Evening star., 1939-03-08
Strike
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complaint; but the service. super
vised by Assistant Manager Harry
Dean. was voted by the membership
almost perfect" This despite the
fact that several of the old -line
walters were absent and their places
taken by young ladies from other
departments of the hotel.
Principal speaker at the club
luncheon was L. w. Chip Robert,
secretary of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. who spoke on
advertising Mrs. Robert (Evie
Roberto was guest of honor. The
luncheon was presided over by r.
wing Ehrlich, president of the club.
The strike vote at a m. today fol-
lowed continuous union meetings
during the night after an all-day
parley yesterday between hotel rep
resentatives and the joint Executive
Board of the union failed to iron out
the points at issue.
The deadlock hinged around the
unions demand for union shop
that is, that all non union employees
of the hotels join the union and fu-
ture employees either be hired from
union rolls or required to join the
union soon after employment.
The union turned down a counter
proposal of the hotels for a preferen-
tial shop, under which the hotels
would agree to hire from union rolls
whenever possible, but employees
would not be required to join the
union as condition of employment.
Howard Colvin, Labor Depart
ment Commissioner of conciliation,
who has been keeping in touch
with the situation for several days
and attempting to bring the hotel
and union representatives togeth-
er, said he was approaching the
parties concerned today in an ef-
fort. to find some basis on which
they could settle this dispute.
He said the results of his con-
ferences with the hotel and union
representatives individually would
determine whether the Labor De-
partment would offer a definite con-
ciliation proposal.
Acts to Save Unions.
Samuel Levine, attorney for the
striking union, said: 1--WE are strik-
ing to save the union from break
ing up He charged that the
management seemed ready to take
as much as we would give but they
wouldn't yield anything
At several of the hotels the walk
out was confined almost entirely to
dining room and kitchen help.
Byron Dement,, assistant manager
OF the Wardman Park Hotel, said
none of the service help-bellboys
elevator operators, chambermaids,
etc.-had gone out. About Is pickets
marched around the hotel, and De-
ment said that his walters, cooks
and bus boys had gone out almost
100 per cent.
At the Shoreham, Manager Gard
ner Moore estimated that $50 had
walked out. He said his help was
unionized only in the catering de-
partments. Bell boys and elevator
operators at the Shoreham were
working. Mr.. Moore said breakfast
was delayed slightly at the hotel,
but announced that he had replaced
all strikers.
Osgood Roberts, assistant man
ager at the Mayfower, said he be-
'heved about 200 were on strike. The
union stated that between $50 and
400 were out. No service workers
at the Mayflower walked out, Rob-
erts said. Breakfast was delayed
at the hotel, but was finally served.
A spokesman for the management
at the Willard said that elevator
operators and chambermaids had
walked out in considerable propor-
tions there, in. addition to workers
In the catering departments. Bell
boys were running elevators and new
chambermaids were being rushed to
the hotel.
. Service in the main dining room
o. the Willard was suspended at
breakfast and in the Willard coffee
shop substitute help struggled to
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$50 were out here.
AT the Raleigh, union representa-
tives said about 200 workers had
walked out. There was no break
fast service in the main dining room,
but food was served in the coffee
shop. General Manager c. C. Schif-
1eler said he was replacing strikers
ana announced that lunch and din
ner would be served at the hotel,
He estimated that $50 workers-in-
cluding service and catering help
had gone out.
The union locals involved were
tne Bartenders' IS, Service Workers
20 and Catering Workers 7sl.
The strike was called following
. meeting in the headquarters Of
Local 78l at 429 Eleventh street
NV. The joint Executive Board
announced the strike call and some
500 workers left the headquarters