Evening star., 1947-10-08
ANPA Petition Cites
Eight Major Violations
OF Labor Law by |TU
BY the Assoeiated Pres,

AANSA3NAN6hL Wv. o. llC lulClt-
can Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton, in behalf of its 400 members
yesterday complained to the regional
National Relations Board that the
International Typographical Unions
new mo contract" policy violates
Taft-Hartley labor law.
The ANPA asked NLRB for i'm
mediate relief in accordance with
provisions" of the act.
In its petition to NLRB, the
publishers association declared that
the ITU policy-adopted at the
printers convention in Cleveland in
August-"declaring the unions in
tention to sign no new contracts
with employers and restraining
members from accepting employ
ment when existing contracts ex-
pire was for the purpose, inter ala
of:
81. Refusing to bargain collec-
lively.
@. Refusing to enter into any
signed contracts as a result of COL
lective bargaining.
Closed Shop Is Issue.
"(3) Maintaining the closed shop.
40 Prohibiting the employment
of any foreman not a member of the
union.
"(5) Maintaining the unions prac-
tice of boycotting.
"(6) Maintaining the unions prac-
tice Of featherbedding.
"(0 Superimposing the unions
own laws and regulations governing
the relations between its members
and their employers on the Labor
Management Relations Act, and
"(8) Prohibiting its members from
working or accepting employment
except in compliance with said pol
Icy. all of which purposes and the
acts implementing them are in viola
tion of and in defiance of the Labor
Management Relations Act, 1947
(Taft- Labor Act).
Damage Threat Cited.
AS result, the petition said, the
ANPA lis threatened with immedi-
ate and irreparable damage"
The petition was filed by Gram
ston Williams of New York, ANPA
general manager, who said the
action was authorized by ANPA's
Board of Directors. Mr.. Williams
declared in a statement that the
ITU policy was adopted in open
defiance and violation of the law.
"If that policy affected only the
ITU, the ANPA would not be con-
cerned with it. But by its precise
terms, as spelled out in the resolu-
tions of the convention. it requires
publishers employing ITU members
not only to conspire with ITU to
violate the law but to violate it.
The penalty for any publishers
failure to conform to the ITU policy
will be strike by his printers. ="
Many Contracts Expire.
"Since August %, many contracts
between newspaper publishers and
the ITU have expired Many more
are soon to expire. The total of
those that have expired or are soon
to expire before next December 81
involves 239 daily newspapers pub
lished in 1875 cities of the United
States" .-.--.
Mr.. Williams said the issue pre-
cipitated by the ITU = now will
be decided by the (NLRB) board
and the courts"
CAT its convention in Cleveland,
the ITU decided it no longer
would sign contracts, but instead,
its members would continue to
work under posted conditions of
employment. The ITU long has
had closed shop status. The Taft
Hartley law bans closed shop
contracts.
Can ANPA spokesman said last
week the organization had no re-
port that any of it's members with
ITU contracts were accepting the
TITUS plan for posting conditions
of employment in lieu of con-
tract1