Evening star., 1947-08-21

/ to which we have enjoyed for nearly
a century. We believe that the har-
nony Of our relations which has
prevailed, almost without Interrupt
ton, for many decades between our
members, our local unions and their
employers, can continue in the fu-
ture, as in the past, and 1t is our
policy to try to continue it.
IN-Considered Law Seen.
I'VE express this belief despite the
fact that ill-considered legislation
has recently been enacted, the effect
of which might easily be disastrous
to labor management relations.
1--WE confidently assert that there
are certain provisions of the Labor
Management Relations Act of I947
that are impracticable and unwork-
able and that a great deal of it is
inequitable and unjust to organized
labor.
I'VE believe that as the provisions
of this act become generally known
the law will in turn be amended to
eliminate its defects and inequities
While there should not be and
will not be any attempt on the part
of the international and subordinate
unions to violate any valid proyi-
sionS Of this law or of any law, Fed
eral or State, yet there should be
and will be earnest endeaVorS on the
part of these unions to avoid any
condition that will result in their
being penalized by this law and to
avoid the sacrifice of rights and
prerogatives which may be lost by
the signing OF contracts as hereto
fore.
Laws Provision Cited.
''The Labor Management Rela-
tions Act does not compel the sign
ing of contracts and refraining
from doing so is not violation or
evasion of the law. 1t will be our
policy to refrain from signing con-
tracts in order that we avoid agree
ing or seeming to agree or volunta-
rily accepting the conditions created
by such a relationship under the
Labor Management Relations Act of
1947.
Even the TIL law provides that:
Nothing in this act shall be so
construed to require an individual
employe to render labor or service
without his consent, nor shall any
thing IN this act be construed to
make the quitting of his labor by an
individual employe an illegal act
Upon the expiration of existing
contracts and until the laws above
referred to are amended and free
collective bargaining is again recog-
nized, our members may accept
employment only from employers
who are willing to employ them on
conditions of employment which
the several unions adopt after ap-
proval by the Executive Council of
the ITU.
Our unions will give 60 days
notice before an existing contract
may be changed or terminated.
They will notify State and Federal
Cancellation agencies simultaneously
80 days after the original notice.
VIII Bargain Collectively.
"They will engage in collective
bargaining to the extent recognized
by law, bearing in mind that the
legal obligation of. a labor organiza-
ton under the LMRA to bargain
collectively meet and confer in good
faith with reference to wages, hours
and so forth expressly provides as
follows:
But such obligation does not
compel either party to agree to
proposal or require the making Of
concession
"A condition OF employment
form, which must be used by all
unions and which is uniform except
for local scales and practices, has
been printed for the convenience
and use Of all subordinate unions,