The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-05-11
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following detectives:
/. To promote fair, equal and un-
prejudiced administration Of the Act.
2. To prevent the Board from arbi-
trarily outlawing A. F. of l.. union
contracts.
g. To prevent the Board from de-
stroying the integrity of the craft
unit.
4. To prevent the Board from exer-
cising it's vast discretion in respect to
the time in which it acts in such way
as to prejudice the interests of the A.
f. Of l.. and to favor those Of rival
organizations.
S. TO strengthen the Act, correct its
shortcomings and make it conform to
present realities.
In connection with these objectives,
Mr.. Green asked for the establishment
of a five-man board to administer the
Labor Act in place Of the present
three-man board.
Hits Employers "Interference"
Subterfuge
In his attack on the National Labor
Relations Board, he charged that the
Board discouraged any normal" or
friendly" relationship between en-
ployers and employees. In the Ten
nessee Copper Company case, for ex-
ample, he told the committee, the
Board has invalidated an election won
by the A. F. of l.. because it ruled
that the employer had "interfered"
with the election.
"That interference" said Mr.. Green,
merely meant that subforemen and
Straw bosses eligible to union men,
bership had, during the course of
election excitement, gratuitously ex-
pressed opinions to the effect that the
c. |. O. was run by dictators and that
the c. l. O. would cause strikes in the
plants"
In addition, he said, sub-foreman,
president Of local A. F. Of l.. union,
had "gratuitously and quite naturally
brought to the election booths some
A. F. of l.. workers living in outlying
districts"
Rules Made to Favor c. I. o.
He charged that when the labor
split came, the Board devised rules
favoring the C. l. O. and created pre-
cedents which assisted the C. |. O.
He declared that the Boards rules on
bargaining units constituted the device
Of the dictator"
Mr.. Green advocated amendments to
the law which, he said, would make it
mandatory for the Board to outlaw
company unions more effectively,
would prevent the Board from invali-
dating union contracts, would protect
the craft unions in board rulings and
would permit appeals to the courts
when the Board failed to act on union
petitions for certifcation.
Company Union Abolition Sought
With regard to company unions, Mr..
Green said that the provisions of the
present National Labor Relations Act,
which it was supposed abolished these
monstrosities, meet this evil "only par
TALLY and indirectly"
Further, and most important to
the American Federation of Labor"
he added, "the language of the pres
ent Act which purports to cover com
pany unions has been interpreted to
the detriment Of our interests. BY
means of perverted construction Of
the language used in Section 8 of the
Act, originally designed. to. prevent
only activities of an employer attempt
ing to create or maintain q company
union, the Board has invalidated our
contracts, prevented employer. recog-
milton of our unions, and upset cleo
tions we had won." ..>..
To meet this exigency, Mr.. Green
said it was necessary for the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor to "seek to
strengthen the Act by specifically de-
fining company unions and outlawing
all of their activities, and at the same
time preventing the Boards practice
of utilizing language, designed only
to prohibit company unions, to render
prejudicial decisions against legiti-
mate, nationally affiliated organiza-
tions."
Az oSSOhiPAAoIi OUJCSI1SCS VAI.
Green said the A. F. of L. amendments
defined the term ''labor organization"
so as to exclude Company unions,"
thus making certain that company
unions obtain none of the benefits &C.
corded legitimate labor organizations
by the Act"
Then, he said, a new definition is
added to the Act which specifically
designates a company union as g. /.
any agency, committee, employees as
sociation or employe representation
plan, which exists for the purpose, in
whole or in part, of dealing with an
employer or employers concerning
grievances or terms or conditions of
employment, which the employer cre-
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