The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-29
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dividual than those prevailing for SIM
liar work in the locality;
"If as condition of being employed
the individual would be required to
join a company union or to resign
from or refrain from joining any bona
fide labor organization"
Oregon Act Limits Labor Disputes"
In their zeal to deprive the workers
of practically all the benefits of organ
ization in trade unions the promoters
of the Oregon Anti-Labor Initiative
wrote into that notorious measure the
following provision limiting the defini-
ton of "labor dispute;
whenever in any statute or other
law of this State the term labor dis
pute' is used, such term is hereby de-
fined for all purposes to mean and in
clude only an actual bona fide contro-
versy in which the disputants stand
in proXimate relation of employer and
the majority of his or it's employees, and
which directly concerns matters direct
ly pertaining to wages, hours, or
working conditions of the employees Of
the particular employer directly in
volved in such controversy. Disputes
between organizations or groups of
employees as to which shall act for the
employees in dealing with the employ
er shall not be classed as labor dis
putes, and the refusal of an employ
er to deal with either party to any
such jurisdictional controversy shall
not operate to make the dispute la
Dor dispute within the meaning of this
act"
The question before the Social Sc
curity Board is whether this limited
definition of "labor dispute" in the
Oregon law violates the "labor dis
pute" provision of the unemployment
compensation section Of the Social Sc
curity Act.
Mr.. Padway, speaking for the
American Federation of Labor, de-
clared there was not a shadow Of a
!, doubt that the Oregon law does vio-
late the Social Security Act provision
, prohibiting the withholding of unem-
ployment benefits because of the con-
ditions set forth in that Act. For that
, reason, he said, the Board should re-
, fuse to certify the measure.
Restores Legality to Yellow Dog
Contract
Asserting that the new Oregon law
had "again legalized the reprehensible
. yellow dog contract and brought back
the company union," he called that
reprehensible measure a Studied at
tempt to write out of the law the
, guaranty protection of the workers
right. 1t is an attempt to revert to
F., 1906 and the old injunctive system of
dealing with labor through the courts
He said the law had not been franz
ed by the people of Oregon, but by
merchants and maulfacturers under a
pretense of heSthe the farmers. He
asserted that nv would bar strikes
which interfefeM with manufacturing
or marketing and added that by this
t law Oregon had "taken itself out OF
!, the nation"
He concluded with the assertion that
: the Anti-Labor Initiative contained
E "devilish language" conceived by
v shrewd attorneys who 'pawned it of
r on the people"
The Oregon law was defended by
Deputy Attorney General Ralph H
Campbell and IT, Maurice Dunn, chair.
man of the Oregon Unemployment
Compensation Commission.
Shortly before the hearing ended
: Mr.. Campbell, referring to the "irre
1 parable damage" which Oregon bust
1 ness interests would suffer if the So
1 cial Security Board refused to certify
the Oregon unemployment compen
a sation law, estimated that if the EN-
:. ployers were forced to pay the full
: Federal unemployment tax they woulC
: be billed each year for about $S,0O0,
: 600. He read letter from Gov Elect
: Charles Sprague saying he would ask
;. the Legislature at it's next session to
Y remove all features of the States I'm,
1 employment Compensation Act which
A might prevent it's certification by the
e Social Security Board.
= At this point Mr.. Padway remarked
z that several labor organizations il
: various parts of the country were al
|, ready boycotting Oregon products be-
! cause of the new restrictions on pick.
citing.
}. 81 wish you would carry that back
to your Governor" he said.
The Oregon unemployment compen
sation law was enacted on November
Is, 1885, covering workers in 225,O0(
jobs. Its unemployment compensation
benefit paying program started il
e January, 1898. A total of $5,542,64'
= in benefits had been paid out through
: November, 1888, to 169,233 initia
S claimants.