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Greetings To Labor GUILFORD CURB MARKET Corner of West Lee and Warren (Across from Guilford Dairy) Greensboro, N. C. Labor’s Business Invited and Appreciated Here GREETINGS TO LABOR For A Successful Convention GIBBS MACHINE COMPANY 1023 West Lee Greensboro, N. C. GREETINGS TO LABOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION And for the Promotion of Better Labor-Management Relations • GIBSONVILLE HOSIERY MILLS CO. GIBSONVILLE. N. C. Greetings To Labor FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION TALLEY LAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY E.J. TALLEY GREENSBORO, N C. GREETINGS TO LABOR For A Successful Convention -. Greetings To Labor FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION ARNOLD STONE COMPANY 916 Warren Street Phone 2-1194 Greeensboro, N. C. GREETINGS TO LABOR For A Successful Convention WEST BROTHERS COMPANY A Complete Line of NATIONALLY KNOWN BUILDING MATERIALS 419 East Washington St. Telephone 2-3151 Greeensboro, N. C. GREETINGS TO LABOR For A Successful Convention J. A. WILLARD CO. Machine Shops Since 1921 NEW MACHINES TO ORDER GENERAL MACHINE REPAIRS Phone 8735 FOR ESTIMATES ON ANYTHING IN MACHINE WORK OF ANY KIND 212 So. Davie v Greensboro, N. C. Carolina Journal of Labor And Charlotte Labor Journal For GreensborO'High Point Mine Workers Score Major Victory As Foremen Come Under Contract Washington, D. C. — Scoring a j major victory in a long-drawn-out j battle, the United Mine Workers (AFL) signed a contract with Ad— I miral Ben Moreell, Federal Coal j Mines Administrator, ' covering j mine foremen and supervisors at four mines of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Co. The action came after a sharp attack upon the mine operators in the UMW's Journal, which, in blunt terms, charged them with “stalling tactics” to avert a show down. Admiral Moreell also signed two agreements covering electrical and technical workers. These applied to Jones & Laughlin and the general office of the Industrial Collieries Corporation, Johnstown, Pa., a sub sidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. The agreements were made with the United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Workers, District 60, UMW. Signing of the agreement cover ing supervisory’ employes of Jones & Laughlin came several hours after the company had filed a pe tition in the U. S. Court of Appeals to restrain the action. The contracts bore most of the terms provided in the contract-for production workers signed by Sec retary of the Interior Krug and John L. Lewis, president of the UMW, May 22. Several provisions differed, however. A new section in the contract covering Jones A Laughlin foremen binds the union to initiate court ac tion if the company refuses to recognise the contract. The section was inserted to open the way for test in the higher courts of the ruling by the National Labor Re lations Board that supervisory em ployes may organize into an ap propriate unit for collective bar gaining. *-— --t f Un XInf S Anal T a Krtr Relations Act, NLRB may be test-1 ed in court only if a union files a complaint. If a union (as in this case the supervisors) refuses to file such a complaint, perhaps pre ferring other action, the case could not go to the courts, since em ployers may not initiate tests, The contract specifically safe guards rights of the companies in case the NLRB should reverse, the decision Which held that units of foremen are legally covered by the National Labor Relations Act, or Wagner Act. The board began to rule in favor of the foremen in the Union Col lieries case in 1940, but subsequent ly reversed its stand. In the last two years, however, it has grad ually returned to its position of si* years ago. The Case bill passed by Congress this year exempted foremen from protection under the Wagner Act, but it was vetoed by President Tru man. Employers have insisted that foremen represent management and cannot “act on both sides of the bargaining table.” In some in dustries, however (printing and railroads), foremen are covered in written agreements. . There are 18 clauses in the Jones A Laughlin agreement, which cov ers about 150 employes. The wage section provides for an increase of $1.85 a day, similar to that pro vided in the Krug-Lewis contract. The contracts covering the clerical and technical workers provide for a wage rise of 181-2 cents an ; hour. The agreements provide retroac tive pay to May 22, 1946, when the contract with the production work ers was completed. MATCH MAKERS GET RAISE Barberton, Ohio. — President F. B. Gerhart of the National Match workers Council (AFL) has an nounced that all members of the union have received a basic wage increase of 18 1-2 cents an hour. This new contract covers about 900 employes at the Diamond match plant here and in the neighborhood of 1,600 workers at the Ohio Match Co. in Wadsworth, Ohio. Oak Ridge, Tenn. — Conceding the validity of AFL protests, the War Department abolished regu lations which interfered with the civil rights of atomic bomb work ers and curbed organizational ac tivities of the AFL Atomic Trades Council. The change in the Army’s policy came after conferences in Wash ington between War Department higher-ups and AFL President William Green and George Googe, AFL Southern Organization Di rector. Secretary of Wr Patterson agreed that Army censorship of union literature and interference with distribution of organizing material could not tie ju stifled on security grounds. He called in General Leslie Groves, in charge of atomic energy development, who also agreed. Modifcations of the regulations then was worked oat with Col. E. E. Kirkpatrick, who handles labor relations at the three huge plants here which em ploy 20,000 workers. Under terms of the new under standing, the Array agreed to drop any further censorship of AFL literature to be distributed by or ganizers at the plant gates. The major purpose of this regulation —one against which the AFL reg istered a primary objection—was to “prevent references to the plants which might disclose clas sified information,’’ an Army of ficial said, "With the modification of this regulation," the Army statement added, "the responsibility for maintenance of security in this field thus falls directly upon the unions and the unions’ representa tives.” The Army also greed to permit union representatives, furnished with special passes, to aid in the distribution of union literature at points near but outside the Kates. “For security reasons,” the statement said, “there has been prior objection on the Army’s part t.i allowing visitors free access to plant areas and gates.” In their protestations to Secre tary Patterson, both Mr. Green and Mr. Googe cited earlier as surances by the Army that mili tary security was no longer a fac tor and the Army’s earlier pledge that the AFL would be permitted to inaugurate an organizing drive when the war ended. Supplementing these protects, James F. Barrett, coordinator of AFL activities at Oak Ridge, charged that the measures insti tuted by the Army were making it impossible to carry on organiza tional activities at the atomic plants and constituted a breach of faith in the light of the earlier ; assurances. Greetings To Labor EDDIE CLARK’S GROCERY AND SERVICE STATION Esso Products Reidsville Road Phone 2-0277 Greensboro, N. C. LABOR’S BUSINESS ALWAYS APPRECIATED Greetings To Labor FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION Grantham Waterproofing Co. Contractors and Dealers for WATERPROOFING—DAMPPROOFING—CAULKING 2701 Cajnden Road Telephone 7061 Greeensboro, N. C. Send in Your Subscriptipn Today. We Need Your Support. GREETINGS TO LABOR For A Successful Convention ATLANTIC INSULATION CO., me. APPROVED CONTRACTORS JOHNS-MANVILLE “BLOWN” HOME INSULATION SAGER METAL WEATHERSTRIPPING 1324 WESTOVER TERRACE TELEPHONES 3-3974—3-4639 GREENSBORO. N. C. C. E. (Bud) Lanford, Manager / Greetings To Labor For a Successful Convention CAROLINA STEEL & IRON COMPANY STRUCTURAL PLATE AND MISCELLANEOUS STEEL WORK GREENSBORO, N. C. “
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