Evening star., 1941-05-12
NavyYardS Strike
In Boston Halls
Drydock Work
A. F. |. Seeks to End
Wolkout in II Pacific
Coast Shipyords
b the Associated Press.

ton of Labor craftsmen struck today
at the big Navy drydock at South
Boston, Mass, tying up a s., ,000, 900
defense construction job, and the
A. F. L.. threw its influence against
a Pacific Coast walkout of 1,7O0
A. F. L. and c. I. o. machinists in
II shipyards.
Union spokesmen said the Boston
walkout halted work on facilities
under a $4,000, 900 program, now
about half through, but said it did
not stop shipbuilding activities since
300 men working in the Navy Yard
were not called out at once.
E. A. johnson, secretary-treasurer
Of the Building and Construction
Trades Council, said the strike was
called as protest to hiring of 200
w. p. A. and Civil Service workers.
He added that the union would call
out the 300 men at the Navy Yard
'in the event of no settlement in
this existing dispute"
The c. I. o. United Automobile
Workers Union set Thursday for q
strike against General Motors Corp.
in its 60 plants, employing 10000
workers, as negotiations to avert the
walkout were set for resumption to-
morrow before Defense Mediation
Board panel here. Union oficials
said workers engaged on defense
would not be called out,
but corporation officials insisted
that defense contracts amounting
to s700, 900 900 could not be segre-
gated from non-defense production.
Hudson Dispute.
United Automobile Workers OH
cials also conferred at Detroit with
ofncials of Hudson Motor Co., trying
to settle q wage dispute which
the union to issue a strike
order for II o'clock tomorrow.
The union has demanded q 10
cent hourly wage increase from
General Motors, and the company
has offered a 2-cent basic increase
with boosts of to S cents for GER
tain skilled workers. The company
contends its hourly pay averages
slightly more than 81 and is the
highest in the motor car industry.
From the Hudson company the
c. I. o. men wxnt q 15-cent- hour
increase, but neither the company
nor union has revealed the present
rate.
Pointing out that two members of
the Mediation Board panel are
officials OF the C. I. O., Representa-
tive Woodruff, Republican, of Mich
igan charged that obviously those
cannot be unprejudiced
. in the outcome Of any negotia-
tions in which their own parent
organization is party"
He said he had learned ito my
alarm" that the two union execu-
tives-James B. Carey, C. I. o. sec
retary. and John Brophy. director Of
the C. I. O.'s Industrial Union
Councils-had been authorized to
sit temporarily as alternate members
of the board in the General Motors
dispute.
Coast Strike Held "Outlawed."
William Green, A. F. L. president,
asserted in Paterson, N. j., yester-
day that q walkout of union ma
chinists in San Francisco shipyards
was an "outlawed strike" and that
the A. r. L. was appealing to the
unions there to rescind their strike
action"
The walkout involves defense con-
tracts estimated by the workers at
$500, 900 900. Mr.. Green said 1t vio-
lated a union management agree
nent prohibiting either strikes or
walkouts. The strikers want $1.l5
an hour instead of SLIP, plus con-
tinuance of double pay for overtime.
Union leaders in San Francisco said
picket lines to be placed around the
plant today would keep II, 900 to TO-
900 men away from work.
Tho Navy Department disclosed
that In the San Francisco Bay area
there were 27 destroyers, cruisers
and AZ auxiliary vessels under con-
struction. Chairman Truman of
Missouri of the Senate committee
inveStiga ting the conduct of the de-
fense program said the strike would
be before the committee today.
Virginia WaIkout Sought.
A. r. L. iron workers sought per-
of their international head
quarters to call strike at the $II,-
000, 900 bag loading plant being
constructed near Pulaski, Va, in con-
junction with the $44, 900 600 Hercu-
les powder plant near Radford. If
negotiations do not yield satisfac-
tory results by Wednesday. The
union demanded wage increases to
$1.25 and $50 per hour, recognition
OF the union as sole bargaining
agent for their craft and more lib
eral pay for Saturday and Sunday
work.
A Federal conciliator and a rep
resentative Of the Virginia DEPART
ment Of Labor were expected to
arrive today.
Employment at the bagloading
plant was 1900 May 8 and . call
was issued Friday for 5000 addi-
tional applications.
Picketing Ban Fought.
In Gallup, N. Mex, the A. F. L.
planned q count test of the States
right to prohibit picketing of the
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