Montana labor news., 1937-11-04
news OF CASCADE
TRADES ASSEMBLY

GREAT FALLS.-That the coal
are becoming increasingly in
terested in the strike of the bakers
against the Eddy Baking Company
was evidenced at their last meeting
when the coal workers at Stockett
sent $40 to the Cascade Trades and
Labor Council to augment the bakers
strike fund.
A proposition to thank all the
stores who refused to handle unfair
bread during the bakers strike was
referred to the committee in charge
of the bakers strike.
The Bakers Union advised the AS
sembly that the committee appointed
at the mass meeting some time ago
had been granted full authority in all
instances in connection with the
strike. This letter from the bakers
was turned over to the committee.
The Butchers Union has gone on
record to assess the members of their
union a certain amount to aid the
bakers in their strike against the
Eddy Baking Company.
The Committee for Industrial Or
%ganization sent a communication to
the Great Falls unions urging them
to intensity the boycott against inn
ported Japanese commodities.
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The unions were extremely dis
appointed to learn from the Interior
Department of the United States
government that the office of the
librarian at Washington had been
secured by another applicant who
secured a rating higher in civil serv-
ice than that Of Mr.. Philip o. Kee-
ney of Montana. Mr.. Keeney is the
stormy petrol about which has been
raging a furore over suppression of
academic freedom in the universities.
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The Transfers Union is extending
its scope of operations and recently
the Log Cabin Service Station and
the Resolute Service Station came
thoroughly under the jurisdiction of
the Transfers Union. 1t was an
nounced at the Central Labor Coun-
ell that the Bison Garage, Ludwig
Garage, and Teitjen Schroeder Motor
Company have employed members
of the Transfers Union as grease
men, floormen and attendants.
The Gallatin Trades and Labor
Council from Bozeman informed the
Great Falls unions of trouble they
were having against contractors in
stalling radio equipment at airports.
The communication from Bozeman
was referred to the Building Trades
Council of Great Falls for action
The American Federation of La
Dor consigned several copies of Lib
erty magazines to the central labor
body here containing an article by
William Green relating to sit-down
strikes which they desired the union
people of Great Falls to read. The
magazines were distributed to the
delegates. The American Federation
Of Labor in another communication
also asked all unemployed workers
and part-time workers to register
with the unemployment census
A general office Of the unions of
Great Falls has been established at
No. 3 Second Street North. Secre-
tary Whitmore will be in charge of
the office.
The Typographical Unions are ex-
pecting notice Of action on their
proposed agreement with the news
papers in the near future.
The union movement is preparing
to hold a public meeting to accom-
modate MI. Carl D. Thompson of
Washington, d. c., a member of the
Public Ownership League, who will
visit Great Falls in the lear future.
Letters have been sent to Mayor
Charles Ha lswirth of Butte and all
central labor bodies in Montana CIV
ing the time that Mr.. Thompson will
appear and urging union representa-
ton at the meeting.
The Sally Ann Bakery has been
removed from the unfair list of the
Cascade Trades and Labor Council.
Unfair concerns of Great Falls are
Bee Hive Grocery, Dicks Dairy and
Eddy Bakery.