The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-03
300 Union Members Remaining Firm In
 Fight For Demands
Reports of Dissatisfaction Attributed to NOn.UniOn Men-Signed Statement Issued Today Attacking
 Propaganda of Published Reports

Charges that Q group of strikers who appeared at Q local newspaper Sfiice to voice their dissatisfaction with the way leaders are conducting the walkout of 300 truck drivers now entering It's second week, were llon-urion men, are reiterated today in . statement signed by Edmund J. Naylor, business representative and Rudolph Tata, president of the union.
 MT. Naylor and MT. Tata declared that the group purported to be ready to return to work are "part of group of non-union men whC are not working due to the fact that the union men have tied up the transportation of freight to and from Waterbury, Boston, New York Albany, and Philadelphia. "They claimed further that the salient features of 6 signed statement re- le ased for publication to local pa- per this morning were omitted.
 Strike to Continue
 The strike, they declared, will continue in force until the original demands of the union are met Meantime, local 67l at Hartford, which has been negotiating for Q week with trucking company owners in that city, was reported today to have accepted a contract stipulating hours and wages drafted last Erie day by committees representing both operators and workers. The contract now awaits approval of the operators organization of trucking companies and will probably be signed later this week at Q meeting of the state board of mediation and arbitration.
 Propaganda Changed
 Following is the statement issued oy local union leaders today:
 In answer to the beautiful piece of propaganda appearing in the Sunday Republican August 9, we would like to enlighten the people of Waterbury on Q few points.
 The men who allegedly appear cd at the Republican offlce are part of 6 group of non.union men who are not working due to the fact that the union men have tied up the transportation of freight to and from Waterbury, Boston, New York, Albany and Philadelphia.
 These men would be working now and would have worked all through the strike, except for the fact that the flow of freight which they handled ct this end has been stopped.
 Our employers (who have shown without q doubt that they would rather lose in one day what they refused to grant us), gather these men some of whom are still on the payroll, and keep them work ing spreading propaganda instead of handling freight.
 Regardless of what these nof1- union men have to say, the ufiis cials of the union are not ip Q DO. sition to grant these men the right Co return to work, as tho officials can only be guidded by the wishes of the union men.
 The union regrets very much JIiub VVCb bhlO hOtt-dAAhVh uhVAt should take this attitude as they have benefited in the past and will benefit in the future by the settlement of conditions for which union men have fought and sacri- flced.
 The fact that these non-union men, mechanics, office help and others who are taking upon them. themselves ct the instigation of our FAIR employers arc already starving, according to their own to the Republican proves that they could not have been receiving the enormous wages our employers claim they were paying, when they cannot even stand 6 weeks vnca- ton without being financially pressed.
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