The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-04-25

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against them. 1t was also agreed that
a wage reduction proposed by the
plant would not be accepted.
With the assistance of Stanley B.
White, conciliator from the Depart
ment Of Labor, meeting between the
firm and employees, headed by Second
Vice President Frank Hull, was ar
ranged. Another meeting was sched-
uled, but representatives of the firm
failed to appear. Mr.. White finally
was able to bring a statement from
the company to the effect that all
workers, including the discharged,
would return and that all wage mat
ters would be negotiated with the
Brotherhood. This, however, was un-
signed and Pegliero refused to sign it
later.
Immediately e campaign te irtsJH
date the members was started by Off
cials of the C. l. O., the same organ
ization which had placed men on nine
dollar carpenter jobs at six/dollars a
day and then taken forty dollars a
month in dues. Undoubtedly this was
plan of the management to weaken
the Brotherhood forces and strength
en- those Of the C. l. o. in order to
bring about a stalemate in the n. l..
R. B. election the Brotherhood had re-
quested in order to eliminate the c.
|. o. from consideration. Before the
strike, just four employees of the plant
were affiliated with the c. l. O..
Maintaining a picket line which
members Of the Teamsters' Union re-
spected thoroughly, brought ship
ments into and out of the plant to a
standstill. The c. l. o. threatened to
place men on the jobs, but nothing was
done until the morning Of the six
teenth when the strikebreakers arrived
in car loads. Gaining a perch atop
one of the cars, one of the agitators
stated that the C. l. O. did not know
what the strike was about, but their
officials and the heads of the firm had
signed contract and everyone should
return to work. Unless this was done,
he promised, C. l. o. men would take
over.
At this point Vice President Hull
gathered his members in autos and
took them to the Labor Temple in
Richmond. After the meeting the Con-
ira Costa Trades and Labor Execu-
tive Council was contacted. This body
voted moral and financial support to
the cause. One hundred dollars was
donated and Local Union No. 80 add
ed fifty dollars.
The Labor Board had promised an
early election and after checking the
payroll for eligibles, announced that
the election would be held April %.
The night of the C. l. O. activity, how
ever, Mr.. Hull was advised that the
Lewis organization had acknowledged
defeat and had withdrawn from the
ballot! Nevertheless the following
morning found them on the picket line
harassing the Brotherhood members
and belittleing the potters' organiza-
tion. They propose an agreement be-
tween themselves and the company
providing for nothing more than
bathroom for workers and the paying
of dues. No doubt this is an Al lesson
in how strikebreaking should be
legalized. The C. l. o. has boasted
that it will drive the A. F. L. from
the state of California. This seems to
be the manner in which they propose
to do it.
Negotiations for a new agreement
with the Wallace China Co. are under
way and should be completed by the
shop committee, headed by Brother
Hull, in a short time.
In addition to Ell Cerrito and Los
Angeles the Second Vice President has
been busy in the other pottery centers
of the state advancing the Brother
hoods organization drive in all the
branches of the industry.
Mr.. Hull states the coast locals are
active and have militant union spirit.