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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NOVEMBER 26. 1937. Page 2. Utaf) labor confer with Ray Maki, C. I. 0. field organizer in Wyoming, who has been doing splendid work in organizing during the past month. During Mr. Morgans absence Frank lionacci, field representative in Utah, will look after the regional office in Salt Lake City. And, of course, the efficient office man a ger, Elizabeth Watkins, will al ways be on the job to give de sired information about the C. 1. 0. Jeto Established 1929 A MEMBER OF THE This paper receives Union News Service, a C. 1. 0. affiliate. 04 -- Entered as second-clas- s matter March 28, 1930, at the post office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription i 81.50 per annum Ttmtttmmuiiii Advertising rates by request. OUTFIT CHARTERED BY A. F. L. IS CITED BY BOARD ANTI-UNIO- N WASHINGTON (UNS) A complaint has been issued by the National Labor Relations Board compaagainst the Eagle-Iiche- r nies on account of promotion and domination of the Blue Card company union, which was chartered by the American Federation of Labor after it had carried on a series of vigilante attacks on a bona fide union, the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, affiliated with the C. I 0. The Blue Card outfit was formed by the company to break a strike of the Mine, Mill and Smelter workers, then in the A. F. of L. It carried its activities to the extent of armed mob attacks on union of- fices and other violence. Wide- I Itary; J. E. Brinley ,Sweet Mine, gprea(j indignation was caused In LABOIl ON ITS heo Gentry,! labor ranks when the A. F. of L. secreaiy'treasurer FHinVAim lIAnr,II sergeant-at-arms, chartered this company union as a Charles Semkm of Consumers, part of its warfare against union inf and I organization in the C. I. 0. ".3, Lor8C (Continued from Page 1) trustees. Thomas of Rains, unions will have to hold specialities: Blue Card Co. Union he new industrial union local conventions to ratify any agree- The Labor Board complaint counc starts with nearly j Min- ment which may be reached and J charges that the Eagle-Pichmem- - j some disposition will have to be 3000 per capita jng antj Smelting Comply and the made of the question of control bership affiliation, making it one Eagle-PichLead Company, oper-ovthe largest and strongest local j ating in the district of the new body which may be central bodies in Utah. j Kansas, formed. Oklahoma and Missouri, It is reported that several addi- - have dominated the Blue Card The great motivating factor for tional Union local councils will be I union and shown discrimination by is demand the the from rank peace and file. This demand, admittedly, organized in the near future, refusing employment to 310 emis greater upon the A. F. L. conployes who hold membership in the ferees than upon those from the TRADE UNION HALLS C. I. O. union. C. I. 0. Prior to the call for the GIVE PLEASING It states that a majority of the present conference there were reso- - APPEARANCE companys production workers prior lutions in Harrisons own union to May 8, 1935, were members of The and club Union Trade halls A. the the betwen war that the asking Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers F. L. and the C. I. O. be called to rooms at 168 South West Temple I which called a strike on May 9 street give a pleasing appearance when the company refused to meet a halt. I In addition, some of the A. F. since recent alterations. the unions representatives. The entire floor contains a num-- 1 L. unions have refused to pay the The company retaliated by assesment levied on all her of union meeting halls to suit! ting down the mines and plants, federation unions for the purpose the needs of the various organiza- - j locking out the workers and form-o- f Metal, Mine & combating the C. Iv O. Within tions from 25 to 800 members, ac- - jng the the C. I. O. unions there is an cording to managers Jack Richards Smelter Workers Union, which equal desire for unity but an I and George W. Smith. The Trade II eame to be known as the Blue Card equally firm conviction that any Union Democratic League has its union. Officers and executive board concessions on the question of in-- 1 club rooms on the same floor and I members of this union were unionism must not be I office and desk space is provided I quired to have had at least five sacrificed. In other wrords, the C. I for organizations desiring same. I years service with mining or I. O. wants peace, but that the Among the organizations meet-- 1 smelting companies as must come without sacri- - ing at the Trade Union halls is I paj or ground boss, and to have fice of the principle of industrial I the Garfield Smelter Workers local I been employed at least thre years unionism. A peace with honor is I union No. 347, said to be the I continuously to qualify for holding largest labor union in Utah. It has j office. a membership of 1040 according to I Used Armed Force I last reports. The complaint states that the The