Evening star., 1935-04-14
AZ. Of |. CANCELS
PENDING STRIKE IN
RUBBER INDUSTRY.
important Gains Claimed
by Green in Terms of
Agreement.
AKRON UNION HEADS
ANTICIPATE REJECTION
Poll Today Held Sure to Refuse
Plan Adopted Pending
Court Ruling.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
American Federation of Labor chief
tains agreed last night to call OIL
their threatened strike in three large
Akron, Ohio, rubber factories-the
Goodyear, Goodrich and Firestone
plants-after obtaining important
concessions from the managements.
The federation lost its fight. how
ever, for immediate elections to de-
termine whether employees in the
Goodrich and Firestone plants pre-
ferred the federation to company un-
ions as their representative Tor
collective bargaining.
William Green, federation president,
and representatives of the Rubber
Works Council, A. F. of L. unit in the
rubber industry, agreed that the ruboer
workers should not strike until the
companies court appeals from Labor
Board election orders were concluded.
This may take months.
Subject to Ratification.
Last nights agreement, signed after
three days of negotiations with Sec
retary of Labor Perkins. is subject to
ratification by the rubber workers at
mass meetings in Akron today.
Speaking for himself and the local
union presidents, Coleman Claherty,
federation organizer in Akron, said:
'As far as We are concerned, we are
inclined to favor the agreement"
The four-point agreement provides:
/. That the employers would meet
representatives of any group of en-
ployes for collective bargaining on
wages, hours and working conditions.
2. That the companies would post on
their bulletin boards the results of
these negotiations
3. That "it is recognized the holding
of an election as ordered by the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board is post
poned until final decisions have been
reached by the courts.
4. That no strikes or lockouts should
be ordered pending the outcome OF
these appeals, and that grievances un-
able to be solved by collective bar
gaining should be referred to fact
finding board, meantime. This board
is to be approved by the Secretary Of
Labor. If either management or en-
ployes refuse to abide by the recon-
mendations of the fact-finding board,
the fourth point in last nights agree
ment becomes invalid.
Green Is Confident.
Green said the agreement was "ac-
ceptable to labor" and that the court
decisions in the election decision ap-
peal with justice to the workers"
The federation, he said, was con-
fident that the decisions of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board would
be upheld"
The manufacturers. as soon as they
had signed the agreement, dashed to
the Union Station in Miss Perkins
automobile to make an Akron-bound
train being held for them. Joseph
Hostetler, Cleveland attorney repre-
Senting them, said they would make
public statement this morning.
Last Summer the federation petit
toned for elections in the Goodyear,
Goodrich and Firestone plants to de-
termine whether the federation or the
company unions represented a major
ity of the employees.
The board, after hearings, ordered
elections in the Goodrich and Fire
stone plants. The Goodyear election
petition still is pending.
Within few days after the election
jcctiod tho Gnndriph ond
Firestone Companies appealed to the
Circuit Court of Appeals at Cincinnati
for a review. Argument on the mo-
tions for review are to be heard to-
morrow.
Company Union Hit.
A few weeks ago. the Labor Rela-
tions Board also found that the Fire
stone Co. had violated the recovery
acts collective bargaining guarantee
by fostering company union. Un-
less the company quit recognizing the
company union for collective bargain
ing, the board said it would cite 1t to
N. r. A. for Blue Eagle removal.
To save this compliance symbol, the
Firestone Co. obtained an injunction
from the District of Columbia Su-
preme Court restraining the Labor
Board from enforcing its order. A
hearing on whether this injunction
should be made permanent will be held
within few weeks.
The manufacturers signed the agree
ment first last night. After they had
left for their train, Miss Perkins car
ried it to the labor group, assembled in
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