Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-14

S ten h Y in EIuI -.
the State of Ed"1ro .. DUCK
Denmark, or rather Ohio, when
Chairman Lewis M. Gill is
forced to call these industry
members to task for some un-
fair reasoning in their attempt
to save Charlie Swartzbaugh
many thousands of dollars that
belong to his workers.
Mr.. Gill did not call these gen
tlemen liars. He merely stated
that one of their arguments was
mental gymnastic," the facts
being exactly opposite from
what they claimed. Another ar
gument Of theirs "bordered on
the frivolous" wrote Gill in the
supplementary majority opinion
written because of the attack
made upon the decent members
of the Board,
This statement cited the essen
tial unfairness of the minority's
wage policy, and called it a
double barreled attack on the
workers demands for wage in
creases".
DELIBERATE FALSEHOODS
The opinion of the industry
members contained, in my opin-
ion, deliberate falsehoods, which
| will prove before the Board
when we obtain final hearing
of our case. Statements made
by these men have no founda-
tion in fact and are not sub
stantiated in anything contained
in the briefs submitted by the
company, which indicates that
someone must have "gotten to-
gether' with their representa-
tives on the Board.
! believe this minority opin-
ion is a classic example Of dou-
bic dealing, of rank hypocricy,
and of deceitful trickery, and
bears investigation by the prop
er agency Of the United States
Government, as does the Panel
which heard the Swartzbaugh
case in Toledo last April.
For the benefit of the indus
try members, as well as for the
edification of the Swartzbaugh
Manufacturing Company, | in
tend to fight this battle to the
finish, and will do everything
within my power to see that $50
workers are not cheated out of
what they rightfully deserve.
When the president of this
company, after using every pos
sible device within his reach,
tells us that he will not concede
one single wage adjustment un-
less forced to do so by govern
ment order, it is high time to
doff the gloves and battle it out.
RATES OF PAY
When there are eight different
rates of pay for punch press OPP
orators doing identical work,
and the president of the plant
refuses to discuss the adjust
ment Of these rates, as well as
dozens of other inequalities, it
is about time we reminded him
that Local IL is still in existence.
There will come a day of ret
ribution when this war is over.
When it arrives these workers
will remember what has been
going on during the past fifteen
months.
As a clue to the type of
strange shenanigans accompany
ing this case, let me quote from
Chairman Gill's statement:
"There is nothing new in this
policy. (Speaking Of the policy
of applying sound and tested
rates to rate structure involv-
ing an incentive system.) 1t has
been followed by the Regional
Board for some time" continues
Gill, having been first enunci-
ated formally in an opinion on
the foundry rates on October z,
l943. The Board has been unani-
nous on this matter until this
case came along and the minor
ity, for reasons best known to
themselves, broke away from the
established policy"
Some people have the dis
torted notion that money can
buy anything, and that all the
workingmen are dumbbells. If
there is such a thing as justice,
it seems it will have to come
from the other two sections of
the Board, the public members
and labor's representatives.