The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-01
BUILDING TRADES
 POSITION

Due to the complications of the accusations and charges being made with reference to the present dis pute in Juneau, the Juneau Build ing and Construction Trades Coun- cil Ca duly chartered organiza tion of the American Federation of La bor representing the building trades in this city) assumes the reSponSl- bility of what has tranSpired up to the present time as it effects the BUILDING TRADES in Juneau and NO MORE.
 Four weeks prior to the arrival of MT Leo F. Flynn, representative of the American Federation of La bor, efforts were made to have him come to Juneau with the object of carrying out the decisions of this Council in Juneau, Therefore, this Council wishes to impress the fact on the minds of the citizens of Ju- neau that MT Hymns advent in Juneau was not a timely arrival' in connection with tomorrow's cleo ton in the A. J. as some would have you believe, but rather service to the Juneau building trades from the American Federation of Labor.
 It is very improbable that any clear thinking person could be in- fluenced by such a far-fetched ex- planation of any one mans power as was so crudely brought out in radio address last night especially in our democratic country which still has the right of free speech and the secret ballot.
 l MT. Flynn has remained here in Juneau week longer than we ex- pected him to, and has completed his agreement with the Juneau Building and Construction Trades Council and we are prepared to as sist and direct the future actions of the affiliated building trades
 From the outset the affiliated Juneau building trades have had no quarrel or disagreement with the lccal teamsters or longShoremen, both of which are CIO Organiza- ticns Our aim and principle has been and still is that the tradesmen, semi-Skilled and common labor en- ployed on any ONE specific con- struction job ALL be united under one national organization. We have made no demands other than that It is entirely out of the building trades jurisdiction to determine who shall haul the freight or unload it
 The longshoremen of Juneau are CIO. They unload the freight at our docks from boats manned with A. F. of l.. Seamen. CIO teamSters have ill the past hauled the freight to all A. r. of L. construction jobs without discrimination, just as they have hauled and delivered the food stuffS which are sold to the public by A. F. of L. clerks, without dis elimination. Only when the team sters refused to handle such con- struction freight but continued to haul the foodstuffs was any action taken other than through them to get materials on the job
 No one is asking the Iongshore- men to split their ranks and have half CIO and half A. F. of L. men unload each boat. Why should they expect the building tradesmen who have always been A. F. of L. to split theirs? Common sense alone tells you that that would not be a solu- ton to the problem confronting Ju- lneau today.
 The local building trades organi- zations are charged with the respon- sibility of adhering to their own laws and in this present controversy we are not turning over to any other organization or group the right to exercise and carry on the business of our labor movement.
 Juneau Building and Construction l Trades Council.
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