The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-15

) The opening speech and presen-
tation of the resolution were made
by Rev. Haven P. Perkins, a MEM
Der of the Ministers Union, as Of
fetal representative of the council,
WAGES CUT '''a''
TO $14 PER WEEK
A committee of II Including two
housewives, was elected to present
protest to Major T. B. Larkin,
district engineer in charge Of the
project, against recent cuts in
hours which has reduced the week.
~ income Of the vast majority of
the workers to $14.
FEDERAL LABOR UNION
WILL BE ORGANIZED
w. w. Ward, organizer of the
Truck Drivers Union, and Mr.. Per-
kins were elected co-chairmen of
the committee which will report
at a second mass meeting to be
held next Sunday, November Ia at
100 p. m. at Spot Hall, Lakeview:
Mr.. James d. Graham, president
of the Montana State Federation
of Labor, is expected. Applications
for membership in a federal union
for the unorganized will be called
for. The initiation fee will be low
so that every worker may Join.
Every worker on the Fort Peck
project should attend the Mass
Meeting and join the Union at once
RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED
The following resolution was
adopted unanimously at a mass
meeting held under the auspices
of the Valley County Trades and
Labor Council, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, at
Lakeview, Montana on Sunday,
November 10.
RESOLUTION
Whereas, the present national adj
ministratiOn was elected on prom
Use to help the forgotten man
and give him a New Deal by
raising wages and increasing
purchasing power;
AND whereas, the wages of all
classificatiOns of workers on the
Fort Peck Dam project were al
ready too low, and the wages of
Iaborers were so low as to give
} them a bare living, without the
comforts and cOnveniences which
} an American has the right to ex-
J. pect: -
"And whereas, by recent drastic
/ cuts in hours our incomes have
been reduced below the level at
= which we can exist al. all, and
: have endangered the trade of
those from whom we buy goods,
1 thereby inevitably reducing their
/ orders from factories and farms
) and ultimately throwing men out
4 OF work in distant parts of these
: United States but especially here
2 in Montana where we spend oui
ii :. money; la " 9Al@10'
: 'sBe it. resolved, by this assembly
3 of project workers., democratic
Y ally organized with officers OF
: their own choosing, that the ad.
ministration should raise tbs
> hourly wage of its employees
i, and bring pressure to bear on
e the contractors to restore men
who have been laid off, to avoid
layOffsa in the future, and to
II maintain weekly wage scales "a
first step towards the fulfill
n ment of campaign promises;
|, sand be il further resolved, that {
7 committee be elected by this as
= semblyi to present to Major T.
$ B. Larkin these resolutions and
n our grievances, and that this
8 committee shall report back t.
v us at meeting to be held heel
3 next Sunday, the 18th Of Nov
y ember at 100 p. m. -
; sand be it further resolved, tina
a the secretary send copies of thi
a to the President, Secretary o.
& War, the Administrator of PWl
le the Administrator OF. WPA,. tn
n Secretary of Labor, the two Sen
T. atOrs from Montana, the Cover
al nor Of the State, the Represen
= tative from this C0ngressiona
q District, the New York Times
ts the Montana Labor News th
r Great Falls Tribune, the 70
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