Montana labor news., 1937-04-08
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN The UNIONS

The Electricians announced that
the plan to have a benefit dance for
Joe O'Donnell, who was struck by
a hit-and-run driver, has been
abandoned. The delegate reported
that other arrangements had been
made in respect to Mr. O'Donnell.
A letter of thanks was received
from the Butte High School paper,
the M~ountaineer, for the donation
made by the Silver Bow Trades and
Labor Council and the placing of
the name of the Silver Bow Trades
and Labor Council in their recent
special edition about the bond issue.
A resolution was submitted by
members of the Miners Union re-
lating to establishing and regulating
the price of copper. The secretary
of the Trades and Labor Council was
instructed to notify both Senators
and Congressman of the action taken
by the central labor body.
Chairman John Donovan, a mem
Der of the Electricians Union and
chairman of the Independent School
Ticket, made a splendid report of
his organization in the school cleo
ton. He said the party had been
reorganized and put on strictly bust
ness methods and that many of the
financial obligations had been
cleared up. He thanked the men
and women who so z~ealously sup
ported the Independent candidates.
A request came in from the postal
employees organization asking that
a motion picture film be permitted
to be shown at the Trades and La
Dor Council next Tuesday evening.
The picture will deal with the
Dn1AinE 4 nd I'd fsssrjlbntion Of mail by
d6ised 6tates boit4sssa@ Depart
The REQUEST ct the pssEss
plas WIS granted: However 10
ward the latter part Of the 1aefttps
the organization committee Of the
Trades and Labor Council was in
structed to ask both the letter car
riers and the postal clerks to become
members of the Trades and Labor
Council. Condemnation was ex-
pressed over the attitude Of these
groups of people holding themselves
aloof from the general labor move
ment not only in Butte but in other
places throughout the United States.
This matter was even brought up in
the American Federation of Labor
where the president of the letter
carriers organization was put on the
pan because members of his organ
ization did not affiliate with the CEN
trail labor bodies and the State Fed
erations of Labor. The postal m
ployes are represented in the Cas-
cade Trades and Labor Assembly
and they are represented in many
of the central labor bodies on the
Coast. They have often been asked
to affiliate with the central labor
body of Butte, There appears to be
no valid reason why these men and
women should not be represented as
the local post office administration
and the national administration is
not opposed to such representation
It is hoped that the organization
committee will be successful in in
ducing both of these organization
to come into the Trades Council.
All disagreement between the Cot
tage Tea Room has been adjudicateo
in a conference between Mrs
Smythe and the Women's Protective
Union. A settlement was made
whereby the proprietress agrees tt
pay the union scale of wages to thu
mattresses and to abide by all othei
regulations of the Women's Protec
tive Union. The Grievance Commit
tee of the Trades and Labor Coun
Gil assisted in the agreement. TIL,
labor organizations are the last t.
desire to inflict any hardship upol
any business house but it is abso
lutely essential that there shall b,
a uniformity of rates and working