' ppren­
are John Broad tel Don d Grunt-
man and eith ard.
Th let er
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(
of ern
up to
(tb tter .