The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-19
The AFL Plan To Danish Fear Of Want
Workers Return
(Continupd From Pa0e One)

your own way is futuie and is not the
democratic way, and the Executive
Board will absolutely take no action
on the case if you persist in doing
things in this manner, he emphasized.
Following the advice of President
Duffy, the men voted to return to work
on August 6 and resubmit their case
case back to the Standing Committee
for Qualification as to what records
should be made available to judge the
seniority of the individuals involved.
The firm refused to let the men re-
turn to their jobs with their former
standing, claiming that they had vio-
lated their agreement with the walk
out, using this means as yardstick
to penalize those, who they accused
of leaders of the strike.
At a meeting held with Mr.. Joseph
Wells and members of Local Union 13O
Mr.. Wells said:
'The Homer Laughlin China Co.
does not consider any member of the
striking kilnfiremen'S group as an en-
ployee of this firm and will require
any member of Local 13O. who wishes
to have il job with the Homer Laugh
lin China Co., to make application for
work as Il new employee"
President Duffy in discussing the
situation with Mr.. Wells repeatedly
stated that the National brotherhood
Of Operative Potters did not sanction
the action that was taken by the To-
cal, but upon investigation found thar
the action they had taken had been
ton under which these men had been
working pending settlement of this
case He asked Mr. Wells to return the
men to their jobs without diScrimina-
tiOn against any one individual and
return this case to the Standing Com
mittee and it can be settled as hun
dreds of others have been-in a true
democratic way, with justice rendered
in all fairness and with due considera-
ton Of all evidence presented through
the proper procedure.
Sensing the seriousness of the situa-
tion as it prolonged, not only to the
hundreds of workers who We're forced
to remain away from their jobs, but
to the whole community as whole,
President Duffy and Mr.. Wells agreed
Labor Board for that body to settle
Last Wednesday Mr.. Jacob J. Blair
of Pittsburgh, of the department OF
labOr'S arbitration bureau, sat as Il
seventh member of the Standing Com
mittee in review of all evidence pre-
sented before that group.
The meeting lasted all day and far
into the night before reaching the fol
lowing settlement:
Issue No. |
In accordance with the settlement of
the Standing Committee we unanimous
ly sustain The Homer LalIghlin China
Company in promoting Brady Brown
to the position of kilntireman since the
records Indicate that Brown was the
oldest kilniireman's helper.
Issue No. 2
We do not find that the evidence
supports the charges made by the
Union of abuse of union members or
officials by the Company, and the
charge that the Company refused to
supply records to the Union.
We also feel that both the Company
and the employees involved in the
work Stoppage We're caught in Il sitlla
tion for which neither can be held
entirely responsible.
In view of these facts and in the
interest of Il stronger system of Col
lective bargaining in which the Ma
tional Union must accept responsibility
for the actions of its members, while
the Association must do likewise for
its members, we unanimously order
that the men involved in the work stop
page be returned to their regular Jobs
pending action by the Executive Board
of the y. Il. Of q. L. in determining
what penalties are to be placed against
such individuals as may be found re-
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