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forced by a United States Court OF
Appeals If necessary.
Exceptions usually are filed, with
the result that the flve-man board
headed by Paul M. Herzog reviews
the examiners report, holds a hear
ing and either adopts or rejects his
findings.
Randolph a Witness.
Mr.. Ringer held hearings in Balti-
more during october QTU President
Woodruff Randolph was one OF the
witnesses and another hearing In
Washington on December 8.
Mr.. Ringer reported there were
two periods in which Local II re-
fused to bargain with the Graphic
Arts League.
The first was from August rs, 1947,
until the general counsel's complaint
was served on the union September
as. Mr.. Ringer said the local clear
" refused to bargain" during this
period, attending the negotiations
with the fixed determination to ar
rive at no contract whatsoever that
The second period began Sep
tember Is. Mr.. Ringer said the
ITU at that time adopted change
of strategy" From then on, he
said, the local unions policy was
not to state that it wouldn't sign
any kind of contract, but to make
unusual contract provisions be-
cause of the unusual law"
He said the ITU sent the locals
q new contract form which con-
tanned clause enabling either
party to cancel the agreement on
80 days notice.
Ringer Sees bad Faith"
Mr.. Ringer said insistence on
this clause constituted bad faith"
because previous contracts had been
for one year and the 60-day clause
was clearly designed "to provide a
means of enforcing rights some
of which the Taft-Hartley Act
made illegal"
The examiners recommended that
the international union:
l. Drop any policy which requires
any subordinate union mot just
Local 12) to refuse to bargain COL
lectively in good faith or refuse to
enter into or sign contracts.
2. Stop instructing a subordinate
union to require that employers &C
cept any conditions of employment,
put forward by the local or the 1TU,
without bargaining about them.
3. Stop instructing a subordinate
union to require that employers
sign contracts which expressly or
by implication make membership
in. or approval by the local or the
ITU, a condition of hiring or con-
tinued employment"
4. Cease requiring from employers
any condition that permits a
subordinate union to insist that par
ticular work be assigned to 1TU
members rather than to other en-
ployes.
5. Quit instructing its members
or a subordinate union that the
general laws, rules and decisions
of the ITU must be accepted by the
employers without bargaining.
6. Stop causing its members or
a subordinate union to ask employ
ers to discriminate against non-
union employees.
7. Stop instructing its members
or subordinate union to coerce or
restrain employees in the exercise of
their rights.
8. "Rescind and cease to give ef-
feet to any provisions in its consti-
tuition, bylaws, general laws, pol
icies. rules, resolutions, decisions
instructions, or directions, which are
inconsistent with or in conflict with
these recommendations"
The last proposal was considered
most unusual. But the whole re-
port was pioneering document be-
cause the Taft-Hartley Act is still
so young that very few unfair prac-
tice cases against unions have
passed the trial examiner stage.