The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-11-07

stances under which the Bart
lett and Brainard Company,
Hartford received from Fed
eral agency the contract to
construct a $l,OOO,OOO fac
tory for the Union Drawn
Steel Company, at East Hart
ford, according to M. ]. Barry,
chairman of the Hartford
Building Trade Alliance.
OPEN SHOP FIRM
The contracting firm is motor
iousIy open shop, said Barry. Last
summer the alliance learned that
the Bartlett and Brainard firm
was awarded the bid, but inquiring
members of the alliance could not
learn when and where the bid was
let. Inquiries were made to the
Building Trades Department of
the A. F. L. in Washington, which
reported i'm due time that it could
find no record of the contract.
Work however was started at
the factory, and the general con-
tractor. the B. and B. firm, sub
contracted the excavation the
cement trucking and the Install
ing of the sprinkling system to
union closed shop concerns. How
ever. the sub-contracts for the
electrical the plumbing and the
steamfitting works were given to
nOn-uniOn concerns.
In an effort to compose the
difficulties arising from the en-
pIoyment of nOn-union and union
labor on the same project, there
followed a series of four or five
meetings with the contractors and
union leaders with State and Fed
eral labor division representatives
sitting in.
CONFERENCE MEMBERS
The following representatives OF
organized labor including business
agents of the unions affiliated with
Hartford Building Alliance named
called ON both Mr.. Bartlett and
Brainard: M. ]. Barry, Carpenters
No. 43; ]. p. O'Donnell, Plumbers
No. 76; Paul Willanore, Steam
filters No. 218; w. A. Crosscup,
Painters No. AL; Arthur Macker-
new. Building Labors No. 23O;
Frank Devine, Electricians No.
3: Herman odge, Iron Workers
William Greed, Hosting En-
-;neers: Carman DiCrosia, Brick
LAYERS No. l; Frank Basolua,
Teamsters No. $50.
Harry Russell, representative
of the W. p. B sought COM
nromise i'm the suggestion that the
contractors employ only union
brickIayers, carpenters and build
ing Iabors and become a union
sbop for this job and only for
the duration of the work on the
rro;ect. The contractors agreed to
do this. but the alliance turned II
down fatty, as it is definitely
against union policy.
COMPANY BALKS
The situation reached an i'm
passe and the W. P. B. sent Michael
Finn to try to get the company
and trades union group together.
Finn recommended that the Con-
tractors become a union shop.
The company baked.
The union workers walked oil
the Job three weeks ago. Last week
the Sprinkler Union, whose head
quarters are i'm Washington, order
ed its men back to work. The
ready-mixed truck drivers and the
excavation teamsters finding them
selves i'm the position of being or
becoming a party to hating war
production as well as a party to
threatened suit, according to Barry,
returned to work.
In the meanwhile the Bartlett
and Brainard company find them
selves striving to secure bricklay-
ers, carpenters and building labors.
Union men i'm these crafts will not
go on the job, declared Barry who
scored the agency in Washington
responsible for letting the bid on
a non-competitive basis as "a direct
violation of the Sterilization agree
ment between the Federal Govern.
ment and the A. F. L."