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Show 5 UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. JANUARY I. 1937. 1937 C. - A HAPPY NEW YEAR - 1937 I. O. UNION WINS IN GENERAL ELECTRIC VOTE bonuses, averaging about $50 for each employe. This election is of particular significance in the field of industrial relations because it is the first election of such magnitude held by the board with the consent of the (Continued from Page 1) It was followed by a decision of the Workers Council to disband, in deference to the election verdict. In bowing to the wish of the majority of employes as expressed in the result of the referendum, we do so without or rancor said a council toward anyone, statement signed by It. P. Kelly, chairman, and other officers. Company Union Was Strong The victory for unionism was all the more remarkable in that the General Electric company union was one of the oldest and strongest in the country. There was little union organization in the plant until the U. E. & It. W. was formed and joined forces with the Committee for Industrial Organization. Less than 24 hours after the workers had shown their preference for union representation, the company distributed $550,000 in percentage of the eligible voters participated. In the General Electric election 95 per cent of those eligible to vote cast their ballots. The spirit of fair play was such that the board, contrary to its usual custom, held the General Electric election in the plant itself. This election which resulted in the majority choosing the United Electrical & Radio Workers of collective barAmerica as their gaining agency is a landmark in industrial democracy. C.I.O. UNION RECOGNIZED I3Y AMERICAN BOSCH CO. Licensing Bill ng SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UNS) The United American Bosch company has agreed to bargain collectively with representatives of Local 206, United Electrical & Radio Workers, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization. Recognition of the union was won alter a long struggle by the U. E. & R. W. A complaint had been entered with the regional labor relations board that the company had refused to grant the workers their collective bargaining rights, in violation of the labor relations act. Winter Term Opens January 4 New day and evening classes start at llenager's next MonThe past year has been the best in the history of the school, both from the standpoint of positions and enrollment. During the year 442 calls were received for office help and the school has been unable to fill all the positions open. The best previous employment year was 1929, when 364 calls were rewill day. ceived. Completion of a Henager Course will be the best investment one can possibly make. Efficient training in all commercial subjects is given in a short time and a position secured for the student as soon as qualified. Every indication points to an even better year in 1937, consequently it will pay to prepare for a good position as soon as possible. Call, write or 'phone to HENAGER BUSINESS COLLEGE, 45 E. Broadway for new employer, commented Elinore M. Herrick, regional director of the N. L. R. 13. In no other election conducted by the N. L. It. 13. has so high a Hope of Labor Senator Joseph C. OMahoney of Wyoming declared that his bill for federal incorporation and licensing of corporations, which has been indorsed by the American Federation of Labor convention at Tampa, will benefit employers and investors as well as organized labor. The bill, which is said to be under study in administration circles as one court-proway of giving the government control over working conditions and practices in industries engaged in interstate commerce, has been backed by the A. F. pf L. since its introduction in congress shortly after the supreme court slaughtered the NRA. Absolutely Constitutional The first thing that meets the eye in this measure, declared Senator OMahoney, is that it provides an absolutely constitutional basis for collective bargaining, for the abolition of child labor and for the prevention of discrimination against women workers. But it goes much farther. It protects investors because it would forever banish the dishonest devices whereby a few promoters and financiers have manipulated the corporate system to their own advantage. It would make possible the development and improvement of our whole national system of of commerce. It would prevent the exploita- tion of capital as well as of labor, and would afford a means of protecting the rights of the consumer against the evils of monopoly. Answers to Bureaucracy Equally important with these objects, this bill, if enacted, would catalog and full information. It be answer, for which the country will pay to get the 'best. Visitors has been waiting, to the growth of are welcome at any time. bureaucracy in Washington. Beginning with the interstate Wishing Our Friends Who Labor a Happy New Year THOMAS BROS. New and Used Bottles, Metals, Rags, Etc. 955 Folsom Avenue All Kinds of Hauling Wasatch 7590 We Wish Our Labor Friends Prosperity in 1937 FOWLER KEY & REPAIR SHOP Work Called For and Delivered Novelty Works Auto Keys Luggage Keys Wasatch 6389 109 South West Temple HAPPY NEW, YEAR TO LABOR GARAGE SOCIAL HALL Wasatch 1051 Service or Night Day We Never Close General Auto Repairing, featuring Dodge, Plymouth, DeSoto and Chrysler Cars Road Service Washing, Greasing, Polishing, Lubrication, Friend of Labor C. A. FRANZ, Mgr. Salt Lake City, Utah Motor Avenue 6 128-13- commerce act, we have been setting up bureaus and commissions empowered to tell business what to do in individual cases. This bill, by cleverly defining in their charters the powers of all corporations engaged in commerce among the states and by laying down definite requirements for them to follow, would have the effect of setting business free. Urges Widespread Study Senator OMahoney voiced the hope that labor's indorsement of the legislation would lead to widespread study of its provisions. He particularly urged an impartial investigation by the associations of manufacturers and chambers of commerce. These groups would