Montana labor news., 1949-11-10

a las You'll 20 10 jail Tor con-
tempt Of court-but the inside OF
a iall look, JUS, the same regard.
lc,, d nhs you're there
Ii, a game IN which the Judge
make, the rule, and can send you
IL lail ni,aon, , iurs trial ii you
break the rule,
Temporary injunctions may be
granted b the Judge without his
c,en hearing both sides oi the ar
runicn'
You e,n he sen, to jail Tor doing
something legal, hu, which was made
illegal a. a hearing YOU never at
tcuacd
Nouma, be CHARGED with contempt
1f.r violating an injunction you did
usi even knaN existed This &C
mall, happened ~ a ease tried this
scar. lplpl
You can be the victim OF an IN
junction issued by a cour, thousand,
oi miles away, The NLRB not
long ago went into federal court III
indianapolis, to get IN injunction 10
cripple the activitie, o. union butch
il, u California
Ec,au,e oi these things, the in
, junction 4, ohvinu,ly an Unfair de-
sicc
| tamor, legal authorities have Tor
{ decades cried out against the ~
! junction
F., The, haze called the labor in
t junction the most %tyrannical device
( II the whole arsenal Of weapons
agaiu,, workers.
( Tile labor injunction has been
= condemned by the platforms OF both
:. the Democratic party and the Re
! publican party Tor many years. YET
l. It I, provided ior in the Tait-Hart-
lcy \ctl
Theodore Roosevelt, denounced the
ct Injunction. So did Pres. William
IS. Howard TAFT. father of Robert a.
lo TAFT. And the younger TAFT. was
a key man in getting the injunction
1 into the Taft-Hartley law
& Even President Herbert Hoover
u opposed the injunction in labor dis
pute, He signed the Norris-La-
IL Gtardia Anti Injunction law which
ior many years protected unions
against iniunctions.
The labor injunction long has
been recognized BY fair lawyers
frfli cuncrscryatise and liberal in
,heir politics-as an inhuman mon
,'ro,ill
i lsui the Tait-Iiartley law has
taken the injunction out q the mu-
scum III the old torture device, and
made il legal again
Under the Iait-tIartley law. in
a junction., are issued in three kind,
ii ease,
against an employer Or
e nmion that has committed an unfair
labor practice
rs ~ against an employer or a
So uuiun fhut actually only against a
~ unionl in the event OF a dispute
s. which may imperil the national
- health or safety.
81 f5l against unions which violate
q All, one 81 TOUR sections OF the Tai,
er. ~llar,lel law These four sections
relate to the refusal To work on
sab made goods. the refusal 10
y hrcak a strike. attempts to boycott
'n product, made By subs,andard com
q panic, and similar activities.
N4W. tl cover up the use OF thu,
a anclrut instrument OF class exploit
lel Atom. the Tait-Iiar,ley law pro-
siic, thar employers cannot get their
" Wt mjunctions. They must, in
stead be gotten by the NLRB ioI
~ ,hcm
's' Taa, 49,, supposed 70 remove ih'
~ .'d 81 ecii1u> 10 government BY IN
aNe f,n tioa ,or private employers.
~ Hu, Nlien +, come, 10 the set o
! Injunction, which apply 10 union
neN onl ,pu have some very specia
{ a rules.
The NlRB must 90 TO court t
- get iheni
% lier these injunctions can be is
tc' sued '5f iise days dong enough
va rs Republican Presidents OF I'll
Tinted States have said-Theodor
ub- Roosevelt \ and William Howar
DIN Tai'-,o break most strikes withou
ant clur, bearing for the people VIII
her are the targets OF the Injunction.
ln ,ther words. the Injunction
'ns thtt hsr' workers most may be IS
the sued without the workers concerne
thr even knowing they are OH trial.
Federal caur injunc,ions have Ell
mer Outraged tine state courts to ,ssu
iniuncrions.
rip But you don't have TO go lookin
su>. lar grievances. Under the Tas'
at Hartley the injunctions are as cru
70 and a. mmindiul OF human bein
., AZ the worst injunctions in Amer
'>cr san history.
We trust that in the future Al
lsbe club wishing to bring a speak'
gain into Butte will consider the goc
and welfare OF all people.
inter- Through this Injunction. John
Lewis Union was fined and
)Ck quarter million dollars simply 4
TO going OF strike.) Our God giv'
ING right.
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