Editorial
CH ARLOTTE LABOR JOURN iL A DIXIE FARM NEWS
_ _Published Weekly at Charlotte, N. C.
H. A Stall*, Editor aid Publisher W. M. Witter, Associate Editor
Entered as second-class mail matter September 11, 1981, at the Post
Office at Charlotte, N, C., under the Act of Congress of March S, 1879
Official Organ of the Charlotte Central Labor Union and Approved by
The American Federation of Labor and the
North Carolina Federation of Labor
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NLRB CASE LOAD CLIMBS; LABOR GAINS
UNION SHOPS
Record business during the month of December, the
greatest in its 12-year history., pushed the National La
bor Relations Board farther behind in its work under the
Taft-Hartley law.
According to an announcement by Robert N. Denham,
general counsel for the NLRB, 2,064 cases were filed with
the board during the month or 49 per cent more than
were filed with the board during the month or 49 per cent
were filed with the hoard in November.
Of these cases, 1,825 involved petitions for election^, 178
were alleged unfair labor practices by employers, and 61
charged unfair labor practices by unions.
Despite the fact that a record number of elections were
conducted by the board during December, the number of
cases pending disposition} at various procedural levels rose
to a new high of 5,833 cases, 39' per cent of which were
filed prior to August 22, 1946, the effective date of the
Taft-Hartley law\ In terms of unfinished business, the
NLRB fell about 650 cases behind for the month, a com
parison of the backlog for December and that for Novem
ber reveals.
The NLRB report showed that 521 of the 796 elections
conducted were union shop elections required under the
Taft-Hartley law. As the board’s report for the previous
month indicated, unions continued to sweep these elections
by overwhelming majorities. In December, unions scored
victories in 518 of the 521 union shop elections held. Ninety
per cent of those eligible to vote actually participated in
the elections and of this number, 93 per cent voted for the
union shop.
That the union shop election issue has reacted great im
portance is attested to by the fact that of the 1,825 peti
tions for elections received by he NLRB 1,345 asked for
elections to determine the union shop question. American
Federation of Labor affiliates asked for 966 of these elec
tions.
Reporting on elections held to determine whether em
ployes desired a union to bargain for them, the board said
267 such elections were held with 28,358 valid votes cast
by workers. Sixty-two per cent of this number favored
some labor organization as the collective bargaining agent.
AFL unions took part in 170 of these elections and won
at least a majority in 94 instances.
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TAFf-HARTLEY LAW HELD
AN AID TO COMMUNISTS
York, Pa. — The Taft-Hartley
law actually assists the growth
i of Communist infiltration into
American labor unions, according
to Joseph M. Jacobs, a prominent
labor attorney of Chicago.
Jacobs told an AFL Pennsyl
vania rally that “no Communist
will be deterred by an oath of
allegiance to our government—
that is baby stuff for them."
“But under the Taft-Hartley
Law,” his prepared statement
said, “no Communist may be
fired out of a union if he pays
his dues—and many Communists
are taking advantage of that
clause and thumbing their noses
at America^ labor leaders who
are anxious to preserve the
the American system of private
| enterprise.” I
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AFL Urges Retention
Of Rent Control Law
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the tenants. When vacancies oc
curred because a family was
forced to move to another city it
was a common practice for the
landlords to make minor alter
ations in the unit in order to
justify its rental to the new ten
ant at a higher rent.
“(3) No allowance is made in
the BLS index for the tie-in ar
rangements often forced by the
landlords upon the tenants re
quiring the tenants to buy used
furniture at an outrageous price
or to make under-the-table pay
ments as a condition of moving
into the apartment or dwelling
unit.
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