The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-30

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loyers had a property interest in the
and their non-union employees, which
have them abrcgate.
J. Upholds Its Validity.
Mr.. Mcknight argued in behalf Of
the constitutionalty. Of the anti-in-,
junction law and quoted several court
decisions to maintain his position, all
Of which upheld the validity of the
act He punctured every claim made
by the plaintiffs and showed conclu-
sively that there were no grounds
for issuing restraining order.
A perusal of the affidavits filed by
both parties clearly esta ablishes the
fact that the employers are in the
wrong court. If the allegations made
by the non-union printers are true
they, and not the employing printers,
should have taken their complaints
to a police: court and not to a court
of equity.
Civil Courts Are Open.
If the employers think they have
been injured by the unions they have
the right to bring suit in a civil court.
OF course they will do nothing of
the kind on such a flimsy case as
they have thus far presented. They
would prefer to go into count, Of
equity in the hope that they would
succeed in ham-stringing the print
ing trades unions and thus defeat the
strike: for the 44-hour week
!: Mr.. Mcknight wanted the EN- ploy-
:efs tosshow. their zcommunity ofssil1-
'terest in the matter OF the proceed
ings. They asked to have the unions
restrained from picketing. All the
shops were not being .picketed, and,
therefore, those not included had no
grievance and were not being SUBJ
ject to ''irreparable injury.
:. 1t Permits Picketing. ..
The Minnesota anti-injunction act
permits peaceful picketing. It does
not make it unlawful for unions to
pay strike benefits to non-union men
if they leave their employment. It
makes lawful all of the things which
the employing printers would iave
the court restrain union men from do
ing.
A number of affidavits were filed
by Mr.. Mcknight, in which it was
shown that the employers violated
their agreement with the printing
trades unions when they refused to
put the 44-hour week into effect on
May last.
Mislcd Their Employees. -
One affidavit sworn to by the chair
man of the strike committee declared
that printing employers had led their
employees to believe to Jan. 1, 1921,
that they would be bound by the zreso-
luton adopted by the International
Joint Conference Council in April.
| 1919, setting May /, 1921, as the day
upon which the 44-hour week would
be inaugurated among the CONNER
.cial printing plants of the country,
and which was also adopted by: the
"Closed Shop division of the Typo
thetae of America in New York, Sept.
! IS, 1919. l,..<,s
| He further declared under oath that
he frequently discussed this matter
with F.. H. Lounsberry, one OF the
employing printers now. seeking an
injunction, who was an attendant at
the meeting of the :Closed Shop" di.
vision Of the Typothetae where the
resolution was unanimously adopted.
and heard him say that there would
not be much trouble in Duluth with
reference to the 44-hour week.
Conceded 44-HOur Week.
But that was not all. :, Mr.. LouIs-
berry in a conference with a repre-.
| sentative Of the union, held for the
purpose Of drawing up an arbitra-
tion agreement, agreed to insert, q
clause therein to the effect that the
matter of the 44-hour week after May
! 1, 1921, would not be subject to ar.
bitration. It would be agreed to sin
advance in accordance with the vote
OF the Typothetae in New York.
In January, 1921, after the Citi'
! zens' Alliance butted into the print,
ing industry, the employers expert
the employees, that they, would max.
no agreement whatever with their EN-
ployes with reference to the 44-honl
week: They repudiated their agree
ment.
Injunctions are not issued. or a
least they are not supposed to be is
sued, except in instances where sth,
loss to property is irreparable and
!! there is no other adequate rened.
at law. In this strike the employer,
seem to have made provision agains
any loss to be sustained through TIL,
strike by taking out strike insurance
Indeed. they have boasted OF t1ei
/ ability to wear out the printer
through such insurance
Dame rumor IN printing circ1ess shaI
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