The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
Battle OF Labor
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head of almost every major labor dispute in recent months. The section guarantees workers the right of collective bargaining"
 At Minneapolis, where several months of sporadic violence in truck drivers strike have taken six lives, a 4S-hour general strike was threatened.
 The militant truck drivers union proposed the general strike as ar engagements were made for an em- ploycs' election on collective bar gaining representatives.
 The strike of union drivers of the Chicago Motor Bus company, punctuated by stonings, beatings police, entered it's sixth day with arrival of a representative of the federal labor board to attempt mediation.
 The last of national guardsmen, maintaining order in the model industrial village of kohler, Wis, following bloody rioting, was with drawn today by Governor Albert G. Schmedemann. Picketing of the kohler plumbing manufacturing plant continued.
 The Steel Trouble
 PittsburS, Aug 20-(UP)-The NRAs new steel labor board to- day faced what may be one of the most momentous decisions under the new deal. L..' Unless it sides the issue, it must interpret the famous "section IA" crux of every major labor dispute of recent months.
 section "A guarantees workmen the right of "collective bargain ing." The steel board has been maneuvercd into a position where it must answer the question Just what does collective bargaining mean?"
 The union believes collective bargaining represents the right of the majority union to represent all employees. Non-union members must accept the union as their bargaining agent, according to the A. F. of L. interpretation or "A.
 But industry insists emphatical- ly that any union or group can bargain for its own members only. It maintains the right of a minor- ity to represent itself in any way 1t wishes.
 The administration has consist ently declined to interpret its sec ton "A. But observers believed to- day that President RooSevelts steel board must shortly break the deadlock, probably in a decision Tn the Apollo Steel company case.
 The Apollo company admits that it's amalgamated union represents more than half of its employees. But it insists that it can bargain as it wishes with non-union mem- bers. The question was clearly and squarely before the steel board today, which apparently can make only one of three moves: lit can postpone a decision, and possibly sidestep the issue al- together.
 2.-lt can rule that Apollo Steel must deal with all its em- ployes through amalgamated.
 3.-It can rule that amalgamat- ed represents its own members only, and the company may deal as it wishes with non-union em- ployes, or employees represented by another union.
 Unrest Elsewhere
 Chicago, Aug. 20 - (UP) - Fresh violence in the strike of union bus drivers of the Chicago Motor Coach company brought representative of the federal de- partment of labor to the scene of the five day-old labor war today.
 Hugh Friel arrived from Wash ington and announced that he would attempt to bring union and company officials together for conference seeking to end the strike.
 Shortly before Frieps entrance into the negotiations, police, who have maintained armed patrols along 20 miles ot streets and boulevards traversed by the com pany's big green omnibuses, ar