Arizona sun., 1947-03-14
Agreement
Reached In
Cafe Dispute


the Culinary Crafts can now write
a contract. The one thing that has
been blocking an agreement-the
attitude of the association on union
Security-has been removed and
the unions efforts to protect it's
membership while the "Right-to-
Starve' law is being tested are
successful.
The Restaurant Association bar
gaining committee members have
signed an agreement to use only
union members and to keep dis
cusSions open until contract has
been agreed to.
The efforts of a federal con-
ciliator, S. L. Johnson, and the
arguments of a committee headed
by Gustave Holohan, organizer for
the union, bore fruit Tuesday
when the employers signed pref
erential hiring" agreement and
agreed to submit to arbitation
anything that the two committees
could not resolve.
It is probably that public opin-
ion had a great deal to do with
the Associations deci sion to
change it's attitude. The union had
offered, time and again, to submit
to arbitration and the employers
had resisted, tooth and nail, any,
thing that would endanger an
openShop program.
The union, on its part, agreed
to withdraw the picket lines on
seven houses and to staff them
with union members. All workers
are to be hired through the unions
employment offices and the union
agrees to supply sufficient COM
pentent workers to handle all jobs.
The agreement to continue
meetings until contract is
reached is couched in the follow
ing stipulation:
1.-THE negotiating committees of
the association and the union shall
continue negotiations on contract
issues and conditions of strike
settlement with the specific un-
derstanding that any such issues
upon which the parties cannot
agree shall be submitted to an
arbitration board consisting of
three employers representatives
not connected with the restaurant
industry, appointed by the Industr-
ial Councial, Inc, and three union
representatives not connected with
the Hotel and Restaurant Employ
ees' and Bartenders' Union, ap-
pointed by the Central Labor
Council. If this board is unable to
reach an agreement, Rabbi A. l..
Krohn, or other person named
by him, shall act as the seventh
member and chairman of the
board. The decision of this arb
itration board, by majority vote
thereof, shall be final and binding
upon both parties to this agree
ment."
The deadlock over whether or
not union members were to be
hired by the employers had been
the big factor in the argument
between the parties and the COM
plete reversal of the Association
in its demands for an "open-shop"
contract brought about the settle
ment.
A committee from the Central
Labor Council and a committee
from the Association had agreed
to name a smaller committee of
three members each to negotiate
and this joint committee met with
the federal conciliator daily for
nearly a week before the tentative
agreement was reached.
The agreement was signed by
Clyde Garland, Sidney Pratt and
Tom Mason for the Restaurant
Association and by Gustave Holo-
han, William Stratton and P. r.
Smith for the union. Smith and
Stratton had been named by the
Central Lobor Council to aid in
the negotiations. Smith is form the
wholesale Meat Cutters and STRAIT
ton from the Teamsters.
Negotiations were resumed on
Wednesday morning by the joint
Committee.