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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT Who Will Bargain at Geneva? Men who expect to work at the Geneva steel plant when production starts should not be misled by rumors and untrue statements put out by the AFL. Their purpose is to deprive steel workers of their democratic right to select a bargaining agency of their own choosing after production begins. The AFL proposes to herd employees from construction to production. | The following statements are facts. Their accuracy may be verified by any worker now employed at the Geneva plant, or by any other person. I The Geneva by a subsidiary poration. steel plant will be operated of United States Steel Cor- IT United States Steel and its subsidiaries do not recognize any organization as a bargaining agency until that organization has been certified by the National Labor Relations Board, AFTER an election by secret ballot. In view of that stand by United States Steel and its subsidiary concerns, the AFL cannot possibly obtain bargaining rights at Geneva. After the plant is in production an election must be held to determine the free choice of employees for a bargaining agency. {II Because the AFL had a large force of workers in the building trades available for immediate construction it was assigned that work at Geneva, through a closed shop agreement. That closed shop arrangement enables AFL crafts to charge exorbitant initiation fees and monthly dues. Workers who rebel against high or multiple dues are fired. The CIO accepted in good faith the allocation of that construction job to the AFL. But it accepted it for construction only. Allocation of construction work to the AFL was not intended to, nor did it give the AFL any advance claim, or prior right to represent production workers when the plant is in operation. IV The United Steelworkers of America— CIO already have signed contracts throughout the steel industry—United States Steel, its subsidiaries, and with “Little Steel’, the industry name for a group of independents. The AFL is a rank outsider in the steel industry. The United Steelworkers now have 850,000 members under signed contract with various steel companies and _ fabricating plants in the United States and Canada. It is evident that steel workers throughout the country have rightly chosen the USA-CIO as their bargaining agency. Until the CIO was organized, steel workers throughout the country had no bargaining agency. To put the Geneva plant into production, workers will have to be brought to Geneva from other steel centers. Those workers already are United Steelworkers— CIO. Consequently, a probable majority of the production employees will be USA—CIO at the outset. Naturally the men will choose the CIO as their bargaining agent. V And there is good reason why Geneva steel workers should choose the United Steelworkers—CIO. Initiation fees in the Steelworkers are set by the organization’s constitution at $3. During organizational drives initiation fees may be waived. And no initiation fee will be charged Steelworkers at Geneva until the organization drive is completed. Dues in the United Steelworkers are limited by constitutional provision to a maximum of $1.50 a month. Industrial unionism is so efficient that collective bargaining is administered at a much lower per capita cost than is possible in out-moded craft unionism. If there is any doubt about these statements compare initiation fees and dues with those charged by AFL craft organizations. Compare also the results in wages, working conditions, and jurisdictional harmony. CIO unicnism is a type of organization that doesn’t cost—IT PAYS. CIO WILL BARGAIN AIT GENEVA HOWARD C. JENSEN RALPH H. PETERS GEORGE W. HAYCOCK Staff Representatives VARRO C. JONES Director, District USA—CIO 39, |