The union times., 1945-03-03
Conn.'s Labor-Industry Record Praised
A.F.L. Urges Voice For Labor At s. F.
Executive Council Demands Hearing For AZ L. Plan For World Peace -Padway Predicts Defeat Of Anti
 Labor Legislation Passed By States

The American Federation of Labor demands that the government accord labor full representation at the confer ence of the United Nations to be held at San Francisco April 25 to set up machinery for lasting peace.
 The purpose of such representa- tiOn, AFL President William Green declared, would be to make known labOr's recommendations ''for the establishment of secure peace and for dealing with postwar problems.'
 He revealed that an AFL commit tee would be appointed to attend the conference as delegates from this country or as advisers" to the Amer ican delegates.
 The AFL Executive Council, mean while, concluded its mid-winter meet ing after taking the following addi- tiona1 actions:
 Tt agreed to re-admit the United Mine Workers into the Federation when and if that union assumes the obligations attached to afiliation.
 NIt unanimously ratified Presi- dent Greens rejection of a tricky proposal for functional unity'' made by the CIO and his criticism of the CIO for failure to accept the AFL's offer to negotiate organic unity.
 3-It called upon Congress to amend the National Labor Rela- tiOns Act so that the workers them selves-and not the National Labor Relations Board -s shall determine the unit to represent them in col lective bargaining.
 At urged all central bodies of the federation to set up special committees at once for the re-em- ployment and rehabilitation of returning war veterans.
 Before adjourning until its next meeting in Washington in the spring, the Executive Council heard a de- tailed report from Joseph A. Padway, AFL counsel, on developments with regard to proposals for state and fed eral anti-labor legislation and on the progress of litigation against existing anti-labor statutes.
 Mir. Padway expressed confidence that Supreme Court will outlaw most of the obnoxious measures already adopted. Such action, he felt, would deter state legislatures in the future from enacting further legislation of this kind.
 Mir. Green said prompt action would be taken to carry out the councils action on amendment of the MIRA. An amendment, pat termed after a provision now in corpOrated in the New York state law, will be drafted and introduced in Congress at once.
 At present, MT. Green explained the NLRB exercise arbitrary author ity to determine by itself what the appropriate collective bargaining unit in each representation case shall be In many case, he charged, the boards decisions have been contrary to the wishes of the workers affected anc have aroused widespread ill-feeline and occasional strikes. He cited the strike of teamsters in St. Paul brew cries as an example of the resentment of workers against attempts of the board to force them into unions not o1 their own choice.
 Under the proposed amendment tho workers would be given the opportunity to decide for them selves whether they wished 2 separate craft unit in a plant ol wished to be included in single industrial unit and the board would have to comply with their decision