Montana labor news., 1939-02-23
CLERKS COMPLAIN OF
TOBACCO statesmen

Eat the National Tobacco Manufac.
E'drers do not respect the wishes Of
T5rganized labor. The union states
that statesmen for these companies
visit stores that are unfair to the
Clerks Union and also that the sales
men for these national tobacco man.
%ufacturers and distributors do moi
belong to the Transfers Union as
they should. The whole matter has
been placed in the hands of the
grievance committee.
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The Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Council donated SIS to the Rotana
Club for their milk distribution fund.
The Rotana Club does fine work in
providing milk for undernourished
children. The central labor body
was only too glad to assist.
A request from the Butte Council
of the Camp Fire Girls for a dona-
ton was turned down, not because
the central labor council did not
approve of the work being done by
this organization, but because it was
felt that the council could not donate
to every worthy cause. It was
brought out and it should be recog-
nized by all the organizations who
often request donations that the
central labor body is not a separate
organization in itself, it is merely a
group of delegates selected by the
various unions of Silver Bow county.
Requests for assistance come into
the local unions and the same re-
quest for assistance comes to the
Trades and Labor Council. 1t is
really doubling the request and if
both the local unions and the Trades
and Labor Council respond, it is a
double donation.
A letter was received from the city
of Butte explaining the need of CO.
operating with the local housing
and explaining the method
of sponsorship.
The Trades and Labor Council is
protesting the passage of substitute
Senate Bill No. 200, at the request
of the Electricians Union. Substi-
Senate Bill 200 if passed would
seriously impair the standards which
the electricians are trying to main
tain in electrical installation and
construction. Condemnation was
also voiced against the violations of
the National Electrical Safety Code
by the Rural Identification Admin
istration in much of its work. Dele
gates from the Electricians Union
asked that organized labor assist the
unions in having Substitute Senate
Bill killed and explain that the state
electrical inspector had accomplished
great deal in the way of safety in
his particular field and if this bill
S passed, it would vitiate a great
ieal of his work.
A request of the Film Exchange
that the council assist them in
heir negotiations with the distribu-
ors was referred to a special com
nittee. The Film Exchange Union
S a unit of the Theatrical and Stage
Employees International Union. The
film Exchange Union is being assist
ID by the local stage employees
organization.
The Miners Union delegates de-
two senate bills presented to
his session of the legislature, both
# which related to compensation
payments by the state in case of
Miners are being paid on
five-day week basis. This means
hat if a miner is injured in the
mines he is paid on a five-day week
,asis instead of a six-day basis as
t should be. A single man receives
o per cent of his average weekly
wage, while that of a married man
With a family may reach 65 per cent
f his average weekly wage. Ac-
ording to the miners delegates,
here was a conflict of opinion in
egard to Senate Bill ISL and SEN
te Bill 1874, both bearing on this
of compensation. This divi-
ion in the ranks of labor caused
9th of the bills to be killed. It is
ow feared that the large corpora
ions may attempt to reduce compen-
alton paid injured workers by
that the weekly wages paid
Mould not be computed on a five
avs basis especially when the
are not working that much
me as is the case of the coal miners
/ eastern Montana. The unions,
owever, will take the matter into
ourt if necessary.