The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-16

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ment of the open shop in the machine
tool industry, which is the largest in
the city
Cleveland
Three strikes are now on in Cleve-
land in which the question of the
open shop is the main issue. Some 800
wagon drivers for the Telling Belle
Vernon Milk Co., on strike since Nov.
2; CTS pattern makers, on strike since
February, and hundreds of members
of the printing crafts, on strike since
May.
Other big Cleveland strikes during
the year, in which the open shop fig
ures as direct issue, were those of
700 tailors and 1000 foundrymen
While plants are now operating the
unions have not declared the strikes
off.
Toledo
Toledo has had a virtual lockout of
thousands of organized workmen in
the building trades for many months,
with the contractors standing to-
gether to enforce the open shop. To-
ledo electrical workers have also
been on strike for many months
against the open shop, although five
of fourteen electrical contractors
have met the mems terms and are
now on closed shop basis.
Pressmen, bookbinders, electrotyp-
ers and photo engravers were on
strike II weeks last summer through
sympathy with the printers, but they
returned to work under open shop
conditions.
Columbus
Under a new working agreement
recently signed employees of the
Whistle Co., soft drink manufactur-
ers, virtually have closed shop. The
local street car company has, since the
expiration of working agreement
several months ago, refused to deal
with it's hundreds of union employees
| as an organization and refuses longer
to recognize the union. 1t has, how
ever, promised publicly not to cut
Iwages or change working conditions
Dayton
A strike of the employees of five
street car companies operating in
Dayton resulted from wage contro-
versies, but before it was settled the
companies injected the open shop is
sue, and today, with wages adjusted,
two of the companies are operating
the closed shop, while the other three
are on the open shop basis, still en-
| ploying many men who took the
places of the regulars during the
strike.
Youngstown
Six thousand building trades work
ers struck last May against 20 per
cent reduction in wages after they
had offered to accept 10 per cent
cut. The contractors then declared
for the open shop. Smaller contrac-
tors met the demand of the men, and
| about 1000 went back to work under
closed shop at 10 per cent wage re-
duction Other contractors are oper-
ating open shop, and the greater part
of the men have gone back to work
under open shop conditions.
Elyria
Two strikes involving the open shop
are on in Elyria-one that originally
involved building trades workers and
the other affecting polishers employed
by the American Photograph Co. The
open shop is in effect in both in
stances, and part of the men have
gone back to work, although the
| strikes have not been declared off
Springfield
Machine and tool works in Spring
| field are now all on open shop. Early
| this year workers in these trades
| struck, but the strike has not been
successful.
Alliance
| Alliance is practically an open-shop
town now with the exception of the
building trades, which are largely
closed shop. The open shop was an
issue in the recent strike of molders
employed by the Morgan Engineering
Co., which concern is now operating
on open shop
MassiIlon
Union molders are on strike at the
Hess-Snyder Co. against the open
shop, which has been put into effect
at the plant
Marion
The Railway Service Co. has beer
able to enforce open shop in the Erie