Montana labor news., 1939-07-13
MONTANA LABOR
DEMANDS CHANGES
IN new WPA BILL
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sharply to the attention of Congress
our mandate for a revision Of the
bill in keeping with the principles
Of organized labor and the needs of
the unemployed.
Another later decision of the meet
ing named Friday, July IA, as the
date for general resistance to the
bills anti-labor features. Provisions
of the bill will not be put into effect
until this date in Silver Bow county,
hence the gathering selected this
time for action. 1t is expected that
on the 14th labor generally through
out the state will ask that their mem
bers not receiving the union wage
on projects will leave their work
and bring with them other workers
who are in sympathy.
Prominent among delegates to the
meeting were Ed Mason, president
of the Butte Miners Union; Laverne
Hamilton, U. M. w. A. leader of
Roundup; Brit Bentley, Helena
Trades and Labor Assembly; John
Mogus, Anaconda Transfers Local
101, and John Sloan of the Butte
Building Trades Council. At the
session Sloan presented the position
of the Butte Labor's Emergency
Committee.
Through its state president, William
Davey, the Montana Workers ALI
ance with some 35 locals in the state,
presented a program of strict adj
herence to decisions of other labor
organizations and pledged its mem
bership to aid in carrying out labor's
decisions.
To carry on the work outlined by
the meeting, delegates set up a COM
mittee composed of five members to
guide state action during the crisis
created by the WPA wrecking bill.
Members of the committee are: John
Mogus, chairman; B. I. Steinmetz,
secretary; Ed Mason, John Sloan and
Herb Wurst.
At the close of the meeting the
following telegram was sent to John
L. Lewis and William Green an
nouncing that all Montana organiza-
tons would stage a work holiday
July IA and urging the labor lead
ers to make this protest nationwide
TELEGRAM
Conference of state central coun-
Gil, local councils and project work
ers meeting in Butte July 10, 1899.
recommends all organizations to
stage holiday Friday, July IA, 1899
Would urge you to use your best
efforts to make this protest nation
wide"
To be sent to: William Green
John L. Lewis
Railroad Brother
hoods.
Other kilograms were sent ia
Senator Murray, Senator Wheeler
and Representatives O'Connor and
Thorkelson. All of the Montana
Legislators except Thorkelson have
indicated they were working hard
for revision.
Organizations who had delegates
at the emergency meeting were:
Cascade County Trades and Labor
Assembly, Great Falls.
Great Falls Building and Construc-
ton Labor Council, Great Falls.
Missoula Trades and Labor AS
sembly, Missoula.
Yellowstone Trades and Labor As
sembly, Billings.
Trades and Labor Assembly, Boze-
man.
Central Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil, anaconda.
Powell County Trades and Labor
Council, Deer Lodge.
Trades and Labor Assembly, Miles
City.
Trades and Labor Assembly,
Helena.
Silver Bow Trades and Labor AS
sembly, Butte.
Rosebud County Workers Alliance
Montana Welfare Council.
Roundup Federation of Labor No
1874.
Locals No. 55O5, 108, 1886, 1874
U. M. w, A., Roundup.
Roundup Workers Alliance.
Anaconda Plasterers Union.
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