The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-02-13
Issue A.F.L. Charter
To Two New Unions
Federation Organizes 10000
Employees Of Ford
Motor Co.

Washington, D. C.-Culminatmg Z
long but quietly conducted organizing
campaign, the American Federation
of Labor announced that majority
of the production workers at the Lin
coin and River Rogue plants of the
Ford Motor Company have been or
ganized into two Federal labor unions
chartered by the A. F. Of l.. About
$4,000 workers are employed in the
two plants.
This news, coming as surprise to
opposition CIO forces which have been
doing most Of their organizing in the
newspapers, appeared to open the
way for complete unionization Of all
Ford employees.
In a statement announcing the
chartering Of the two local unions
President William Green made it
clear that it is not the purpose Of the
American Federation of Labor to de-
stroy the Ford Motor Company but
to cooperate, if possible, with the
management through the processes OF
collective bargaining.
"The next step to be taken" Mr.
Green said, twill be to establish col
lective bargaining and the recogni-
ton of these American Federation OF
Labor unions as collective bargaining
agencies, in conformity with the pro-
visions of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, for the employees at the Lin
coin plant and the Rogue River plant
of the Ford Motor Company.
"The right of the production work
ers to voluntarily become members of
a union of their own choosing, as pro-
vided for in the National Labor Re-
lations Act, was freely exercised
without interference by the manage
ment of the Ford Motor Company
These workers are simply doing now
what members Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor employed in the
Ford Motor Company plants have
done heretofore. They are acting vol
unfairly in accordance with their own
best judgment.
at is hoped that a collective bar
gaining and cooperative relationship,
which has always existed between
American Federation Of Labor unions
established in Ford Motor Company
plants and the management Of the
Ford Motor Company, will now be es-
tablished between these newly char
tered American Federation of Labor
unions and the management of tn"
Ford Motor Company as soon as pos
sible after the organizations have
been completely and firmly establish
ed. These steps, if whole-heartedly
and sincerely taken, will prove to be
of mutual advantage to the manage
ment of the Ford Motor Company and
to it's employees.
"The officers and members of the
American Federation Of Labor extend
a hearty welcome to the employees of
the Ford Company into affiliation with
the American Federation of Labor
They will be accorded all the rights
and privileges Of members of the
American Federation of Labor. We
will all be very happy indeed over the
organization Of Ford Motor Company
employees into unions directly char
tered by the American Federation of
Labor.
"The American Federation of La
Dor will service these organizations
will advise and counsel with the Off
GERS and members of said organiza-
tions, and will render all assistance
possible in the promotion Of indus
trial peace and cooperation between
the employees and the management OF
the Ford Motor Company"