The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-30
LABOR'S NEWS
IN BRIEF
Federated Press)

/ thousand white collar workers will
J denied protection from the overtim
provisions of hte wage-hour law as
, result of new regulations promulgate
October Ia by Wage-Hour Administra
: tor Philip B. Fleming Both CLIO an
: AFL white collar unions condemne
!, Fleming's action.
WASHINGTON. = Summarizing i'm
provements resulting from WPA labo
over a 5-year period, Howard o. Hun
ter, acting work projects commits
sioner, made public a report listin,
more than $4,000 miles of highways
roads and streets, and $4,000 new pub
lie buildings.
WASHINGTON. = Pres. Harvey w
Brown of the Intl Assn. of Machinists
and Pres. William C. Birthright of the
Journeymen Barbars init. Union have
been named to the two vacancies or
the ALL executive council.
WASHINGTON Ten miners died
in Arkansas because of inadequate
safety provisions, the U. S. bureau OF
mines reported October II. In max
ing public the report, the Department
of the Interior declared that it rep
resented STRONG evidence of the need
for federal administration of mine
safety regulations"
Observation-Disclosures court de-
termination of the daylight robbery"
of the U. S. government by the Beth
lehem Steel Corp. during the last war
was assured as the court granted the
government petition for review.
SAN FRANCISCO.-Picketing for a
closed shop is legal in California. BY
a to vote, the state supreme court
has set aside appellate court rulings
which had granted employers injunc
lions against organizational picketing.
PORTLAND, Ore.-A petition call
ing for dismissal of Portland's notori-
Gus red squad has been filed with the
city council by the Portland Industrial
Union Council At the same time the
CLIO asked Mayor Joseph X. Carson
Jr to bring charges against five Of
ficers of the squad.
NEW YORK. = Wage increases of
1917, agreement to negotiate further
raises in the event of rising living
costs and elimination of commission
payments by radio performers receiv-
ing the minimum scale are the three
main gains in the new contract of the
American Federation of Radio Artists
(AFL). The pact covers 10000 sing
ers, actors and announcers employed
by the three major radio networks.
RACINE, visa jurisdictional dis
pute in the retail field was solved by
Racine's labor unity formula when one
store was allotted to the CLIO clerks
and another was placed under ALL
Jurisdiction. Neither employer was
happy.
NEW YORK. = Leading employers
are not digging into SURPRISES in order
to make up losses for drafted en-
ployes, a survey by the Conference
Board shows. Questioning 1913 COM
panies employing nearly 100000 |
workers, the employers agency found |
that only 40 of the firms are willing
10 provide the difference between
army pay and regular earnings for the |
entire year of military service
BURLINGTON, la. - Farmers and
are standing shoulder to |
shoulder in another Iowa labor con-
roversy. The 300 ALL woodworkers
IN strike at Northwestern Cabinet Co.
since Sept 80 have been assured of
moral and material support by the
)es Moines County Farmers Union.
ABERDEEN, Wn.-The Init. Wood
workers. (CIO) renewed it's organiza-
ional drive among the nations lum-
,er workers following conclusion of
is fourth convention. Officers re-
'orted 80 new locals chartered and
900 new union members signed up
ince last years convention.
MILLVILLE, N. 1.-THE local plant
f the Armstrong Cork Co., headed
y Pres. H. w. Prentis Jr of the
Iatl Assn. of Manufacturers, sue
umbed to unionism after 6-day
trike by the plants 900 workers. The
Pensacola, Fla, plant re-
lained shut down by strike of 300
yorkers.
NEW YORK.-The New York team
ters' strike ended October Is when
perators of over-the-road trucks
ranted 1-week paid vacations in a
ontract with Local S07, Init. Bro of
eamsters Chauffeurs Warehousemen
. Helpers (AFL).
FARIBAULT, Minn.-The first CLIO
ontract in this anti-union stronghold
as been signed between the United
Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
CIO) and the Nutting Truck Co.