Evening star., 1941-10-14
Mediation Board Gets
Strike Tying Up
Army Tank Output
Wuikout Still Affects
Shipyord Holding
Sl50,000, 1000 Orders
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By the Associated Press.
The Labor Departments certified
to the National Defense Mediation
Board today the C. I. o. strike,
affecting production of Army tanks,
at the Hillsdale 4MichD Steel
Products Co.
A strike by C. l. O.'s United Auto
Workers union has been under way
at the Hillsdale plant since october
9 as a result of the reported dis
charge of II c. I. o, employees.
The department told the Media
ton Board that the rival A. F. L. S
United Auto Workers union which
won a labor board election at the
Hillsdale plant had threatened to
strike if the company rehired the
c. l. o. workers.
Refuse to Handle Parts.
The Hillsdale plant is a division
of the Spicer Manufacturing Corp,
Toledo, Ohio. where the c. 1. o.
union is the bargaining agent and
has refused to handle parts pro-
duced at the HillSdale plant in the
assembly of Army vehicles.
The certification order said $50
workers were involved at HillSdale
and $500 at Toledo.
The Labor Department said the
Hillsdale plant had contracts valued
at $4,000, 900 for transmission parts
for Army trucks, scout cars and
light tanks.
Pickets maintained their stand
about the gates of the ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corp. plant in Pasca-
goula, Miss, and conferences con-
tinued with no indication as to
when work, halted yesterday on
Sl50,000,000 worth of defense con-
tracts, might be resumed.
The plant, building ships and net
layers, was closed by the walkout
of 1890 workmen in union con-
troversy. Bryce P Holcombe, Com
missioner of the United States Con-
ciliation Service, was seeking a
settlement.
A union spokesman indicated the
strike might continue for several
days. Union representatives charged
an attempt was being made by the
company to start an independent
union and it was reported the union
was demanding a closed shop.
Wage increases totaling about ST.
100000 annually for the 1000 en-
ployes of Willys-Overland Motors,
Inc, in Toledo, Ohio. closed shop
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provided in a tentatively approved
contract between the company and
the C. I. o. United Automobile
Workers, it was disclosed by Vernon
r. Drum, vice president in charge of
manufacturing.
Six Hundred Glass Workers Idle.
Negotiations were completed on
contract covering employees of
both the automotive and the arms
production divisions.
The plate glass, grinding and
polishing divisions of the Libbey-
Owens-Ford Glass Co. plant in To-
ledo were closed, with 600 workers
idle, as a result of failure of 80
mechanics to report for work, COM
pany officials said.
The dispute is reported to involve
a bonus clause in the Glassworkers
Unions agreement.
The company has backlog OF
defense business especially for new
plants and defense housing.
The Defense Mediation Board set
q hearing here for october 81 in the
dispute between the United Auto
mobile Workers &C. I. o. and the
International Harvester Co. at its
Springfield COhio) plant.
The striking automobile workers
notified the board that they would
return to work Immediately.
The strike. resulting from dis
pute over layoffs and a new contract, |
was called September % and was
certified to the board yesterday. APP
proximately $500 employees were in
volved. The plant manufactures |
motor trucks and parts for the Air
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