Show UNION IN RIGHTS RIGHT'S I TO BE TESTED Labor Federation Plans Action Action Action Ac Ac- tion Against S. S L. L U. U Electric Road RoadA A court test of the right of ot employers employ employ- ers to discharge workers for tor union organization activities is being planned by the Salt Lake Federation of Labor against the S Salt lt Lake Utah Electric Railroad company Harold G G. Crose Grose secretary of the Utah organization tion ion of electric railway workers said Wednesday The company he said recently dis discharged discharged discharged dis- dis charged three veteran for taking an active part in organizing a union The excuse given by officials was that the men had violated a rule against drinking during working hours but their real reason for doing so was because of union activities he declared The court fight will be based on the clause In the national recovery act let giving the right to organize organize organize or or- without jeopardizing their jobs The three discharged are arc J J. J B. B Lynch John Darrigan and James Wilson Lynch had been with the compan company com corn pany pan as a motorman for 13 years Darrigan Darrigan Darrigan Dar- Dar rigan and md Wilson had each been employed employed employed em em- more than five years ears There never had been a 3 complaint against our work until we started taking taking taking tak tak- ing an active part in organizing a union Lynch said I admit I have taken a drink of ot 32 beer several times during working hours but that thatIs Is all The time I took the drink for tor which I was fired a man employed by bythe bythe bythe the company bought it for me and took one with me but he was not dis dis- dis- dis charged The company maintained the men had been discharged solely for tor violation viola viola- tion lion of the drinking rule and that there had been previous complaints against them Officials denied their union organization work had anything anything anything any any- thing to do with their discharge |