Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-06-16

orders covering all of the small
lest details of the operation of
Local IL. We know that he has
prevented the exercise of any
local union autonomy whatso-
ever in the conduct of the af-
fairs of Local IL. We cite the
following examples:
! (a) Brother Gosser, and his
assistants, Brothers Murphy and
Madrzykowski, determine who
shall run for office in Local IL.
(b) Brother Gosser has issued
Iinnumerable written orders COW
ering the hiring and firing of
employees of Local IL.
! (c) Brother Gosser has i'm
posed a system of fines on the
employees of Local IL for being
late for Work-a system which
would not be tolerated if inpos-
ed by any employer with whom
our union has a contract.
i (d) Brother Gosser ordered
l n e national Representatives
and Local IL officers and en-
ployees to do farm work on the
so-called Retirement Farm and
ordered them subjected to fines
in event they failed to appear
for such work.
(e) Brother Gosser has used
the employees of Local IL in
: the conduct of the business of
the Colonia a ! Hardware and
Sporting Goods Company.
(f) Brother Gosser has issued
: detailed instructions concerning
| the operation of the bar in Lo-
cal IL headquarters. He has del
egated Local IL officers to be in
I charge of the bar and in some
} cases he has placed International
, representatives in charge of GER
, tain phases of bar operation.
(g) Brother Gosser has or
j. dered certain employees of Lo-
cal IL laid off as an economy
measure and in order to enable
} him to place upon the payroll
of Local IL certain International
representatives who are to be
l laid off.
! (h) Brother Gosser ordered
the financial secretary, Brother
. Randolph Gray to install ac-
counting machines in the dues
office and to lay off any help
, replaced thereby. He then or
dered the accounting machines
removed from the dues office.
He then publicly announced his
. opposition to financial secretary
. Randolph Gray by asserting that
{ Brother Gray wanted to replace
> female employees with book
5 keeping machines. All of this
. is matter of union and public
record.
I'D Brother Gosser at one time
] while serving as International
+ Vice-President, issued an order
that nothing be printed in the
Toledo Union Journal without
n his approval.
Cd Brother Gosser has issued
s orders which are in the files of
= Local IL, that any voucher or
g C h C k containing his initials
: S h oul d be paid Immediately
S without question by any local
e officer or trustee.
(k) Brother Gosser ordered
: the financial secretary to pay
J from union funds the premium
= on an insurance policy covering
his personal belongings and pay
f able to him personally in event
b of loss.
u Cd The foregoing are only a
: few of the thousands of illustra-
s tions of Brother Gosser's iron
$ handed rule of even the smallest
T details of Local IL operation.
Examination of the corespon-
3 dence files of the Local will dis
: close orders issued by Brother
Gosser, notwithstanding his sta
tus as an Internationl officer,
y covering every phase of local
= union operations.
i Fl. Brother Gosser has order
a ed the decision of the Court of
! Appeals of Lucas County, per-
s Uniting Mr.. Bolman to inspect
y the b books of the Automotive
! Workers Building Corporation,
: carried to the Supreme Court
= of Ohio. Brother Gosser stated
before l. b or Management
\ Citizens Committee meeting in
! March, 1850, that the defense
of the Bolman suits had cost
r Sl5,000.00. He has recently tes-
: titled under oath that his at
4 torney's fees were being paid by
: the International Union. The
special committee headed by
Brother Emil Macy has report
t ed that the audit of the records
y of the Building Corporation
n books shows them to be in good
n shape. For what purpose, there
y fore, is this Court of Appeals de-
: cision being appealed to the Ohio
f Supreme Court, since there is
e nothing wrong in these records
: and therefore nothing to cover