Evening star., 1933-09-05
n. R. A. VIOLATIONS
BY EMPLOYERS HIT
A. F. of |. Head Promises Re-
sort to Courts in Collective
Bargaining Cases.
By the Associated Press.
AHDNE nhf0 Co..

BY the Associated Press
AKRON, Ohio, September 5.-A resort
to the courts for punishment of en-
ployers violating collective bargaining
provisions of industrial codes yesterday
was promised workers by William Green
president of the American Federation
of Labor.
In Labor day appeal for support OF
the Roosevelt recovery program the
federation leader said he was conf
dent that more than a million new
members have joined with U.s." He
described the N. R. A., as opening "the
door Of opportunity for industry and
labor" Green spoke under the auspices
of the Akron Central Labor Union. He
said "a new deal has been accorded
industry and labor"
In all fairness he said, Industry
could net expect to appropriate to itself
the benefits of the national recovery
act and deny to labor the benefits
which were accorded it. II industry is
permitted to organize and control busi-
ness, labor likewise must be permitted
to organize for mutual heipfulness and
protection. And labor is doing that
very thing.
Subject to Penalties.
IF an employer discriminates against
employees who organize or discharges
them because they organize he is guilty
of violation of the code and Is subject,
when convicted, to the imposition of
penalties provided for in the national
recovery act.
"It is the purpose and intent of the
American Federation of Labor to pro-
tect workers in the exercise of their
rights to organize and to invoke punish
ment, through proper court procedure,
upon those employers who are charged
with and found guilty of violating the
I'm my opinion the time has arrived
when industrial management should
stop fighting the organization of labor
and in the spirit and letter of the N
r. A. give it an opportunity to collec-
lively cooperate in making real, vital
and beneficial all the provisions Of the
N. r. A."
Green said more than 1000, 900 have
returned to work since March amid in
dications of "a revival of business" but
he added:
Minimum rates of pay and maximum
hours of labor embodied in many of
these codes are quite unsatisfactory to
labor. In most instances, the minimum
rates of pay are too low and the hours
are too long If the purpose of the N.
r. A. is to be achieved.
N. r. A. Still Experimental.
Most of the codes thus far adopted
are subject to revision or change at
stated periods. It will be the policy of
labor to insist upon changes in these
codes when necessity arises and when
opportunity presents ITSELF"
Green said that while the working
hours were "disappointments" to labor,
the N. R. A. has not yet passed the
experimental stage" Then coming
home directly to Akron, he said. Ruth
less destructive competition" had "de-
horaliZed" the rubber industry, adding
"It is just such an industrial and
business condition as this which the
N. r. A. seeks to cure and overcome.
The Government wishes to save indus
try, including the rubber industries in
the city of Akron, and labor is desirous
and willing to do its part in co-opera-
ton with the Government in placing
industry upon a sound and stable basis
a task which evidently industrial man.
agement of itself could not accom-
plish
LET us here resolve that all of us
coming from all walks of life, will dc
our part by giving to the President o1
the United States full measure Of sup
port in his efforts to bring comfort and
happiness to our people"