halls and club rooms are companies and the Blue Card arranged so that labor unions and I union, acting in pursuance of a clubs may use them for parties, common plan to demoralize and social gatherings. banquets destroy the International Union, Jame Morgan C director and acting president of E?de the .?Ppro.val of ? round er tax-payi- ng er er Tri-Sta- te shut-speci- the International Union, and have induced law enforcement agencies to violate their oaths of office by withholding protection from and unlawfully arresting International Union members. I. 0. SHOE UNION HOLDS FIRST NATIONAL PARLEY IN ST. LOUIS BeWASHINGTON (UNS) cause the American Oil Company refused to bargain collectively with the union, 350 employes at Amoco Dele ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UNS) and bulk plants in Baltiterminal gates representng 52,000 organ more and Washington went on ized shoe workers who attendee comthe that demanding strike, the first national convention of the Oil the Workers recognize pany United Shoe Workers of America which opened in St. Louis, Novem- International Union, C. I. 0. afber 8, cheered the great union filiate. Amoco is a marketing subsidiary gains reported by Powers Ilap-goo- of the Petroleum & chairman of the Shoe Work owned by Company, Transport ers Organizing Committee, since Oil Indiana. of Standard started the C. I. 0. shoe campaign less than a year ago. In a speech delivered the first AUTO UNION STARTS day of the convention, John Bro NATIONAL DRIVE ON phy, C. I. 0. director, referring to FORD MOTOR PLANTS F. of L. unity con the C. I. O.-been going on which have DETROIT, Mich. (UNS) A naferences Whether tional drive to organize the Ford in Washington said: Motor Company plants in the unity will come in a month or a United States and Canada was do but not I know, regardless year, in Detroit November 13 launched of that, we must continue our pro a of delegates conference with gram. from all Ford locals of the United The Maine Strike Pointing out that the C. I. 0. has Automobile Workers. Plans have been made, according always stood for a unified labor movement that would unite the to Homer Martin, president of the 30,000,000 Americans eligible for union, to prosecute nationally beunion membership, Brophy said fore the National Labor Relations that the results of the peace con- Board the open discrimination of ferences depended upon whether or the Ford Company against the not the old craft leadership that U. A. W. and its members. Richard Frankensteen, U. A. W. controls the Federation would be executive vice president in charge willing to abandon its outworn of the Ford and the for need drive, revealed that ideas recognize industrial unionism in the basic preliminary plans for the campaign in Detroit, where the drive will be industries. (Continued on Page 3) BLACK DIAMOND SEAMEN WIN WAGE INCREASES d, Pan-Americ- NEW YORK (UNS) Wage increases averaging 12 per cent and other gains were won by unlicensed seamen employed on eight freighters in an agreement reached between the National Maritime Union WELCOME, ft Ca?ten rennl al Union Conned been ty has organized and will op- - Sue 01 13 growins erate under a charter from the BINGHAM Eighteen local unions represent. United Mine Workers, S tpr . G Adoption of roles and nSra 8m chat fT.V Bh? Card Xn of thc means em. ployed by the companies to frus Bingham rate any efforts on the part of regnla-- 1 ions IlnL Canyn barber shops was accom- Tliit Plished at a recent meeting attend- central body wnf elected as fol- - ed by the tonsorial artists of High-- 1 land Boy and Bingham. William Williams of Standard- c. H. Barton secretary-treasurville, president; Joe Dowd of La- - 0f gaj(. Lake Barbers union No. A White 377 wag present and addressed the V1Cie Prsident of Standardville, recording secre- meeting. Emphasizing the importance of union membership, Mr. Barton spoke of the benefits of Welcome, Labor uniform prices and shop rules. 101 UNION HOUSE Each barber shop represented joined the union. Union shop cards GUY are displayed in all union shops. nr fht comp,ay s APPR0VE ".I P6 dalllr- - their employes to organize, the Boards complaint states that the companies continue to employ) armed force against members of er IIERICS SANDWICH SHOP Main at 21st South Famous for Our Special Steak SANDWICHES Union Made Beer on Tap The only Union Drive-I- n Stand in Salt Lake Guy W. Ileric, Proprietor Pres., Musicians, Local 104 C. I. O. LEADER VISITS WYOMING . WELCOME, James Morgan, C. I. O. regional director, left Tuesday for Cheyenne, Wyoming, to spend the Thanksgiving holidays. He will spend a week or .10 days visiting different Wyoming points where organization of C. I. 0. .local unions are under way. Mr. Morgan will j mmm WINE ALL VARIETIES 20 alcohol by volume LABOR COME AND VISIT OUR SKI LODGE Winter Recreation Headquarters SPALDING WESTERN ARMS, INC. 21 East 1st Sooth Wasatch 1756 031030BQEBM QimcilMnEIlIjMISiiD SfC LABOR We Appreciate Your Patronage If UTAH DRUG CO. 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