The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-11
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Refuses Cargoes for Indus
try 10 Avoid Piekets and
Keep Supplies Open

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picket line interruption of general
shipping to Alaska, the Alaska
Steamship Company announces it
would not accept cargoes for cam
neries involved In the current dis
cute between two CLIO unions.
Picketing began today at the
piers of two canning firms with
Alaska operations-th San Juan
Fishing and Packing Co. and Libby,
Mcneil and Libby
Several carloads of longshore-
affiliated pickets also were reported
to have gone to Bellingham and
Blaine today to picket cannery
tenders and supplies of firms be-
longing to Alaska Salmon Industry,
Inc.
They were headed by William
Gettings, regional director of the
Go longshoremen's union.
However, report from Belling-
ham this afternoon said there was
no picketing there or at Blaine. A
union official there said the Seattle
group was just watching" to see
that no Alaska cargo was loaded.
]. A. Green. President of the Pa
cific American Fisheries at Belling-
ham, called 1t mythical picket
line" He said his firm stopped
work on Alaska cargo until the dis
pute is settled.
The dispute revolves around the
attempt Of the Harry Bridges-led
longshoremen's union, with a newly
acquired cannery workers affiliate,
to move into the Alaska cannery
industry.
The longshoremen's union ordered
picketing In support Of It's new
Local &c. 1t formerly was a local
Of the Food. Tobacco, Agricultural
ana Allied workers Union. y TIE
latter was expelled from the CIO
over charges that its policies were
often too close to the Communist
party line.
Local TO in former years was
the bargaining agent for most nom
resident cannery workers.
The Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.
has signed a contract, however,
with another CLIO union, the Uni
ted clearinghouse Workers Union,
Local II.
The longshoremens union is in
sisting that the industry open con-
tract negotiations for nonresident
cannery workers with Local &c.
D. E. Skinner, vice president and
general manager of the Ala3ka
Steamship Co., said the ban on
cannery cargoes came after Matias
Lagunilla, secretary of Local &c,
said the local would conduct 20
further picketing as long as no
cargo for the Alaska canneries is
loaded on any of your vessels"
we have taken this action"
Skinner explained, 'in order to
keep the supply open to Alaska and
to avoid an interruption Of COM
mercial and government service to
the Territory that was threatened"
CHARGES ARE MADE
SEATTLE, May 1l-tR-The AL
aska Salmon Industry, Inc, filed
unfair labor practices charges to-
day in the inter-union dispute that
has blocked regular shipment o.
supplies for the northern canneries
Today's action by the industry
;ame after the Alaska Steamship
Company announced 1t would not
lccept cargoes for canneries in
yolved in the dispute. The firms
read said the action was being
taken to avoid picket line inter-
ruption of general shipping to Al
aska.
The Salmon Industry filed it's
complaint with the National Labor
Relations Board here. which prom
pity began an investigation. 1t is
against the International Long
shoremen and Warehousemen's I'm
ion (CIO) and its new affiliate,
Cannery Workers Local TO.
ASH alleged that the. unions
threat to picket the steamship
company If the latter's ships load
ed Salmon Industry supplies was
an illegal secondary boycott under
the Hartley law.
If the NLRB investigation sus-
tains the charges. the NLRB could
move in U. s. District Court for
an injunction against picketing of
commercial shipping during the
dispute.
A statement issued by Alaska
Salmon Industry charged the pick
citing Actually is an outright at
tempt of Harry Bridges to control
Alaska as he does Hawaii" 1t
cited deportation charges by the
immigration Service against three
officers Of Local TO.
Unless supplies are shipped to
Alaska canneries before the season