Montana labor news., 1944-08-24
Unemployment IS NOT NECESSARY
News of The Silver Bow
Trades & Labor Council

John Mcleod Of the Miners union
as president of the Silver Bow Trades
and Labor Council in the absence of
John Crawford who is in Seattle attend
ing the Electrical Inspectors convention,
and again a woman served at vice presi-
dent, Bridget Shea. This is becoming
quite the custom, perhaps the Trades
Council will have a woman chairman
some day.
It was reported that Norman Thomas,
Socialist candidate for president of the
United States, will ibe a Butte visitor on
Labor day. He is scheduled TO be in
Missoula Sunday, September 3.
A communication was received from
Alex Blewett, chairman of the Butte
high school Silver "B" waste paper drive
asking the unions to assist in the paper
salvage. Chairman Mcleod admonished
the delegates to bring the appeal back
to other various unions,
Another letter was received from the
Gallatin Trades and Labor Council in
quiring about a certain person alleged
to have scabed in Butte during the 1884
strike. The Trades and Labor Council
and the miners apparently have no rec
ord of this unless he was operating
under an alias He is a bartender by
trade. The communication was referred
to the Bartenders' Union.
1t was with regret that the Council
learned of the death of Liet. Patrick
Holland, son of Dan Holland. business
agent of the Bartenders Union, who was
killed in an airplane crash on the west
coast. Lieut.. Holland was serving with
the armed forces.
Union men and women are urged to
attend the meetings of the Veterans
Advisory Board which meets at the
Legion hall the last Friday of
every month. This organization is at
tempting to protect the interests of the
and a number Of resolutions
were submitted to give the veterans more
for jobs under state and
federal governments. It was stated in
the report that $4,000 servicemen in
have already been discharged
from the military forces and that the
need for a definite program to take care
Of them is very urgent. The resolutions
we're referred to the legislative commit
tee.
A partial report Of the recent con-
yention of the Montana State Fedora
tion OF Labor was made by Mr.. Paul
Erler.
The Elks lodge was given credit for
rendered to the Auxiliary for
Children in a report made by
John Vickers
Persons interested in school matters
are urged to assist the Trades Council
financially in helping to pay a debt
which was incurred when the Trades
Council went to court restraining the
school board from trading the Garfield
school for some other property north of
.he high school stadium.
A comprehensive report of the award
made by the War Labor Board in rela-
ion to the miners was made It was ex-
planned that the miners had actually
obtained some benefits from the award
The War Labor Board granted the
miners &c an hour for the graveyard
shift, that is the men who go to- work
1t II p. M; &c to the men who work
IN the regular night shift, and 4c to
he men who work afternoon shift, but
he day shift men did not get any in
,rease. It was also explained that the
miners who work 75%5 of all available
lays in one year will get weeks vaca-
ion while it requires five years to get
Jwo weeks vacation. This provision is
lot very satisfactory. The union is also
attempting to have the board award back
SAY from the time the miners first made
is demand.
A letter was received from the War
Manpower Commission in Washington
the relations governing the
hours allowed for part-time workers.
The Unions, however, had been notified
hat l6 hours was the maximum amount
1 part-time worker could be employed.
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