The Charlotte Labor Journal
AND DIXIE FARM NEWS
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CHARLOTTRi N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938
The large number of new subscribers placed upon our list
by the Teamsters and Chauffeurs local is evidence of the fact that
this organization is really building. We welcome these new read
ers and hope to be able to be of service to them and their local in
any and every way possible.
And while on the subject of increased membership of the A.
F. of L. in Charlotte, it is well to call attention to the fact that
H. L. McCrorie, chairman of Central Labor Union’s organizing
committee, assisted by the other members, is entitled to much
credit.
James F. Barrett, of Atlanta A. F. of L. headquarters, Atlanta,
was in the city last week to assist Brother McCrorie in putting the
finishing touches to membership gain.
TEAMSTERS AND CHAUFFEURS ADD
NUMBER TO JOURNAL LIST
CHARLOTTE MAY GET A. F. OF L. HEADQUARTERS
AGAIN
It is rumored that the A. F. of L. will reopen offices in Char
lotte sometime after the first of the year, probably in the spring,
which is good news to labor in this immediate section, as the office
has been sadly missed since it was discontinued sometime ago.
The movement in Charlotte has gone forward voluntary and by
local effort in a great way, and The Journal has always endeavored
to do its part, by co-operation, giving of meeting space, and pub
licity where needed. The members of the different locals, in
dividually, have also done a good work, but there is need of fur
ther co-operation from the general organization, and its excel
lent and efficient field staff, with a permanent clearing house in
Charlotte. '
A. F. OF L. HOLDS COURT DECISION AS TRIUMPH
The U. S. Supreme Court in handing down its decision ad
verse to the National Labor Relations Board in the case of Con
solidated Edison Co., is a victory for the A. F. of L., so to speak,
and the decision, as was to be expected, is condemned by the C. I.
O. Leo Pressman, general counsel of the C. I. 0. says that the
decision “can give but cold comfort to labor organizations seek
ing to advance themselves at the cost of the workers by obtain
ing preferential treatment from employees,” etc. Which is to be
expected from the one suffering defeat.
Now, Presiednt Green looks at it from a different angle,
as the decision is “ours”. But, it is a known fact that there is
a sneaking idea in the minds of many that NLRB decisions have
more or less favored the C. I. O. in close controversial disputes.
A little remedying of the board’s powers by the next congress may
bring about a more even kiel in settling labor dilutes.
DON’TS AND DO’S!
Do not send a dollar off to a mail order house for your needs
They can be supplied in Charlotte. Do not buy Japanese or Ger
man-made goods under any consideration. Buy American, above
all things, and remember the concerns that are fair to labor and
keep Journal advertisers in mind.
ROSELAND
FLORAL CO.
and Sixth Streets
PHONES Altl AND SIM
I :»0 N. Tryon—Corner Tryon
TRADE AT
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Sc to $1.00 Merchandise
Victor Shaw Co.
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(Shoe Company Is
Violating Labor
Relations Act
Added confirmation that many com
panies persist in violating the plain
provisions of the National Labor Re
lations Act against forming and
financially supporting company un
ions is revealed in the investigation
of the Hamilton Brown Shoe Com
pany of St. Louis, Mo., by the Na
tional Labor Relations Board.
The Labor Board found that he
Commercial Shoe Workers Organiza
tion was dominated by the company,
that the company signed a contract
with the Commercial Shoe Workers
Organisation, that employes were dis
charged for not joining the Commer
cial Shoe Workers Organisation, and
that the Commercial Shoe Workers
Organization was organised at the
suggestion of the factory superintend
ent aided by supervisory employes who
threatened employes with job loss if
they did not poin and by outright dis
charge for refusal to become mem
bers. Confronted with these facts the
Labor Board ordered the company to
disestablish the company-owned Com
mercial Shoe Workers Organization.
248,000 Workers
Back On Jobs; •
900,000 Rehired
Since Last June
WASHINGTON. D. C.—The addi
tional employment of 248,000 non-agri
cultural worker* during October waa
reported by Secretary of Labor Per
kins, who said 900,000 workers in this
category had returned to their jobs in
the last four months. These figures
do not include employes on Works
Progress Administration Projects or
other Federal emergency agencies.
They also include temporary can
nery employes who are not part of tha
normal labor supply, but are taken
into industry during the packing sea
son.
The outstanding employment gain
in October was in the automobile,
body and parts industry in which ap
proximately 86,000 workers were re
turned to jobs,” Miss Perkins said.
wThis gain reflected the increased
production of new models.
“The hardware industry, due large
ly to demand~T6r automobile hard
ware, reported a gain of nearly 7,000
workers.
“The employment increases in other
durable goods industries reporting
substantial gains and in which in vir
tually all instances the gains were
larger than seasonal.
HE PERSEVERED
I had to stay after school because
of perseverance, Dad.
What, how did that happen?
1 couldn’t spell it.
Some men get tired quickly while
hunting a job.
Wholesale Concerns
Subject To Wage
And Hour Ruling
RALEIGH, Dec. 5.—Labor Com
missioner Forrest H. Shuford said
yesterday he had received an inter
Srelative bulletin from the Fair La
or Standards administration to the
effect that employes of wholesale
concerns are subject to the wage and
hour act.
The ruling pointed out that whole
salers, though they make all sales
within the State, at times will have
shipments made direct to customers
from out-of-State manufacturers.
Another ruling held that North
Carolina manufacturers producing
gods for consumption wholly within
the State come partly under the act if
they get raw materials in interstate
commerce.
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Minn. Musicians
Boycott Inns And
Taverns In St Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn.—The St. Paul
Musicians Union, Local No. 30, an af
filiate of the American Federation of
Musicians, means business in its cam
paign to eliminate from this area or
chestras whose members refuse to be
long to the union and taverns and
inns whose management refuses to
employ union orchestras.
This militant determination is illus
trated in a display advertisement pub
lished by the Musicians Union in the
Minnesota Union Advocate, the offi
cial organ of the St. Paul Trades and
Labor Assembjy, listing thirteen un
fair taverns, inns, bars and similar
outfits which have been placed on the
union’s "we do not patronize list.”
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