find, he contended, that the bill contains great benefits for them as well as for labor. Congress will be urged to give immediate consideration to the proposal, Senator OMahoney FRATERNAL BODIES BACK STEEL DRIVE fact not a single union worker was EMPLOYES FORM employed by him. C.I.O. COUNCIL A criminal complaint sworn to by Stanley M. Cue, Deputy State Labor Commissioner, a member of PITTSBURGH (UNS) A new labor, resulted in the organization of company union organized and a fine of $200 of verdict guiltv affiliated representatives directly with the present steel union cam- against the dishonest employer. paign was formed at a meeting of suen representatives, speaking for who Women arent clever every mill of any importance from bored to when their not act enough Cleveland to the Atlantic coast. to entertain husbands wittily try The new group is to be known as them shouldnt complain if they the C. I. O. Representative Counstop eventually trying or seek cil and has set lor itself a broad more audiences. appreciative program to bring all steel workers into a national industrial union. In addition the meeting reco NOTICE! mended that at a forthcoming national convention of steel workJust received a large shipers, probably to be held in early ment of UNION MADE spring, these demands be conClothing . . . sidered: 1. A $5 a day minimum for labor, and $1.24 a day increase for all 59 East 2nd South employes receiving over $5 a day. ROSENDLUr.lG 2. 3. Thirty-hou- r, five-da- y week. Paid vacations with pay of one week for all employes with two or more years service, and two Happy New Year to Labor! weeks paid vacations for five or We Appreciate Your Many Foreign Bom Groups Rep- more years service men. PATRONAGE resented 100 Per Cent Organi4. Time ahd one-ha- lf for overand Guarantee You zation In Sight In Great Lakes time within the regular working Area. SATISFACTION week, and double time for Sunday and holiday work. By HENRY FLEISIIER BARR CHICAGO (UNS) Lining up EMPLOYER FINED solidly behind the Steel Workers CHEVROLET CO. Organizing Committee, 225 dele- FOR FALSE ADVERTISING gates to the Chicago conference of SEE THE 1937 the Fraternal Orders Committee A. F. of L. News Service) (By pledged action as well as words to SAN Calif. Fred Howhasten the growth of an industrial erton, DIEGO, of the Union proprietor union in steel. Sheet, Metal Works, a strictly nonNearly 60,000 persons, and about union was found guilty 150 organizations, were represented here concern, by Judge Philip Smith in at the meeting. court of violating the Cali the Unanimously delegates justices state labor law, which forfomia NOW ON DISPLAY passed resolutions recommending: bids any firm to falsely advertise 1. Launching of a mass recruitit employs union workers. Was. 2058 8th So. & State ing drive for the Amalgamated in local advertised Howerton & of Tin Steel Workers Assn, Iron, Complete Automotive Service within their own fraternal organ! newspapers that he operated a 100 per cent union shop, when in zations. 2. Formation of organization committees to volunteer services in behalf of the S. W. O. C. BEST WISHES TO LABOR! 3. Establishment of a permanent May 1937 be a Prosperous Year Fraternal Orders Committee in the Chicago-Calumarea, funds for A. BERNSTEIN which will be raised by the particii pating groups. Wasatch 2748 204 Interurban Depot Building Marek Named Chairman Following the conference representatives of the fraternal groups named Joseph Marek of the Polish Roman Catholic Union chairman GREETINGS TO MY FRIENDS WHO LABOR of the permanent body, with John Schmies of the International WorkPHILIP SCHONERT ers Order as organizer. Horse Shoeing and General Blacksmithing Poles, Hungarians, Slovenes, Germans, Negroes, Croatians, Slo242-24- 4 Wasatch 2439 South 1st West vaks, Greeks and Russians were present at the conference, and one by one they mounted the stage to express their hope that the S. W. Welcome, Labor We Wish You a Prosperous Year in 1937 O. C. would be successful. Van A. Bittner, regional S. W. O. C. director, was given a rising BOULEVARD SERVICE STATION ovation after a speech in which he W. V. PALMER and F. N. WELLS, Props. pointed out that by organizing, 1445 South Main Street we are helping you. Hyland 8593 No fraternal organization made up of workers is safe unless the workers are organized, he said. Your welfare is fundamentally deBEST WISHES TO OUR FRIENDS WHO LABOR pendent on the welfare of the workers. You cant assist the S. W. O. C. in bringing these workers into FRANKS AUTO WRECKAGE the union without helping yourself. Wasatch 3291 745 South State Street Applications Swamp Staff evidence of Meanwhile additional the growing success of the steel drive is coming from principal steel centers in the midwest reWISH MY LABOR FRIENDS A HAPPY NEW YEAR gion. Around Chicago more than 38,000 have already signed up, and ACE PLUMBING CO. application cards are pouring into MONT CLEMENT, Mgr. S. W. O. C. headquarters in numOne-tri25 Years in Salt Lake p almost Plumber The bers that are overwhelming the clerical force. 962 Bryan Avenue Hyland 6638 In Cleveland, Akron and Lorain, Ohio, S. W. O. C. Director B. J. Damich predicted that 100 per cent organization is just around the HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR FRIENDS WHO LABOR corner, and in Buffalo and HamK. FRESHWATER ELECTRIC CO. ilton, Ontario, similar progress was being made. We wire and repair em rite FIXTURES REWIRING CONTRACTING Lives Smashed Out Anywhere Anytime, Patrick Henry is best remem347 Cottage Avenue Hyland 613 bered for having said: Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it. Almighty WE WELCOME LABOR . . . I know not what course God! And Wish You a Prosperous Year in 1937 others may take, but as for me, me death! give me liberty or give Good Chili, Tasty Tamales Over Labor Day holiday in America three hundred lives were AT smashed out on the three unholy altars of intemperance, speed and carelessness. Moderns appear to FOR 32 YEARS say, Is life so dear as to be purchased at the price of staying 103 East 2nd South at home when the roads are sure to be overcrowded? NON-UNIO- N et BRANNINGS |