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NLRB Upholds AJJ Decision:
Holds Stevens Guilty Of
"Bad Faith" Bargaining
WASHINGTON! TU« KT-.*:
nal Labor Relations Board has
affirmed the decision of an
-NLRB Administrative Law
Judge holding the J .P. Stevens
Company guilty of bad-faith
bargaining in negotiations
with its employees at its Roa
noke Rapids, N.C. plants. The
decision, handed down on Dec
ember 21, 1977, by AIJ Ber
nard Ries, held that the com
pany violated the National
Labor Relations Act by engag
ing in "bad faith" bargaining
and using the delays in the
collective bargaining process
at the Roanoke Rapids plants
"to chill the ardor or
employees" supporting the
union at other Stevens plants.
Γ, In affirming Judge Ries's
decision, the Board found that
the company had violated the
act by "keeping the union in th
the dark regarding informat
ion necessary and relevant for
the purposes of collective
benefit in" and timing the
announcement or implement
ation of corporatewide benefit
programs "to preclude any
meaningful negotiations" con
cerning the Roanoke Rapids
workers.
"Respondent's (Stevens)
bargaining strategy thus con
fronted the union with a
'Hobson's choice'-either
accept or reject unilaterally
predetermined modifications
in benefit programs The rec
ord in this case clearly demon
strates that this tactic was a
most effective means of und
ermining the collective bar
gaining process and denigrat
ing the union's status as coll
ective bargaining agent."
Ruling that these violations
^go to the very heart of the
ff. ■
ALLURING TREAUNDRA OSBORinc
...Independence High sophomore
Treaundra Osborne
Is Beauty Of Week .
by Sherleen McKoy
Poet Staff Writer
Treaundra Osborne, a
sophomore at Independence
High School, is the Poet's
beauty for this week.
Her future aspiration is to
matriculate at a nursing
school to become an RN or to
delve into the field of fashion^
merchandising
Somewhat athletically-in
clined, Treaundra plays voll
«aball for her school. "I like
MDeyball a lot," she said.
"We had an ukay season-it
was half and half. I'm very
grateful to our coach, Mrs.
Mary Artls, for her dedication
to the team . "
Treaundra also plays bas
ketball sometimes for Mint
HU1 and like· to Jog a lot.
Listening to music, socializ
ing with friends and reading a
good poetry book are favorite
pastimes for Treaundra. "I
love poetry," she explained,
"I don't know why-it's just
the way it's written I guess." '
8he also likes all kinds of
who listens
of a Family
the LADY next
dances Her favorite person is
actress Cicely Tyson. "I like
the way she plays her parts,
Treaundra said.
When asked whether she
likes school, Treaundra
released a reluctant "yes. It
keeps me£usy," she stated
Her most well-liked subjects
are math and English. She
dislikes biology and certain
periods and subjects in hist
ory. However, they have be
gun to study the diverse relig
ious of the world which have
captured her interest!
Treaundra is a member of
the Red Cross Club at Inde
pendence; she sings on the
Gospel Choir of Red Branch
Baptist Church in Mint Hill
and is a member of Logan
Chapel CME Church. She de
scribes herself as a person
wno learns to accept things as
they come, likes to smile a lot
("but don't get me mad"),
always willing to help others,
respects other* without re
gard to color and is very fond
of old people. "I love old peo
ple," she remarked.
In reflecting on the most
important lesson she has ever
learned in her entire IS years,
Treaundra remarked, "I can
not love God without loving
my brothers and slaters. "
Christmas is a very, special
time of the year for Treaun
dra. "It ia a time to give
thanks, to be with my family
and to show them how much I
appreciate them," she said
On the lighter side, it means
' vacation away from sçhoot.''
The only daughter and the
oldest of three children, Trea
undra and her brothers live
with their grandfather, Mr
Authur Sylvester Osborne.
Act and our national policy,
we deem it necessary, in
agreement with the (NLRB)
General Counsel, to impose an
additional remedy directed
specifically at this conduct."
