Montana labor news., 1934-11-08
Tobacco Firm
Setting Example
For Industry
Continued from Page y

CONTINUED from Page y
The corporations management is pro
gressive and its product the very fin
in quality, Evans says.
Working Force Increased.
A thousand additional employees have
been added t the working force of the
corporations big plant at Louisville,
KY, and 100000 union labels were
used in July alone. So great is the de-
mand for its products that it is now
working "a hours a day five days a
week in its plants. In addition to its
main Louisville factory, the corpora
ton has plants at Petersburg, Va, and
Winston Salem, N. c.
All Brown & Williamson goods
now carry the Tobacco Workers
label and the labels of the Allied
Printing Trades and the Photo
Engravers. The corporation man
ufactures Raleigh, Kool, Wings
and Avalon cigarettes and a line
of well known brands of snuff,
smoking, cigarette, and plug to-
baccos.
The record OF Brown & Williamson
since unionization shows, President
Evans said, that cooperation with or
gained labor pays beyond the shadow
OF a doubt. The harmonious relations
in the Brown & Williamson plants
mean efficiency in operation and the
support Of trade unionists throughout
the nation, he added. He said he was
convinced that trade unionists in gen
eral are buying products Of the cor
poration and doing everything pos
sible to increase the sale of the Brown
& Williamson line.
Grievances Adjusted.
President Evans explained that CO.
operation and friendly relations in the
big Louisville plant, pronounced by
visitors a model of order and neat
ness, are promoted by a committee
which meets every Thursday morning
to take up complaints. All matters
of disagreement are taken up, aired
and adjusted in conference between
the committee and the management.
The plan has worked exceedingly we'll
he reported with satisfaction to both
parties.
The spirit Of the agreement between
the corporation and the union is set
forth in the preamble, which says:
"lhe parties hereto recognize
the existence of mutually Of in
terests and the desirablity of es-
tablishing sufficient and adequate
machinery for the adjustment Of
all differences that may arise n
der the terms Of this agreement
to the end that peaceful, co-opera-
tive relationship may be main
tanned, that strikes, lockouts, and
other forms of concerted action
shall be prevented, and that the
spirit Of whole-hearted co-opera-
ton shall at all times prevail"
The agreement provides for mini
mum wages in accordance with a scale
accepted by the workers and manage
ment. The agreement also specifically
states that the corporation accepts the
principles of collective bargaining as
set forth in Section IA Of the Re
covery Act.
Stretch-O Out Barred.
A code Of shop practices provides
for the 8-hour, five-day week, for over
time at the rate of time and a half and
for double time if required on Sundays
and holidays.
OF interest in connection with the
discussion of the stretch-out in the
textile industry, is a provision in the
shop practice code against the stretch
out in cigarette making. Section 9 Of
the code says:
mo machine operator of a cigarette
making machine or cigarette packing
machine shall be required, except in
cases of emergency, to operate and
tend at any one time more than one
of such machines"
Union Is Growing.
Optimism over the outlook for his
organization and for trade unionism
in general was expressed by President
Evans, whose organization has shown
a steady growth in recent months.
Headquarters of the union in Louis
vile have been kept busy enrolling new
members, supplying union literature
and attending to the many tasks that
accompany increase in union strength.
He said that American labor is now on
the marcia march that he believes
will bring to trade unionism a position