Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-03

partial umpire 20 settle labor dis
'putes, the granting of a standard
maintenance Of membership clause
and the check-off provision were
recommended in the majority re-
port of the three-man triparte
panel.
TABER DISSENTS
Carroll Taber, Lansing attorney
who represented industry on the
panel, dissented on all three issues
Concurring were Thomas J
.Donahue, of the Michigan State
Labor Mediation Board, who wrote
the majority report and repre-
sented the public, and William
Nelson. president Of District No. :
of the council of International Oil
Workers (CIOj, who represented
labor.
THE majority report was just
about completed when the re-
cent stoppages at the ChrySler
plant occurred" Donahue re-
vealed today.
The minority report. submitted
voluntarily by Taber, was written
during the stoppages which caused
more than 24,O00 men to be idle
for three days.
EITHER MAY ASK HEARING
IF either party objects to this
report they Will probably get a
hearing before the national
WLB," Donahue said. Either
party may request it,"
While faVoring the union. tho
report rebuked both the union anC
the company for the attitude each
displayed in collective bargaining
pointing out that most of the is
sues were contract changes which
were trivial and should not hav,
been brought up for review by IN,
national War Labor Board deci
sion
I'm recommending denial Of
most Of these changes (request-
ed by the union), the panel
wishes To remind the union that
an unsatisfactory bargaining sit
uation cannot be corrected by
adding detailed, regulative pro-
visions To the agreement" the
report said.
EACH To RLAMF
at the same time this panel
wants IL understood that il holds
the corporation equally to blame
that the union feels compelled
TO make such large number Of
demands"
Recommending that a perma.
nent arbitrator be appointed as
has been done at the Ford Motor
Company and the General Motors
Corp. the majority report stated
that il believed the appeal board
machinery now provided in the
present contract does not provide
adequate recourse on the unsettled
grievances. and that in the light
of past experience in the state OF
collective bargaining relations be-
tween this corporation and the
union, it is not likely to do SC
in the near future.
Both the corporation and the
union openly acknowledge that
II II were not for the war there
would be another test Of eco
nOmic strength between them"
COMPANY'S OBJECTION
The company objected 10 the
unions request for an impartial
arbitrator on the grounds that
the existing appeal board proce-
dure had not been given A fair
trial by the union.
The panel majority reduced the
unions request for -ttnten shop
to recommendation for voln-
tary maintenance of membership
clause with provision for l5-day
escape perio q during which
union members may withdraw
from the union if they do not wish
to remain members for the dura.
ton Of the contract.
The checkoff was recommended
as the logical and proper supple
ment to union security the panel
said.
Nelson recommended that the
checkoff should cover all items
including initiation fees and spe-
cial assessments. Donahue thought
only dues should be checked off
and Taber dissented entirely.