Going further that Judge
Ries's original order, the
Board ruled:
"We will require Respond
ent to notify the union prompt
ly of any decision to announce
or institute systemwide
changes in employee benefits;
to produce upon request all
information relevant thereto
for purposes of collective bar
gaining, prior to announce
ment or implementation of
such changes in benefits on a
company wide basis; and to
afford the union an opportun
ity to negotiate regarding sim
ilar or identical changes at the
Roanoke Rapids plants
The Board ruling was hailed
by the Amalgamated Clothing
and Textile Workers Union as
"a clear demonstration that
the J.P. Stevens Company has
rpnpatoHlv vinloftui tKû lo«ne nf
(he land in its ruthless cam
paign to prevent workers from
joining our union and enjoying
the benefits of collective bar
gaining. It also emphasizes
that as long as the company is
guilty of such tactics, free and
fair elections among Stevens'
workers cannot be held, since
as the Board has held, these
tactics 'undermine the collect
ive bargaining process and
denigrate the union's status as
collective bargaining agent."
Judge Ries's ruling recom
mended extending a Second
Circuit Court of Appeals decis
ion on granting across to the
workers and to company bull
etin boards and non-work
areas to all Stevens workers
throughout the United States,
other than in the Carolines,
which he held was covered by
that decision. In affirming
Ries's ruling, the Board has
recommended that when its
ruling becomes operable, the
Carolines also be included, ·»
thereby extending the scope
ana tne duration ot me court s
remedies.
The union won a representa
tion election among Stevens
workers in 1974. Since then,
according to Judge Ries's de
cision, and now upheld by the
Board, Stevens "bargained
with the union in bad faith and
without any intention of con
cluding a collective bargain
ing agreement" in violation of
the National Labor Relations
Act.
"The record as a whole
indicates that Stevens
approached these negotiations
with all the tractability and
openmindedness of Sherman
at the outskirts of Atlanta,"
Judge Ries said.
The remedies recommend
ed by Judge Ries included
payment by Stevens of costs
incurred by the union and the
NLRB in the hearings and
incurred by the union during
the collective bargaining sess
ions which led to the "bad
faith" finding
FROM ALL OF US
TO EACH OF YOU
BEST WISHES FOR A
1Wity
And A $
Bill Johnson
Bob Johnson
Hank Alaksa
Shirley Harvey
Sharon Johnson
Hoyle Martin Sr.
Dannette Gaither
Susan Ellsworth
Sherleen McKoy
Charlean Little
Eugene Fharr
Chase Vance
Eileen Hanson
Brenda Kennedy
Joyce McDonald
'TIL·,
Thanks for
your generous
support and
consideration.
Merry Christmas!
Black Press Workshop To Focus On Circulation
WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
All aspects of newspaper cir
culation building and advertis
ing salesmanship will be the
focus of the Annual Mid-Win
ter Workshop of the National
Newspaper Publishers Assoc
iation -the Black Press of
America-meeting in Mem ρ
his, January 17-20.
Announcement of the Work
shop program plans was made
this week by John H. Seng
stacke, president of NNPA,
and editor publisher of the
Chicago Daily Defender. New
Pittsburg Courier and eight
other papers in his chain
He pointed out that John
L. Ρ roc ope, first vice presi
dent of NNPA and publisher of
the New York Amsterdam
Newt, is the program chair- '
man aad is developing discus
sion plans and other agenda
activities for the Workshop
Sengstarke said that Pro
cope has succeeded in getting
two specialist* to lead the
circulation and advertising
discussions They are: Daniel
Orr, president of the Internat
ional Circulation Managers
Association and circulation
director of the Boston Globe,
and Arthur Segall, Sr., man
ager of general advertising of
two leading mid-South news
papers- tue Memphis Comm
ercial Appeal and the Press
Scimitar. -
These experts will fee joined
by panel· of Black Pre··
publishers and advertising
executives in discussing cir
culation and advertising over
a two-day period. Procope has
submitted to the experts a list
of Questions relating to the
special problems of the Black
Press so that they may speak
more specifically to them.
The Workshop will be held,
in the beautiful new Hyatt
Regency Memphis A tour of
the city is scheduled for the
first afternoon, said Seng
stacke. It will cover the Lor
raine Hotel where L)r Martin
Luther King, Jr., was assasi
nated, Beale Street where a
statue of Blues King W.C.
