Montana labor news., 1936-08-20
MERCHANTS MAY
GET IN BAD BY
BREAKING RULES
Erler Reports On Eastern Trip

The BARRIERS union is bringing
more pressure to bear on the Nc
Carroll Beauty Shop because of its
refusal to agree to the rules of that
organization in respect to wages
and other conditions.
II will be remembered that the
Building Trades Council declared
the whole building unfair. Occu-
pants of the building are informed
that further tenancy is violation of
the action of the Building Trades
Council and the BARRIERS union.
Some of the merchants who have
delivered goods, either to the Nc
Carroll Beauty Shop itself, OF up
stairs or downstairs T now in a
rather embarrassing situation be-
cause these firms delivering either
to the shop or to the building are
under Investigation by the Silver
Bow Trades and Labor Council.
The Council is reluctant to declare
these merchants unfair or to levy
a penalty against them, but the
blame for this situation a only be
placed to the door of Mrs. Grefig,
the proprietress of the McCarroll
Shop.
Some condemnation was ex-
pressed by the Clerks over the habit
of some of the master bakers de-
livering to small grocery stores
which have been declared unfair by
the Clerks organization. No names
were mentioned.
The Clerks union is making an
admirable and worthy effort to in
duce some of the small stores from
operating after 8 o'clock at night.
There doesn't seem to be any rea-
son why any store should stay open
after that time. A question OF
sympathy arises sometimes in this
discussion, a little sob stuff is in
jected into it and a cry of widow is
brought up.
It may be true that widows are
operating some stores, but some OF
the widows who are operating
these stores are not so desperately
poor as is alleged. The 8 o'clock
closing at any rate would not ma
terially harm the most impecuni-
Gus of these enterprises. Some of
the little stores which plead poverty
the loudest are only selfish. The
husband has a good job and his wife
or family operate the store and the
income of the family is consider
able. There is no envy or Jealousy
in regard to how much a family
| should make, more power to them,
but let them regulate their stores
in accordance to the wishes of the
unions and not try to chisel. Many
of the community stores are making
larger profits proportionately than
some of the large stores in the cen
ter of town., the proprietor has
stocks and bonds and property all of
which is generally known to the
unions. Some startling revelations
could be made as to the wealth of
some of the men and women operat-
ing the small stores who always
have a poor mouth.
Some of the creameries are CHS
cling on members of the Bakers
union, according to an announce
ment made at the Trades and La
Dor Council last Tuesday. Most of
the employees around the ream
cries belong to the Bakers union,
such as butter wrappers and others,
but it has been a habit with some
of these business places to use COM
mon laborers and other people, not
members of the organization, to do
the work that should be performed
by the bakers.
The men of the Trades and Labor
Council must look to their laurels or
they will be outshown by the wo-
men. The most recent addition to
the army of the fair sex in the Gen.
trail Body is three members of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Miners. II
is a pleasure to welcome them to
the Central Body. Another addi-
ton of a ladies' organization is in
the offing.
The Miners Auxiliary has shown
distinct interest in an organization
lof the Women's Union Label
League, similar to the one that is
operating in Missoula. Definite
procedure in the formation of this
new organization was explained to
the Trades and Labor Council last
Tuesday and the suggestion made
to have the Women's Protective
Union, Librarians Union, the
Teachers Union and the Laundry
Girls sponsor the new organization
in making application for the char
ter. Of course it isn't required that
the women's local unions make the
application. Any three or more
trade unions may apply for a
charter to establish a union label
league hrt inacmuch &C tho T1p;or