The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-11-26
NLRB-Kuiser Order
Attacked By Green
AL President Threatens Tc
Seek Custer OF Members
BY Action Of Congress

Labor, said President William Green,
unless something is done to quash the
boards complaint against three Henry
J. Kaiser shipyards on the West Coast.
The NLRB issued its complaint on
the request of the CLIO. Industrial
Union of Marine and Shipbuildina
Workers which alleged that the yards
by giving assistance to 16 ALL
unions in recruiting and maintaining
membership among the employees.
''The action of the National Labor
Relations Board in issuing a complaint
against three Henry j. Kaiser ship
yards on the West Coast is the out
standing Axis victory of the month,
said Mr.. Green.
Henry j. Kaiser is unquestionably
one of the most decent employers il
America. He treats his employees anc
the trade unions that represent then
with utmost fairness. labOr-manage
ment cooperation in the Kaiser ship
yards constitutes one of the OutStand
ing achievements in progressive indus
trial relations of this country. The
result has been recOrd-breaking pro
ductiOn, the kind of production Amer
lea needs to win this war.
Contract With Kaiser Defended
Now the National Labor Relations
Board accuses Mr.. Kaiser of unfail
labor practices and threatens to de
stroy as fine a relationship between
employer and employee as exists any
where in the world
"The basis of the NLRB complaint i:
the fact that Mr.. Kaiser signed ;
| cloSed-ShOp tract with SiXteeI
| A.F.L. unions before any appreciablt
number of employees was hired il
these three shipyards.
"If such Il contract is illegal OF
reprehcnsible, then every construction
firm in the United States and the gov
vernment itself stand indicted by Tho
National Labor Relations Board.
"IIow were all our new Army camps
naval training stations and airiield'
built? Government agencies or private
contractors working for the govern
ment signed agreements with Az J.
unions to supply the men to do th'
work. 1t was done efficiently and il
record-breaking time.
by signing Il similar agreement
with group of metal and building
trades unions affiliated with the Amer
lean Federation of Labor Mr.. Kaiser
followed an immemorial, efficient an,
! completely legal trade practice. Th'
results in his shipyards speak foI
! themselves.
Warns OF Creating DsrOrd
But these considerations apparent
! ly were ignored by the National Labor
Board, just rs it seems TO have ig
nored the fact that there is Il war on
"If the board in its amazing detach
ment from reality and actuality tind
its own complaint justified, it will thel
attempt to inyalidate the American
! Federation of Labor'S contract will
Mr.. Kaiser and call for an election
among his employees.
diScord will be substituted for harmon.
and peaceful relations among TIN
workers in these shipyardS. ProduC
tion will he dctrimentally affected
Hitler will be the only gamer.
The American Federation of Labo
| is determined not to let this happen
| for the protection of the nations inter
cStS as we'll as the interests of its owl
unions. We will carry out protest
| TO the highest officials of our govern
ncnt, and, if this is unavailing, W.
will go To Congress and ask for legi-
lation which will throw thc proScn
ministratorS of the National Labor Re
lalionS Act out of Office"
Kaiser Will Make Denial
Edgar f. Kaiser, manager of th
three Kaiser shipyardS here and il
! Vancouver, said that the National La
bor Relations Board complaint againS
| the yards may ultimately affect tn
whole shipbuilding industry of th
| Pacific Coast"
Other Shipyard and labor sources in
dicaled the company would enter de
mails TO the charges and would main
tain that it had followed provisions o
its master agreement with the Port
land Metal Trades Council and regu
lations set up under the Wagner Act
These sources held that the cas-,
probably would reach the Supreme
Court to determine, among othe'
things, what constitutes Il ma jority o
employees under the Wagner Act an'
when that majority must be deter
mined The company maintains th'
ma torlty is determined at the time
the demand for recognition is made
asserting that otherwise elections
would have to be held every few
months.