The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-08-22
Why The Pangborn Strike?

Much has been paid advertisements and news items,
regarding the strike the Pangbon Corporation plant in
week. but The GobendePenden believing that its readers
would interested what the corporation had not in
what the had but what the strikers hemselvs
both union nonunionhad regarding strike that has
weekly envelopes day interviewing
Der of them, and here is what we found out
First of al-and this somewhat surprising-we found
they convinced that their would not be
used they quite wlns-some even anxous-to talk and
they talked who had been schooed IN what to
they be asked questions but who had given the
matter thought
We interviewed about dozen men equally divided between
union members and all married with families
living right here in Hagesown and strange to say the crux OF
every cened around the first question put to all
theWhat do you think the real for calling the
striker
every before could expand the question:
out came their Seniority Rights
When asked about informed that the
hour offered by the had been
posted the bulletin board for week before the strike was
called that everyone seemed to think it fair offer
When we asked about the Union Shop the
that they didn't feel they should be forced join the union
while the union members expressed the opinion
shop real issue but inserted for
bargaining purposes AS put tiff you want to get
$1,000 damages from suit for $4,000
Asked about the angbO Profit Sharing Trust and all
agreed that is exceptionally liberal and coupled with other
benefits employees of industry it would provide added
security for old age.
When asked the whether they considered Pangborns
good place work almost without exception their reply
IF we didn't would have left long
But the interviewed had thus summariy dis
missed these other questions they right back what they
believed really caused the strkehe question of seniority rights
But while all the interviewed agreed that senior
y rights the real back the strike there sharp
difference of opinion regarding the in which these seniority
rights being approached by the union.
Without exception the non-union felt that the
fighting get supernory rights for its union plant committeeman
officials which they bitterly opposed claiming that this group
should the of ayof, be seniority only their
length of servce-plus their ability hold the job.
The union interviewed, the other hand claimed
that fighting obtain seniority for all employees
just and right.
looked upon from the union angle the
interviewed in their opinion that these seniority
rights constituted the main issue
We believe these represent section of all the
Pangborn empoyees-and why they shouldn't
they represent equal number of union and nonnon
poyee they all agerstonans; all family and equally
important they hand picked but selected random
the following
Meeting employee that knew "a member of the unon)
talked him and then asked him for the address of another
employee And this procedure adopted all the through
Summing up the interviews, and weighing in mind the
outright questions the inference contained
of the would say that:
L. The feel that the question of seniority settled
the strike will be
3 The feel that the company and the and
should amcab settle this question around the conference table
the earliest possible
g. The feel that the strike has lasted long already
and should be settled without any further delay.
4 The men---boh union and on-union membes-have
distinct pride in Pangbon's and their jobs there.