Montana labor news., 1949-11-17
Labor News in Brief

Labor News in Brief
With Justices Black, Reed and
Dougla, iagoring a review, the
t-ter :. Clark abstainine, refused
10 review the imposition Of Sl,420,-
Un0 line on UAlWA Tor cessation oil
work last year. Thus are the labor
leaders rewarded for saying the new
appointments were OK with them.
l. settles expanding lis vel
iafc program 10 Bethlehem dimen-
sion, In Detroit RIGHT wing prexie
Cadillac local finds his home soaked
I'm "a, cops blamed reds INC
local, OF FE are given ote by
executive whether 10 join UE OF
.ltAW Supreme court refuses ia
lc,icw injunction against last big
rail- strike Threatened Go
,iackhandlcrs strike in Chicago a
.>cricd al November 7 deadline by
/ and one hall cents There are
symptoms OF lie in .he labor move
mcnt.
Couer d'Alenc miners are voting
on a compromise settlement, oi their
strike made by "right-wingcrs"
without approval OF International
Nine. Mill and Shelter workers.
Retail Grocery Clerks. AEI.. in
san Francisco, ask NI.RB Tor cleo
ton in so stores to avoid the
Beck raiding tactics that has put
Oakland across the Bay in tur-
moil also election among $50 Safe
wax Clerks in Frisco side.
Marin County Gallo Restaurant
and Tavern Association shut down
when Al'L Bartcnders struck a San
Rafael Cafe: nov most have signed
up
Vt I,ell Aircrait. returning U.AW
members adopted a policy OF re-
refusing to speak to any OF the
scabs still at work there. This has
led to some fights. Compromise
settlement, lett to state arbitration
board both the economic demands
and which OF the D men the COM
pany refused To re-hire should go
back. On November ; arbitrators
the tive local officers should
go back. and that six called by Us
poor security risk should not.
Edward ]. Brown. cx-prcSident OF
Al'I. Electrical Workers had his
suit against lBEW officials for
100000 damages and reservations of
union rights. dismissed in Federal
The quarrel between Brown
and BOYLE started when Brown tried
to halt the Chicago black market
in IBEW union labels, collection
III jukc box fees. and over exclusive
jurisdiction on installing and main
pari-mutual betting ma
chimes. Judge ruled that Brown
had not made a plain statement of
the complaint.
lTU members voted 36,37l to d.
D93 against boosting salaries Of in
ternational officers by $1,000 a year.
and by an even larger majority
against a pension plan for EN-
p~loyecs OF the union. They did
vote 5l.050 to 1902 for their own
indentiying insignia on partially
work, SO that work sent
out Tor press or other processing
will be known as union or n%on-union.I
Locomotive Engineers have iol-
Owed Trainmen in demanding 40
hour week Tor members in yard, ,
.ransicr and belt-line service, with
10 reduction from pay for 4S--the /.
lcal that went into effect for non
Dps on September l.. They want
line and a hall Tor work outside
he 40 hour period. Remember .
when they used to be called the
'aristocracy OF labor
NL.RB has gone to L. s. Supreme
Court with a batch Of cases in which
The Fifth Circuit Court refuses to
uphold its findings. or even to grant
enforcement orders when the COM
concerned do not challenge
the trial examiners report. The fifth
handles cases in Georgia.
Alabama. Mississippi, Loui-
siana and Texas. NLRB says it
has seldom appealed from circuit
court rulings. but contends that here
is systematic refusal to sup
port or enforce NLRB decisions.
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