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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. MAY 19. 1939 Page 3 Cooperate in the Development of Utahs Natural ResourcesCoal the Utah Labor News Industry Has a Great Future In Utah-R- ead COAL MINERS BREAK LONG LOCKOUT WIN GREATEST GAINS IN UNION HISTORY (Continued from page 1) the United Mine Workers as a condition of work. The next contracts are an extension for two years of the old wage agreement, which expired April 1, in all of its terms, schedules and conditions, with the addition of two sentences in its enabling clause reading as follows: It is agreed that the United Mine Workers is recognized herein as the exclusive bargaining agency representing the employes of the parties of the first part. It i3 agreed that as a condition of employment, all employes shall be members of the United Mine Workers of America except those exempted classifications of employment as provided in this contract RESUMPTION OF WORK IN UTAH MINES IS HELD UP Nick Thomas, Edward Scherer and D. A. Self, representing the Carbon County C. I. 0. Council. FACTS ABOUT COAL . Class I railroads in 1938 spent nearly $244,000,000 for fuel. In 1938, the railroads originated carloads of bituminous coal traffic, from vhich their total revenue was $510,932,832, .or an average of about $122.50 a car. It is estimated that the recent lockout reduced the April movement this year by about 200,000 cars. 4, ICC, 427 The movement of the United States bituminous coal into Canada is approximately 250,000 tons per month. The cost of coal to the consumer in the United States is from one-third Resumption of work in the coal mines of Utah has fyeen held up this week because of absence of several Utah operators. The representatives of the union are awaiting signing of the agreement on a contract to replace new two-yethe one which expired April 1. President John M. Ross of district 22 said Thursday that no defiinte time has been set for the return to work in Utah, but that he expected the contracts would be signed within the next few days. Mr. Ross said that Wyoming operators have signed and the mines there are in operation. ar STUDY JOBLESS PAY FOR COAL MINERS The Utah state industrial commission has before it the question Utah of whether the locked-ou- t comto entitled coal miners are the under provisions of pensation law. . State . the Representatives of United Mine Workers of America, district 22, called on the commission Wednescomday and urged the granting of the that contending pensation, of because out are miners Utah, and control conditions beyond their their contracts are dependent on agreements reached in national conference. Those who conferred with the commission were John M. Ross, district president; Albert Roberts, district vice president; A. M. PeterL. sen, president of the Utah State David I. 0. and G. G. Lindstrom, Day, Frank Bonacci, Joseph Dowd, MOVING Careful, Personal Attention SUGAR HOUSE TRANSFER Furniture and Piano Moving Call Hyland 1220 7 WELCOME! less than the cost to one-ha- lf of similar coal elsewhere in the world and this despite the fact that wages to labor to produce the coal in the U. S are twice as much as is paid in other lands. WAGE-HOU- R CASES UPHELD IN COURTS Court decisions on cases instituted by, or in behalf of, the Wage and Hour division of the U. S. Department of Labor continue to be 100 per cent in favor of the government, Administrator Elmer F. Andrews, of the division, announced this week, as the first six months operation of the law ends. In all, 14 civil suits and five criminal actions have been instituted by the Wage and Hour division or, at its request, by the U. S. Department of Justice. Of these, seven injunctions have been granted; four employers have pleaded $31,-50- 0 guilty and fines aggregating have been imposed against them. Six civil suits and one criminal case are now pending. $15,000 Fine As the most severe penalty imposed in a criminal case, Administrator Andrews cited the $15,000 fine imposed on April 10 against Nathaniel Breath, executive vice president of Picardy Mills, Inc., ;of largest New York manufacturer mingloves, for failure to pay the imum, wage and time and one-ha- lf for overtime, and for falsifying records to conceal underpayment. Breath was indicted on five counts. A plea of guilty was entered on the day the indictment was .returned. Federal Judge Robert A. fine Inch, in Brooklyn, imposed a susbut of $3000 on each count, pended payment of the fine on four of the counts upon the promise that restitution would be made to the underpaid employes. At the same time, Judge Inch placed Breath on probation for three ts months to insure restitution estimated to employes at an total of $1700. Two civil cases in which judgments were handed down in April also were cited by Mr. Andrews. (Civil suits are handled by the legal branch of the Wage and Hour division, while criminal actions are prosecuted by a special unit set up in the U. S. Department of Juspay-men- 25c PLATE LUNCH SERVED DAILY MAYFLOWER CAFE POPULAR PRICES 154 So. Main., Salt Lake City Fake Trade School In the first case, Sportswear Hosiery Mills, Inc., of Philadelphia, : O tJOnDDQ ODCAD . Strecker Case Victory Called Lesson to Dies Committee The United States Supreme tional funds to investigate the Court decision freeing Joseph Court. As president of the InternaGeorge Strecker, held for deportation on grounds of membership in tional Labor Defense I am proud the Communist party, Was char- of the role that our organization acterized by Congressman Vito has played in carrying the defense Marcantonio, president of the In- of Strecker. I congratulate his ternational Labor Defense, which attorneys, Whitney North Seycarried Streckers defense to the mour, C. A. Stanfield of Hot Supreme Court, as a lesson to the Springs, Ark., Mrs. Carol