Montana labor news., 1933-11-09
EASTERN LABOR
NOTES

NEW YORK-(FP)- One of the
chief aids to confusion in the labor
movement today is the great number
of independent unions, unaffiliated
with any national body, which have
sprung up.
News of amalgamation of such un-
ions therefore is doubly welcome. The
latest are the four big independents
in the eastern shoe industry: the
Natl. Shoe Workers Assn, the Shoe
Workers Protective Union, the Inde-
pendent Shoe Workers of Salem,
Mass, and the Brotherhood of Shoe
& Allied Craftsmen of Brockton,
Mass.
Negotiations between tanners and
striking tannery workers in Glovers-
vile, N. Y, deadlocked when several
members of the Tanners Assn. re-
fused to accept an agreement reached
by their representatives and the strike
committee. After a few fist fights
at tannery entrances, the bosses gave
up the idea of using seabs.
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Some hundreds of live poultry
FUCKERS, organized under American
Federation of Labor auspices, have
gone on strike in Newark demanding
shorter hours and higher wages. The
dealers association has ignored the
strike and is importing scabs.
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Taxicab drivers won a smashing vic
tory in Philadelphia when the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit Co. granted IN
ion recognition.
Philadelphia is also wondering
whether the t%ruckdrivers are going out
again against 14O operators who re-
fuse to sign up with the Brotherhood
Of Transportation Workers. A call
ed strike was postponed when the
Natl. Labor Board stepped in to try
arbitration. The rest of the 400 truck
operators in Philadelphia have sign
ed with the union.
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Workers in Paterson, N. j., are
awaiting the decision of Sen. Wag-
ner, chairman of the Natl. Labor
Board. He's promised to listen to
no more conferences and issue his de-
cision on the silk strike settlement in
the near future.
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In the meanwhile, representatives of
silk mill workers in so cities in New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and
Rhode Island, meeting in Port Jervis,
N. Y, decided to press a national
strike against the NRA code $12 min
imum wage.
When Connecticut truck operators
tried to discriminate against leaders
in the recent strike by deity cutting
down on their incomes and giving
them only short runs, the drivers
walked out again. They went back
after a short struggle, however, when
the operators promised to cease dis
elimination.
Pickets from Augusta, Ca, where
1000 mill workers are out, attempted
to spread their strike to South Car
DINA and were met by the National
Guard and state police. The South
Carolina production, however, was
greatly curtailed.
Five thousand shipyard workers in
the New York area entered the third
week of their strike for union recog-
milton and higher wages with the re-
gional labor board mediating.
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The Init. Longshoremen's Assn. has
signed a years contract with steam
ship operators affecting 10000 New
York dockworkers calling for Soc an
hour for a 44-hour week, with $1.20
an hour for overtime.
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A rarely-mentioned phase Of the
union organization drive now on is
the activity in the highly skilled
trades. An effect of this was the
strike of 500 optical workers in New
York City after the NRA reduced
their wages. The strikers are affil-
lated with the Init. Jewelry Workers
Union.
The impending strike of $4,000 gas
oline filling-station employees in New
York is still hanging fire with the
New York regional board trying to
bring the workers and bosses together.
Henry Ford finally succumbed to
NRA pressure and met with strikers
representatives in Edgewater, N. j.,
the first instance when the great
Henry has been faced with a demand
for collective bargaining. The re-
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