The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-05-14

by it's decision ordering a new ele
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulatio
tanks.
In ordering Il new election, the board
set aside an election held last year.
which was won by an AFL Federal
union.
President Green and officers of the
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
charged that by its decision in the
case of NLItB has prolonged Il labor
controversy relations unsettled instead
of stabiizing them.
War Effort Held Injured
The AFL head joined with President
Il. \. Olson and Secretary George w.
Lawson of the Minnesota federation in
declaring:
where labor organizations are try
ing to aid the Governments war prog
ress and avoid disputes and misunder-
standings and have voluntarily given
up the right to strike, it is disturbing
to note that the National Labor Rela-
tiunS Board can make such Il decision,
the obvious effect OF which is to TO-
ment disputes and trouble in Il war
plant and to injure the war effort
In letters to the three members of
the NLRB, Green pointed out that an
election was held among the employees
of this company last September. He
continued:
''rhe American Federation of Labor
won the election in this case. The rec
ord shows that Il ma iOlity OF the en-
ployes at the NlinneapolisHo Honeywell
plant voted in favor of the American
Federation of Labor union as a col
lective bargaining agency. Why should
this union and the Federation be rob
bed of the victory it won in this eec-
ton?
AFL Union Won Vote
''There were some 2,1O0 ballots cast
in the election. The record shows that
the American Federation of Labor
won by - votes. That fact was never
challenged. There were Il number of
additional ballots which were chal-
lenged and long and extended hearings
were held upon The validity of these
votes which had been challenged by the
CIO. The record shows that notWith-
standing long and extensive hearings
upon the validity of these ballots, you
never passed upon the question of val
idity.
"ElectionS are won both by large
and small majOritieS q. .. Those who
participate in an election and win the
election are entitled to be certified.
This rule is recognized as Il part OF
democratic procedure. You StipuIate
in your decision, either directly or by
implication, one of the reasons the
election WAS set aside was because the
American Federation of Labor only
won by u votes This part OF your
decision | resent. In addition. You state
that the decision setting the election
aside was based upon the fact that I
months had elapsed since the election
WAS held. How can such Il conclusion
be accepted as sound reasoning?
Responsibility on Board
The responsibility for the delay
rests SqIHrcly with the National la
Dor Relations Board. Yet, nOtWith-
standing this fact, the board states
that The long delay caused by the board
itself is one of the reasons why the
election was set aside. If the results of
elections are not to bp honOrpl merely
because the board is responsible for
delay in conducting hearings and r"lt-
dpring Il decision after the election Is
held, then the board can through such
process defeat the lfghtful winner III
any election
n consideration of the facts and Of
the reasoning INDUCED in by the board
fully iustii'icS me in arriving at the
conclusion that the decision of the
board should be interpreted as Il dis
appointment over the fact that our
Federal Labor Union won instead of
the CID and that the decision is a
further manifestation of unfaiIneSs
in running to the aid of the loser by
denying ihe right TO win to the victor.
Great Injustice" 10 AL
You have done the American Fed
Grafton of Labor a great injustice and
the tragic feature of it is that at the
present moment there seems 10 bp no
WAY by which we can right the wrong
which YOU have done the Federation in