The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-07

we do not consider this our work The longshoremen have waterfront work Why should we stick our nose 1 in that? Che leaves)
 Newmarker: If they are certified they could insist on bargaining on this type of work.
 (Mr. Joe Guy spokesman for the IL.W.U. 116 is called).
 Carter: The object of this com mittee is to try to iron out this dis pute Briefly, what is the stand of | the local 116?
 Guy: This dispute has been going on for the last nine months. We had no trouble with MT. Ruther- ford. We gave him men when he called and if we could not, we gave i him permission to hire other men. The Juneau Spruce threw us out. They started loading barges and threw us out. We went down again when they loaded the barge for Prince Rupert and Mir Hawkins would not talk to us.
 Carter: How long did your union continue to do the work after the Juneau Spruce Company took over? Guy: I don't know.
 Hendrickson: Last fall?
 Guy: Yes, sir. Carter: Did you load on regular steamships?
 Guy: On barges and boats.
 Carter: Did you ever work with the Juneau Spruce on one of their OWL barges?
 Guy: cannot say. have just re- joined the union.
 Carter: Did you ever load Ju- neau Spruce barge?
 Wukich: One To Edna Bay.
 Carter: How long did the contract with the Juneau Lumber Mills run?
 Guy: Until renewed. In 1941 the last contract was drawn until 1947 and the last one was signed in September 1947 and was to run un- til new one was signed.
 Carter: Will you bring the con- tract?
 Guy: Yes. @ men went for it)
 Moore: We should get the wood workers contract too.
 (Anthony Wukich, president of local l16 brought the contract with the Juneau Lumber Mills)
 Garter: How long does it run?
 Wukich. Until June Is, 1948. This is the contract that is under nego- tiation and the Juneau Spruce bought this contract.
 Hendrickson: They could not get away from it if they wanted to?
 Guy: No.
 Garter: What agreement did Monahan have with the Juneau Lumber Mills?
 Wukich: The agreement which terminates June l5, 1948.
 Garter: What agreement have you with the Juneau Spruce?
 Wukich: This same one covers them.
 Moore: The precedent is that a company assumes the contract un- til it runs out.
 Guy: They continued with the sawlnill workers contract until No vember. t3I
 Garter: That contract was en- tered into when?
 Hendrickson: 1946.
 Newmarket: Do they renew con- tract every year?
 Guy: No. It would run unless either party want to open it up for certain reasons. Otherwise it renews automatically
 Garter: Did you serve notice on the Juneau Spruce before the picket | line?
 Guy: After the picket line.
 Wukich: April 15, 1948.
 Hendrickson: When did you give notice?
 Guy: April 15th-for renewal of the contract.
 Hendrickson: It is illegal for union to strike to try to force the company to deal with union un- less the union has been certified, trying to force it to assign certain work to members of another union rather than to the union which is doing the work. The N.L.R.B. made that decision.
 Guy: This is a lockout by the company.
 Ninnis: Who does this work out side?
 Guy: I don't know. have not worked outside. In all Alaska the longshoremen do this work on steamships and on barges.
 Carter: There is no condition under which you would remove the picket line?
 Guy: We have no other recourse.
 Carter: MT. Card says if your group is certified he will gladly bar gain with you.
 Moore: The Taft Hartley law needs interpretation without cer- tification a union cannot use the machinery of the Board.
 Carter: They claim that they have bargaining agent and that