The Washington times., 1937-03-15
ISSUES DRASTIC
INSTRUCTIONS
ON STRIKE
CaIIous Disregard Of
Workers Rights Is
Charged by NLRB
International News Service

Charging wholesale VIOLATIONS
of Federal labor standards, tn
National Labor Relations Boarc
today ordered Remington-Rand
Inc. manufacturer of office equip
ment, to reinstate approximately
1000 employees.
The order was given out In 6
bitterly-worded 100-page statement
by the board. following its hearing
on the strike which has tied ur
seven company plants. The strike
was begun May 26, 1896, and still
is in progress.
Declaring that "one need go nc
further than this case" to Illus
trate the necessity for the board
the statement contained the fol
lowing cease and desist" order
directed against the company:
ga. From in any manner in
terfering with, restraining or
coercing its employees in the ex-
ercise of their rights to Self-Organ-
ization, to form, Join or assist
labor organizations, to bargain
collectively through representa-
tives of their own choosing, and
to engage in concerted activities
for the purpose of collective
bargaining and other mutual aid
or protection.
"b. From dominating or inter
fering with the formation or
administration of any labor
organization of its employees or
contributing financial or other
support thereto.
sc. From diScouraging mem
bership in any of the labor organ
izatiOns affiliated with the Rem.
ington-Rand joint protective
board of the District Council
Office Equipment Workers, or
any other labor organization Of
its employees, by discharging or
refusing to reinstate employees,
or otherwise discriminating in
regard to hire or tenure of en-
ployment or any form or condi-
ton of employment, or by threats
of such discrimination.
I'd. From refusinb to bargain
collectively with the Remington
Rand joint protective board of
the District Council Office Equip
ment workers as the exclusive
representative of the production
and maintenance employees Of
the respondent employed at its
IliOn, N. Y, TOnawanda, N. Y,
North TOnawanda, N. Y, Syra-
cuse, N. Y, Elmira, N. Y, Mid
dletOwn, Conn.,, Marietta, Ohio,
plants and at its former Nor
wood, Ohio, plant"
The board said the Remington
Rand case, mentioned frequently
in the Senate Civil Liberties Com
mittee's investigation of violations
of the rights of labor to organize
and bargain collectively" shows
deeper insight into the mechanics
of strikebreaking" than any other
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he Federal agency.
Calls Tactics Ruthless
The board characterized as
ruthless" the company's effort tc
break the strike, which has made
about 5000 employees idle and has
been marked by extreme bitterness
and violence.
AS the decision was handed
down, John P. Frey, president o.
the metal trades department o
the American Federation of Labor
revealed he had protested againS
a $57,500 contract awarded Rem
ington.Rand by the Social Secu
rity Board.
Arthur ]. Altmeyer, chairman
of the board, followed with state
ment that he had ordered recon
sideration of the contract in viev
of the labor disorders at the com
pany'S plants.
The report added:
"Over 5000 employees, with
their families and dependents,
are subjected to the miSeries Of
a prolonged strike, the people
Of six communities experience
the economic hardShipS that in.
evitably result when an accus-
toned source of income sud-
denly Is withdrawn, these same
communities are turned into
warning camps and unreasOning
hatreds are created that lead to
abuses alien to a sane civilza-
tiOn-all because the respond
ent refused to recognize the
rights Of 5000 employees"
In its decision the boar
charged:
"The company has, through
its president, James H. Rand,
jr., exhibited a callOuS imper-
turbabIe disregard Of the rights
Of its employees that IL medieval
In its assumption Of power over
the lives Of men and shocking