Montana labor news., 1938-03-31
LABOR COUNCIL news
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ana to cease boycotting this COM
oany and resume their former
patronage.
The Davenport Hotel in Spokane
S unfair and is being picketed by
the unions. The Inland Empire
Education Association plans to hold
its annual meeting in Spokane in
the near future and the central la
Dor body is notifying all organiza-
of the status of the Davenport.
It was mentioned in the Trades and
Council that some teachers
Butte intend to 60 to this con-
vention. One of the delegates prom
ised that he would request these per-
sons not to register at the Daven-
port, because it is unfair. The
trouble is partly due to the hotel
working women in the laundry IA
hours a day, at a wage less than the
state minimum and in other ways
had broken down union conditions.
Secretary Kennedy read a letter
from the State Board of Examiners
in which they advised him that pro-
tests of the unions over the proposal
to use convict labor in the construc-
ton of the motor vehicles building
at Deer Lodge had been adjusted to
the satisfaction of the unions. The
following quotation from the letter
gives the position of the Board of
Examiners quite adequately:
1.-THE board agreed that there
would be no further work done on
the addition to the registrar of motor
vehicles offices building by prison
labor. Work will be started as soon
as possible and only union labor
employed for both skilled and COM
mon labor. The union representa-
tives present agreed to use prison
trucks, cement mixer, sawmill, and
other equipment provided the unions
would furnish the labor to operate
the machinery. We ask that you
convey this information to your
Council in order that everyone in
terested may know that the protests
of the labor organizations through.
out the state have been given the
proper attention by this board"
The Council was very pleased over
the action of the Board of Exam.
iners,
Three resolutions were received
from the Cascade Trades and Labol
Council, one relating to condemna
ton of James Graham, one to a re
buke of the administration in respec
to the Mexican oil situation, and TIL
other one censuring the County We
fare Commission at Great Falls
These were all referred to the legis
lative committee of the Silver Boy
Trades and Labor Council, whic.
will probably bring in a report mex
week.
An appeal from the Trinit
| Church for aid to stage a play in tn
! new high school auditorium we
filed.
5 Delegate Leary of the Miners, i
making a report of the legislativ
l committee, stated that he had bee
chosen to represent the Silver Bo'
: Trades and Labor Council at tn
Farm-Labor Council at Great Fal
1 on April Bird. Jepson of the Barber
: was selected as alternate. Lear
e spoke about the school election an
in his remarks urged that all unior
S and union members urge the
friends and neighbors to go to II
, polls Saturday and vote for the Il
g dependent candidates, Murray ar
t Granger. He said, ''These two me
are our own candidates" 1t is ev
+ dent that if the people will turn Of
to vote that the Independent cand
d dates will be elected by an owe
whelming majority.
Delegate Lunney said that fiji
progress was being made in gettil
the Independent butcher shops
sign up with the Amalgamat'
Butchers No. 1888. The Trades al
S Labor Council is requesting all i
dependent butchers to join the legi
e mate organization of butchers whe
J. they belong. The Trades Council
d determined to carry this propositi
l. through to the end, and there is
20 question about whose side victo
n will be on. These butchers in t
le independent shops belong to t
D. Butchers Union and not to sor
'r other organization. There can be
E compromise on the issue.
"a 4 = 4
- MIR. LYLE AND MIR. HEALY
Il 1t was brought out at the Trac
j and Labor Council meeting that n
Lyle, who is running for scht
as trustee on the Peoples ticket, is I
w a member of the Miners Union, &C