The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-05-08
FLASHES FROM The
LABOR FRONT"
By M. j. MCMAHON

large number of signed authorization
cards from the employees of the Co.
lumbia Machinery and Engineering
Corporation. and was in a splendid
position to secure good agreement
for the employees. Then, movement
was started to organize shop union,
such as exists at the safe works; then
the CIO butted into the picture. Why
all this activity? WE started the ball
rolling, and if our work had not been
interrupted by these two factions, the
men now would have a good agree
ment, with increased wages. Now, the
entire matter is in the hands of the
u. S. Labor Board, and an election
will probably be held to determine
bargaining agency.
o
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT disap-
pointed the National Manufacturers
Association when he refused to ask
Congress to ditch the forty hour week;
and Senator Tom Connolly of Texas,
who had a bill before Senate COM
mittee, to 'hamstring" labor unions,
decided to drop it, after he heard
from the White House Tom says he
does not want to be licked, and Vim
son, of Georgia, who lacks the brains
of Tom, stuck with his bill to nail
labor and got licked by the committee
of which he is chairman. His anti
labor bill was defeated by vote of
13 to r.
RAILROAD CAR LOADINGS are
19 per cent higher than at this time
last year.
JOSEPH B. EASTMAN, federal CO.
ordinator of railroads, states that the
railroads of the country will be COM
PEELED to hire 117,000 additional men
this year, and many railroad men who
have been retired on pension will be
called back to service. The Railroad
Pension Board is now located at 844
Rush Street, Chicago, having been
compelled to move out Of their Wash
ington Offices to make room for the
war workers.
o
THE LADIES' GARMENT WORK
ERS of New York just secured 10
per cent increase in wages, through
an arbitration award just handed
down by James j. Walker, former
mayor of New York City. Forty thou
sand workers are affected.
o
"MY OLD MAN is behind the
times" says a young squirt. This
young fellow fails to understand what
his Old Man did for him when he was
unable to take care of himself; he
forgets it was his Old Man and his
Old Mother who looked after him in
sickness and nursed him back to
health; it was his Old Man and his
Old Mother who furnished his food
and clothing for many years, before
he became a young squirt with crazy
notions in his noodle.
Well that young buck is just like
the CIO today; they forget that they
would not even be alive today, only
for their daddy; the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor and the organizations
affiliated with it, among them the In
| ternational Association of Machinists
has been true to the American labor
movement since its inception; we
never deserted the American Fedora
ton, and we don't like deserters. You
know what they do to deserters in the
Army; well, American labor is not
| the Army, but the principle is the
same. Nobody quits but quitter, no.
body squeals but a squealer, and no.
body knocks but a knocker
So, stand by your guns, men Of
Hamilton; be loyal, be true to youl
father, the old and reliable American
Federation of Labor. This organiza
tion laid the foundation for industria
improvement in every state in the
Union. 1t is a permanent union anC
will be here doing business, twenty
years from now, while it's rival will
be just another memory.
WE SENT OUT about $500 letters
to the employees of the General Ma.
chinery Corporation, requesting them
to furnish us with information rela.
tive to their wage rates, and asking
them if they had any grievances rela
tive to their wages or working con
ditions, to fill in the form attached te
the letter, and return to our office. VIZ
have had an excellent response from
these letters, and expect to take VI
with the management each individual
case within tho nayt Spyaral davS NJ