Show f IE I a 11 if f. f 1 a I BIG FIGHT ON rs LA UNIONS BEGUN iK as t as f. f fOUR PACKERS TO RUN PLANTS AS OPEN SHOPS Armour Swift Wilson and Cudahy Companies Announce An Intention to DealNo Deal DealNo I INo No Longer With Union I IBy By Dy CARL VICTOR LITTLE United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO Sept The The open shop was established today by four of ot otI I the nations nation's largest packers I Officials of or the International Butchers Butchers' ButchI Butchers Butchers' Butch Butch- I I ers' ers union were notified by th the packers that In t the o future only tho the and not union officials would be bo dealt I with willi I The he agree agreement e t under JF r t tI I Judge Samuel Alschuler acted d as arbi arbitrator acM acM- r in disputes between packers and union expired today and in I Its place the American shop representation plan was established f The packers announced that moro more tha than 90 per cent of ot their emI em em- In tho the country have havo voted ot d in I favor or of ot the plan In all ail the thel l large packing concerns the companies havo have I formed their Into organizations organizations representatives of ot which treat with company compan officials in matters of ot I working conditions and wages FOUR COMPANIES 1 The packers that have thrown their companies s into open shops are Armour Co Swift CO Wilson I Co and the Cudahy Packing compan com corn com pan pany No 10 announcement has been I made by Morris Co of ot a shop representation I plan w I With the announcement of or the open shop came caino the statement that there would be bo no immediate readjustment I of oC wages or working conditions both hoth bothof of ot which remain the tame ame as under I the tho Alschuler agreement nt News NeVo'S that organized labor had been deposed in the tho packing pants plants hit like II a bombshell In labor circles Pending I conferences among union officials no statements were forth forthcoming oming Charles Hays president of the union Patrick Gorman vice president and Dennis Lane business agent called on the packers today and asked for tor a continuance continuance continuance con con- for tor another year rear of or the same wage scales caleN and working rules as provided pro pro- vided In tho the Alschuler wartime agree agree- ment DE DEAL L WITH At tho the Armour Swift and Morris plants they were told that only their own would be bo dealt with Inthe in inthe inthe the future The They were vere told at t lh the Cudahy and Wilson offices oertel'S that the superintendents were vere out of ot the city I Attorney James G. G Condon packers packers' attorney outlined the thc American plan in operation in the four concerns to the I United Press as follows All men and women are eligible to employment whether members of Ot outsIde outside outside out out- side unions or not No person ma may represent In adjustment of ot grievances who is not an nn of ot the tho com company pan Tho The cs elect their own by ballot These representatives representatives tati es must be bo American citizens elected as as' representatives treat with executives s of oC the companies in th matters of ot wage age scales and workIng work work- lug Ing conditions work work-I |