Handy stands, I^Moyne Coll
ege ana ai «a «i^re Mrs
Ida Β Wells Barnett's Free
Speech and Headlight plant
was humeri Ιο the ground by a
mob in 1B92 because she pro
tested Ihe lynching of four
blacks
Mitchell Praises Navy's Reimbursement
Special To The Poet
Congressman Parren J
Mitchell <D-7th Md.) announ
ced last week, that 91 small
businesses, many of them
minority firms, will be reim
bursed by the U.S. Navy for
losses they sastained in furth
erance of the Navy's Minority
Recruitment Program The
losses occurred because of the
failure of John F Small, Inc.,
the subcontractor, who held
the Navy's basic ordering
agreement for the advertising
materials and services
The total reimbursement to
all of the small businesses is
$515,463 94 Among the firms
receiving the largest reim
bursements are: Kssence
Magazine. Encore Magazine.
Parren Mitchell
.<£) -7th Md ) congressman
Black Enterprise and Amal
gamated Publishers. Inc
The Axsibtant Secretary for
the Navy^ Edward Hildaigo
notified Hongreasman
Mitchell of the decision on
Monday. December 4 The
decision to reimburse followed
a long period of time and
effort in the study and résolut
ion of the problem
The proceedings and find
ings of fact were conducted by
the Navy Contract Adjust
ment Hoard
Mitchell praised the action
taken by Secretary llikdalgo
"It is this kind of sympathetic
responsiveness which does
much to destroy the negative
image of go\crnmeni bureau
cracy." Mitchell said The
Maryland Congressman
added that. He (Secretary
Hildalgo) doggedly, painstak
ing pursued the petition for
contracture! relief
Legislative
Briefing
Luncheon Set
Issues expected to come up
during the 1979 session of the
North Carolina General
Assembly will be the subject
of a Legislative Briefing
Luncheon to be held at the
Greater Charlotte Chamber of
Commerce. Thursday, Janu
ary 4. 1979. beginning at 12
noon The session is open to
the public and is expected to
last for about two hours Res
ervations are required by the
chamber and the cost is $7.50
nûp ruipcnn
Speakers will be Ben Tison,
state representative and new
chairman of the Mecklenburg
delegation to the General
Assembly, and Henry Brown,
Director of Governmental rel
ations for the North Carolina
Citizens Association
Tison will preview issues
likely to surface during the
session and Brown will com
ment on issues of interest to
business and the Citizens
Association. Both will give
their observations on the
make-up of the new legislat
ure and differences from prev
ious ones.
Generous time will be
allowed for a question and
answer period during the
briefing Taxes, budget cuts
and possible tax relief or tax
rebates are high on the list of
topics of concern
Persons interested in atten
ding the session may make
reservations by calling Gov
ernmental Affairs at the
Chamber of Commerce,
377-β»11.
Pay Your
Property Taxes
Before Christmas
Get ahead of the holiday
rush and pay your property
taxes beiore Christmas
That's the advice from City
County Tax Collector J.A.
Stone, who reminds all citi
zens that the deadline for
paying 197H property taxes
without interest is Wednes
day. January 3, 1979
Beginning Thursday. Janu
ary 4. interest equal to two per
cent of the tax bill will be
placed on all unpaid taxes,
and :,4 per cent interest will be
added every month thereaf
ter until payment is made
The mailing address for the
Tax Collector's Office is P.O.
Box 10897. Charlotte. Ν C.
2H2:14 You are urged to mail
your payment, to avoid the
problems of traffic congestion
and parking Be sure to en
close your Tax Payment Card
when you send your payment
If for some reason you find it
necessary to come to the Tax
Collector's Office, you may
look for public parking in the
County Parking Garage at S.
McfJowHI Street » entrance
from Third and Fourth
Streets), in the small metered
lot adjacent to the County
Office Building (entrance
from S Alexander Street),
and in the metered lot at Ε
Fourth and S Davidson
^sfrppts ι pnlrartro frnrn C
Davidson Street)
The Tax Collector's Office is
on the second floor of the
County Office Building, 720
F··*» Fourth Street
IJNOC \»bninMrnti\*·
Off·™-» Will Be
Clewed For 4 Days
Administrative offices at
The University of North Caro
lina at Charlotte will be closed
four days for the Christmas
holidays, Friday, Dec 22, and
Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, Dec 25 27
Offices will reopen for nor
mal business Thursday and
Friday, Dec 28 29. from 8 a m
a m. to 5 ρ m
New Year's Day will also be
a holiday for CNCC employees
with offices reopening Tues
day, Jan. 2