The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-29
STRIKES KEEP ON
 DESPITE THREAT
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(Continued from Page D settlement of their dispute with the American Federation of Labor, welders at three San Francisco ship yards were voting today on whether to join their craft-comrades who have walked out in four Puget Sound and four Los Angeles ship yards.
 Weldcrs Essential
 Welders are essential in ship building. Some yards already had been forced to curtail their prcduc- tion and all will be compelled to close eventually If the welders don't return. Their grievance is not against management but against the AFL, which refuses to grant them an autonomous union, insisting that they belong to the union of the other craftsmen on the jobs on which they work. The OPM, in asking them to go back to work, said 1t would aid in settling their de- n1andS.
 The Air Associates strike centered around a dispute as to whether the management had lived up to the spirit of an agreement between 1t and the union under government pressure, settling" weeks-old strike. The company had agreed to rehire all strikers in their former jobs and at their former pay, and at once. The union said the management was not doing this and Frankensteen made his indirect threat of gen. eral strike in a telegram to President Roosevelt. The War Department, which has granted Air Associates de- fense contracts totaling $5,000, ,000 or- dered an investigation of the new dispute.
 Navy Deferfses
 Fay City, Michigan, October 29. - (UP) - work on $25, 5,o0o,00o in Navy defense orders was halted today when 1900 members of the Industrial and Marine Shipbuilders Union (CIO) struck at the Defoe Boat and Motor Works.
 A company spokesman said there was no strike notice: the men just didn't show up for work"
 The dispute revolved around the unions refusal to accept recently negotiated agreement which did not contain a closed shop clause. A picket line was thrown around the nlant, today when the regular shift was due.
 Strikers marched. around the plant then left for a strike meeting in the downtown section.
 The strike tied up construction on twenty-five l75-foot submarine chasers, four 220-foot mine sweep CTS and four l45-foot tugs. Alex Tourza, union representative said the national and state labor mediation boards had been notified of the unions intention to strike last September l5.
 Defoe originally had Q contract with the United Automobile Workers (CIO) after 1t had won a collective bargaining election. Later, however the men switched to the 1ndustria and Marine Ssipbuilders Union, an. other CIO affiliate.
 Two weeks ago Q new contract wal signed by company and union rep resentatives. All issue were settled except the demands for Q closed shop and the checkoff.
 Union men refused to ratify th' contract last Friday and the strike wcs o~ds~ed after another meeting list night.
 Auto Workers Strike
 Detroit, october 29. - (UP) - 4 strike of 1,450 United Automobile Workers (CIO) halted production of machine guns today at the Kel' sey-Hayes Wheel Company's Ply mouth, Mich.. plant.
 The strike was called at midnight by workers demanding a 25-cen hourly wage increase and discon' tinuance by management of a pol icy under which women reportedll are hired to replace men at lowel wages.
 An appeal to continue work dur ing negotiations, signed by Rich. ard T. Leonard, regional UAW-CIC director, and other labor leader was read to workers over Q puhlis address system last night. It wen unheeded.
 Federal and state mediators, who's efforts to obtain an agreement ol wage terms were unsuccessful, sched uled another meeting with compan. and union negotiators during tn forenoon.
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