King in a statement and Herbert Wechesler. Dies committee, The International Labor Defense made public as soon as the deentered the Stecker case, when cision was announced. The decision in the Strecker the Department of Labor anMr. Marcantonio, nounced its intention of appealing said case, should most certainly be a lesson' against the decision rendered by to the Dies Committee and to all the 5th Federal Circuit Court in other political charlatans who have New Orleans, barring Streckers and deportation. The majority decision been carrying on a alien-baitin- g in and out delivered by Judge J. C. Hutchincampaign The of Congress. Supreme Court son stated that membership in the has certainly repudiated those who Communist party is not sufficient have sought to besmirch the repu- grounds for deportation under the tations of progressives and New present law. The International Dealers because we have been seek- Labor Defense retained Whitney of the Bill of North Seymour, noted constituing a tional authority, who had handled Rights. case for that By its decision the Supreme and won the Herndon Carol Mrs. King and Court has soundly spanked the organization, made. to cooperate Wechesler, Herbert The injunction was granted after phoney quacks of Americanism of Hot Stanfield A. C. with emMartin 87 such as Hamilton Fish, restitution wras made to s Strecker was who ployes in a total amount of $2018. Dies, Senator Reynolds and the Springs, Ark., Employes who had been victimized other Hitler playboys in the Unit- attorney. in the attempt to evade the Act ed States. received amounts varying from 8 It will not surprise me at all if cents to $76.08. Fourteen workers these gentlemen should charge the received payments totaling $50 or Supreme Court with being a ComPermore, and 23 payments ranged be- munist Front organization. addiask Dies Mr. for will tween $20 and $50. haps Other Civil Suits Other civil actions begun by the NEWS AND COMMENT legal branch of the Wage and Hour division include one filed in the (Continued from page 1) Federal court at Chicago against the first international the G. W. Eade company of Auro- tion, was for peace bea to make union ra, Illinois, dress manufacturers tween the A. F. plea L. factions, says charged with paying some of their Max president. miniZaritsky the less than 125 employes mum wage of 25 cents an hour and LOS ANGELES falsifying and destruction of recLABOR GAINS acords to conceal the fact. This -tion is pending. On March 28 suit was filed Municipal reform is moving forof in Los Angeles at a rapid Brothers ward against the Rapaport 710 West Ohio street, Chicago, rate, according to reports. Since the recall of former Mayor Manufacturers and assemblers of violation Frank Shaw, last year, the new adtoys, charging them with headed by liberal overtime and ministration of the minimum wage action This Fletcher Bowron, has been Act. the of Mayor provisions also is pending. impeded to some extent by Shaw council members, but the recent Child Labor Injunction The first injunction under the city elections eliminated practically child labor provisions of the Fair all of the Shawites. League Labors Labor Standards Act was issued in reform civic with groups the Federal court at Harrisonburg, in the recent campaign and shared corSilk DuPlan the Va., against STOCK UP EARLY in the victory over the Shaw maporation. The complaint alleged had backed the employment of minors under 16 chine. The League Insist on Having a factor in also was and Bowron The company years of age. showed an immediate readiness to Shaws recall. correct the error which, they deUS 10) clared, was unintentional, and con- UNITED LABOR VOTE MAYOR REELECTS DENVER sented to the decree. Suits Employes Bring DENVER (UNS) Mayor Ben From newspaper clippings and F. Denreelected was other information received from versStapleton overan by Tuesday mayor the field, Mr. Andrews said, it apvote. He had the backwhelming have suits 25 at least pears that ing of all factions of organized labeen brought by employes under bor. the Fair Labor Standards Act to A heavy labor vote for the recover wages allegedly due them. of Mayor Stapleton repreAsk Your Grocer The Act provides employes may sents not to of thanks vote onlyia file suit and recover twice the him for his cooperation during his amount of the wages due them, in Hyland 1384 term of office", but insures addition to court costs and reason- present for labor a new era of friendly and Factory 2202 S. 7th East able attorneys fees. Mr. Andrews in the years helpful cooperation pointed out that such suits are ahead. Excel for Picnics and just individual employes, the brought by the of feature Another municipal diLunches and that the Wage and Hour election was the defeat of the pro-- ( vision does not participate in them. Continued on Page 4) said, Reports to him incidated, he been that most of these cases have settled, or the suits have resulted Business is made up of men, material and methods in judgments for the employes. red-baiti- Non-Partis- ng ed an E3 E ETT POTATO CHIPS on r tice.) CHOSEN the ONE BEST 9 to 1 BY WOMEN WHO HAVE COMPARED THEM ALL . . . agreed to an Injunction signed by Judge Harry Kalodner in the Federal court, Philadelphia, hich prohibits the corporation from attempting to evade the minimum wage provisions of the Act by maintaining a trade school at Its Etowah, Tenn., plant. The complaint was filed by the Wage and Hour division after the company started the school. Complaints to the division alleged that the school was started a week after the Act went into effect last October 24, and ended only after the Division had applied for an injunction. Students were graduated when they became proficient enough to cam the minimum wage of 25 cents an hour on piece work rates. 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